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DickyC said:
underwhelmist said:
smallpaul said:
I've never changed a cambelt deliberately.
How do you change a cambelt accidentally? 
Caddyshack said:
DickyC said:
underwhelmist said:
smallpaul said:
I've never changed a cambelt deliberately.
How do you change a cambelt accidentally? It didn't happen, did it?
No.
Do you have to explain all your feeble jokes?
Not always, no.
DickyC said:
Caddyshack said:
DickyC said:
underwhelmist said:
smallpaul said:
I've never changed a cambelt deliberately.
How do you change a cambelt accidentally? It didn't happen, did it?
No.
Do you have to explain all your feeble jokes?
Not always, no.
Chubbyross said:
Sporky said:
I don't think engines sound nice when at high revs.
I thought it was just me. In all my years of motoring I’ve probably bounced off a rev limiter a handful of times. Been driving since 2006. Advanced police driver, traffic cop...haven't got a clue how cars work. I can do POWDERS checks but thats it. Ask me to point something out under the engine and unless its one of those things I wouldn't have a clue. How does an engine work? No idea. I put petrol/diesel in and press the pedal to go.
I've got a course coming up which I'm dreading in case I need knowledge of how cars work!
I've got a course coming up which I'm dreading in case I need knowledge of how cars work!
Caddyshack said:
Chubbyross said:
Sporky said:
I don't think engines sound nice when at high revs.
I thought it was just me. In all my years of motoring I’ve probably bounced off a rev limiter a handful of times. LosingGrip said:
Been driving since 2006. Advanced police driver, traffic cop...haven't got a clue how cars work. I can do POWDERS checks but thats it. Ask me to point something out under the engine and unless its one of those things I wouldn't have a clue. How does an engine work? No idea. I put petrol/diesel in and press the pedal to go.
I've got a course coming up which I'm dreading in case I need knowledge of how cars work!
As someone who can rebuild cars that seems totally alien to me but it is also an important reminder that we are all different with different interests and skills. It’s just what makes life and people interesting. I've got a course coming up which I'm dreading in case I need knowledge of how cars work!
I value comfort over sportiness. Getting out of my Volvo estate and into an A110 or Cayman makes me question whether I should still have either of the latter.
Smaller alloys are better than big ones.
I’ve just retired so I always let van/truck drivers go first as they’re carrying our stuff which is more important.
Smaller alloys are better than big ones.
I’ve just retired so I always let van/truck drivers go first as they’re carrying our stuff which is more important.
biggbn said:
Ah, thanks, I thought they were all 4wd, every day is a school day!!
No, the majority are FWD. As the previous poster said, they have an LSD - and a very nicely calibrated one it is too in my opinion (I'm an LSD addict....should I admit that here?) Short geared as well so a bizarrely decent sprinter.Caddyshack said:
Driving the wrong cars then….even a Boxster s at 7000 should raise the hairs on your neck, let alone a flat plane v8 in a Ferrari 355….more humble engines are excellent too…v-tec? Etc.
Nope. They all sound nasty at high revs. V8s are best when burbling. V6s when smoothly turbining away. And so on. Axe wound said:
Ever driven a Citroen C4 Cactus? They're woeful.
I'm a lucky boy in that I've had a few years of getting to drive tons of stuff ranging from £150 s
tboxes all the way to brand new Bentleys and out of every 'newish' car I've driven, those Cactus's are the worst. They're built badly out of cheap material. The steering feels like it's done by pulling two pieces of string. The petrol engines are hopeless, the front seats would be more at home outside a bus stop and the infotainment screen they use looks and feels like it's come out of a ToysRus catalogue. You'd be better off going to work on your hand and knees.
I love small, cheap cars because they almost always do exactly what you want them to do (like paulrockliffe's Citigo), but there's definitely still some crap out there.
Funnily enough I've just helped my father in law buy a C4 Cactus mk2 110bhp auto. Seemed quite nippy, quiet, good luggage space, easy to get into and see out of, has climate control, electric windows and CarPlay and it's supremely comfortable and great over bumpy roads. I thought it was an excellent car, and exactly what he needs.I'm a lucky boy in that I've had a few years of getting to drive tons of stuff ranging from £150 s
tboxes all the way to brand new Bentleys and out of every 'newish' car I've driven, those Cactus's are the worst. They're built badly out of cheap material. The steering feels like it's done by pulling two pieces of string. The petrol engines are hopeless, the front seats would be more at home outside a bus stop and the infotainment screen they use looks and feels like it's come out of a ToysRus catalogue. You'd be better off going to work on your hand and knees.I love small, cheap cars because they almost always do exactly what you want them to do (like paulrockliffe's Citigo), but there's definitely still some crap out there.
Edited by Axe wound on Sunday 18th September 08:20
On the 'crap car good' front I rented a Citroën C Elyssée once in Croatia. It was ugly, gutless and awful but it had aircon and electric windows and I had one of the most memorable driving afternoons thrashing the living daylights out of it over the Croatian hills. (Plus I found a watch hidden in the boot, which was a bonus).
My driving secret is that I don't really enjoy just driving. There has to be a purpose to my journey. I must be going to somewhere to do something when I get there, otherwise I'm not leaving the house. Same for motorbike and bicycle rides. I'm as happy being a passenger as driving, as long as the driver is good, safe, and overtakes slow things.
BikeSausage said:
I value comfort over sportiness. Getting out of my Volvo estate and into an A110 or Cayman makes me question whether I should still have either of the latter.
Smaller alloys are better than big ones.
I’ve just retired so I always let van/truck drivers go first as they’re carrying our stuff which is more important.
Similar here, though it was also because my BIL is a HGV driver and I hear stories about how people won't let him go so I guess it pricks my conscience so I was doing it before I retired.Smaller alloys are better than big ones.
I’ve just retired so I always let van/truck drivers go first as they’re carrying our stuff which is more important.
I don't like to thrash engines either, mainly because it's down to me to fix them. However, in the last 10 years I've probably only had one that sounded nice when extended (3 litre Z3). The rest fairly boring 4 cylinder engines and some diesel ones that were company cars too. I don't think I've taken my shed Ka over 3,000 rpm as it's 13 years old and it seems cruel.
Plus I haven't replaced the cambelt yet (not a joke about stockings though 
).Sporky said:
Caddyshack said:
Driving the wrong cars then….even a Boxster s at 7000 should raise the hairs on your neck, let alone a flat plane v8 in a Ferrari 355….more humble engines are excellent too…v-tec? Etc.
Nope. They all sound nasty at high revs. V8s are best when burbling. V6s when smoothly turbining away. And so on. I've become addicted to straight 6s that rev past 6,000 rpm.
BikeSausage said:
Smaller alloys are better than big ones.
100% and they seem to keep getting bigger. Got a new Fiesta ST-line X arriving next month and it comes on 18" wheels....on a Fiesta. It's draft. Debating buying some 16" replacements and stashing the originals in the loft until the lease ends. gravitygravy said:
BikeSausage said:
Smaller alloys are better than big ones.
100% and they seem to keep getting bigger. Got a new Fiesta ST-line X arriving next month and it comes on 18" wheels....on a Fiesta. It's draft. Debating buying some 16" replacements and stashing the originals in the loft until the lease ends. Caddyshack said:
DickyC said:
underwhelmist said:
smallpaul said:
I've never changed a cambelt deliberately.
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