Weird Tuesday
team47b
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Drove a modern car today...strange things ain't they 
my isetta is a 300cc bike
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Hill start assist, wtf my isetta is a 300cc bike0
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What did you do when it started to park itself?0
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Did it talk to you?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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was it fast, compared to what you are used to?
Work meh day from home today0 -
TLW1 wrote:was it fast, compared to what you are used to?
Work meh day from home today
It has three cylinders, which is two more than I'm used to
BMW's Variable Valve Lift and Timing injection is a bit quicker than the bubble's gravity fed carb and non variable pushrod my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
The bubble is probably easier to park, even without park assist. Park assist in old cars was when your passenger got out to direct you, not always helpful though. I used to tell my sister to get out and I would park for her, I wasn't old enough to drive at the time. Obviously not in this country and on private roads.
Fairly uneventful day here. Working from home again. Been out to take the girl to school for a while and had a wlak around the block. Exciting stuff.
More of the same tomorrow.0 -
Veronese68 wrote:The bubble is probably easier to park, even without park assist. Park assist in old cars was when your passenger got out to direct you, not always helpful though.
I normally park the bubble nose in to the pavement to avoid being boxed in i.e. unable to get in the door! I can always open the front door whilst driving to see where the kerb is, a trick that seems to worry peds my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
team47b wrote:Veronese68 wrote:The bubble is probably easier to park, even without park assist. Park assist in old cars was when your passenger got out to direct you, not always helpful though.
I normally park the bubble nose in to the pavement to avoid being boxed in i.e. unable to get in the door! I can always open the front door whilst driving to see where the kerb is, a trick that seems to worry peds
Modern boxes put the brakes on when you open the door whilst parking
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TDv's new motor has that thing that when you drive along reeeeeaaaaallllly slowly it looks for parking spaces for you. Weird. I have eyes. I am driving the car and therefore I can see if there may be a parking space.
Anyhow - a day out and about recruiting. Waste of time, but at least we got to look at some girls and drink some free coffees, which is nice.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:TDv's new motor has that thing that when you drive along reeeeeaaaaallllly slowly it looks for parking spaces for you. Weird. I have eyes. I am driving the car and therefore I can see if there may be a parking space.
Anyhow - a day out and about recruiting. Waste of time, but at least we got to look at some girls and drink some free coffees, which is nice.
Merc?0 -
TLW1 wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:TDv's new motor has that thing that when you drive along reeeeeaaaaallllly slowly it looks for parking spaces for you. Weird. I have eyes. I am driving the car and therefore I can see if there may be a parking space.
Anyhow - a day out and about recruiting. Waste of time, but at least we got to look at some girls and drink some free coffees, which is nice.
Merc?
Ja. Some black AMG thing. Goes and handles like stink. Utterly lovely but as its TDV's only a matter of time before its smashed up.
A small tea pot appears on the dash when it's looking for a parking space.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:TLW1 wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:TDv's new motor has that thing that when you drive along reeeeeaaaaallllly slowly it looks for parking spaces for you. Weird. I have eyes. I am driving the car and therefore I can see if there may be a parking space.
Anyhow - a day out and about recruiting. Waste of time, but at least we got to look at some girls and drink some free coffees, which is nice.
Merc?
Ja. Some black AMG thing. Goes and handles like stink. Utterly lovely but as its TDV's only a matter of time before its smashed up.
A small tea pot appears on the dash when it's looking for a parking space.
I've ordered mine with a pint glass version0 -
Unless he was driving a fully laden milk float, the answer would have to be yes.TLW1 wrote:was it fast, compared to what you are used to?
Lots of meetings today, which kind of beats working for a living. A decent pedal in there and back helped make it a decent day."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
TLW1 wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:TLW1 wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:TDv's new motor has that thing that when you drive along reeeeeaaaaallllly slowly it looks for parking spaces for you. Weird. I have eyes. I am driving the car and therefore I can see if there may be a parking space.
