Cars, cars, cars...
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an estate car with 621bhp?Stevo_666 said:
Fair point, but more importantly, do you rate the new Audi RS6?MattFalle said:Rick is slso missing the point that alarge part of the population won't use ebikes so thry'll be stuck with a public transport system that doesn't work for them or not bring able to afford deliveries, taxis, etc.
so do everything you'll ever need a car to do at a brazilian miles an hour in total comfort and reliabilty?
#fuck,yeah
I'd deffo have one..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Having watchedthe latest episode of M593 Restorations, I've also decided that I neeeeeeed an E46 M3 cabrio for summer hooning.
Me, the Hound and TDNFNATN with a trunk full of lab coats.
#joy.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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I rather like it and it has the one thing that mine is missing - 4wd. The proof of the pudding will be in the driving though, might be worth trying to bag a test drive.MattFalle said:
an estate car with 621bhp?Stevo_666 said:
Fair point, but more importantly, do you rate the new Audi RS6?MattFalle said:Rick is slso missing the point that alarge part of the population won't use ebikes so thry'll be stuck with a public transport system that doesn't work for them or not bring able to afford deliveries, taxis, etc.
so do everything you'll ever need a car to do at a brazilian miles an hour in total comfort and reliabilty?
#censored ,yeah
I'd deffo have one."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I think the last 300 or so HP will be unused. It is just something to boast about having.0
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Sounds a good one for the summer. Not tempted by a newer model M3?MattFalle said:Having watchedthe latest episode of M593 Restorations, I've also decided that I neeeeeeed an E46 M3 cabrio for summer hooning.
Me, the Hound and TDNFNATN with a trunk full of lab coats.
#joy"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
agree. means you can pootle in it or still be able to whatever you want up to it and haul it about.Stevo_666 said:
I rather like it and it has the one thing that mine is missing - 4wd. The proof of the pudding will be in the driving though, might be worth trying to bag a test drive.MattFalle said:
an estate car with 621bhp?Stevo_666 said:
Fair point, but more importantly, do you rate the new Audi RS6?MattFalle said:Rick is slso missing the point that alarge part of the population won't use ebikes so thry'll be stuck with a public transport system that doesn't work for them or not bring able to afford deliveries, taxis, etc.
so do everything you'll ever need a car to do at a brazilian miles an hour in total comfort and reliabilty?
#censored ,yeah
I'd deffo have one.
big enough inside to stick a couple of bikes, bags, what nots, get into Europe and shoom to dome some seriously nice cycling territory.
debadge it, don't wash the outside, stealthy it.
any idea on the tourque?
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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depends where you live tbh. Uk - yup. Germany: probably get some use. Italy: use every last drop just getting to the pizzeria at the end of the road.First.Aspect said:I think the last 300 or so HP will be unused. It is just something to boast about having.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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627 lb ft or 850nm in new money. Not too shabby. Although tbh the 516hp and 700nm in The Panzer is plenty fast enough.MattFalle said:
agree. means you can pootle in it or still be able to whatever you want up to it and haul it about.Stevo_666 said:
I rather like it and it has the one thing that mine is missing - 4wd. The proof of the pudding will be in the driving though, might be worth trying to bag a test drive.MattFalle said:
an estate car with 621bhp?Stevo_666 said:
Fair point, but more importantly, do you rate the new Audi RS6?MattFalle said:Rick is slso missing the point that alarge part of the population won't use ebikes so thry'll be stuck with a public transport system that doesn't work for them or not bring able to afford deliveries, taxis, etc.
so do everything you'll ever need a car to do at a brazilian miles an hour in total comfort and reliabilty?
#censored ,yeah
I'd deffo have one.
big enough inside to stick a couple of bikes, bags, what nots, get into Europe and shoom to dome some seriously nice cycling territory.
debadge it, don't wash the outside, stealthy it.
any idea on the tourque?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
The torque is good in small-ish doses, just need a bit of self restraint. There's always track days if you want to drive it like you stole it.First.Aspect said:I think the last 300 or so HP will be unused. It is just something to boast about having.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Re that Audi, a mate had just posted on Facebook he's thinking of getting an Audi R8 V10. He may even be serious as he's just sold a business and has history of buying fast cars - used to knock around in one of those Subaru things that dominated rallying and I remember he had a Clio Williams when they came out.
I think for me - even if I had the money for something like an R8 unless it was really pocket change something along the lines of a hot hatch would do me. I'm thinking is your R8 going to be more fun than your old Clio and why do you need to go 0-100kmh in just over 3 seconds? Maybe I just don't get it - I end up thinking of the problems - I bet it's expensive to service, could you leave it in Sainsbury's car park and how would I fit the dogs in it?
