OT: Why can't a petrol engine start itself?

[tabbypurr]

that's another way to achieve the same thing, to open & close the circuit to the coil.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Ling stroke, short in;let manifold and good compression.

My ex WWII bomber pilot father alwys put his foor on the accelerator as he switched off the ignition "To leave fuel in the cylinders for the next start'

[tabbypurr]

those cars were robust if nothing else. That included the engine, which kept a timing chain (until late models).

NT

[Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp]

Which bit didn't you understand?

AB

[tabbypurr]

of basic sense. They were a mostly typical 1960s car with some mods to ada pt them to Russian use. For reasons that had nothing to do with their quali ties or shortcomings a lot of people talked a lot of b- about them.

how there's so much misinformation out there about what was a fairly unrema rkable car produced by a remarkable system. What is remarkable about the La da is everything that surrounded it, not the car itself. Its few claims to fame included unusually tough bodywork, a heater that provded a +20C interi or in -40C outdoor temp, suspension designed to run loaded onto its endstop s, and good safety (for its era) despite no crash testing. Of much more sig nificance is all the cultural & economic weirdness that surrounded it, part of which includes popular misinformation.

I'm beginning to wonder what you're on. Sometimes you're sensible & observa nt, but definitely not on this.

NT

[tabbypurr]

So you're guessing re camshaft lubrication, and have no idea why Ladas were so popular. Even someone with no idea about mechanics could tell you why they were popular.

A fragile engine would be lethal in the cold Russian climate, and the engineers that designed the car clearly took that point seriously.

NT

[tabbypurr]

I see you're continuing with the nonsense. I don't know why you do that, it doesn't serve you.

[tabbypurr]

I'm pretty certain the crankshaft sees more load.

[Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp]

Why remoaner?

I voted niether for or out of Europe,

In the UK I will not vote in any future referendum on Europe, I just cannot be bothered. For the same reason, I will not vote for May or Corbyn.

I think Brexit is stupid, the result of the referendum shocked me, but I certainly dont moan about it.

I think it's good for the EU, and would do everything possible to ensure that Britain never, ever gets the opportunity to rejoin.

As for the morons that support Brexit, I thank them for their actions simply for supplying planet Earth with so much light entertainment.

I would guess that the thugs are for Brexit personally, the same as Trump supporters in the US would be if asked, their leader thinks it's good. The UK findings confirmed that Brexit voters tended to be disadvantaged and dim. [Dim! Deep shock and amazement, it took research for that :-)].

Basically the common theme is thick, violent tribalism along with a desire for self harm.

So it does not really matter what the final aim is, if you have the three preceeding characteristics, the actions are fairly predictable.

People that wish to remain, or even just be critical of the decision, probably have a range of balanced reasons behind their philosophy.

Even your stupid "remoaner" term immediately assumes that anyone being critical of the decision or even being critical of May's abilities as a comedian, is lumped in with remainers.

Probably an Express or sun derived word to help brainwash their dimwits with.

Incidentally when the conservatives continue to screw up and drive Britain into ruin, the pillocks will probably revive the death penalty as a means to cling to popularity and power.

Then all the thick tossers that managed to vote for Brexit will use the same stupid set of values along with a bit of fear provided by the tabloids, to vote for capital punishment.

Like Brexit the clueless morons wont even make the connection when the result unfolds, and like Brexit, trumps supporters, football thugs and capital punishment supporters, it is the disadvantaged idiots that voted for it that will suffer most.

AB

[Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp]

Follow the logic.

Remember De Bono

One mans engineering miracle is is an idiots fodder for humour.

Marconi and British customs was an example.

Exploding cylinders is going a few angstroms beyond credibility.

Think deeply

Maybe not too deeply

It's fairly obvious really

AB

[tabbypurr]

Probably a sample of 1 out of 20 million.

NT

[tabbypurr]

I see you have a lot less clue than I gave you credit for. Other bs snipped.

[Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp]

Where did this gem come from?

They were cheap!

No 1 factor when aquiring anything price.

See above.

And although taxi drivers are not known for their mechanical ability they are canny when it comes to bargains and they can spot a worthwhile motor too. Every minute off the road is money lost.

Probably why they put fuel into the engine and then ignited it.

Do you think it's a practice that should be encouraged in the UK for winter starting?

Bloody good these Ruskies!!

AB

[tabbypurr]

ok, I accept you're completely lost and don't need to waste further electrons.

[tabbypurr]

At least you know it was about financial efficiency, even if you don't understand the mechanics or the companies that ran Lada fleets.

NT

[Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp]

I didn't say they were financially efficient.

Most Russian stuff wasn't.

It was a bargain and punters got well beyond what could be expected with western goods.

Most Russian electronics came in via furniture warehouses incidentally, with the ridiculous eye watering markups before going on sale, and the stuff was still less than half the cost of a european equivalent. The cabinets were proper wood too.

Financially efficient, it was certainly not.

Cheap isn't efficient

Russia would do anything at the time to get hold of sterling and dollars

AB

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I know for a fact that were you're involved, there will be lots of factual mistakes. So merely correcting them.

You just couldn't make that up. ;-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Not so. If the engine has stopped with the points open, no amount of switching on and off will create a spark at the plugs. However, if you rotate the dizzy with the ignition on you can cause the points to close and open.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

One of the worst things you can do. Washes the oil off the bores.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I was once an avid reader of all types of car magazines. If early cam failure had been a problem with the Fiat based Lada, I would have remembered it.