http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93133 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:54:33 +0000 The All New Jeni B 93133@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes, but it sounded nicer.</p> <p>During the fuel blockades of 2000, when you had to barter your eternal soul just for a drop of unleaded, I had an elderly BMW which could take LRP, which the fuel stations had in abundance.</p> <p>In true Clarkson style, I drove the 70 odd miles from the eastern edge of Dundee to the centre of Edinburgh in a completely illegal 36 minutes, with 4 passengers and a bootfull of luggage, safe in the knowledge that Tayside's finest had only enough fuel to run one Traffic vehicle, and that was currently posted in the Perthshire Highlands.</p> <p>Naughty, I know, but so much fun. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93131 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:31:14 +0000 waylandsmithy 93131@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Tsch. 5 star had more lead in it than 4 star. It counteracted preignition associated with higher compression ratios, typical of cars with a higher specific power output. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93130 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:25:55 +0000 The All New Jeni B 93130@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fantastically well written, and more than enough TG references to make it relevant.</p> <p>I've a lecturer like John A, seems to miss out the 'constructive' part of constructive criticism.</p> <p>5* of unleaded for you. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93123 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:28:00 +0000 Perks 93123@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nor do I. Just had to find a way to hide my male failings of not knowing about cars!!! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93121 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:17:17 +0000 FlashArry 93121@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>5 *s and I didn't give a stuff about all the geography - it's all bloody North to me anyway. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93118 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:07:27 +0000 Perks 93118@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>All this talk of cars and every one has missed the geographical error. He rode his wife all the way DOWN from Gloucester, yet overheated on the M42 near Redditch, which is many miles north of Gloucester. Now that's pedantic</p> <p>That said, awesome sub. 5 *s </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93108 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:50:42 +0000 writinginbsl 93108@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>funny</p> <p>stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93107 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:49:59 +0000 dvo4fun 93107@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ah. I dumped my 1970s City &amp; Guilds text books in the skip only last month, but would still have been happy to take your word on that. I did have a Hillman Imp once and it had so much pos camber that you could check the tyre tread depth without even bending over. Sorry I'll shut up now </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93102 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:41:02 +0000 waylandsmithy 93102@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good point, dvo. No-one wants to hear that negative camber increases front-end grip, and it's called that because cars in the '20s had a tendency to oversteer massively, and so the wheels were angled in to encourage understeer as a positive handling benefit, hence 'positive camber'.... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93100 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:35:28 +0000 dvo4fun 93100@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lovely stuff darkbill. If you were going to squeeze in some extras as JohnA suggests there may be scope for comment about Flappy Paddles, the previous model's suprisingly stiff (or soft) suspension and the lack of forced induction.</p> <p>Nice techie point there wayland, setting out in summary the pitfalls of not properly setting up your steed for your own driving style before you set off. I've just deleted several paragraphs on the merits, or otherwise, of dialling in negative camber but just in time remembered<br /> i) You would probably recognise bullshit</p> <p>ii) I generally only write bullshit</p> <p>iii) This isn't a tech site</p> <p>Oh - full house of stars db </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93096 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:42:03 +0000 JohnA 93096@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Pretty good, but needs more Top Gear allusions and car gags. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93089 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:15:49 +0000 waylandsmithy 93089@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice! Although on a pedantic point, 'going off head-first into the bushes' is the result of understeer, so in effect, all the bends were taken in such a manner.</p> <p>This can be a symptom of tail-heavy weight distribution, too much positive camber on the front wheels, too much throttle in a front-wheel drive car while entering a corner or excessively stiff front suspension.</p> <p>Man, I am such a car bore. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93088 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:14:10 +0000 allmyownstunts 93088@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nobody needs mental images like those, Deebs. Have five stars anyway. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32707#post-93087 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:01:31 +0000 Darkbill 2.0 93087@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson's latest Top Gear Challenge has sparked fresh criticism after he and his co-presenters set out to discover which of them had the fastest wife.</p> <p>Much of the criticism came after Clarkson decided to swap spouses, and was seen clambering into an ex-wife, whom he declared an "absolute classic". He then attempted to cross the finishing line ahead of Richard 'hamster' Hammond who did the whole thing in the same sporty blond.</p> <p>Clarkson defended his decision to swap wives claiming that he had ridden his current wife all the way down from Gloucester and she had overheated on the M42 outside Redditch.</p> <p>"I was hanging on for dear life, praying to God I didn't have a blowout," explained Clarkson. "I didn't want her leaking all the way back, so I thought, hey why not get out the old crate and give her a spin.</p> <p>"There was nothing in the rules saying I couldn't swap missus', despite James May's usual protests. But then you should have seen the clapped out old thing he showed up in. It's a wonder he finished at all."</p> <p>In the end Clarkson lost out to Hammond by a fraction of a second.</p> <p>Clarkson however remained bullish, saying: "He was in a newer model, and of course going far too fast. I thought more than once that he was going to come flying off and go head first into the bushes. He also took one bend with far too much understeer and I thought, ouch that's gotta hurt.</p> <p>"So it was luck as much as anything. I probably lost about 2 or 3 seconds due to foreplay, which as any of my wives will tell you is longer than I normally take in the wet."</p> <p>Malcolm Rennie, BBC Head of Defending Clarkson, said: "Top Gear is the most popular show on BBC2, it is shown in 86 territories and generates annual merchandising sales in excess of £4.8 million. So Jeremy could cook and eat a pensioner live on air and we wouldn't give a donkey's fuck. But thanks for asking." </p>