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Fast cars should solve the problem for Rick too. The faster a car goes the quicker it is off the network and clearing road space for others. It’s the future.2
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The issue I have with modern fastish cars is that they are heavy and have a lot of mechanical grip. This means you are going fast when they lose grip and your inevitable accident will be carrying a lot of energy.
They are also large, and our roads aren't.
The range of roads I could have fun on in a 16v escort, or an mgb was much wider. And I could have more fun per se.0 -
I've no interest in an R8 or anything like that tbh - that Audi, an M4/5, Panzer equiv is what I'd go for every time.
go a billion miles an hour but still room to stretch, travel comfy and fill the trunk with bikes, salami and vino rosso
Closest I'd go to a sports car is a 911 and thats because it has back seats-ish
Can't get the sails, all kit, shopping etc down to my yacht in an R8..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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exactly.Pross said:Fast cars should solve the problem for Rick too. The faster a car goes the quicker it is off the network and clearing road space for others. It’s the future.
imagine how fast you could deliver a pizza in that Audi..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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ftfyStevo_666 said:
The torque is good in small-ish doses, just need a bit of self restraint. There's always ingerrrland game days/Christmas day/late, late summer nights if you want to drive it like you stole it.First.Aspect said:I think the last 300 or so HP will be unused. It is just something to boast about having.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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It is remarkable how quickly people get personal.pinno said:
Woah, steady there Pross. Rick lives in Cambridge and commutes to the big smoke to work and is always complaining about disruption to the link.Pross said:
I’ve conceived a different model. It’s walkable communities. You bring the jobs and facilities to the people where they live so that long journeys become far fewer. You cannot conceive of this because people just have to be in London because there is nowhere else civilised in the country. You’ll say it isn’t viable and yet it was the norm in many places in my own lifetime. Neither of my parents could drive until I was about 8 and despite that I rarely went on a bus or train all whilst living in a small market town with a population of around 10,000.rick_chasey said:
Funnily enough they’re empty because not many people live there. Ergo, it’s a small portion of the journeys made.pinno said:
You would be jealous of our empty roads in Jockland.Stevo_666 said:
There is where I live.rick_chasey said:
The problem is that there isn’t enough space or resources for everyone to have private cars.First.Aspect said:
Er....rick_chasey said:
Sure it’s part of a public transport system isn’t it?First.Aspect said:What about taxis? Are those still okay, or do you at least need to share?
Gosh this is so complicated.
Ripe for jolly's and bendy as fook.
This thread’s a great example of how embedded car centric thinking is. You guys literally cannot conceive of a different model.
One major urban area to another urban area and yet, the link is intermittent and unreliable.
I think he should get an ebike or move.
I’m being flippant about rural lot because, in the context of public transport, they are small fry. What rural lot do for transport is not quite irrelevant, but not that far off.
By 2045 we’ll be 90% urban, and are currently 85% urban, so it makes sense to base the entire transport model around the 85% urban model. Not least as urban centres act as transport nodes anyway.
As it is, the current model is unsustainable so unless you have s better alternative, let me know,
As I said before the “the current underfunded public transport system which is still secondary to cars doesn’t work, therefore it won’t work in the future” is not a good argument.0 -
Oi pal. I though you were the shortarse?rick_chasey said:.
I’m being flippant about rural lot because....they are small fry.
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Meh. Not gonna happen.rick_chasey said:...
Won't concern myself finding solutions that won't be implemented.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 -
The issue is not what needs to be done for urban transport, but the attitude that this should either also be applied to rural transport (where such policies are clearly not appropriate) and/or the rural living is so bad, screw them. Even if this screws "only" 10% of a population, that's still quite a lot.rick_chasey said:
It is remarkable how quickly people get personal.pinno said:
Woah, steady there Pross. Rick lives in Cambridge and commutes to the big smoke to work and is always complaining about disruption to the link.Pross said:
I’ve conceived a different model. It’s walkable communities. You bring the jobs and facilities to the people where they live so that long journeys become far fewer. You cannot conceive of this because people just have to be in London because there is nowhere else civilised in the country. You’ll say it isn’t viable and yet it was the norm in many places in my own lifetime. Neither of my parents could drive until I was about 8 and despite that I rarely went on a bus or train all whilst living in a small market town with a population of around 10,000.rick_chasey said:
Funnily enough they’re empty because not many people live there. Ergo, it’s a small portion of the journeys made.pinno said:
You would be jealous of our empty roads in Jockland.Stevo_666 said:
There is where I live.rick_chasey said:
The problem is that there isn’t enough space or resources for everyone to have private cars.First.Aspect said:
Er....rick_chasey said:
Sure it’s part of a public transport system isn’t it?First.Aspect said:What about taxis? Are those still okay, or do you at least need to share?