Anyhow - a day out and about recruiting. Waste of time, but at least we got to look at some girls and drink some free coffees, which is nice.
Merc?
Ja. Some black AMG thing. Goes and handles like stink. Utterly lovely but as its TDV's only a matter of time before its smashed up.
A small tea pot appears on the dash when it's looking for a parking space.
I've ordered mine with a pint glass version
Nice. Optional pork scratching holder that pops out of the dash as well I trust?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Evening
Morning involved silly o'clock start, bundling the toots into the car all grouchy and grumbling and driving through a gale up to Glasgow with delays aplenty...managed to catch the flight, just. Seamless flight with hardly any turbulence and then here I am!! Sunny and warm(ish) earlier; 18 deg @ 4pm.
Will be fraternising and plotting with a bracketeer the morra.
Talking of modern cars. Humph. Hired a Hyundai. Had to figure out how to start it - by depressing the clutch, then how to get the key out - by pushing it in then pulling. What a Pavlova.
Just macked my head on a shelf wot someone put up (Who put that frikkin thing there?) in a successful attempt to get connected by hard wiring the laptop to the router as the Wi Fi didn't work. Now the OH is eager for me to plug it on to the decoder to see if we can get the telly to work, so I shall cut this night's episode short. Unless it doesn't work
Laters.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
TV?, but you have the ocean my isetta is a 300cc bike0
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Veronese68 wrote:
But just not as good to look at0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:TLW1 wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:TLW1 wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:TDv's new motor has that thing that when you drive along reeeeeaaaaallllly slowly it looks for parking spaces for you. Weird. I have eyes. I am driving the car and therefore I can see if there may be a parking space.
Anyhow - a day out and about recruiting. Waste of time, but at least we got to look at some girls and drink some free coffees, which is nice.
Merc?
Ja. Some black AMG thing. Goes and handles like stink. Utterly lovely but as its TDV's only a matter of time before its smashed up.
A small tea pot appears on the dash when it's looking for a parking space.
I've ordered mine with a pint glass version
Nice. Optional pork scratching holder that pops out of the dash as well I trust?
Bugger it - missed that option0 -
Portugal?Pinno wrote:Evening
Morning involved silly o'clock start, bundling the toots into the car all grouchy and grumbling and driving through a gale up to Glasgow with delays aplenty...managed to catch the flight, just. Seamless flight with hardly any turbulence and then here I am!! Sunny and warm(ish) earlier; 18 deg @ 4pm.
Will be fraternising and plotting with a bracketeer the morra.
Talking of modern cars. Humph. Hired a Hyundai. Had to figure out how to start it - by depressing the clutch, then how to get the key out - by pushing it in then pulling. What a Pavlova.
Just macked my head on a shelf wot someone put up (Who put that frikkin thing there?) in a successful attempt to get connected by hard wiring the laptop to the router as the Wi Fi didn't work. Now the OH is eager for me to plug it on to the decoder to see if we can get the telly to work, so I shall cut this night's episode short. Unless it doesn't work
Laters."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Alsager?Stevo 666 wrote:
Portugal?Pinno wrote:Evening
Morning involved silly o'clock start, bundling the toots into the car all grouchy and grumbling and driving through a gale up to Glasgow with delays aplenty...managed to catch the flight, just. Seamless flight with hardly any turbulence and then here I am!! Sunny and warm(ish) earlier; 18 deg @ 4pm.
Will be fraternising and plotting with a bracketeer the morra.
Talking of modern cars. Humph. Hired a Hyundai. Had to figure out how to start it - by depressing the clutch, then how to get the key out - by pushing it in then pulling. What a Pavlova.
Just macked my head on a shelf wot someone put up (Who put that frikkin thing there?) in a successful attempt to get connected by hard wiring the laptop to the router as the Wi Fi didn't work. Now the OH is eager for me to plug it on to the decoder to see if we can get the telly to work, so I shall cut this night's episode short. Unless it doesn't work
Laters.0 -
18 degrees at 4pm? - maybe if you're standing next to a burning wheelie bin?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
