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by V8Granite
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Jerry can recommendations
Replies: 20
Views: 252

Re: Jerry can recommendations

I have 2x20 litre ones I use in the Defender but don’t think I’ve touched them in 10 years. For needing small amounts of fuel, a Jerry Can style 10 litre one is perfect. A decent amount of fuel, easy to pour and still nice and sturdy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XwUkbGHFAhs&pp=ygURSmVycnkgQ2Fu...
by V8Granite
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Toyota GR Yaris
Replies: 375
Views: 227601

Re: Toyota GR Yaris

Being faster is the reward, surely? Far from it, something engaging and fun is far more important than being ever so slightly quicker with zero skill needed. Dave! As I pass and wave at you with my free left hand, I’ll remember this post 😂 It’s ok, we’ll both be behind the KIA EV6 who doesn’t even ...
by V8Granite
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Toyota GR Yaris
Replies: 375
Views: 227601

Re: Toyota GR Yaris

Jobbo wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:09 pm Being faster is the reward, surely?
Far from it, something engaging and fun is far more important than being ever so slightly quicker with zero skill needed.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Project Binky
Replies: 583
Views: 69950

Re: Project Binky

It’s been shit since they tried being overly clever and made stuff far more complicated than they ever had to.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Baltimore Bridge Collision
Replies: 23
Views: 534

Re: Baltimore Bridge Collision

I’ve been on anchor handlers which go from blackout to back up and running within a minute or so to crews who simply didn’t know how to do it and dropped anchor instead of hitting the fjord.

Good Chief Engineers are worth their weight in gold.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: Baltimore Bridge Collision
Replies: 23
Views: 534

Re: Baltimore Bridge Collision

Absolutely no idea, they do take a lot of stopping 😂

Dave!
by V8Granite
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Baltimore Bridge Collision
Replies: 23
Views: 534

Re: Baltimore Bridge Collision

It will be interesting to hear how long it was a black ship for, so no power at all.

Thrusters and things can still be available if a crew knows what it’s doing and the main engine is gone.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2289243

Re: Your fleet running reports

So I’ve been hunting for a front end rattle for ages since doing the front subframe bushes on the ML. As I couldn’t find a thing wrong I just replaced the arb drop links and what do you know, the rattle is gone. The old ones are still showing zero play and are nearly as stiff as the new ones. Ho hum...
by V8Granite
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Movie Thread
Replies: 2208
Views: 432651

Re: The Movie Thread

Saw Dune 2 at the cinema on Saturday. Some odd parts which just don’t make sense but very watchable at the cinema. Spoilers below…… They made a big deal about him going alone, they must go to the south etc. then 1 sip of poison and with zero explanation, they all turned up to meet him ? So they can ...
by V8Granite
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1192
Views: 220408

Re: EV Thread

It’s a 2.6 ton anti-tarsus, true progress 😂

Dave!
by V8Granite
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Break/Tail light bulbs
Replies: 3
Views: 88

Re: Break/Tail light bulbs

I go to Merc for my Bulbs as they are oddly cheap.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Royal Family
Replies: 56
Views: 2195

Re: Royal Family

If someone asked you how much money would it take to be critiqued by the world, where half of them don’t like the very idea of you anyway, then that number doesn’t exist so it’s certainly not a charmed life at all.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1192
Views: 220408

Re: EV Thread

Hey, how many miles between rebuilds on either the Nissan or Lucid lumps? I couldn’t care less, I’m over 640,000 total miles on the 4 of mine and only 1 failed cambelt tensioner pulley causing actual damage. What’s the failure point of an electric motor? It will be years till cost effective motor r...
by V8Granite
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Dogecoin etc
Replies: 1122
Views: 256481

Re: Dogecoin etc

My colleague cashed out his RR shares at 420p the other day. He bought a month or so before me and made 46k. Then his etherium and made 18k, he bought in the start of 2021. Total made, 64k, not a bad run for about 14k invested in total. He did say he had the fear when he sold it all and I can see th...
by V8Granite
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:30 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1192
Views: 220408

Re: EV Thread

Hey, how many miles between rebuilds on either the Nissan or Lucid lumps? I couldn’t care less, I’m over 640,000 total miles on the 4 of mine and only 1 failed cambelt tensioner pulley causing actual damage. What’s the failure point of an electric motor? It will be years till cost effective motor r...
by V8Granite
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1192
Views: 220408

Re: EV Thread

100 litres of petrol, fuel tank, pumps and lines etc would be around 125kg, that’s pretty good going and the weight drops as it’s used.

Lots left on IC engines yet.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Cayman/Boxter RIP.
Replies: 39
Views: 700

Re: Cayman/Boxter RIP.

Those sales figures are genuinely surprising re 911 to Boxster/Cayman ratio. I'd love to be a fly on the wall at these car companies who over the last 5-10 years or so are having to do so much more in the way of software development, UI design and all the security considerations that come with it. ...
by V8Granite
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: 4 Paw Dog Drive Fleet running report
Replies: 981
Views: 116341

Re: 4 Paw Dog Drive Fleet running report

Ears always look worse as they seem to bleed really bad.

Hopefully they don’t react badly to normal dog play!

Dave!
by V8Granite
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1030

Re: Full Fibre

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:17 am
V8Granite wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:10 am Ginger women are the finest women on the planet.

Dave!
Says the man with a knife to his balls :P
I only get my balls threatened if I call her a redhead 😂.

Dave!
by V8Granite
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Cayman/Boxter RIP.
Replies: 39
Views: 700

Re: Cayman/Boxter RIP.

Some of the requirements that the EU are imposing sound absolutely insane to me for this UNECE WP.29. From https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/motoring-issues/cybersecurity/ "Of course, most cars have multiple users over the course of their life and WP.29 seeks to ensure that there is no po...