Lady Elanore

Fluorescent meters were very scifi when I first saw them

I love looking at old hifi. I remember a neighbour getting one of those new fangled 'music centres' when I was young and we all went round to stare, gawp and listen to it. The VU meters blew me away with their techy look. I soon found out that VU meters aren't really of much use and of no use at all in broadcasting

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When we were young, we used to call starlings, 'Stinkers'. No idea why, but wondered if the Scots had a similar name for them?

Makes you wonder if they have a stunt pipe?

I bet that pipeline has acted in other movies now. Once you've done a Bond movie, you can probably write your own cheque too.

There is a Korean film called Pipeline. Does your pipeline act in that movie too?

Colin, if you are going to bury a body in the middle of nowhere, don't post a picture with it in shot. Unless it's a clever double bluff

Why have you a black toilet cistern fill valve?

I love shiny

Haha, I found my first ever radio cassette! Hitachi TRK 5030. lots of very happy memories https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/268289766/1975-hitachi-portable-radio-trk-5030e?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

A bit OT, but I worked with a guy who ran one of those and as the engine got to 8k rpms with his Miltec exhaust, you felt the gates of Valhalla were about to open. Magnificent engine. He now drives a Mustang EV! (although he rebuilds old classic cars as a hobby, so he isn't without some petrol in his blood) I don't like the synthetic noises that the current EVs make, although a Jetsons style wibble might be acceptable. I don't think it will come to pass, but if we were to get power cuts in the next 12 months, is there anything EV people can do? Would a simple mains generator be sufficient for a slow charge, or would the mains not be clean enough for the car?

I was thinking Jag F Type R V8 and nobody would be allowed to drive except perhaps 'George'. It's something we will eventually all miss, that drama of the starting of a special petrol engine. When I started my M4, there was a real sense of occasion, at least for me but I can't see how that would be possible with an EV 😞 We have to change, I get that, but the youngest generation are really going to miss out on something special if they are still 'into cars' that is. I would still happily consider a hydrogen EV though, even if it meant very average performance. I'm getting to an age where I need to slow down anyway, I guess. The Chinese are claiming some very impressive figures for some of their latest EVs however, including some serious range on their advanced and huge batteries.

I think your frog has dropped his/her sunglasses

I think if I had a chauffeur, they would make a lot more money than me unless I changed them to the steering wheel and fed them crisps as payment?

I've just done my mileage claims this evening, starting from August and I'm currently the busiest, in mileage terms as well as jobs done, I've ever been. My mileage is definitely getting higher these days than previously. Which is an irony, in that an EV would save me a lot of money potentially (I could write off the first years corporation tax too) but because I am busier, I can't go down the EV route for the above mentioned reasons I might as well go and get a V8 then

I got the impression that he was in a similar boat to myself. Turn around time is a major problem for me. Mind you, I do like a petrol engine

That's a question for him. Pop it on his YouTube channel. He didn't sound like he was an idiot, but you never know.

Detachable speakers. wow! The first thing I bought when I had my first proper job was a ghetto blaster, a Hitachi TRK 8290 (the link below is from a Boombox wiki, have fun ) Very similar to the one in the link below http://wikiboombox.com/tiki-index.php?page=Hitachi+TRK-8190

From what I read, Tesla, which was once the unquestioned champion and leader of the EV revolution, seems to have the battery management better sorted than most other manufacturers. Although they no longer win every EV car test and I suspect this trend will now continue as other manufacturers catch up on tech and use their superior know-how of what the car buying public want in a car, Tesla do seem to know how to get the most out of their batteries. While I hate the styling of all Teslas and abhor their interiors, not to mention the shonky build quality on many of their relatively expensive cars, they are pretty new to building motor vehicles after all and they have used their engineering nous to sort the tech out right at the start. Hopefully they will move away from permanent magnets, as others are starting to do and who knows, the next gen batteries might make a noticeable difference (not holding my breath). But range is range and I can not afford to run a car I can't use to guarantee I turn up to my next job on time. It would be fine if I was retired, though. Yes fuel is terribly expensive compared to leccy, but at present I can return home from London at 03:00hrs fill up the tank, grab a few hours sleep and set off for Glasgow later in the morning. EV would be great, but I would lose work, so the expensive option is the only one that works for me at the moment. This is the sad tale of a guy who loves his EV and yet is being forced to sell it as range and recharge facilities are not yet ready for his busy lifestyle. It's not a trolling post, he genuinely loves his EV

This is quite interesting. It's a bout winter range and also mentions heat pumps in some cars. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/move-electric/electric-vehicle-range-test-reveals-20-drop-winter

It's a great idea to improve efficiency, but I'm a bit of a dinosaur and like the brum-brum noise of a car with individual gears

I have to say I really dislike CVTs. I get that they are a great solution to many things, but I still dislike them and the engine note they can cause. I remember selling Nissan CVTs way back when and they were a hateful thing in my eyes, or rather ears. There was a design using discs, that seemed very clever and looked a much better mechanical solution to variable transmission, but I don't know what became of it? There were several discs involved and it looked a bit like a differential (I think) except there were no teeth on any of the discs.