nick205
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| posted on 19/2/14 at 09:18 PM |
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Originally posted by GRRR
Auto-indicators p*ss me off, you can accidentally nudge the stalk and the indicator carrys on blinking for a bit which can look to other road users
like you're turning off. cant cancel it or it starts flashing the other way instead! 
Another feature I really like. Dab the indicator and it gives 3 winks, perfect for lane changes, overtaking, slip roads etc. I'm so used to it
in my car that I forget SWMBOs doesn't do it and end up failing to signal properly sometimes.
The only thing you can't do is the regulation lorry drivers side to side wink to thank another driver.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/2/14 at 09:24 PM |
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Bloody self-lock doors get on my wick Rovers fiited them, they lock automatically at between 2 and 7 mph and remain locked after the carstops to open
them from the inside you have to pull the handle twice but the other doors remain locked.
Working the locks on the blipper one press will only unlock the drivers door, two presses are required to unlock the other doors.
It can be turned off with Rover Textbook but ,,,,,,,,,,,
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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sdh2903
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| posted on 19/2/14 at 10:08 PM |
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I like the one touch indicators. Hate stop start, keyless entry, electric bloody handbrakes (not found one that holds on my steep drive and
ludicrously expensive to fix) and all the bloody safety bings and f***ong bongs, I know when my seat belts off, I know when it's cold I know
when I've left the key in just stop binging at me!!!
And being grumpy is fine, I've been grumpy since I sold my kit to help find a house project that fell through at the last min. In fact even the
mrs has noted my inherent grumpiness and is hinting I should get a new 'toy' car. So being grumpy has it's upsides
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NigeEss
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| posted on 19/2/14 at 11:20 PM |
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Originally posted by sdh2903bings and f***ong bongs, I know when my seat belts off, I know when it's cold I know when I've
left the key in just stop binging at me!!!
That one really grips my sh1t
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 19/2/14 at 11:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
yeah that stop start thing, doesn't that wear out the starter and the flywheel teeth? I notice too the batteries for them are more than twice
the price. Also wonder about the extra wear to the engine if it needs to build up oil pressure each time it starts as that is when most wear occurs
not to mention the engine cooling back down so it becomes less efficient... seems a crazy thing to do just to save a tiny bit of fuel while idling a
lights
The Volvo V50 eDrive I had for a year or so was Start/Stop. It didn't perform the Start/Stop unless the engine was up to temperature, thus
limiting cold start wear. It had a definite positive impact on urban fuel consumption as well.
There is a simple way to stop the stop/start wear on the starter and ring gear - don't use a conventional starter! There was a design some time
ago for a car using a the ring gear on the flywheel and another toothed wheel and coils on the bellhousing to act as an alternator when the engine was
running and charge a battery. It had stop/start, but startup was by using the toothed rings as a variable reluctance motor (IIRC), so no engagement of
teeth. It could also use the VRM to give a boost when overtaking. I don't know if any of the current start/stop cars use this system though.
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femster87
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| posted on 20/2/14 at 08:03 AM |
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wow you lot are grumpy
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nick205
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| posted on 20/2/14 at 10:03 AM |
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Originally posted by femster87
wow you lot are grumpy
Indeed, and that's on the subject of cars, which (taking a wild guess on a car forum) we all quite like as well.
Imagine if we were discussing reality TV shows or worse still cooking TV shows 
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mcerd1
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| posted on 20/2/14 at 10:13 AM |
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My personal pet hates include gear change lights (mind you my tin-top's one isn't so bad - it comes on somewhere over ~6.5k just before
the rev limiter  ), self locking doors, etc. but they are just irritating...
the one that I think actually get in the way of driving are:
start-stop - I've had it on a few hire cars now and can never get used to it - 1 time in 10 I end up stalling the car when pulling away - a 2.0
bluemotion golf was the worst of the lot
Electric handbrakes - even when they are working you can never quite predict exactly when they'll let go / bite
traction control - my new tin-top has it, every time I hit puddle deeper than 1/2" it kicks in, killing the power and pulling the car to the
side with it turned off it just pulls thought the puddle dead strait, but it come on again automatically when you restart the car....
Stupidly light power steering, make the cars too twitchy all so your granny can park the car with 1 finger....
Stupidly light clutch pedals with no feel in them, and that combined with eco-tuned engines with zero torque at tickover is really irritating - my
mum has a 1.6 diesel polo (first of the new shape) its got so little go in it that I've stalled it nearly every time I've ever driven it
a lot of them just feel disconnected from the road, I'll admit its nice and quiet and you don't feel the bumps, but some go too far and
you can't even feel what the car is doing underneath you so you've no idea how well the car is gripping and when its going to let go
the worst one I've driven for this is my dad's disco 3, I actually prefer his old 1989 110 stationwagon !
apart from its stupidly light steering the best new car I've had in a long time was actually a 1.2 fiat 500 (never though I'd ever say
that !)
all the functional bits on it were simple and worked and you actually felt connected to the road... (now if I could just work out how to kill the
power steering it would be near perfect...)
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
I like to see how bad I can get the instantaneous fuel consumption reading on the tintop
after 14 years driving I've only just got a tin-top of my own with a display
mind you the first 8 years of that (2 cars) I didn't even have fuel injection, 5th gear or power steering - but I still like those cars better
than the new one
so far I can make it go all the way down to 4mpg, and I can get the average as low as 16mpg (its only a c-max with a 1.8 duratec)
* Yes I'm having a very grumpy day - my 9 moth pregnant GF kept me awake most of the night again....
[Edited on 20/2/2014 by mcerd1]
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