Findus Fop wrote:
This summer, the story of one man who will stop. At nothing. A handbrake that's quit. A hero who won't. Jason Statham is Kovacs (and it's nothing to do with Altered Carbon or Watchmen, so don't get your hopes up).
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Wed Jul 24, 2019 18:20 ] |
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I'm loving the kov auto hold series, it's the new parktronic! |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Jul 24, 2019 21:14 ] |
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It is yes. At least I can hand the car back in December. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Jul 24, 2019 21:54 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: It is yes. At least I can hand the car back in December. And walk to work for the next three months! |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Jul 24, 2019 23:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Yes. Or cycle. I did get a bike on the cycle to work scheme |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed Jul 24, 2019 23:23 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: Yes. Or cycle. I did get a bike on the cycle to work scheme Incidentally, anyone on vitality health insurance should get their bike order in quick as evans are stopping their partnership with them soon. I got a new Brompton for £600 t'other week. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Wed Jul 24, 2019 23:50 ] |
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krazywookie wrote: I'm loving the kov auto hold series, it's the new parktronic! The TPMS story had initial promise, but I found the rushed happy ending a bit of a let down, to be honest, it's like the brochure script writers hadn't been working together. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 0:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
This summer, the story of one man who will stop. At nothing. A handbrake that's quit. A hero who won't. Jason Statham is Kovacs (and it's nothing to do with Altered Carbon or Watchmen, so don't get your hopes up). |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
"A Runaway success" **** |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:53 ] |
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http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/210 ... n-3475-rg2 If I had the space, this would be on my drive by now. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:09 ] |
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Uh-oh. That's lovely |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:49 ] |
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Nah, too blocky for me, never liked Bentleys or Rollers. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:53 ] |
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Not for me. It’s in decent nick though. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:54 ] |
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I like it a lot but lol at a tape deck |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:55 ] |
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No auto handbrake to worry about, so perfect for Kov. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:21 ] |
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Christ but there's so, so many other things that absolutely will go wrong. And they're ugly. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:26 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: This summer, the story of one man who will stop. At nothing. A handbrake that's quit. A hero who won't. Jason Statham is Kovacs (and it's nothing to do with Altered Carbon or Watchmen, so don't get your hopes up).
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
krazywookie wrote: Christ but there's so, so many other things that absolutely will go wrong. And they're ugly. They are actually reasonably reliable and easy to work on, certainly compared to any modern barge. The killer is the real world single figure mpg. I wouldn't call it ugly, it's majestic. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Trooper wrote: krazywookie wrote: Christ but there's so, so many other things that absolutely will go wrong. And they're ugly. They are actually reasonably reliable and easy to work on, certainly compared to any modern barge. The killer is the real world single figure mpg. I wouldn't call it ugly, it's majestic.  I used to fix them for a living! A combination of 70s discreet electronics and vastly over complicated suspension and braking systems make for some not at all cheap repairs. Granted the well looked after ones are a magic carpet ride.
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:27 ] |
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Yes, but in comparison to the cost and difficulty of fixing a modern barge, you're most likely better off with the Bentley! |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:30 ] |
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You might be on to something there. Maybe the way to do it is drive it till it breaks then scrap it. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:09 ] |
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Calling Troop’, Grim... etc https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph ... x300/40657 |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:38 ] |
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Hmmm... I don't have space for 2 cars, but hmmm.... That's a solid buy for anyone, I've had a couple of XJs in the past and they are lovely things to waft around in. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:14 ] |
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I prefer the Type S, I've got to say. Good price, though. |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:50 ] |
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Ultimate gammonmobile, though. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 15:14 ] |
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Saw this rotting by the side of the road in West Wales last week. Seems a shame... |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 15:17 ] |
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Help it DBSnappa, you're it's only hope. Also it's tyres are flat at the top, that's unusual. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 15:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
I think it’s way beyond “my” help. Also, I know what it is and thought it was GRP bodied, so that’s some interesting rot |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 16:26 ] |
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Fuck yeah! Attachment: IMG_20190721_105919.jpg
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 16:33 ] |
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There’s a 51 reg Puma on my round that looks like it hasn’t moved in five years at least. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 16:45 ] |
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DBSnappa wrote: I think it’s way beyond “my” help. Also, I know what it is and thought it was GRP bodied, so that’s some interesting rot What is it? The side profile looks eerily familiar but I can't place it. I want to say a Renault or Citroen? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 16:50 ] |