Gosh this is so complicated.
Ripe for jolly's and bendy as fook.
This thread’s a great example of how embedded car centric thinking is. You guys literally cannot conceive of a different model.
One major urban area to another urban area and yet, the link is intermittent and unreliable.
I think he should get an ebike or move.
I’m being flippant about rural lot because, in the context of public transport, they are small fry. What rural lot do for transport is not quite irrelevant, but not that far off.
By 2045 we’ll be 90% urban, and are currently 85% urban, so it makes sense to base the entire transport model around the 85% urban model. Not least as urban centres act as transport nodes anyway.
As it is, the current model is unsustainable so unless you have s better alternative, let me know,
As I said before the “the current underfunded public transport system which is still secondary to cars doesn’t work, therefore it won’t work in the future” is not a good argument.
What other 10%s aren't worth any consideration, to Ricktopians? Dyslexic people? We can't be pandering to their educational needs can we, because these don't benefit 90% of people.
It is also raising the temperature of some urine that you have conveniently drawn your philosophical line at exactly where it happens to suit you.
I personally think that commuting 120 miles a day, by any mode of transport, is environmentally offensive and that the solution to a sustainable transportation issue of this nature is not public transport, it is not doing the journey at all.0 -
Yikes, a) stop being personal and b) stop taking things personally.
I’m talking a general solution for the nation and you’re still bellyaching about a small minority.
And yes, I’d love to shorten my own commute, but alas there is also a house building problem, that makes it unaffordable to live near my work 👍🏻0 -
a general solution for the nation?rick_chasey said:Yikes, a) stop being personal and b) stop taking things personally.
I’m talking a general solution for the nation and you’re still bellyaching about a small minority.
And yes, I’d love to shorten my own commute, but alas there is also a house building problem, that makes it unaffordable to live near my work 👍🏻
wtaf?
so far all you've done is isolate and make unemployed millions of people and left a load of electric bikes lying around in the way of people who won't use them.
With great ideas like these Rick are we sure you aren't Liz Truss in disguise..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Seriously though, why do you think that ebikes will work yo solve the problem?
serious gen up eyebrows question..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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In the house ypu want, it's unaffordable. In the house I want, I need a car.rick_chasey said:Yikes, a) stop being personal and b) stop taking things personally.
I’m talking a general solution for the nation and you’re still bellyaching about a small minority.
And yes, I’d love to shorten my own commute, but alas there is also a house building problem, that makes it unaffordable to live near my work 👍🏻
I wasn't being personal.
10% isn't a small minority.0 -
Not sure you can get a smaller house and it’s there because I need the grandparent support for the child.First.Aspect said:
In the house ypu want, it's unaffordable. In the house I want, I need a car.rick_chasey said:Yikes, a) stop being personal and b) stop taking things personally.
I’m talking a general solution for the nation and you’re still bellyaching about a small minority.
And yes, I’d love to shorten my own commute, but alas there is also a house building problem, that makes it unaffordable to live near my work 👍🏻
I wasn't being personal.
10% isn't a small minority.
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You could all move. Or only one of you could work. Or you could get a more local job.
Point stands that you are self certifying your own life choices.
I'm not actually criticising yours, just pointing out your hypocrisy.1 -
I don’t get this at all.First.Aspect said:You could all move. Or only one of you could work. Or you could get a more local job.
Point stands that you are self certifying your own life choices.
I'm not actually criticising yours, just pointing out your hypocrisy.
I’m talking about changing the strategic focus for getting around the country away from private cars to public transport and smaller lighter, more efficient private transport (ie bikes and e-bikes) and you’re banging on about my own personal choices.
How is what I do even remotely relevant?!0 -
How about starting a separate thread about public transport options and stop polluting the car thread?"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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Get back to us when the trains are affordable and reliable.
Other aspects are irrelevant until that happens. Cars it is until then.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 -
You do indeed seem to have moderated your rhetoric, now.rick_chasey said:
I don’t get this at all.First.Aspect said:You could all move. Or only one of you could work. Or you could get a more local job.
Point stands that you are self certifying your own life choices.
I'm not actually criticising yours, just pointing out your hypocrisy.
I’m talking about changing the strategic focus for getting around the country away from private cars to public transport and smaller lighter, more efficient private transport (ie bikes and e-bikes) and you’re banging on about my own personal choices.
How is what I do even remotely relevant?!0
