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Going to defend touchscreens a bit here. Some cars do it better than others. Seems this Golf one is unnecessarily complicated by having sport on the gear stick, traction control in the brakes menu, and an R button bringing up another menu for drive modes. It needs a rethink.
And having the manual fan inside a menu - a joke. Volvo and Tesla have climate controls available at all times on their screens.
And having the manual fan inside a menu - a joke. Volvo and Tesla have climate controls available at all times on their screens.
Edited by F20CN16 on Monday 3rd May 10:40
Caddyshack said:
My Rangie has a touch screen for things like the heated seats...I still don’t get why I have to press the screen to pull up seats, then press the hot button 3 times to get the lowest setting...my boxster and mini just have a button to turn on the seats.
With the dual screen? Push the rotary on your side, and turn it one click clockwise. Now your heated seat is on the lowest setting.Agreed. Nothing inspirational or aspirational about that car. Test was great, up to HM's usual standards, but the car? Meh. And over 40k? Mental. Still, one for the blue suited middle management lot to boast about the numbers at their summer barbecue, in their postage stamp Bovis Homes garden, with the estate agent neighbour.
spreadsheet monkey said:
OpulentBob said:
Still, one for the blue suited middle management lot to boast about the numbers at their summer barbecue, in their postage stamp Bovis Homes garden, with the estate agent neighbour.
The snobbery (inverted or otherwise) on PH is ridiculous sometimes.
Knew I'd trigger someone with that
These restoration videos are really interesting, I didn’t expect to enjoy these as much, but the level of detail and balanced delivery kept me watching. Still love a good road trip though!
I can’t help but be interested in the financial aspect, how much does a perfectly restored xjc go for these days? I appreciate this is not done for financial gain but the increase in value must at least help offset some of the cost?
I can’t help but be interested in the financial aspect, how much does a perfectly restored xjc go for these days? I appreciate this is not done for financial gain but the increase in value must at least help offset some of the cost?
JmatthewB said:
ChocolateFrog said:
A 20 something that watches the likes of Harry's Garage would probably be classed a weirdo by his peers these days.
Sad times.
Maybe Harry is doing YouTube wrong to entice the younger viewers. Sad times.
He doesn't follow the correct YouTube video best practice of a camera facing introduction about today's 'show', followed by a flashy pointless channel intro jingle and then him starting the actual content by rephrasing what he just said in the initial intro, rendering the entire first 30 seconds of the video completely pointless. All topped off with an oversaturated thumbnail that features him pulling a stupid shocked face.
greenarrow said:
. Time this reality dawned on manufacturers.
It's got nothing to do with needing to "dawn" on anyone.The reason most EVs are powerful is because they have big batteries in order to get enough range, ie the big power bit comes for free.
As it stands, at the current production volumes and with the current limited supply chains, the manufacturers could not churn out millions of low cost, short range, low power EVs even if they wanted too, and of course, they don't want too! Why would you sell a low profit margin car to someone who will currently buy one of your existing ICE cars and then not be able to sell a very high profit margin car to someone who really wants an EV and won't buy one of your ICEs?? The answer is, you wouldn't of course!
Things are changing. Massive battery manufacturing supply chains are falling into place, powertrains developed and paid for by halo models are slowly becoming available too, or helping the development of, lower cost, less powerful powertrains for cheaper cars. But this will take time. It'll be a while (but not long in real terms) before we see a BEV fiesta or polo.
Great video on Hydrogen with Lord Bamford. I've always been a bit sceptical of BEVs given the numerous drawbacks, range, charging time, etc, but also the number of people (EVangelists) who seem to be on a mission to present it as the only option when it is clearly not. Indeed the make up of the grid itself and materials used will mean that BEVs are not anywhere near as clean as some people are trying to make out.
Hobbes003 said:
H2 storage in cars depends: BMW use liquid hydrogen. This has to be stored at -254 ºC, it inevitably starts boiling and the tank has to be vented to keep the pressure within limits.
