Off to Scotland tomorrow, anything I need to look out for ?
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VTech wrote:
Fair do's, whatcha get?"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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Bollox, missed out on this thread. No-one mentioned a lovely day out to Easterhouse (good place to test the acceleration), Cumbernauld (great for testing out the chassis on any mota with the roundabouts) or the Gorbals (best place to test the bullet proof glass and quality of the build).
As I am in the waste management business, the basement is always 'prepared'...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
G'day Mr P001. You do realise how that last sentence sounds, don't you? An invitation south of the border, maybe?pinarello001 wrote:Bollox, missed out on this thread. No-one mentioned a lovely day out to Easterhouse (good place to test the acceleration), Cumbernauld (great for testing out the chassis on any mota with the roundabouts) or the Gorbals (best place to test the bullet proof glass and quality of the build).
As I am in the waste management business, the basement is always 'prepared'...Ecrasez l’infame0 -
arran77 wrote:
A Ford Transit Custom Trend in Black.
It has 9 seats and can swap from a minibus to a van in less than 3 minutes.
Awesome !!!Living MY dream.0 -
Cool. Sounds like my kind of vehicle. I haven't been to Glasgow in years but it is a cool place. The best Italian food I have ever eaten was in Glasgow, and the people are great. Seems to me the only people with issues with Glaswegians are other Scots. Just saying, like.Ecrasez l’infame0
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BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
G'day Mr P001. You do realise how that last sentence sounds, don't you? An invitation south of the border, maybe?pinarello001 wrote:Bollox...
As I am in the waste management business, the basement is always 'prepared'...
In hindsight perhaps but I can make you an offer you can't refuse.
What's with the Location: Road kill road ?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Lots of sleeping badgers out at the moment. You would think they have homes to go to, now the guvmit aren't shooting them.pinarello001 wrote:BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
G'day Mr P001. You do realise how that last sentence sounds, don't you? An invitation south of the border, maybe?pinarello001 wrote:Bollox...
As I am in the waste management business, the basement is always 'prepared'...
In hindsight perhaps but I can make you an offer you can't refuse.
What's with the Location: Road kill road ?Ecrasez l’infame0 -
It really is a great vehicle, the most comfortable vehicle I own and easily the best on fuel.
56mpg !!!!!!Living MY dream.0 -
Tunnels will fill up with water, innit? It's pumping out of the ground here. People in cars may need to slow down. Oh, hang on it is there human right to drive like a c*** everywhere. The south half of this island we share is feckin' sinking!Ecrasez l’infame0
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I've got a jcb in the garden ready to dig away
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VTech wrote:arran77 wrote:
A Ford Transit Custom Trend in Black.
It has 9 seats and can swap from a minibus to a van in less than 3 minutes.
Awesome !!!
That was the last thing I ever expected to hear you say
Sounds pretty cool though
"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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arran77 wrote:
Sounds like a mountain bikers motor - I mean, just think how many dead hookers you could fit in that!0 -
matthew h wrote:Sounds like a mountain bikers motor - I mean, just think how many dead hookers you could fit in that!
I reckon VTech is one of us
He's building some jumps in his back garden tooVTech wrote:I've got a jcb in the garden ready to dig away"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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I had a van with my last company and ended up driving that most of the time over a 3 year period, I could shift cr4p around and take the kids karting and also helped friends move home and carry equipment to exhibitions etc and I was looking for a daily driver as most of my cars are for weekend fun and not day to day driving.
I was going to get an Audi A5 Cabriolet but I only wanted it in white and no good deals were about so my son said "get a van dad" so I looked and found a black trend in Scotland with 300 miles on the clock and HALF price !!!!! It was only 3 months old too.
The clincher was the fact it had 9 seats which previously had put me off as you had to unbolt them to remove taking a few hours, now they drop in 2 seconds and can be removed in less than 30 seconds so I can take the kids and their friends to parties etc and can have a cr4p shifting wagon in a few minutes.
