Only one EV charger at home?!...

[Peeler]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 14:52:54 +0100, Max Dumbian, the REAL dumb, notorious,
troll-feeding senile idiot, blathered again:

Why did Messerschmitt, the German aircraft company, \"stoop\" to making
bubble cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 ?

(Oh yes, WW2.)

Rather ask yourself, why do senile assholes like you take every single
idiotic bait by that unwashed gay Scottish wanker? Ah, yeah, it\'s because
you are REALLY senile!

--
Max Dumb having another senile moment:
\"It\'s the consistency of the shit that counts. Sometimes I don\'t need to
wipe, but I have to do so to tell. Also humans have buttocks to get
smeared due to our bipedalism.\"
MID: <6vydnWiYDoV1VUrDnZ2dnUU78QednZ2d@brightview.co.uk>

And yet another senile moment:
\"A fawn bowl will show piss a lot less than a white one.\"
MID: <tv1of3$1v4qg$1@dont-email.me>

 

[rbowman]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 07:00:29 -0000 (UTC), Smolley wrote:

> Columbo has been seen driving a Peugeot 403 Cabriolet.

My brother had a 404 that he really liked. As far as the US is concerned,
the 505 was the last model and imports stopped in 1990.

 

[Peeler]

On 7 Aug 2023 17:36:36 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

My brother had a 404 that he really liked. As far as the US is concerned,
the 505 was the last model and imports stopped in 1990.

And you have all your several-digit-numbers always in your big head and
don\'t quickly look them up to brag about all the numbers and all the other
detailed stuff you \"know\" by heart, right, you pathological bigmouth? LOL

--
And yet another idiotic \"cool\" line, this time about the UK, from the
resident bigmouthed all-American superhero:
\"You could dump the entire 93,628 square miles in eastern Montana and only
the prairie dogs would notice.\"
MID: <ka2vrlF6c5uU1@mid.individual.net>

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:51:56 +0100, Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

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

Why 6 with 4 wheels?

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!)

My VW Golf 1.9 TDI Auto would go 40mph in reverse. Made J turns fucking fun.

 

[Fredxx]

On 11/08/2023 21:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 11/08/2023 16:44, Fredxx wrote:
On 11/08/2023 16:06, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 11/08/2023 15:21, Fredxx wrote:
I have had issues as with leading shoe drum brakes the braking
efficiency is seriously impaired when moving backwards.

I guess as an avid EU supporter, that is your normal mode of
progression?

You must be a very sad person if that is your technical input to a
technical discussion.

No, that was you, and idiot mumbling about braking efficiency in reverse.

One might be forgive to think that English is not your first language.

Feel free to point out the mumbling in the following sentence, \"I have
had issues as with leading shoe drum brakes the braking efficiency is
seriously impaired when moving backwards.\"

You\'re becoming more like a remoaner every day. I am a Brexiter, but
your lies give Brexit a bad name.


You are a remoaner.

Oh dear, it is normally a remainer who knows how others think. That now
applies to you.

Only an idiot would call someone who voted for Brexit, and has
benefitted from it, a Remoaner and an avid EU supporter.

One has to assume you\'re an art student without a clue to how drum
brakes work.

No, that is in fact you.

I know precisely how drum brakes work. I\'m not the art student here who
doesn\'t see to a have a clue to pass a meaningful comment without coming
across as an art student throwing his toys of of his pram..

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 12/08/2023 15:43, Fredxx wrote:

I know precisely how drum brakes work. I\'m not the art student here who
doesn\'t see to a have a clue to pass a meaningful comment without coming
across as an art student throwing his toys of of his pram..

You took the words right out of my mouth.

--
\"Nature does not give up the winter because people dislike the cold.\"

― Confucius

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 04:41:01 +0100, Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> 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,

When reversing I disengage the clutch when slowing down, or it would be very jerky.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sat, 05 Aug 2023 20:02:06 +0100, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/5/2023 10:29 AM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 8/4/23 22:46, Commander Kinsey wrote:[snip]

How is that difficult? Roundabouts are the simplest junctions, you
only have to check one direction.

