Only one EV charger at home?!...

[Peeler]

On 17 Jul 2023 22:54:49 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

Peugeot did okay in the US for a while. For people of my generation
Renault is associated with the Dauphine, not a good pairing.

For me Yanks will now forever be associated with pathological bigmouths like
you, lowbrowwoman!

--
More of the senile gossip\'s absolutely idiotic senile blather:
\"I stopped for breakfast at a diner in Virginia when the state didn\'t do
DST. I remarked on the time difference and the crusty old waitress said
\'We keep God\'s time in Virginia.\'

I also lived in Ft. Wayne for a while.\"

MID: <t0tjfa$6r5$1@dont-email.me>

 

[Peeler]

On 17 Jul 2023 22:44:28 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

A lot of it was the \'safety\' or EPA requirements. Renault, Peugeot, and
Citroen always were very minor players so the market wasn\'t worth the
effort.

OTOH, any idiotic and off topic shit always has every effort of your
grandiloquent big mouth! ;-)

--
Yet more of the abnormal senile gossiping by the resident senile gossip:
\"I never understood how they made a living but the space where the local
party store was is now up for lease. It probably was more than helium. I
often walk over the the adjacent market to get something for dinner and
people stuffing balloons in their cars was a common sight. No more. I\'ve
no idea if there is another store in town.\"
MID: <kafs2nF6vi1U15@mid.individual.net>

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:00:55 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

On 06/07/2023 01:59, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:41:58 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com
wrote:
On 25/06/2023 11:12, Commander Kinsey wrote:

I like the smell of exhaust fumes. I also love the diesel fumes smell
in train stations.

I don\'t like that, but I used to love the smell of steam engines. I can
still remember the smell (inasmuch as it is possible to remember smells).

Smells are the easiest things to remember, and the most likely to invoke
a fond memory. I think swimming pool as soon as I use chlorine bleach.

Let\'s say that I don\'t have a \"mind\'s nose\", i.e. I can\'t conjure up the
smell. (Actually about 2 or 3 percent of people don\'t have a \"mind\'s
eye\"; they can\'t actually visualise memories. I think I may be one of
the 2 or 3 percent.)

So you\'re faulty then.

 

[Vir Campestris]

On 17/07/2023 19:26, Max Demian wrote:

No it doesn\'t. It is comparing the effect of the individual shoes.
\"Leading and trailing brake shoes are as capable of stopping the reverse
motion as they are of stopping forward motion.\" This means brakes with
one of each. Leading shoes \"dig\" in to the drum and so have more braking
effect. jon was referring to brakes where they are all leading (when the
car is travelling forward) In the reverse direction they will be all
trailing. (I think the original Mini had twin leading shoes on the front
brakes. I don\'t know whether this was a problem reversing as the rear
brakes were leading/trailing).

I had a 1976 Mini at one time.

The problem I had with the brakes was they always needed mending. I must
have changed all 6 slave cylinders at least once in the time I had it

But braking while reversing was never an issue. After all I reverse at
maybe a tenth of my max forward speed. (which is about 60MPH in a Mini!)

Andy

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:27:13 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 11:59:37 +0100, SteveW wrote:

On 10/06/2023 03:49, rbowman wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 01:20:22 +0100, SteveW wrote:

Overtaking meant beginning to accelerate up behind something and then
seeing if it was safe to pull out, rather than the other way around,
due to the extra lag delaying the start of accelerating.

Instead of dropping to a lower gear for better acceleration, it
dropped and then, as I continued to accelerate, dropped again, gaining
little speed, but revving the engine madly.

Was it a CVT? The AT in my Toyota doesn\'t behave like that.

No, it had distinct gear changes - and a display on the screen of which
of the seven speeds it was in.

One of the complaints about the transmission in my Toyota is \'but it only
has four speeds\'. Maybe with fewer choices it doesn\'t get confused. On
long grades it does hunt between 3rd and 4th sometimes but that\'s easily
fixed by moving the lever to 3rd.

It doesn\'t need 1st. It used the torque convertor to start in 2nd.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 01:20:22 +0100, SteveW <steve@walker-family.me.uk> wrote:

On 19/04/2023 21:48, John Larkin wrote:
Really, here in the 21st century, manual transmissions make as much
sense as dial phones.

