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On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:54:07 +0000, Stephen wrote:
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Wow, that's a good story. :-)
Jim
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On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:32:31 +0200, Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>
>> About the only thing that can go wrong with a tray-load drive is if the
>> disk isn't sitting in it properly, and it gets mashed when the tray
>> tries to shut. USUALLY the servo system notices this and stops trying
>> to shut the door. Depending on how cheap the drive is...
>>
>>
> Or the drive fails to stop the disk before ejecting it and it's still
> rotating when the tray comes out. You would be surprised how fast the
> disc leaves the tray from even a small bump...
I've seen that happen several times.
Jim
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On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:49:28 -0800, DungBeatle wrote:
> My previous car had those seatbelts that automatically pulled over you
> when you closed the door, I miss that...
So did mine - I had a friend visiting from England who had never
experienced one of those before, and he "freaked out" a little bit when
the belt started moving....
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:35:32 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>>> Doing a test at the proving ground and the test objective was to get
>>> away from something that was about to explode as fast as you could? ;-)
>> I've done that in a lifeboat, though.
>
> Hopefully as part of an exercise and not because it was an unplanned
> situation?
>
During a coxswain training course.
Using a compass and totally enclosed.
“The platform is to the North East, the wind’s from the South. Escape!”
Boy’s games LOL
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:54:07 +0000, Stephen wrote:
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> [...]
>
> Wow, that's a good story. :-)
>
As I said, I’ve dined out on it for years LOL
It is true and I was slightly stunned afterwards, I felt that I didn’t
get a proper test. Add that to only having had two driving lessons and
one was two years before, the other was just to familiarise myself with
the car I was taking the test in. I feel as if I should take some more
as I get older and more responsible.
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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Warp wrote:
> DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscow com> wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
>
> Is there anything for which there isn't an article at wikipedia?
Yes, cppcheck. And its developers are pissed about their article getting
deleted, and thus not getting the free advertisement :P
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>> I *was* going to buy a Mazda RX8. Almost the same price. [Obviously both
>> are second-hand.] It has a 3.0 L Wankel engine, agressive styling,
>> bucket seats, the whole lot.
>>
>> ...but then I took it for a test drive. Man, it JUST DOESN'T MOVE!
>
> You could have tried pressing the gas pedal, you know?
I tried that. Nothing seems to happen. The car just feels heavy and slow.
> The thing about
> wankel is that it constantly rotates in just one direction
I'm pretty sure normal engines rotate in only one direction too. ;-)
Perhaps you ment there's no reciprocol motion?
>> Well maybe it just *looked* 30 years old then. It was really, really
>> rusty. (But then, it was a Land Rover.) For example, there was a hole
>> under the accelerator pedal where you can watch the road go past below.
>
> Well yes, Land rover has incredibly traditional look and all, also it
> one of the toughest (if not The toughest) cars ever done - they just
> keep running.
IME, the Land Rover can go places where other "off road" vehicles can't,
which is impressive. But IT IS NOT RELIABLE. They break down constantly.
(The again, I've only ever seen ancient ones...)
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> I tried that. Nothing seems to happen. The car just feels heavy and slow.
Apparently 0-60 is 6.2 or 7.0 seconds depending on which engine it has, that
doesn't sound too slow to me.
As Eero said, you are probably used to a normal petrol engine where the
maximum torque is usually at quite low rpms and then fairly constant. With
the RX8 the torque builds up until it hits a maximum at quite high rpm, so
if you are trying to drive around at 1000 or 2000 rpm it *is* going to feel
slow.
> IME, the Land Rover can go places where other "off road" vehicles can't,
> which is impressive. But IT IS NOT RELIABLE. They break down constantly.
They are probably really simple to fix though, compared to newer cars.
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>> I tried that. Nothing seems to happen. The car just feels heavy and slow.
>
> Apparently 0-60 is 6.2 or 7.0 seconds depending on which engine it has,
> that doesn't sound too slow to me.
The infamous Acinonyx jubatus manages > 3.0 seconds, and it's MADE OF
MEAT! ;-)
...on a more related note, the car I actually bought manages 8.9
seconds. (But only according to the spec sheet, obviously.)
> As Eero said, you are probably used to a normal petrol engine where the
> maximum torque is usually at quite low rpms and then fairly constant.
> With the RX8 the torque builds up until it hits a maximum at quite high
> rpm, so if you are trying to drive around at 1000 or 2000 rpm it *is*
> going to feel slow.
So what you're saying is, it won't drive away from the curb quickly?
>> IME, the Land Rover can go places where other "off road" vehicles
>> can't, which is impressive. But IT IS NOT RELIABLE. They break down
>> constantly.
>
> They are probably really simple to fix though
Um...
> compared to newer cars.
Oh, right. Sure.
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> So what you're saying is, it won't drive away from the curb quickly?
No, because if you're trying to do a fast start you can just give it more
rpms before engaging the clutch. What I'm saying is that to get the most
performance from the car you need to keep the rpms very high, this means
only changing up a gear when you get near the redline, and probably changing
down 2 or even 3 gears if you decide you suddenly want to overtake someone
(where normally you might only change down 1 gear).
It has what is known as a very narrow power band, and outside of that band
it sucks. A more "driveable" engine will have a more equal spread of power
across all rpms, and thus might seem more powerful when driving around town,
even if in a race it would be slower.
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