There used to be one of those here. Now its a complicated 5-way
intersection. The thing I usually remember is empty trucks going too
fast and falling over.

There is one big roundabout in some eastern US city that shows up
regularly on Youtube car crash videos, frequently involving snow or ice.

Only an American could be confused by a roundabout.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sat, 05 Aug 2023 18:29:05 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> wrote:

On 8/4/23 22:46, Commander Kinsey wrote:[snip]

How is that difficult? Roundabouts are the simplest junctions, you only
have to check one direction.

There used to be one of those here. Now its a complicated 5-way
intersection. The thing I usually remember is empty trucks going too
fast and falling over.

I got a lift from a lorry driver once. He told me his apprentice managed to roll a lorry going round a roundabout because she \"didn\'t realise it was fully loaded\". I told him I could tell his was fully loaded even as a passenger, you can just feel it pulling.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:54:10 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

On 06/08/2023 02:43, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:55:56 +0100, Ed Pawlowski <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:

The root of “motor” is the Latin movere, which means “to move,” which is
a pretty literal definition of what a “motor” does.

Automobiles move people, it motors them along.

I say car, not automobile. I ain\'t Latin.

It\'s Latin and (ancient) Greek, via French.

The French should never be allowed to make cars.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:52:54 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

On 07/08/2023 03:51, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:54:49 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:09:02 -0400, Paul wrote:

There aren\'t too many regulations on bicycles.

Maybe Renault could make bicycles ???

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

My second bicycle was a Peugeot, I didn\'t think it was the same
company. Why would a car company stoop to bicycles?

Why did Messerschmitt, the German aircraft company, \"stoop\" to making
bubble cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 ?

(Oh yes, WW2.)

Bubble cars were effective in fighting the enemy?!

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:32:06 +0100, Smolley <s@home.net> wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:52:54 +0100, Max Demian wrote:

On 07/08/2023 03:51, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:54:49 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:09:02 -0400, Paul wrote:

There aren\'t too many regulations on bicycles.

Maybe Renault could make bicycles ???

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

My second bicycle was a Peugeot, I didn\'t think it was the same
company. Why would a car company stoop to bicycles?

Why did Messerschmitt, the German aircraft company, \"stoop\" to making
bubble cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 ?

(Oh yes, WW2.)

The same reason Heinkel and BMW made bubble cars.

And that reason would be?

 

[rbowman]

On Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:28:14 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:32:06 +0100, Smolley <s@home.net> wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:52:54 +0100, Max Demian wrote:

On 07/08/2023 03:51, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:54:49 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:09:02 -0400, Paul wrote:

There aren\'t too many regulations on bicycles.

Maybe Renault could make bicycles ???

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

My second bicycle was a Peugeot, I didn\'t think it was the same
company. Why would a car company stoop to bicycles?

Why did Messerschmitt, the German aircraft company, \"stoop\" to making
bubble cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 ?

(Oh yes, WW2.)

The same reason Heinkel and BMW made bubble cars.


And that reason would be?

Because they were not allowed to make aircraft.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:25:12 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 03:51:56 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

My second bicycle was a Peugeot, I didn\'t think it was the same company.
Why would a car company stoop to bicycles?

Peugeot made bicycles long before they made cars. I think Grimaldi in
Sweden has the brand now.

They also made motorcycles and scooters but a German holding company has
the scooters now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_Metropolis_400

Depending on when you bought the bike it may have been made by Peugeot.
Who actually had the brand gets shaky in the \'90s.

Peugeots are sold in Mexico but you\'d have a better chance of sneaking a
kilo of fentanyl into the US than a Peugeot.

Why do the Americans not let you bring a Peugeot in?

I had a 405 once which was converted to diesel. 0-60mph in 21 seconds. Not much fun.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:25:12 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 03:51:56 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

My second bicycle was a Peugeot, I didn\'t think it was the same company.
Why would a car company stoop to bicycles?

Peugeot made bicycles long before they made cars. I think Grimaldi in
Sweden has the brand now.

They also made motorcycles and scooters but a German holding company has
the scooters now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_Metropolis_400

Depending on when you bought the bike it may have been made by Peugeot.
Who actually had the brand gets shaky in the \'90s.

