These pictures make my teeth itch

[motco]

McAndy said:

Interesting stuff, thanks. I never knew about the angle and the pre-tension must take a hefty hoik!

Hefty oik!

[McAndy]

WHY?!

[MagicalTrevor]

guindilias said:

Just a load of wood scraps stuck onto the tailgate...

Don't spoil a good story with the truth!

[allegerita]

A Dutch train says "kedeng kedeng".

john2443 said:

In the old days, trains went clickety-click clickety-click clickety-click because they were going over the expansion gaps.

Now (and for quite a lot of years) the rails are continuously welded so they don't go clickety-click.

They do have expansion joints but they are a long way apart and rather than being a gap the ends are cut at an angle so they slide past each other as they expand/contract. Also, they nail one end of a section down and pull hard on the other end to put a bit of pre stretch in so that when they heat up they don't buckle.

[craigjm]

This image is getting people twitching in the RR Dawn thread

[JumboBeef]

craigjm said:

This image is getting people twitching in the RR Dawn thread

Well, that's just daft. Dawn is at 6:37.

[LordGrover]

The time changes everyday. The mismatched grain is forever.

[craigjm]

LordGrover said:

The time changes everyday. The mismatched grain is forever.

Quite shocking for an RR and a press car at that

[irocfan]

Dog Star said:

StuntmanMike said:

rehab71 said:

irocfan said:

For a Mercedes that looks very low rent.

Have you seen the tablet thing stuck to the dash, modern German car styling is just so cheap, chavy and ...I've run out of words..

That's an SLK and I've got one - you can't actually spot that from in the car. Until I saw that pic I'd never even noticed it (and I'm on my second after 3 years!).

we've just got one and you are correct; weirdly it's not really too noticeable in day to day usage

[silverfoxcc]

This really got me fuming, esp as they are on a reasonble aligned east/west road

[LordGrover]

Facing south, no?

[Funk]

[motco]

Funk said:

That's dangerous IMHO

[weyland yutani]

[Blown2CV]

Funk said:

Worse than just being irritating, that carpet would make me fall down the stairs.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

weyland yutani said:

If you came in right to left it's ok. 132 would be worse!

[miniman]

[Chocky Chockster]

My father's new bathroom.

[craigjm]

Chocky Chockster said:

My father's new bathroom.

Get the tiler back

[D44nny]

Saw on m42 why not have it central on van?