[OT] Prius bashing

[Doctor Drivel]

Please eff off as you are a worthless idiot troll.

[Doctor Drivel]

Sane people would just read it, so please eff off as you are a worthless troll.

[Bob Eager]

Better than your Prius then.

[Doctor Drivel]

It that wit? Please give advanced warning of funnies so we can try and work it out.

[Julian]

It being a business car, he kept accurate

My dad did too. He was a freight manager for a large shipping company, (now part of P&O) and travelled the length and breadth of the country in his Minor on a regular basis meeting customers etc, also often travelling to the far east - but in a VC-10! Weekends often partially spent servicing it. (front lower swivels need regular grease) I also remember that he kept two or three paving flags in the boot in winter and used proper winter tyres on the rear - snow came every winter in the 60's. The world's moved on a fair bit since then and I don't think people today would tolerate driving such huge mileages in a basic vehicle. Having said that he seemed to laugh and smile a good deal more than people in similar positions today.

Julian.

[Andy Hall]

There's quite a few of those in Ireland :-)

[daddyfreddy]

I was referring to the 'dust to dust' report. See my first post.

[Andy Hall]

Nah. Lower taxes.

BTW. I just heard on the radio that your friend Boris is thinking of standing for mayor of London. That would bring some new excitement.

[Doctor Drivel]

Johnson? A Ruskie? In charge of London? That idiot?

[Adrian]

you've visited then...?

Adrian

[Andy Hall]

It's Ken that's the red though.

[Doctor Drivel]

Don't they call them Tinkers as well?

[Doctor Drivel]

That's good enough for me. What we need is a good Lhandaner in charge

[Huge]

That'll be why one of the competitors at the Abingdon CAR-nival turned up with his TVR Griffith 500 trailed behind a ... Lexus hybrid SUV.

I agree that hybrids are stupid and hybrid SUVs are stupider than that, but the Lexus hybrid SUV can be used to tow.

[Adrian]

Kind of a 'direct' relationship with the road.... you get very adept at spotting / remembering the little imperfections in the Irish country roads, and taking evasive action..

Bumps that you wouldn't even notice in my RAV4 become quite 'noticeable' in the Moggie....

...hence the need for those d-ring luggage retainers to stop my market stall & associated bits from joining me in the front seat...

On the subject of Moggies - anybody know why mine has a tendency to 'run on' for a few seconds after the ignition has been switched off? Somebody told me it was to do with the unleaded fuel - she's originally a leaded engine that the Morris Minor Centre in Bristol 'unlead-ised' with the aid of a 'magic' thingy that fits in line with the fuel - apparently they've been fitting them for 20 years..

Not a big worry - the 'running on' - fairly comical, actually...

Regards Adrian

[Andrew May]

I had a similar thing with my Metro which also used the A series engine. I was told that it was 'Dieseling' and that this was caused by carbon build up on the cylinder which heated up to the point where it would ignite the compressed mixture without a spark (in the same way that a Diesel engine works). So after turning off the ignition and depriving the engine of a spark it would continue to ignite and hence 'run on' for a short while.

There are however people on this group much more knowledgeable about cars than me and I am sure they will be along in a moment.

Andrew

[Andy Hall]

Can I interest you in any clothes pegs?

[Andy Hall]

Perhaps Shirley Porter would be interested. She's pretty good. After all, she only did the same kinds of things as certain members and former members of the government have apparently been doing.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Oh dear. That 'magic thingy' does precisely nothing - lucky you didn't pay for it.

Unless the exhaust valve seats have been modified to incorporate hardened inserts you're in for problems sooner or later if running on unleaded only. The A Series engine is one of the worst around for valve problems with unleaded unless modified. But don't worry - it won't actually break down totally so you can wait until it shows symptoms before doing anything. A sensible choice would be to have a modified cylinder head standing by.

As regards the running on many fit an electrically operated valve connected to the inlet manifold after the carb which opens and lets in air when you switch off. But you should first check the ignition isn't retarded and that the mixture isn't too weak - either can cause running on.

[Roger]

The message from John Rumm contains these words:

Cut congestion at a stroke - do away with bus lanes. :-)