Daftest stuff said on PH which isn't really true

[Zarco]

Counter steering doesn't exist (when riding a motorcycle).

[bristolbaron]

Skeptisk said:

However there are other items for which there is no rational explanation. A Picasso painting is an example. The cost of the materials is insignificant. It would also be straightforward to have someone make a fake that is indistinguishable from the real one, except for experts (and even then they might have to use technology). Yet one is worth millions and the other almost nothing.

That’s only irrational if you deem counterfeit money to be worth the same as real money.

[Berger 3rd]

Along the lines of the OPs post, on the thread about not being able to insure Range Rovers, there were a lot of people popping in and saying “well you can insure anything for the right price”

While that it is indisputably correct, it was also people just parroting a well worn phrase and completely missing the point.

Yes, you can insure anything for the right price, but the point is nobody wants to spend £20k insuring a £50k car, and they’d be mad to do so.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

yellowbentines said:

"I brought..."

I brought it back home. I brought it back to life. I brought him good news.

What's the problem?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Berger 3rd said:

Yes, you can insure anything for the right price,

You actually can't. There's a vast range of stuff that's just not insurable, at any cost.

[Johnspex]

Zarco said:

Counter steering doesn't exist (when riding a motorcycle).

I'm confused. Are you saying it doesn't exist,or, it does?

[Jordie Barretts sock]

If your MOT has expired you cannot drive on the road because your insurance isn't valid.

[williamp]

Joey Deacon said:

"If you run you car low on fuel it sucks up all the sludge from the bottom of the tank" erm, the pickup is at the lowest part of the tank which is the bottom so is always taking fuel from the bottom of the tank.

you've never ran a classic with a steel fuel tank, then.

[Nethybridge]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

If your MOT has expired you
cannot drive on the road because your insurance isn't valid.

Yes that's a good one.

Another favourite, your car insurance is invalid if you have selected Social and Domestic use only
and while delivering a package from your work on your commute home you end up in a crash.

[Cotty]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Berger 3rd said:

Yes, you can insure anything for the right price,

You actually can't. There's a vast range of stuff that's just not insurable, at any cost.

Also under insurance law, you can only buy insurance for something or someone in which you have an insurable interest. i.e I can't take out a life insurance policy on Charles and Camilla.

Cannabis is legal in some countries and some states in America but you can't insure it in the London insurance market as cannabis is illegal here.

[InitialDave]

williamp said:

Joey Deacon said:

"If you run you car low on fuel it sucks up all the sludge from the bottom of the tank" erm, the pickup is at the lowest part of the tank which is the bottom so is always taking fuel from the bottom of the tank.

you've never ran a classic with a steel fuel tank, then.

Yep, it's not that it's magically pulling from a position in the tank it wasn't before, it's just the crud gets swirled about and picked up.

Must be 20 years since I had it actually happen, mind.

[Cliftonite]

"Cash is legal tender and all shops have to accept it."

[Zarco]

Johnspex said:

Zarco said:

Counter steering doesn't exist (when riding a motorcycle).

I'm confused. Are you saying it doesn't exist,or, it does?

I'm saying it does. But some don't believe in it.

[yellowbentines]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

yellowbentines said:

"I brought..."

I brought it back home. I brought it back to life. I brought him good news.

What's the problem?

None when used to indicate 'bring', rather than 'buy'.

"I brought a new car last weekend. I went to Tesco and brought a sandwich". And so on.

[DickyC]

Purosangue said:

julian64 said:

GetCarter said:

Purosangue said:

cadence braking

Used to do it all the time in my Caterhams. It's real, but only when you know what you're doing in a car that needs it.

I think the best one was cadence accelerating once posted on PH.

that was the one

My brother used to do that on his scooter in the sixties. Not for extra performance or anything, just, "People will think I've got more gears."

His theory was never tested with bystander surveys.

[DickyC]

yellowbentines said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

yellowbentines said:

"I brought..."

I brought it back home. I brought it back to life. I brought him good news.

What's the problem?

None when used to indicate 'bring', rather than 'buy'.

"I brought a new car last weekend. I went to Tesco and brought a sandwich". And so on.

Queue argument.

[Johnspex]

DickyC said:

yellowbentines said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

yellowbentines said:

"I brought..."

I brought it back home. I brought it back to life. I brought him good news.

What's the problem?

None when used to indicate 'bring', rather than 'buy'.

"I brought a new car last weekend. I went to Tesco and brought a sandwich". And so on.

Queue argument.

Now there's an annoying one.
Cue argument, not queue or que.

[DickyC]

Johnspex said:

DickyC said:

yellowbentines said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

yellowbentines said:

"I brought..."

I brought it back home. I brought it back to life. I brought him good news.

What's the problem?

None when used to indicate 'bring', rather than 'buy'.

"I brought a new car last weekend. I went to Tesco and brought a sandwich". And so on.

Queue argument.

Now there's an annoying one.
Cue argument, not queue or que.

Annoying rather than daft. I just had to drop it in.

[AC43]

119 said:

GetCarter said:

Purosangue said:

cadence braking

Used to do it all the time in my Caterhams. It's real, but only when you know what you're doing in a car that needs it.

Was it that dangerous to drive then?

What do you mean? It's a technique used on cars that don't have anti-lock brakes.

[HughG]

AC43 said:

119 said:

GetCarter said:

Purosangue said:

cadence braking

Used to do it all the time in my Caterhams. It's real, but only when you know what you're doing in a car that needs it.

Was it that dangerous to drive then?

What do you mean? It's a technique used on cars that don't have anti-lock brakes.

The daft thing about cadence braking is that for vast majority of people just braking hard and modulating the pressure to prevent a skid will be far more effective.