Modern locks are a pest

[Commander Kinsey]

Agreed, so no point in any security measures whatsoever. I broke into my neighbour's house by removing the seal around their window then lifting the glazing out.

[Commander Kinsey]

Mostly correct, except I don't have one, I'd remove it if I did.

[Xeno]

You haven't a clue what goes on in bearings, have you? Oil aeration is a bearing killer and it's happening when you have low oil, that's even before the light comes on.

If you don't mind, I'll use my 55 years in the motor trade instead. I have seen more than a few drivers who lack common sense. You are one such.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Xeno: It's 'Commander Kinsey', fully paid up underbridge dweller.

"You haven't a clue" is all that you need to say

Nah. he's just winding you up.

[Commander Kinsey]

What's stupid about wanting a door to be easy to operate?

Why make things more complicated than they have to be?

It is not better to have to use two hands to lock the f****ng door!

They do on every single door, even 7 point ones, when you're opening it.

Not possible to move that much stuff with a tiny key.

[Commander Kinsey]

You don't need thre prefix "brute" to break a flimsy little key. Keys are not designed to move 7 locks simultaneously.

[Commander Kinsey]

Then your light is defective. Clearly any designer with an ounce of common sense makes the car warn you at a point earlier than when damage occurs. Otherwise, why have the light?

Ah, the motor trade, so you're a dumb ass mechanic. I know people like you. And I've had people like you fired.

[Commander Kinsey]

Oh, another idiot who can't handle an opinion other than his own.

Nope, just trying to educate him.

[Commander Kinsey]

The dumb Speed never nails anything. I buy a vehicle for £500, use it for 4 years, then scrap it getting £120 back for the metal. That's a pretty small price for a working vehicle.

And if it fails to warn me before something catastrophic happens, well that's poor design by the fuckwits that made the car. I only lose out on up to £380.

[Commander Kinsey]

Thankyou for the compliment. Scots are morons.

[Commander Kinsey]

They'll just use the windows instead.

And don't forget, the harder you make it for burglars, the harder it is for you when you forget your keys.

If you turn it on, 50% of your street will immediately hate you.

[Commander Kinsey]

Then why have the light at all if the designer is too f****ng stupid to make it come on at the right time?

BTW my car, which is 18 years old, does not have a light. It has an electronic guage. It checks the sump level every time I turn on the ignition. If it's a bit on the low side, it warns me.

[Xeno]

Your brain is defective. The aerated oil will *still* have *pressure*. It takes very little pressure, a few psi, to extinguish the light. It is the air bubbles from the aeration that cause the oil to be unable to take the load noting that it is not the *supply oil pressure* that is critical but the wedging pressure in the bearings and that will be negatively affected buy oil aeration. Read up on hydrodynamic lubrication and educate yourself.

Yeah, right!

[Xeno]

Yep, the engineer who designed *your car* has determined that even an idiot light is not sufficient for your level of idiocy.

BTW, note spelling - gauge.

[Commander Kinsey]

It doesn't matter how the system works. There's clearly no point in having a light to warn you that your engine is already f***ed. The designers need a clue stick.

My car measures the level of spare oil in the sump very time I turn on the ignition. I can see it usually lighting 6/6 LEDs. If it's less, I know how much to add.

Yip. Markup. It's theft.

[Commander Kinsey]

What would be better is gauges and lights that convey useful information. What is the point in telling the driver that he ran out of oil 40 miles ago?

[Commander Kinsey]

So the solution was to make a light which is meaningless.

[Commander Kinsey]

No, the engineer decided it would be a good idea to simply tell the driver when he needs to add oil, not that he should have added it last week. Does your stomach tell you you're hungry after you've died of starvation?

Get your OCD treated.

[Xeno]

The complexity is needed because of *simple users*.

Many doors require but one hand. Maybe the designer decided you needed mental exercise.

The mechanism internally takes care of the load. Think of car window regulators (winders) - note how manually winding a side window up or down seems to require about equal force - and not a lot at that. A little complication in the window regulator makes life much easier for the weak at the knees people like you. Of course, even that wasn't enough so manufacturers now fit motorised window regulators - such is the lack of brain power of the users.

[Xeno]

Ain't that the truth! ;-)