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Amoy - 6 abreast at 150mph through a village
https://youtu.be/dse3ONWaFj4
Skerries - same, same
https://youtu.be/plttIWNgaWk
F1? total joke.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Time to move house? (Too late to say you should have thought about it before you bought the place I guess...).rick_chasey said:
That's not my actual road *eyeroll*pblakeney said:You said the pavement wasn't wide enough to accommodate the road being widened.
It clearly is. The council is too cheap to do the job properly. As I said earlier.
If you want people to use both sides of the pavement, including people in prams and wheelchairs, then there isn't.
You're just being difficult for difficult sake now, as you're dug in.
Have a watch of that 'Escape the country' programme which you'll love
and let's move back on to talking interesting stuff about cars. "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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I was kind of hoping that this thread was for people who are interested in cars and think they're fun...rick_chasey said:It's fine. I don't care about my car. It gets me where I need to go.
I can see where you're coming from as I recall my kid has the same car as you. I occasionally drive it: do you also get that tense feeling of an impending challenge when a fully laden milk float draws up next you you at the lights?
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I'd be scared playing that virtually on a computer sim.MattFalle said:Amoy - 6 abreast at 150mph through a village
https://youtu.be/dse3ONWaFj4
Skerries - same, samehttps://youtu.be/plttIWNgaWk
F1? total joke.0 -
Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
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I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Driving is fun, traffic isn't, and nowadays traffic is driving.Stevo_666 said:
I was kind of hoping that this thread was for people who are interested in cars and think they're fun...rick_chasey said:It's fine. I don't care about my car. It gets me where I need to go.
I can see where you're coming from as I recall my kid has the same car as you. I occasionally drive it: do you also get that tense feeling of an impending challenge when a fully laden milk float draws up next you you at the lights?
And yes, my car is a bit like a 4 wheeled road bike that goes a bit faster.1 -
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.
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A friend of mine raced at the Isle of Man, it was a 3 lap race. Traditioanally the first lap is slowest due to cold tyres, a standing start and a full tank. second lap quicker and depending on how your tyres are doing third lap quickest as you're carrying no weight. His first lap was his quickest, he got slower as he scared the bejesus out of himself. Never went back to race it himself.focuszing723 said:
I'd be scared playing that virtually on a computer sim.MattFalle said:Amoy - 6 abreast at 150mph through a village
https://youtu.be/dse3ONWaFj4
Skerries - same, samehttps://youtu.be/plttIWNgaWk
F1? total joke.
That 300bhp Kwak is insane, I briefly had a Fireplace that put out 185bhp and that was more than enough.
I was a car nut, worked around cars and classic cars all my life but can't be bothered with them now. At least not in SE England, if money were no object I'd have a nice car but keep it somewhere else. As said above, a YBR125 is plenty, I might put my Bonnie back together one day. But even a 50 year old motorbike is too much for a 20mph speed limit so I'll keep pedalling.0 -
Pross said:
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.
As with road pricing, are there any politicians out there who would be brave enough to include stuff like this in their manifesto?
No, of course not. Short-sighted motorists and motoring organisations will always 'win' those battles. It's what (sort of) amuses me about the anti-cycling motorons who rail against cyclists at every opportunity, without pausing to think that if all those who could commute by bike did so, the journey for those who must drive would be far easier, and that if those who do currently commute by bike didn't do so, virtually every town & city would utterly grind to a halt every day.0 -
I'd actually welcome this if it could be made to work safely.Pross said:
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.
No worries about speed limits just floor it.
You can see the potential problems though - people trying to overtake and hitting the limiter getting stuck side by side like HGVs on the motorway.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Now, that I would like to see
veronese68 said:I briefly had a Fireplace that put out 185bhp and that was more than enough.
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I stopped riding big bikes when I found out that doing 156mph down the local road in the rain on a weekday afternoon with a lump hammer down the front of my jacket was just like, normal ano nothing to write home about.veronese68 said:
A friend of mine raced at the Isle of Man, it was a 3 lap race. Traditioanally the first lap is slowest due to cold tyres, a standing start and a full tank. second lap quicker and depending on how your tyres are doing third lap quickest as you're carrying no weight. His first lap was his quickest, he got slower as he scared the bejesus out of himself. Never went back to race it himself.focuszing723 said:
I'd be scared playing that virtually on a computer sim.MattFalle said:Amoy - 6 abreast at 150mph through a village
https://youtu.be/dse3ONWaFj4
Skerries - same, samehttps://youtu.be/plttIWNgaWk
F1? total joke.