Peugeots are sold in Mexico but you\'d have a better chance of sneaking a
kilo of fentanyl into the US than a Peugeot.

Why do the Americans not let you bring a Peugeot in?

I had a 405 once which was converted to diesel. 0-60mph in 21 seconds. Not much fun.

 

[rbowman]

On Sat, 09 Sep 2023 02:50:49 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:


> Why do the Americans not let you bring a Peugeot in?

Peugeot looked at the upcoming EPA and NHTSA regulations and decided the
market wasn\'t worth it. There was talk a year or two ago but they again
decided it wasn\'t worth it.

There is a loophole for cars less than 25 years old called \'Show and
Display\' but a run-of-the-mill Peugeot wouldn\'t be eligible.

It might be possible for a private citizen to bring a model up to the
standards and jump through all the hoops but it would be expensive and
painful.

It wasn\'t an effort to specifically keep French cars out but the sales in
the US were so dismal Peugeot, Renault, and Citroen didn\'t bother. Yugo
dropped out in \'92 even before Clinton bombed their plant. There are no
Dacias, but that is sort of a Renault. Some movie I watched recently,
maybe Midsomer Murders, had a Dacia.

Fiat came back with the 500 about 10 years ago. They\'re supposedly are
doing a EV 500. Personally, I briefly had a Spider back in the day. Never
again.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 11:50:58 AM UTC+10, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:25:12 +0100, rbowman <bow...@montana.com> wrote:
On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 03:51:56 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

My second bicycle was a Peugeot, I didn\'t think it was the same company.
Why would a car company stoop to bicycles?

Peugeot made bicycles long before they made cars. I think Grimaldi in
Sweden has the brand now.

They also made motorcycles and scooters but a German holding company has
the scooters now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_Metropolis_400

Depending on when you bought the bike it may have been made by Peugeot.
Who actually had the brand gets shaky in the \'90s.

Peugeots are sold in Mexico but you\'d have a better chance of sneaking a
kilo of fentanyl into the US than a Peugeot.

Why do the Americans not let you bring a Peugeot in?

I had a 405 once which was converted to diesel. 0-60mph in 21 seconds. Not much fun.

I had an old Peugeot 203 when I was a graduate student. Great value for money.

I had a equally old 404 when I was first in the UK, which was both fast and cheap to insure. The 304 that followed it was fine, but the quickest route to replacing the fan belt included taking out the radiator, which wasn\'t. My wife liked Nissans so we went over to them.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Peeler]

On 9 Sep 2023 03:48:35 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

Peugeot looked at the upcoming EPA and NHTSA regulations and decided the
market wasn\'t worth it. There was talk a year or two ago but they again
decided it wasn\'t worth it.

Keep your endless off topic senile TROLLSHIT out of these groups, you
pathological endlessly driveling bigmouth!

--
Yet more absolutely idiotic senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>

 

[Peeler]

On 9 Sep 2023 00:10:57 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

Because they were not allowed to make aircraft.

What actually is the difference between a retarded troll and his
corresponding troll-feeding senile asshole? ANYONE?

--
Yet more of the so very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"My family loaded me into a \'51 Chevy and drove from NY to Seattle and
back in \'52. I\'m alive. The Chevy had a painted steel dashboard with two
little hand prints worn down to the primer because I liked to stand up
and lean on it to see where we were going.\"
MID: <j2kuc1F3ejsU1@mid.individual.net>

 

[Fredxx]

On 09/09/2023 00:23, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Sat, 05 Aug 2023 20:02:06 +0100, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/5/2023 10:29 AM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 8/4/23 22:46, Commander Kinsey wrote:[snip]

How is that difficult?  Roundabouts are the simplest junctions, you
only have to check one direction.

There used to be one of those here. Now its a complicated 5-way
intersection. The thing I usually remember is empty trucks going too
fast and falling over.

There is one big roundabout in some eastern US city that shows up
regularly on Youtube car crash videos, frequently involving snow or ice.

Only an American could be confused by a roundabout.

In much the same way many drivers here won\'t understand how to treat a
4-way stop.