I disagree.

For years, I have driven a manual car, but in recent months I have been
mainly driving a BEV, which is very nice to drive, still with occasional
use of a manual car, which I have remained perfectly happy to drive.

For the past few days I have been driving an automatic (a hire car while
attending a funeral in Ireland) and I have remembered why I disliked
them after previous experiences.

Pulling out of junctions or onto roundabouts meant waiting for bigger
gaps, as it changed gears and failed to accelerate for a time, before it
sorted itself out.

Overtaking meant beginning to accelerate up behind something and then
seeing if it was safe to pull out, rather than the other way around, due
to the extra lag delaying the start of accelerating.

Instead of dropping to a lower gear for better acceleration, it dropped
and then, as I continued to accelerate, dropped again, gaining little
speed, but revving the engine madly.

I found that I was having to modify my driving, as it fought against me.
That has never been the case for any manual or for a BEV.

I\'ve driven an auto VW Golf, Honda CRV, and Range Rover. None of them behaved as you said, in fact they were much quicker to overtake and pull out of junctions, since they instantly jumped into the lowest gear possible as soon as I accelerated. In a manual I either have to waste time changing gear before overtaking, or sit in a low gear waiting for the gap. Your car was very faulty and you should have returned it.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 01:10:32 +0100, JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:

On 31/05/2023 10:34 pm, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 20:54:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 19/04/2023 20:52, Skid Marks wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I have \'jane\' - my tomtom navigator in my smart phone. God she nags if
I don\'t go her way.

Give her a sex change and she\'ll be less verbose.

I am not sure if there is a male voice. I am not sure I would want one.

Satnavs have loads of voices. Trouble is most are American, that
grating pompous I know everything voice.

I took my Garmin device (with American maps) to the USA a few years ago
(before smart phones did the same thing).

American friends fell about laughing when they heard the instructions
given in a very proper English accent .

The thing is they could most likely understand it. But we can\'t understand them. Educated English don\'t have an accent, they have a lack of it (because of higher intelligence).

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2023-07-17, Commander Kinsey <CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 19:26:40 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

On 17/07/2023 19:12, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:57:53 +0100, jon <jon@nospam.cn> wrote:

I drove a 1936 Standard 14 once, all the car brakes had leading shoes, so
when I shot backwards during a 3 point turn and braked nothing happened
and I collided with a parked car.

This page says that shouldn\'t happen:
https://allthedifferences.com/difference-between-leading-trailing-brake-shoes/

No it doesn\'t. It is comparing the effect of the individual shoes.
\"Leading and trailing brake shoes are as capable of stopping the reverse
motion as they are of stopping forward motion.\" This means brakes with
one of each. Leading shoes \"dig\" in to the drum and so have more braking
effect. jon was referring to brakes where they are all leading (when the
car is travelling forward) In the reverse direction they will be all
trailing. (I think the original Mini had twin leading shoes on the front
brakes. I don\'t know whether this was a problem reversing as the rear
brakes were leading/trailing).

Having every single one one way round seems insane, so you can hardly stop in reverse? How did that pass the safety requirements?

You have a manual transmssion with a very high ratio, slowing down is easy.
the brakes are only needed so stop from slow,

--
Jasen.
🇺🇦 Слава Україні

 

[Peeler]

On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 03:41:01 -0000 (UTC), Jasen Betts, another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding senile shithead, blathered:


> You have a manual transmssion

The trolling wanker has shit for brains, and so do you, you troll-feeding
senile ASSHOLE!

--
Some examples of Birdbrain Macaw\'s (now \"Commander Kinsey\" LOL) sociopathic
\"mathematics\":
\"100 is 5 times more than 20.
\"5 times less\" is the opposite of \"5 times more\", so this makes 100 back to
20 again.
20 is 5 times less than 100, the same as dividing by 5.
An elephant is 5 times bigger than a tiger, a tiger is 5 times smaller than
an elephant.\"
MID: <op.y9piu1m0js98qf@red.lan>

 

[a a]

Off-topic troll...

