OT: Brakes seizing on electric cars?

If what you said was correct, we shouldn't have brake lights, since the person behind should somehow know we're slowing down.

What's that to do with anything? I assume you're one of those that complains that somehow a 21W brakelight can dazzle you, yet you're fine with those horrendously bright daytime running light EU s*it that's coming the other way.

When I did it, there was a very bad smell before any fading. I'd be more concerned about destroying the brakes.

Kinda insane, since if you've never driven a manual, you're gonna be a bit dangerous.

There's some funny rules here about weight. If I hire a van and put more than a certain amount in the back, technically I'm breaking the law. I think.

So the test should have covered both.

If the indicator had 2 and 3 on it, then, rest assured, there was a 1st below that but it just didn't have a *lock* control on it so no indicator at the selector. That is all those numbers indicate - the ability to lock into either 2nd or 3rd without the trans doing auto upshifts.

Trying to think of any UK post WW2 supplied without indicators. And even many pre WW2 vehicles would have been retro fitted by the mid 60s.

from school, probably we had a trip round Jaguar in Coventry -1956 I think

- and there was 'production line' of D Types, They had lights rather than indicator arms which was very unusual for the time.

Not on 100mph+ cars..

D types were exclusively le Mans racers. Probably XKSS or XK120

not what the wiki article said.

EXACTYLY what the wiki said

"Designed specifically to win the Le Mans 24-hour race, the slippery D-Type was produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd. between 1954 and 1957. Sharing the straight-6 XK engine and many mechanical components with its C-Type predecessor, its structure however was radically different. Innovative monocoque construction and aerodynamic efficiency integrated aviation technology in a sports racing car, some examples including a renowned vertical stabilizer.

Engine displacement began at 3.4 litres, was enlarged to 3.8 L in 1957, and reduced to 3.0 L in 1958 when Le Mans rules limited engines for sports racing cars to that maximum. D-Types won Le Mans in 1955, 1956 and 1957. After Jaguar temporarily retired from racing as a factory team, *the company offered the remaining unfinished D-Types as XKSS versions* whose *extra road-going equipment* made them eligible for production sports car races in America. In 1957 25 of these cars were in various stages of completion when a factory fire destroyed nine of them.

No indicators on a D type.

we went when Jag were still racing, .

I though they "theoretically" had to be "road" cars

Nope.

That's why the XKSS was made, to run them INTO road cars

At primary school in the UK in about 1983, one of the teachers had an Austin something or other, the one that looked like a small van with two doors at the back. I was fascinated when it indicated, an arm popped up with an orange light on it. Not sure why they did that instead of having normal lights like we do now. Was it a law it had to stick out back then?

Arm at 100mph+. Whoops!

It was probably trying to replace the driver's arm giving turning signals

That's why they had lights - we were told

We were told they were D Type.

Think the D type may have just about been road legal, but it was built for competition. The XKSS was the road going version and very rare as a fire at the factory destroyed the tooling etc before many were built. Rumour was it used up spare D-type body tubs.

If you drove one of those nowadays some wanker cyclist would pull it off.

If you're wobbling by 1.5m in each direction, you need to take a cycling proficiency test. I cycle on the road, and I'm quite happy for cars to leave 1 cubit between me and them.

Do you seriously expect a queue of 10 cars stuck behind you to wait until nothing is coming the other way? You're as bad as a caravaner.

A horse gets spooked, a cyclist does not.

I'm not talking about traffic jams, I'm talking about when the road has plenty of room to go at full speed, but there's something like a tractor or caravan going too slowly, but too much coming the other way to overtake it. Why the f*ck don't they pull into laybys?! As for cyclists, there's loads of room for 2 cars and a bicycle on most roads, so you can overtake with oncoming traffic. If they're too far out (like your sort) they soon move in when you threaten to nudge them.

wiki says the XSS wasn't built until 1957, afer Jaguar ceased racing. We went to Brown's Lane in 1956.