That 300bhp Kwak is insane, I briefly had a Fireplace that put out 185bhp and that was more than enough.
I was a car nut, worked around cars and classic cars all my life but can't be bothered with them now. At least not in SE England, if money were no object I'd have a nice car but keep it somewhere else. As said above, a YBR125 is plenty, I might put my Bonnie back together one day. But even a 50 year old motorbike is too much for a 20mph speed limit so I'll keep pedalling.
So I built the RGV, because thats really sensible..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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That's what I meant by black box. They'll probably include radar distances which is already available. All justified by H&S.Pross said:
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
One of my neighbours, now in his 80s, stopped riding bikes in the '60s when he realised of the dozen mates that used to go to the Ace Cafe and race up and down the North Circular there were only half of them left. Did get back on a bike in his 70s and bought a Hardly Ableson. When a mate pulled up on a completely insane supermoto he and his wife wondered over, mate thought the old fogeys were going to have a pop at him. His wife said "ooh, that sound good" and the old boy said "I bet that's a lot of fun"MattFalle said:
I stopped riding big bikes when I found out that doing 156mph down the local road in the rain on a weekday afternoon with a lump hammer down the front of my jacket was just like, normal ano nothing to write home about.veronese68 said:
A friend of mine raced at the Isle of Man, it was a 3 lap race. Traditioanally the first lap is slowest due to cold tyres, a standing start and a full tank. second lap quicker and depending on how your tyres are doing third lap quickest as you're carrying no weight. His first lap was his quickest, he got slower as he scared the bejesus out of himself. Never went back to race it himself.focuszing723 said:
I'd be scared playing that virtually on a computer sim.MattFalle said:Amoy - 6 abreast at 150mph through a village
https://youtu.be/dse3ONWaFj4
Skerries - same, samehttps://youtu.be/plttIWNgaWk
F1? total joke.
That 300bhp Kwak is insane, I briefly had a Fireplace that put out 185bhp and that was more than enough.
I was a car nut, worked around cars and classic cars all my life but can't be bothered with them now. At least not in SE England, if money were no object I'd have a nice car but keep it somewhere else. As said above, a YBR125 is plenty, I might put my Bonnie back together one day. But even a 50 year old motorbike is too much for a 20mph speed limit so I'll keep pedalling.
So I built the RGV, because thats really sensible.0 -
Rick_chasey - I know where you live! Just round the corner from merick_chasey said:
There is parking. As discussed. In front of the house.pblakeney said:
Parking should be a consideration when buying a house if you want a car.rick_chasey said:
Would love to know where, around here.pblakeney said:
Park and walk.rick_chasey said:
What is the easy solution?pblakeney said:
Ah, so we are back to the pavement being too narrow to allow for parking and why cars get damaged. #easysolutionrick_chasey said:
Pavement does not allow.pblakeney said:
This sounds like a council compromise for housing on narrow streets where they should widen the road assuming the pavement allows. #moneyfirstrick_chasey said:
The parking on my road *is* on the pavement, as in, if you parked next to the pavement your car would be towed. The little white box lines are half on and half off the pavement.pblakeney said:
I've got a solution for this. Try pushing a wheelchair along a pavement for understanding. Yes, drivers can park and walk.rick_chasey said:A real advantage of a cheap car, especially when you park it on the pavement is when people inevitably knock things off it doesn't cost the earth.
After a while you stop being so prissy about scratches and whatnot, which is very liberating.
Honestly, always assume the worst, never the best, you lot.
I push a pram around all the time - it's the same idea.
May be an unpopular solution but it is an easy one.
I recon you'd be looking at a mile walk plus.
Not my problem.
Just like this:
What are you struggling to understand? Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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oh good God no. utter total pieceofshit. the Land Rover of the bike world.ddraver said:Despite all the FortNine videos I can't help but hanker after a Harley...
Too much time listening to Slayer I think...
perfect if you want everyone to laugh at you. the clubrider of the motorbike set up.