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[Roger Mills]

On 29/07/2023 04:41, Jasen Betts wrote:

On 2023-07-17, Commander Kinsey <CK1@nospam.com> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 19:26:40 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

On 17/07/2023 19:12, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:57:53 +0100, jon <jon@nospam.cn> wrote:

I drove a 1936 Standard 14 once, all the car brakes had leading shoes, so
when I shot backwards during a 3 point turn and braked nothing happened
and I collided with a parked car.

This page says that shouldn\'t happen:
https://allthedifferences.com/difference-between-leading-trailing-brake-shoes/

No it doesn\'t. It is comparing the effect of the individual shoes.
\"Leading and trailing brake shoes are as capable of stopping the reverse
motion as they are of stopping forward motion.\" This means brakes with
one of each. Leading shoes \"dig\" in to the drum and so have more braking
effect. jon was referring to brakes where they are all leading (when the
car is travelling forward) In the reverse direction they will be all
trailing. (I think the original Mini had twin leading shoes on the front
brakes. I don\'t know whether this was a problem reversing as the rear
brakes were leading/trailing).

Having every single one one way round seems insane, so you can hardly stop in reverse? How did that pass the safety requirements?

You have a manual transmssion with a very high ratio, slowing down is easy.
the brakes are only needed so stop from slow,

I still went full tilt into a gatepost when turning round in a hurry in
my father\'s pre-war Sumbeam Talbot 10. That had rod-operated Bendix
brakes which were useless in reverse. At first sight they looked like
one leading and one training shoe on each wheel but there was some
linkage between the shoes which made then behave like twin leading shoes
- and twin trailing shoes in reverse!
--
Cheers,
Roger

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Thu, 01 Jun 2023 03:45:14 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:52:36 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:57:17 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:03:47 +0100, SteveW wrote:

With ours is depends upon the mode set (ECO, Normal, Sport) and the
regeneration level set (None, medium, Strong). I generally have it set
to give more \"engine braking\" than an ICE car, but not so much that it
catches me out.

Or the driver behind you... At least in the US it takes brake lights
to convince some drivers you\'re slowing down. On a bike I often flick
the brake even though I can almost come to a complete stop running down
through the gears.

What happens behind you is not your problem.

It fucking well is if they\'re going to ram you at 60 mph.

Then don\'t stop so unexpectedly.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Thu, 01 Jun 2023 07:53:36 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 01/06/2023 03:45, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:52:36 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

What happens behind you is not your problem.

It fucking well is if they\'re going to ram you at 60 mph.

For once I can agree with you.
Giving lessons to tailgaters

If you want a bigger gap, move faster, why do you blame them? The distance between you can be adjusted by either driver.

with the handbrake was a favourite trick.
Only let it off when the smoking tyres in the mirror were a foot from
your rear bumper.

I don\'t brake for people like you, I report you for insurance fraud.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 14:49:26 +0100, SteveW <steve@walker-family.me.uk> wrote:

On 01/06/2023 07:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 01/06/2023 03:45, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:52:36 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

What happens behind you is not your problem.

It fucking well is if they\'re going to ram you at 60 mph.

For once I can agree with you.
Giving lessons to tailgaters with the handbrake was a favourite trick.
Only let it off when the smoking tyres in the mirror were a foot from
your rear bumper.

I used to do the opposite. Some mk2 Sierras had the outer red lens as
both brake and tail light, with the inner being the fog light and some
(including mine) had the outer as tail and fog light, with the inner
being the brake light. For mine, clicking the fog light switch on and
then switching the side-lights on, made it look like I was hitting the
brakes to whoever was following too close.

Why would you need to use the tail light?

I used the reverse lights to signal to the person behind me they really shouldn\'t have their lights on during the day. The Sierra turned it on as you moved the gearstick to the left, before going up to engage the gear, so I could flash them.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 13:45:46 +0100, ARW <adamwadsworth@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

On 01/06/2023 07:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 01/06/2023 03:45, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:52:36 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

What happens behind you is not your problem.

It fucking well is if they\'re going to ram you at 60 mph.

For once I can agree with you.
Giving lessons to tailgaters with the handbrake was a favourite trick.
Only let it off when the smoking tyres in the mirror were a foot from
your rear bumper.

