Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 17]
Discussion
Krikkit said:
BigBen said:
Krikkit said:
This is going to sound ridiculous, but it irrationally annoys me when any GPS-equipped device doesn't auto-synch its time with the GPS sats. There should be a simply accessible menu to set your regional zone, and that's it.
I also reserve the same hate for any web-connected device, but that's a different ballgame.
With GPS it knows your regional zone so even that would be superfluous.I also reserve the same hate for any web-connected device, but that's a different ballgame.
BigBen said:
No idea about standards, just know that the longitude of time zones have not changed so it can't be that hard! I thought of it during my final year project "a speaking GPS receiver" about 20 years ago so glad to hear the standards bodies have caught up
No that's very true, I mean even the laziest of implementations can't fail if they use the latest standard as it gives you UTC times plus the adjustment for your time zone in hours and minutes.I was thinking when the Century was programmed they might not have had easy timezone encoding, so rather than try and write it in (after all timezones may change), just allow a config for time offset.
Anyway, it still annoys me, but this isn't the "GPS implementations are crap" thread... More smokers kthxbai
W00DY said:
We're in the unheard of position of a new volume beginning where pretty much everything is more expensive than at the start of the last.
An interesting observation! Back to the old favourites then to keep to the budget Any resolutions or intended purchases for this thread?
Mine: buy a Mercedes S class of some description. I am a big Merc fan, and a big barge fan - but have somehow never owned merc’s Uber barge!
0a said:
21st Century Man said:
MOT passed, no advisories. I guess I'd better get used to it.
Brilliant. Out of interest, what does the MOT garage and the like say when you turn up with such an interesting car?!jason61c said:
Can you do preventive work on it?
You could try changing out the worst affected areas - those areas that see the most heat - but I think it would be a losing battle. It’s not just the top loom - the throttle body wiring is also affected, and was mush by the time I’d unbolted it to send off for a rebuild. The lower loom, far smaller than the top loom, also gets in on the act. My car was approaching 19 when I swapped the looms and throttle body - another 6 years (and similar mileage to my car) will not have been kind, so if original it will be in a bad way. I’m guessing either it’s been replaced, although I would expect the vendor to mention it, or running repairs have been made to keep it running. Having seen the state of the loom in my car, I imagine just changing spark plugs would see a need for some wiring repairs.
None of this is terminal and it looks ok in the photos, but the cost would need to take account of the loom issues - the top loom was about £850 in 13/14, the lower loom a few hundred and the throttle body rewire the same again.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
0a said:
phil_cardiff said:
In the interest of annoying Charles, I'm in!
Same here jason61c said:
Having looked around, I’ve stumbled on this.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154058680651
It’s a one owner car. Having looked into the issues, what should be the main points to check? Regarding the wiring loom(engine bay), can you do anything about it or see if it’s affected? Also 5 speed, so 30mpg motorway?
I am no 124 expert, but anyone describing a car as ‘near mint’ when it looks like the nsr seat base has a 3” hole in it tends to make me wonder about the rest of it... (sorry).https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154058680651
It’s a one owner car. Having looked into the issues, what should be the main points to check? Regarding the wiring loom(engine bay), can you do anything about it or see if it’s affected? Also 5 speed, so 30mpg motorway?
Mr-B said:
Original listing has gone but the next one listed underneath is the same car, no?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/2003-bmw-745i-4.4-v8...
I got excited for a bit, from the text I could have pinched the seats and broke the rest for parts, etc. However, the ‘heated & cooled’ seats ain’t either - ( I didn’t even think you could get seats this basic in the model!). Oh well.https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/2003-bmw-745i-4.4-v8...
0a said:
Oh, and organise a barge meet with reasonable attendance!
It’s been a while. I’m up for it, pretty much anywhere will do, it feels like I’ve been no further than the supermarket since March.And that’s more multi-bleedin’ quoting than strictly necessary. Enough!
BrabusMog said:
Just catching up on the last pages of the previous volume... Mercedes really do make the best looking wheels.
Although they can look dire on the wrong Merc...http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2020...
CharlesdeGaulle said:
W00DY said:
What an epic buy that would be. All you grizzly moaners grumbling about the new S Class at the end of the old thread need to put your money where your mouth is and buy this.
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