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no.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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that's hideous.photonic69 said:
Rick_chasey - I know where you live! Just round the corner from merick_chasey said:
There is parking. As discussed. In front of the house.pblakeney said:
Parking should be a consideration when buying a house if you want a car.rick_chasey said:
Would love to know where, around here.pblakeney said:
Park and walk.rick_chasey said:
What is the easy solution?pblakeney said:
Ah, so we are back to the pavement being too narrow to allow for parking and why cars get damaged. #easysolutionrick_chasey said:
Pavement does not allow.pblakeney said:
This sounds like a council compromise for housing on narrow streets where they should widen the road assuming the pavement allows. #moneyfirstrick_chasey said:
The parking on my road *is* on the pavement, as in, if you parked next to the pavement your car would be towed. The little white box lines are half on and half off the pavement.pblakeney said:
I've got a solution for this. Try pushing a wheelchair along a pavement for understanding. Yes, drivers can park and walk.rick_chasey said:A real advantage of a cheap car, especially when you park it on the pavement is when people inevitably knock things off it doesn't cost the earth.
After a while you stop being so prissy about scratches and whatnot, which is very liberating.
Honestly, always assume the worst, never the best, you lot.
I push a pram around all the time - it's the same idea.
May be an unpopular solution but it is an easy one.
I recon you'd be looking at a mile walk plus.
Not my problem.
Just like this:
What are you struggling to understand?
do you live in Kabul?.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Judging by the state of our local roads I'd say Kabul would be the better option!MattFalle said:
do you live in Kabul?Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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😂photonic69 said:
Judging by the state of our local roads I'd say Kabul would be the better option!MattFalle said:
do you live in Kabul?.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Just wish that the Almera didn't have electric windows (one more thing to go wrong, and the passenger window has)... apart from that, it's mostly wind-up technology. Hasn't even got trafficators...0
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1. This is why it is easy to see it being enforced. The tech exists.oxoman said:
(1.) Sadly some of this censored is already fitted...pblakeney said:
That's what I meant by black box. They'll probably include radar distances which is already available. All justified by H&S.Pross said:
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.
(2.) As to parking arguments my town would lose over 50% of the houses due to no off street parking and Insufficient space for car parks...
2. Looking at it backwards. Some places you can't buy a car unless you have a parking space. Seems sensible.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Sounds ludicrous for most places. Look at places such as the Welsh Valleys where the majority of the housing is small Victorian terraces and all the parking is on street. These areas were built before cars were invented and the roads can't accomodate a car per house without kerb parking (which I hate by the way for the reasons you've mentioned). In this situation people could only live there if they could get everywhere by public transport and public transport to those areas is pretty poor even now where lots of people will travel by car. So no-one ends up living there and you lose all that housing at a time where there is a housing shortage.pblakeney said:
1. This is why it is easy to see it being enforced. The tech exists.oxoman said:
(1.) Sadly some of this censored is already fitted...pblakeney said:
That's what I meant by black box. They'll probably include radar distances which is already available. All justified by H&S.Pross said:
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.
(2.) As to parking arguments my town would lose over 50% of the houses due to no off street parking and Insufficient space for car parks...
2. Looking at it backwards. Some places you can't buy a car unless you have a parking space. Seems sensible.
Over recent years planning policy has been used to try to reduce car usage by restricting the amount of parking available on new developments and you just end up with a complete mess. There are car free developments that do work but these are generally in London or a few other places where public transport links are good and all facilities easily accessible but as always with trying to reduce car use the first step always has to be to make the alternatives more convenient.0 -
I predict a surge in car sales just before this becomes mandatory. Hopefully that one will last me until I'm too old to care.Pross said:
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
On a motorway or dual carriageway it would be a problem. On a two way road it could be a lot worse...DeVlaeminck said:
I'd actually welcome this if it could be made to work safely.Pross said:
By then the car's computer will be linked to GPS and sign reading software and simply won't let you drive above the posted speed limit (already being tested).pblakeney said:
I think mandatory black boxes will be forced on us by 203*.focuszing723 said:Here's a question. How long before we won't be able to drive a car due to elf n safety and the progression of autonomy? There is no doubt in my mind it would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives a year if enforced in the future.
I you can have fun on the road get a fun car now. If you need a track car, get one now. Tracks will be busy and priced accordingly.
No worries about speed limits just floor it.
You can see the potential problems though - people trying to overtake and hitting the limiter getting stuck side by side like HGVs on the motorway."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
My car's speedo matches the sat-nav so it is entirely possible to achieve.ddraver said:Every time this comes up I say we're going to have to get way better at calibrating dashboard speedos and limiters...
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Using Google Maps is educational re speeds.ddraver said:Every time this comes up I say we're going to have to get way better at calibrating dashboard speedos and limiters...
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