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Post by the light works on Jul 4, 2015 7:30:55 GMT
well, it was a bit iffy running empty... but yes, they did s better job tuning the brakes than the engine. of course, you'd offload a few gallons of water in the process. Wear a raincoat whilst driving?... nah, the cab didn't leak.
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 4, 2015 8:04:23 GMT
Wear a raincoat whilst driving?... nah, the cab didn't leak. And you got rid of it?... that one was a keeper.
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Post by the light works on Jul 4, 2015 10:16:07 GMT
nah, the cab didn't leak. And you got rid of it?... that one was a keeper. you may have heard me griping before - we GAVE it to our neighbors, and they parked it outside one of their stations and left it to rot.
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Post by c64 on Jul 4, 2015 21:17:38 GMT
Just asking, because even the lowest powered slug I ever drove on the heavy side was quite capable of being able to cruise on half throttle... On the lighter side, I gave up trying to drive a fiat thing once because it had zero guts and I was fed up of being a rolling road block.(... thinking on, it may have been a citron?... it wasnt anything fancy, just a ride, cheep, and on borrow until the repairs to mine were finished...) Micro-Mini economy is one thing, but not daring to go on any road that had a 50mph limit because I know how much I held up people on a 40 limit road, well, how can any [modern] car maker justify that?... My very first car I bought myself was rather large (for EU standards) and had a trailer hook. It was powered by a 1.8l atmospheric diesel engine - 49HP! This one was mostly driven digitally. Floor it when the speed limit goes up and idle it when it goes down. If there was a long section with high speed limit, it also had cruised with half throttle or less. The top speed was somewhat above 130kph (145 absolute max by speedometer). Since the air drag rises to the square, half the max speed requires only 1/4 or the max power. This car had an excellent mpg and diesel was very cheap back then. First of all, it was "refinery garbage" making gasoline and it had very little tax on it since diesel used to be used for cargo trucks only so diesel was subventioned by tax. Nowadays a lot of cars use diesel as well as the industry, trains and ships which originally used heavier oils to get rid of them so diesel became much more valuable. It was so efficient that during very cold winter days, you had to drive ~20km until the heater started to work properly. While the car was equipped with 6 air vents, only 2 of them could be heated so even if the engine was fully warmed up, you were still freezing.
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Post by the light works on Jul 5, 2015 5:07:07 GMT
Just asking, because even the lowest powered slug I ever drove on the heavy side was quite capable of being able to cruise on half throttle... On the lighter side, I gave up trying to drive a fiat thing once because it had zero guts and I was fed up of being a rolling road block.(... thinking on, it may have been a citron?... it wasnt anything fancy, just a ride, cheep, and on borrow until the repairs to mine were finished...) Micro-Mini economy is one thing, but not daring to go on any road that had a 50mph limit because I know how much I held up people on a 40 limit road, well, how can any [modern] car maker justify that?... My very first car I bought myself was rather large (for EU standards) and had a trailer hook. It was powered by a 1.8l atmospheric diesel engine - 49HP! This one was mostly driven digitally. Floor it when the speed limit goes up and idle it when it goes down. If there was a long section with high speed limit, it also had cruised with half throttle or less. The top speed was somewhat above 130kph (145 absolute max by speedometer). Since the air drag rises to the square, half the max speed requires only 1/4 or the max power. This car had an excellent mpg and diesel was very cheap back then. First of all, it was "refinery garbage" making gasoline and it had very little tax on it since diesel used to be used for cargo trucks only so diesel was subventioned by tax. Nowadays a lot of cars use diesel as well as the industry, trains and ships which originally used heavier oils to get rid of them so diesel became much more valuable. It was so efficient that during very cold winter days, you had to drive ~20km until the heater started to work properly. While the car was equipped with 6 air vents, only 2 of them could be heated so even if the engine was fully warmed up, you were still freezing. here's something that will bake your noodle: I finally broke 12 MPG in my truck. it just happened to be the tank of fuel on which I ran a load of metal (2 tons counting the trailer) to the recycler.
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Post by OziRiS on Jul 15, 2015 19:47:14 GMT
thinking on, it may have been a citron?... You have no idea how hard I just laughed when I read that! Was that spelled "citron" on purpose (it's really spelled "Citroën")? If it was, it was extremely apt, as "citron" in Danish means "lemon"
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Post by c64 on Jul 15, 2015 22:47:52 GMT
If it was, it was extremely apt, as "citron" in Danish means "lemon" A major automotive magazine awards the "silver lemon" for the worst car every quarter. Almost every year a Citroën had won one. It was the Ford Taunus in 1970 which made the magazine come up with this award. This car is like the Morris Marina - except for the pianos falling on them.
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 17, 2015 7:37:43 GMT
thinking on, it may have been a citron?... You have no idea how hard I just laughed when I read that! Was that spelled "citron" on purpose (it's really spelled "Citroën")? If it was, it was extremely apt, as "citron" in Danish means "lemon" Even MORE apt, as "lemon" in UK terminology ..."Its a bit of a lemon isnt it?.." is a way of saying its not as good as you thought it was. And no, I dont care to know what the correct spelling of that brand name is, because I wont need to know, unless I am very unfortunate. So not-exactly-a-typo?... does that explain it?...
