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Etile
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PostPosted: 11-19-2017 03:18 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
No, he really did ride at an average speed of 152mph (243kph) for 24 hours non-stop.


i already did the math fuccboi, hence the post




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 11-19-2017 04:58 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Whiskey 7 wrote:
How many on this ride?


This wasn't a group ride. Just me and another friend.




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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 06:28 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Bought a Volvo :up:



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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 09:28 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Is it beige?




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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 10:27 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Naw man, it's black. Full on old man mobile



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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 10:59 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


:cool:




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Truffle Shuffle
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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 11:38 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Is it a 5 cylinder ? :)



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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 12:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


losCHUNK wrote:
Is it a 5 cylinder ? :)


phantasmagoria and a black Volvo - Got to see this .... Need details or pics for sure. Say, are you going to wear a cap, you know, the type old MG drivers wear?

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** I like the old man mobile quip



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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 01:46 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


losCHUNK wrote:
Is it a 5 cylinder ? :)


Yeah it's the V50 D3 :drool:

Whiskey, a rule for life is never trust a man driving a car in a cap :up:



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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 01:54 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


phantasmagoria wrote:
Bought a Volvo :up:

Pics?




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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 02:18 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


It's nothing special looks wise, identical to this:



originally I wanted one of the Blackline Skoda Octavia estates but after testing this, which is like shit off a shovel, the practicality of the boot as well as it being about the most comfortable car seat I've ever sat in made it no contest. I tried a Golf too but they're so inflated on price because of the badge is hard to get a decent deal.



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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 05:47 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


phantasmagoria wrote:
It's nothing special looks wise, identical to this:



originally I wanted one of the Blackline Skoda Octavia estates but after testing this, which is like shit off a shovel, the practicality of the boot as well as it being about the most comfortable car seat I've ever sat in made it no contest. I tried a Golf too but they're so inflated on price because of the badge is hard to get a decent deal.

Looks very like a very practical A to B car :up:

Are you planning to chip it?

By the way, I'm a bit surprised you guys rarely post pics of your actual car. It's not that hard to go snap a pic with your phone, no?




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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 11-20-2017 06:54 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


phantasmagoria wrote:
Whiskey, a rule for life is never trust a man driving a car in a cap :up:


Yes, especially true for the younger ones with caps on backwards.



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PostPosted: 11-21-2017 02:10 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


seremtan wrote:
really? i live here and i ain't heard shit :|


OX7 4JS

:paranoid:




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PostPosted: 11-22-2017 12:11 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Just got back from Venice to find the wife has bought me a Samsung Gear S3 Classic to replace my Apple watch. Win.




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Etile
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PostPosted: 11-22-2017 04:31 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Don Carlos wrote:
seremtan wrote:
really? i live here and i ain't heard shit :|


OX7 4JS

:paranoid:


that's miles away in the Cotswolds :|




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Truffle Shuffle
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PostPosted: 11-22-2017 06:19 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


like 5 mins from Clarksons house then



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Etile
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PostPosted: 11-22-2017 11:11 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


yeah pretty much




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Blockheaded Blubberboy
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PostPosted: 11-23-2017 10:51 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


This is the route of our ride last weekend.




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PostPosted: 11-23-2017 11:52 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


How long does it take to cross the width of Florida?




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PostPosted: 11-23-2017 11:53 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


3 to 3.5 hours depending on traffic.




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PostPosted: 11-23-2017 11:59 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Cool, looks like a fun trip. Wish we had warmer weather over here, I was out on my bike the other day in just below freezing temperature. Still had fun.




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PostPosted: 11-23-2017 02:33 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


YourGrandpa wrote:
This is the route of our ride last weekend...


The thread has moved on. You should too...




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PostPosted: 11-24-2017 11:46 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yay!

Got my Dyson V8B :D




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PostPosted: 11-24-2017 01:24 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I have bought Dyson vacs for years, ever since the first model and only the canister ones.