They are only tailgating because you are not driving fast enough

Followed a split arse the other day with main beams and full horn on for
over 6 miles and she never changed lane.

Why not just undertake? That really annoys them.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:46:30 +0100, Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 11/06/2023 13:45, ARW wrote:

They are only tailgating because you are not driving fast enough

Followed a split arse the other day with main beams and full horn on for
over 6 miles and she never changed lane.

I\'ve often been on a motorway in heavy traffic with somebody tailgating
me. I can\'t go any faster because there is a car in front of me.

Then tailgate them and pass on the message.

> I hate motorways.

Are you a girl?

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:22:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 11/06/2023 21:46, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 11/06/2023 13:45, ARW wrote:

They are only tailgating because you are not driving fast enough

Followed a split arse the other day with main beams and full horn on
for over 6 miles and she never changed lane.

I\'ve often been on a motorway in heavy traffic with somebody tailgating
me. I can\'t go any faster because there is a car in front of me.

In these cases I irritate the fuck, out of the tailgater by opening up
the gap in front of me to 4-5 car lengths.

Doesn\'t work or me, makes it easier to overtake. Then I go even slower than you were going. Just learn to drive faster and stop holding up the world.

In general, if the motorway gets really crowded I will move over into
the \'lorry lane\'

It\'s pronounced \"loser lane\".

where very long braking distances are understood, and
do my 56mph in a relaxed manner.

56 on a motorway should be illegal.

Aircon, a good stereo and a pen drive full of my music keeps me entirely
happy.

Why not go the whole hog and get stoned? Turn the music off, concentrate on your driving, and do 100mph like a civilised man.

I hate motorways.

I hate crowded motorways. 3 a.m. and no cars and they are a real pleasure.

Yip, no arseholes holding me up, I can open the taps to 120mph.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:27:10 +0100, Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 12/06/2023 10:22, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 11/06/2023 21:46, Vir Campestris wrote:

I\'ve often been on a motorway in heavy traffic with somebody
tailgating me. I can\'t go any faster because there is a car in front
of me.

In these cases I irritate the fuck, out of the tailgater by opening up
the gap in front of me to 4-5 car lengths.
I\'ve tried that. It also means that if the vehicle in front does do an
emergency stop you can stop gently enough so the idiot doesn\'t wreck
your car.
In general, if the motorway gets really crowded I will move over into
the \'lorry lane\' where very long braking distances are understood, and
do my 56mph in a relaxed manner.

Aircon, a good stereo and a pen drive full of my music keeps me entirely
happy.

My car is more than 20 years old. No aircon (it was a dealer fit option,
and I should have had it done. When I bought it I had no idea I would
still have it 20 years later) no pen drive, just a CD changer.

The aircon would have long since died. Aircon is shit in a house, in a vibrating car it doesn\'t last.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:46:37 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> wrote:

On 6/12/23 04:22, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

[snip]

Aircon, a good stereo and a pen drive full of my music keeps me entirely
happy.


I hate motorways.

I hate crowded motorways. 3 a.m. and no cars and they are a real pleasure.

Yes. Driving at night in good weather and no traffic.

But then you get the wankers in BMWs with blue headlights.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:03:51 +0100, Tim+ <tim.downie@gmail.com> wrote:

ARW <adamwadsworth@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
On 01/06/2023 07:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 01/06/2023 03:45, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:52:36 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

What happens behind you is not your problem.

It fucking well is if they\'re going to ram you at 60 mph.

For once I can agree with you.
Giving lessons to tailgaters with the handbrake was a favourite trick.
Only let it off when the smoking tyres in the mirror were a foot from
your rear bumper.



They are only tailgating because you are not driving fast enough

Followed a split arse the other day with main beams and full horn on for
over 6 miles and she never changed lane.


Just back from leftpondia. Once you get used to passing on both sides it
abolishes the issue of idiots hogging the wrong lane.

I sit in the fast lane because I\'m the fastest. Maybe once in every 5 hours someone wants to overtake, I see them in the mirror and move over long before they reach me.

There seem to be
quite a few US driving rules that could be usefully adopted here (but
almost certainly never will be).

It\'s a rule you can pass on the other side over there? Isn\'t that too complicated for Merkins?

I pass on whichever side is clear. Fuck the law.