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@Jobbo That's quite well done

mik wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:09 pm @Jobbo That's quite well done

If it’s not apparent from the audio, it’s a Chris Morris parody.

Just some cool images

Why do those Twitter threads with multiple pictures exist? Who gets any benefit from them? I assume it's something to do with bots or Russian propaganda, in the absence of any better explanation.

I think it's engagement farming. You can earn money with a verified account I believe, so the more engagement, the more money potentially to be made. I assume a long thread like that one, you'll get people scrolling through multiple tweets rather than just scrolling past one which equals more engagement on your profile. I only ever see them on the for you page rather than the following page.

Those accounts also seem to steal ideas off each other to the point where it gets repetitive

Also totally random but I think Broccor’s mate is now coming up in my ‘for you’ section.

Mito Man wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:24 am I think Broccor’s mate is now coming up in my ‘for you’ section.

They've stolen the headlight and the wheel arch liner?

Looks like the liner covers some of the bolts to the headlights but I’m more surprised that it looks like that headlight has been removed without exposing all of the bolts as usually you’d expect something like:

Mito Man wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:51 am Looks like the liner covers some of the bolts to the headlights but I’m more surprised that it looks like that headlight has been removed without exposing all of the bolts as usually you’d expect something like:

Porsche headlights - on the 996 & 957 at least - have a very neat design where they slide into place and are secured with a latch accessed from under the bonnet / frunk lid. There's no bolts holding the headlight unit in place. That one looks the same - there's a silver bar visible near the back of the tray. That's the securing mechanism. Black in this 996 example.

992 looks more conventional with bolts under the liner holding it in place.


Still wondering how you remove the liner with the wheel in place, and then unbolt the light as there’s not much of a gap.

Mito Man wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:29 am Still wondering how you remove the liner with the wheel in place, and then unbolt the light as there’s not much of a gap.

You send it to a detailers who remove the arch liner and headlight to clean them, then you take a photo and claim they’ve been stolen for likes

"The tunnel's enduring use over more than a century highlights the lack of investment into new infrastructure"

EFA

Jaja.

I realise there's bugger all space left in London for large projects but having the entrance to the Silvertown Tunnel a few hundred metres before Blackwall tunnel just seems like one massive choke point for me.

Mito Man wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:29 am

Still wondering how you remove the liner with the wheel in place, and then unbolt the light as there’s not much of a gap.

Flick the edge out with a screwdriver and cut the bit that’s in the way out with a knife, maybe jack it up a bit for a little more room

I’m sure if they’re going or especially to nick Porsche headlights they’ve probably got their method and tools sorted for the job.