Wing mirrors on cars

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Do you not believe what Huge wrote?

[Tim Streater]

Don't be a twerp. When I became 70, I didn't lose anything that I used before 70. So just an administrative thing at this point.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

That was a long long time ago.

What?! When driving an auto you simply don't care what gear it's in. You just press the pedal to go faster. The gear changes don't concern the driver one iota.

Why bother? When it needs to change, it will change, just let it do it's own job.

Far easier to just use the throttle or brake.

You want more power, press the pedal further down, it's very easy.

Never had a surge of power in an auto. Unless I requested it by slamming my foot down to get past someone.

I find that wonderful. When driving at town speeds, you can hardly tell a gear change has taken place. Why on earth wouldn't you like that?

Sounds like a lot of unnecessary rubbish to me. 4 gears with a torque convertor has always done me just fine.

For some reason some electric cars are designed with two gears.

[Huge]

Quelle surprise.

[Rod Speed]

What does holding the wheel on the bottom achieve ?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Is that one of those budget cars you get for well under =A310K?

That must look ridiculous, like a kid's designed it.

I've seen similarly stupid things with back wipers - ones which aren't c= entral, and ones which park vertically as though they've got stuck midwa= y through the cycle - there was a spate of GMs like that in the UK, earl= y Astras I think.

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[rbowman]

The eyes are focused on the iPhone screen as they text their girlfriend.

[boltar]

We'll add not being able to read to your list of non-abilities shall we?

[boltar]

Not much use if its high speed curved track. Tbh there shouldn't be any level crossings on ANY high speed line IMO.

[Roger Hayter]

It's only putting over 70s back in the position that anyone who passed an ordinary driving test since 1997 is in.

[NY]

I've crossed the ECML by a footpath just north of Northallerton station. I think there was a central refuge so you crossed two lines and then had somewhere to wait while you checked the next two lines.

The worst footpath crossing I've done was on the line in Hampshire between Basingstoke and Andover, probably near Overton - roughly the area where Richard Adams described a train colliding with rabbits in Watership Down - and that was up an embankment with a curve close by. I stopped and checked, could hear no singing rails so I crossed. I had just started down the other side of the embankment when a train passed behind me - probably no more than

10 seconds after I'd crossed. I was rather surprised that a) he hadn't hooted because the crossing didn't have a long sight line, and b) there had been no singing rails to warn me of a train nearby.

[boltar]

Perhaps gaps at a nearby rail join stopped the sound being transmitted? Just a guess, probably wrong.

[TMS320]

It seems that Europeans are simply reluctant. Mostly, it seems to be worries automatics aren't for real men or some stuff about not having control, such as:-

And there is no better way of doing it than a torque converter. The DSG you want to try still has a conventional clutch but, in essence, has a very complicated way of simulating a simple centrifugal mechanism.

Stop overthinking. All you're doing is changing the amount of noise being produced.

There is no "unexpected surge of power". Power is related to how much you push down on the pedal.

Then buy a car with a quieter engine or turn the radio up.

I've never driven a DSG but the idea seems flawed. It has the cachet that it was developed for racing and is made by Germans... so it must be good.

It is notable that the market for DSGs has not taken root outside Europe. The rest of the world still likes the smoothing effect of a torque converter. I have heard a rumour that Ford are dropping DSG.

An ICE with clutch and gearbox can develop torque from stationary up to some maximum speed... The Leaf motor produces flat torque only up to about 27mph so at the wheels is little different to an ICE system - other than for lack of noise and faff.

The problem is that people look at the engine in isolation, forgetting that is just one component in a drivetrain of three significant parts (engine, clutch, gearbox).

[boltar]

Manuals are far better on a hill descent where you can let the engine do the braking. With an auto you either have to sit on the brakes or if it does have an option to change down manually you still have to worry about over heating the torque converter.

Not really , its an automated manual.

And what gear the car is in.

I suggest you try driving one then. Nothing changes gear faster.

Ford are a joke. They sold off JLR which Tata (hardly a high tech car maker) managed to turn into a massive source of profit, yet those utter dolts in Detroit decided it would be better to grab the cash and concentrate on the pile of s**te they sell as their core product.

Yes, but not maximum torque and thats the point. An ICE has to wind itself up to its max torque peak and that takes a non zero amount of time. An electric motor provides max torque the instant you hit the throttle.

And with an electric can you can bin the last 2 on that list, though there is an argument for 2 or 3 gears for sports electrics or ones that need to tow heavy loads.

[Huge]

Or, less arrogantly, disinterested.

Tosh.

JWS is a troll and can safely be killfiled and ignored.

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It's more efficient than a slush-box.

Or they are simply ignorant and slushboxes are cheaper to make.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:44:10 -0000, Tekkie=AE wrote= :

No, that's when you scrape the side of your tyre off the kerb to find it= . Mind you, I've found a garage that gives a no quibble warranty on the= ir tyres. If they puncture before the end of the tread life, you get it= repaired or replaced free of charge, no matter why it got into that sta= te.

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Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:59:33 -0000, Tekkie=AE wrote= :

Any vehicle that doesn't have a view through the back should have a came= ra by law.

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Two crows together is an attempted murder.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Superhuman? More like able to pass their driving test. If you can't wo= rk out where the corner of your car is you shouldn't be driving.

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Japanese scientists have created a camera with a shutter speed so fast, = they can now photograph a woman with her mouth shut.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:59:33 -0000, Tekkie=AE wrote= :

Any vehicle that doesn't have a view through the back should have a came= ra by law.

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Two crows together is an attempted murder.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:59:33 -0000, Tekkie=AE wrote= :

Any vehicle that doesn't have a view through the back should have a came= ra by law.

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Two crows together is an attempted murder.