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PostPosted: 11-24-2017 02:37 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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Henry's are the best >:(


I knocked mine down the stairs a few months ago. He hit just about every step on the way and was still running at the bottom. He's picked up tonnes of building rubble and plaster dust and still soldiers on. Good luck with that, overpriced Dyson!




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PostPosted: 11-24-2017 08:03 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


We use a Shark. 5 years and not one problem. Best one we've ever owned. Thing is a fucking trooper.




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PostPosted: 11-25-2017 12:40 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Shark is mega
Once my Dyson gives up the ghost I will be getting one :up:




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PostPosted: 11-25-2017 12:41 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Memphis wrote:
Dyson's are the shit, for about 6 months, then they couldn't suck off a gerbil.


You just need to change the filters in them and check the brush, then they are good to go again.




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Etile
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PostPosted: 11-25-2017 12:52 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


ToxicBug wrote:
Yay!

Got my Dyson V8B :D


morphy richards are said to be way better

just saying

i have a henry :)




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PostPosted: 11-26-2017 01:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I don't know if I have told the story where one day I was in our car park basement and about to vacuum the car after a wash and my #2 Dyson blew up. My #1 ended up at the tip/dump months before. They Dyson didn't explode but emitted so much thick smoke I couldn't find my car, the motor still doing thousands of revs and screaming... I didn't panic but managed to disconnect the power lead after groping about for it on the floor.

Now being an apartment complex basement, I thought shit, smoke alarms!!! Moments later I heard the first sounds on the alarms being triggered... I opened the garage roller door and the smoke cloud dissipated slowly. I then ventured outside to the footpath to wait for the fire brigade to arrive and they did minutes later :smirk:

I am now on Dyson #3 now and have a cheap vac for the car.



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Whiskey 7 wrote:
I don't know if I have told the story where one day I was in our car park basement and about to vacuum the car after a wash and my #2 Dyson blew up. My #1 ended up at the tip/dump months before. They Dyson didn't explode but emitted so much thick smoke I couldn't find my car, the motor still doing thousands of revs and screaming... I didn't panic but managed to disconnect the power lead after groping about for it on the floor.

Now being an apartment complex basement, I thought shit, smoke alarms!!! Moments later I heard the first sounds on the alarms being triggered... I opened the garage roller door and the smoke cloud dissipated slowly. I then ventured outside to the footpath to wait for the fire brigade to arrive and they did minutes later :smirk:

I am now on Dyson #3 now and have a cheap vac for the car.


You'd think you might try another brand after 2 were pieces of shit?

We had a dryer go nuts the other night. Started grinding, then we shut it off and the heating element was like 'naaahhh lets just go full tilt and catch fire". That was pretty fun.




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PostPosted: 11-26-2017 04:56 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Speaking of Dyson AvE just uploaded this




If you like engineering or learning how things work, AvE is awesome :up:




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PostPosted: 11-26-2017 07:46 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Hey thanks for the video PhoeniX. I like his style. I saw another of his; was it the Dyson (expensive) hair dryer. Yes and here it is :)



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PostPosted: 11-26-2017 08:03 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


SOAPboy wrote:
You'd think you might try another brand after 2 were pieces of shit?

We had a dryer go nuts the other night. Started grinding, then we shut it off and the heating element was like 'naaahhh lets just go full tilt and catch fire". That was pretty fun.


IMO, they are not pieces of shit for my money. The original was purchased way back in mid 1990's, the DC02 model. I have always been one to buy early any new technology :smirk:

I forget why it died but only got rid of it in the last 2 or 3 years. I inherited the next model, the purple & yellow hepa filter one. My Dad was going to chuck it in the bin and I said I'd have for parts back around 2005. I took it to the Dyson repair shop and it was a simple rubber seal replacement costing about $15. So I now (then) had two Dyson's.

My third and current (only) is maybe 10 years old. I walked into the electrical retailer one day and they were having a half price Dyson sale. I couldn't leave without one :D

TL;DR I have owned 3 and yes, I'd buy again.



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