It has all options, bluetooth, nav, isync, xenons, turning lights, eco-drive (which I have written new software for and now does over 60 to a gallon on a run) sports seats throughout and side opening doors with security glass all round.
I love it.Living MY dream.0 -
But does it come with a red stripe?
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
No but still looks sweet.
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matthew h wrote:Sounds like a mountain bikers motor - I mean, just think how many dead hookers you could fit in that!
Definitely a mountain biker, he's got a pile of dirt behind that van that he's using to build some jumpsVTech wrote:No but still looks sweet."Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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That's quite impressive seeing as how Honest John's "real MPG" page gives them less than 30 - I reckon you want to get in touch with Ford as you clearly know something they don't, you could make a lot of money with this ability to override the laws of physics with a bit of code.VTech wrote:(which I have written new software for and now does over 60 to a gallon on a run)0 -
bompington wrote:
That's quite impressive seeing as how Honest John's "real MPG" page gives them less than 30 - I reckon you want to get in touch with Ford as you clearly know something they don't, you could make a lot of money with this ability to override the laws of physics with a bit of code.VTech wrote:(which I have written new software for and now does over 60 to a gallon on a run)
This is VTech we're talking about here so that's a given :P"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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bompington wrote:
That's quite impressive seeing as how Honest John's "real MPG" page gives them less than 30 - I reckon you want to get in touch with Ford as you clearly know something they don't, you could make a lot of money with this ability to override the laws of physics with a bit of code.VTech wrote:(which I have written new software for and now does over 60 to a gallon on a run)
Ive been writing code for twenty years and have written for Ferrari, Lamborghini (still do now), Aston Martin and currently Ford.
You are mistaken with your honest John info as you failed to realise that I wouldn't say anything here with our backup.
At 50 I'm over 60 consistently by reducing fuel timing whilst increasing pressure and have posted videos of it on my instagram.Living MY dream.0 -
Autocar did testing independently and achieved 42.xmpg mixed, they achieved 64mpg@50mph
Why is it that people here try to disagree all the time ? it only makes them look foolish.Living MY dream.0 -
VTech wrote:Why is it that people here try to disagree all the time ? it only makes them look foolish.
:P"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
seanoconn0 -
"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
seanoconn0 -
Im sure its a british thing, I really do.
British people have an inbred reasoning within the DNA to try and discredit or mock others.
Sportsmen who do well, businessmen, its everywhere.
Is it jealousy ? I'm not sure as it seems to go further than that. Its like a lack of self belief that is then bought to the surface to force that lack of belief onto others and to try and confirm the self lacking was indeed correct.
I didn't think anyone would believe the daft eco readings on honest john which is based on fake readers posting fake results.
The new eco drive ford engines are world class and market leaders, every independent test has proven them as the best so why would it in fact turn out that they are the worst in class and not even reach the media !!Living MY dream.0 -
OK, so I was feeling grumpy at the end of an annoying day at work. Sorry about that.
I can only say in my defence that:
1. (At an admittedly quick google, I don't care about this that much) I still can't find any reference to the impressive fuel consumption on the net
2. I can find plenty of references to Vtech's technical genius (all in his own posts): my own programming skills are a bit more prosaic, consisting mainly of what I teach kids in school - I challenge Vtech, or anyone for that matter, to reprogram an ECU using Scratch and
3. I am really impressed that someone who is wrong about almost everything else can have such impressive skills in their own field. True specialism.0 -
bompington wrote:3. I am really impressed that someone who is wrong about almost everything else can have such impressive skills in their own field. True specialism.
I would like to nominate this for sentence of the year I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
SloppySchleckonds wrote:bompington wrote:3. I am really impressed that someone who is wrong about almost everything else can have such impressive skills in their own field. True specialism.
I would like to nominate this for sentence of the year
Problem is that VTech is never wrong "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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