Toyota stores gaseous H2 at 700 bar, which has the leaks-through-solid-tankwalls issue.
Nothing you've said there sounds hugely safe Toyota stores gaseous H2 at 700 bar, which has the leaks-through-solid-tankwalls issue.
DonkeyApple said:
Yup. I think there are two options here. Spend hours digitally scanning a selection of remaining cars to ascertain an average, create the moulds and mini bucks, get the best people in from NASA, Google, Facebook and IBM. A crack team of the fin at professionals in the field of digital w
kery to stand around claiming everything is far more complicated than it actually is and automatically arguing with each other over which one is the greatest living virgin the world has ever seen.
Or, just ask Dave to bang out a one off panel by eye after he's had his cup of tea and fit it to the car later in the day while the bloke with the digital scanner is still arguing with the pigeons as to why android is superior to iOS while waiting for the latest software update to seamlessly download and install.
As seen with the roof of this car and has been noted in the past, the chaps at Zagato weren't exactly the best in the biz so it's not going to be hard for an actual professional to reproduce the sections needed.
Harry: please do an actual video dedicated to that work. No need to put on a Fred Dibnah accent but it would be genuinely interesting to see such a complex shape being made in 2021 and what modern additions to the technique have been applied etc. Probably won't get anywhere near the views but it would be gratefully received rather than just seeing the finished product which we already know is going to be as good as the original.
The important question is how many panels you need to make?kery to stand around claiming everything is far more complicated than it actually is and automatically arguing with each other over which one is the greatest living virgin the world has ever seen. Or, just ask Dave to bang out a one off panel by eye after he's had his cup of tea and fit it to the car later in the day while the bloke with the digital scanner is still arguing with the pigeons as to why android is superior to iOS while waiting for the latest software update to seamlessly download and install.
As seen with the roof of this car and has been noted in the past, the chaps at Zagato weren't exactly the best in the biz so it's not going to be hard for an actual professional to reproduce the sections needed.
Harry: please do an actual video dedicated to that work. No need to put on a Fred Dibnah accent but it would be genuinely interesting to see such a complex shape being made in 2021 and what modern additions to the technique have been applied etc. Probably won't get anywhere near the views but it would be gratefully received rather than just seeing the finished product which we already know is going to be as good as the original.
These days, a 3d scan, cloud point to surface aggregation process, solid model then 3d toolpath generation really isn't hard, difficult or that expensive. if i ran a company restoring these cars, i'd make myself a set of bucks to allow me to hand press the basic shape of the panel (probably hydro form tbh) which would save an enourmous amount of time. Yes, you'd still probably need to hand fit and finish each panel to each car due to tollerances and changes over the years, but overall it would be way quicker because you are starting a lot closer than a flat bit of 22 guage steel sheet.....
M4SER said:
The previous bare-metal restoration was done in 2002 by someone not skilled in panel fabrication but very skilled in applying filler and paint! As I've said many times before, I was fully aware of this bodgery at time of purchase and was going to walk away from buying it but then discovered the car's link to my past in the history file.
Was that detailed in one of the videos? I must have missed it - any chance of a quick recap? Dr Interceptor said:
OpulentBob said:
Was that detailed in one of the videos? I must have missed it - any chance of a quick recap?
You need to go back a couple of years 
https://youtu.be/82Bw9_QPCZ8
Mezzanine said:
Venisonpie said:
Yidwann said:
Definitely surprised me, that looks bonkers quick! What a thing!
I am not ashamed to say when I opened YouTube this morning and had the choice of either a new Harrys Garage or Harrys Farm video to watch, I picked the farm first, I have been finding it fascinating.
You're not alone, really like the farm.I am not ashamed to say when I opened YouTube this morning and had the choice of either a new Harrys Garage or Harrys Farm video to watch, I picked the farm first, I have been finding it fascinating.
I find those combine harvesters fascinating. I think it’s something to do with the size of the vehicle versus the size of what it spits out the other end ultimately.
ETA that reminds me, with all that machinery around, I'm amazed Harry still has all 10 fingers...
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