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 17, 2015 7:39:08 GMT
If it was, it was extremely apt, as "citron" in Danish means "lemon" A major automotive magazine awards the "silver lemon" for the worst car every quarter. Almost every year a Citroën had won one. It was the Ford Taunus in 1970 which made the magazine come up with this award. This car is like the Morris Marina - except for the pianos falling on them. The ford taurus, looks suspiciously like an early ford Escort MK1?...
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 17, 2015 7:42:42 GMT
From the Getty collection.... And yes, that was him when he had MORE "Hair"....
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Post by OziRiS on Jul 17, 2015 10:13:33 GMT
You have no idea how hard I just laughed when I read that! Was that spelled "citron" on purpose (it's really spelled "Citroën")? If it was, it was extremely apt, as "citron" in Danish means "lemon" Even MORE apt, as "lemon" in UK terminology ..."Its a bit of a lemon isnt it?.." is a way of saying its not as good as you thought it was. I know that's what it means. That's why I said it was apt
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Post by the light works on Jul 17, 2015 15:12:05 GMT
in the US it most commonly refers to a car that is defective by its very nature. - as in it has come to be an official legal term, and has resulted in legal action in some extreme cases. (I.E. Lemon laws which state that if you sell a car that exceeds the benchmanrk for being a bad car, you MUST refund the customer's money in full in exchange for the remains of the car.)
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Post by OziRiS on Jul 17, 2015 18:28:47 GMT
I thought this was the Lemon Law
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Post by c64 on Jul 17, 2015 20:32:05 GMT
in the US it most commonly refers to a car that is defective by its very nature. - as in it has come to be an official legal term, and has resulted in legal action in some extreme cases. (I.E. Lemon laws which state that if you sell a car that exceeds the benchmanrk for being a bad car, you MUST refund the customer's money in full in exchange for the remains of the car.) And that must be the reason why you never see any UK made cars in US movies - except for Rolls Royce.
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Post by the light works on Jul 18, 2015 0:38:48 GMT
in the US it most commonly refers to a car that is defective by its very nature. - as in it has come to be an official legal term, and has resulted in legal action in some extreme cases. (I.E. Lemon laws which state that if you sell a car that exceeds the benchmanrk for being a bad car, you MUST refund the customer's money in full in exchange for the remains of the car.) And that must be the reason why you never see any UK made cars in US movies - except for Rolls Royce. that's a different transaction altogether.
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Post by GTCGreg on Jul 18, 2015 2:17:57 GMT
in the US it most commonly refers to a car that is defective by its very nature. - as in it has come to be an official legal term, and has resulted in legal action in some extreme cases. (I.E. Lemon laws which state that if you sell a car that exceeds the benchmanrk for being a bad car, you MUST refund the customer's money in full in exchange for the remains of the car.) And that must be the reason why you never see any UK made cars in US movies - except for Rolls Royce. Not that you see many American cars in American movies anymore either.
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Post by the light works on Jul 18, 2015 2:29:09 GMT
And that must be the reason why you never see any UK made cars in US movies - except for Rolls Royce. Not that you see many American cars in American movies anymore either. depends on their advertising budget, as it always has.
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 18, 2015 7:41:49 GMT
in the US it most commonly refers to a car that is defective by its very nature. - as in it has come to be an official legal term, and has resulted in legal action in some extreme cases. (I.E. Lemon laws which state that if you sell a car that exceeds the benchmanrk for being a bad car, you MUST refund the customer's money in full in exchange for the remains of the car.) And that must be the reason why you never see any UK made cars in US movies - except for Rolls Royce. UK made cars are right hook, US roads are left hook, the insurance to drive UK cars is higher. BTW, Need for Speed latest had a UK Ford Escort MK 1 in it..... I know the guy who did the original restoration job to make it drivable before the movies made it.
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Post by the light works on Jul 18, 2015 11:25:52 GMT
And that must be the reason why you never see any UK made cars in US movies - except for Rolls Royce. UK made cars are right hook, US roads are left hook, the insurance to drive UK cars is higher. BTW, Need for Speed latest had a UK Ford Escort MK 1 in it..... I know the guy who did the original restoration job to make it drivable before the movies made it. most of the movies featured a right hand drive Nissan in them. - but there are a lot of left hand drive UK makes of cars. they do, after all, also make cars for export.
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Post by c64 on Jul 19, 2015 10:46:36 GMT
UK made cars are right hook, US roads are left hook, the insurance to drive UK cars is higher. BTW, Need for Speed latest had a UK Ford Escort MK 1 in it..... I know the guy who did the original restoration job to make it drivable before the movies made it. most of the movies featured a right hand drive Nissan in them. - but there are a lot of left hand drive UK makes of cars. they do, after all, also make cars for export. E.g. the original Rover Mini. I have seen hundreds of them but never any with the steering wheel on the "wrong" (right) side. BTW, the continental version of the Rover Mini has no real brake pedal, the brake booster is installed in the right hand side of the car, the driver's brake pedal is like the brake pedal of a driving instructor, it's the very same part as in UK driving school cars. It adds a "springy action" to the brake pedal I don't like at all.
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