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Renault A610 Doesn't look like rust, looks like delamination and paint issues. The corners look the right shapes. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 17:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
This isn't the first time I've had someone pull out on me when I've already started my overtake, fortunately I'm always waiting for it to happen. I got him back soon after though. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 18:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Not sure you should’ve been trying to overtake two vehicles at once if it’s obvious the one two in front is a lot slower. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 18:20 ] |
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Look at what time he finishes work! |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 18:52 ] |
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Mr Chonks wrote: Not sure you should’ve been trying to overtake two vehicles at once if it’s obvious the one two in front is a lot slower. I was indicating before I started the manoeuvre and from a decent distance back, you can see he literally just indicated as he was starting his overtake, so clearly didn't check his mirrors at all, or he would have seen a bright blue car already starting an overtake. (He'd also not demonstrated much interest in overtaking before that point, despite having the opportunity to do so.) And what's wrong with overtaking two (or more) cars at once? Remember that's a derestricted road, no speed limit, so as long as you start the overtake with a good view of the road ahead and with enough time to complete it safely, what's the issue? |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 18:52 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Look at what time he finishes work! That's why I drag my arse out of bed at 6:30am every morning. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:03 ] |
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Mr Chonks wrote: Not sure you should’ve been trying to overtake two vehicles at once if it’s obvious the one two in front is a lot slower. In fact how does this work? So if the vehicle at the head of the pack is a tractor, and the vehicle behind it is a Honda Jazz driven by an octogenarian, if you're sat in the third vehicle back you just sit there all day because there are two other vehicles in front of you and the one at the front is slow? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:04 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: Grim... wrote: Look at what time he finishes work! That's why I drag my arse out of bed at 6:30am every morning. Looks at my alarm set for 6am...looks at the train home I'm sitting in... |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:09 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Hearthly wrote: Grim... wrote: Look at what time he finishes work! That's why I drag my arse out of bed at 6:30am every morning. Looks at my alarm set for 6am...looks at the train home I'm sitting in... 
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:13 ] |
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Yes I remember when I worked at GAME in Blackburn and lived in Radcliffe, my 'working day' was about 6am to around 7pm, give or take, with all the bastard commuting (if you can even call that distance a commute, but it was just awkward to do, as it needed a bus and a train). It's one of the (many) things I'm glad I left behind, but those who still have to put up with it have my sympathy, because I fucking hated it. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:18 ] |
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I'm absolutely fine with it, but I suspect the day I stop I'll wonder what the fuck what wrong with me. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:22 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I'm absolutely fine with it, but I suspect the day I stop I'll wonder what the fuck what wrong with me. Mortgage. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:25 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I'm absolutely fine with it, but I suspect the day I stop I'll wonder what the fuck what wrong with me. Absolutely this. It doesn't bother me, I just sit and read or play a game, which isn't much different to what I'd be doing at home. But like you, once I stop I predict I'll think I was an idiot. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:31 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: Grim... wrote: I'm absolutely fine with it, but I suspect the day I stop I'll wonder what the fuck what wrong with me. Mortgage. I could work from home a lot more than I do if I wanted. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:36 ] |
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Most days I leave the house at 6.40 get to work for 7 and then leave again at 3.30 and get home for 4. So I get a couple of hours where I can maybe go for a run and then spend time with my wife and daughter. I'd be so pissed off if I had to spend all those hours sat hunched over on a bus just staring at another fucking screen instead. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:45 ] |
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I managed to put a couple of hours in this afternoon.. It didn't last though. However, I was working all day yesterday from 8:30am to about 5:30pm. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:47 ] |
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markg wrote: Most days I leave the house at 6.40 get to work for 7 and then leave again at 3.30 and get home for 4. So I get a couple of hours where I can maybe go for a run and then spend time with my wife and daughter. I'd be so pissed off if I had to spend all those hours sat hunched over on a bus just staring at another fucking screen instead. Nice! I'm still about 20 minutes from home and left the house at 6.15 this morning. But I knew what I was signing up for when we moved. Should sort it out but, debt. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:49 ] |
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I've never been a car guy, as you all can tell from my wibblings in this thread, but I couldn't be without my car. Before, I was up at 6am, out of the house by 6:40, train at 6:50, 45 minute journey, 5 minute walk to bus stop, another 40 minutes on bus. And same again in reverse in to get home. The car costs more and causes me aggro, but I'll take it for giving me my sanity back |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 19:53 ] |
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I have a fifteen-minute walk to and from work and I wouldn’t change it for the world. I suspect I’ll have to when we move out of Nottingham though. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon Jul 29, 2019 21:47 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Look at what time he finishes work! So late. |
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