Early Risers.

[Barry O]

I have a British made car.. a Civic..

Baz

[newbryford]

So, do any other ERs drive Skodas?

 

Bill

 

My mate had one with a heated rear window. Great for keeping your hands warm when pushing it.................

[bbishop]

I'm going to get a lot of flak here, aren't I?

 

Bill

[New Haven Neil]

I drive a Hungarian car.  Designed in Germany.  The badge is Korean though.  Odd world we live in.

[Tony_S]

I have a car manufactured in the UK (mine was made in Liverpool). Indian owned company though. British designed etc.

I believe Flávio has a Skoda.

 

I didn’t think modern cars ( well at least ones made recently in England) allowed one to drive with the handbrake on.

 

Tony

[Ozexpatriate]

Odd world we live in.

Just more global. I look forward to a world where partisan nationalism continues to erode.

 

Continuation of a local sense of identity, traditions, culture and language is always welcome.

[Ozexpatriate]

I didn’t think modern cars ( well at least ones made recently in England) allowed one to drive with the handbrake on.

Certainly not the electrically applied parking brakes here. They do not function except whilst in Park. I would make a distinction between these and 'handbrakes'.

 

I presume that manual cars still have a proper handbrake.

[Tony_S]

I was amused that my cousin’s husband who works for the company that makes the automatic gearboxes for Jaguar Land Rover has a Mercedes.

[Tony_S]

Certainly not the electrically applied parking brakes here. They do not function except whilst in Park. I would make a distinction between these and 'handbrakes'.

 

I presume that manual cars still have a proper handbrake.

Some manuals have anti roll back which makes handbrake starts more straightforward. We had a hired manual Renault Scenic with an electronic, very on or off handbrake. I didn’t really like it. Perhaps I would have got used to it in time.

My Evoque (automatic) has an automatic handbrake that comes on in park but there is an an on off switch. The parking brake operates the rear disc brakes. My previous Land Rover had auxiliary drum brakes just for the hand brake.

Tony

[Ozexpatriate]

I was amused that my cousin’s husband who works for the company that makes the automatic gearboxes for Jaguar Land Rover has a Mercedes.

Back when Daimler merged with Chrysler, all the management at Freightliner (a semi-trailer tractor manufacturer here in Portland that was owned by Chrysler at that time) all rushed out to buy Mercedes. The management parking spaces out front looked very uniformly German. They probably still do.

 

Now that Chrysler is part of the Fiat-Chrysler Automobile Group, Freightliner belongs to Daimler Trucks.

[Gwiwer]

Evening all..

 

I wish to record the fact that I am still upright and breathing.

 

I also wish to record very best wishes for Sandy and John.

 

For now Atishoo - sniff - cough Good (early) night.

[Coombe Barton]

My Insignias have electronic parking brakes. My Vectra had a manual ditto. It took due getting used to the lack of visual check to see the state of the brake. I'm getting used to looking for the red light on the speedo now.

[AndyB]

Evening all,

Today was a fishing day.

No animals were harmed as a result.

 

£6 tax paid to the Environment Agency for the privilege of dipping my rod in a private fishery.

Not sure what the govt did to deserve that income. 

 

Tomorrow is one of the last lying in bed days before back to work. 

Mid-morning I shall adjourn to the garage to start the big sort out & tidy up.  

 

My Barvarian car was made in South Carolina. 

[newbryford]

I have a car manufactured in the UK (mine was made in Liverpool). Indian owned company though. British designed etc.

I believe Flávio has a Skoda.

 

I didn’t think modern cars ( well at least ones made recently in England) allowed one to drive with the handbrake on.

 

Tony

 

They do, it's just that they start beeping at you a smell of burning..................

 

My car has anti-roll back, but that only applies for a few seconds after the footbrake is released. It was made in India.

 

 

Cheers,

Mick

Edited December 27, 2018 by newbryford

[Tony_S]

Back when Daimler merged with Chrysler, all the management at Freightliner (a semi-trailer tractor manufacturer here in Portland that was owned by Chrysler at that time) all rushed out to buy Mercedes. The management parking spaces out front looked very uniformly German. They probably still do.

 

Now that Chrysler is part of the Fiat-Chrysler Automobile Group, Freightliner belongs to Daimler Trucks.

I think my relative (Allan) made his choice based on the Mercedes dealers willingness to “do a deal” for the purchase. I had less wiggle room when I bought the Evoque as petrol engine ones are not common in the used car market I was buying from. Allan was pleased that I was pleased with the gearbox on the Evoque though. I still haven’t been brave enough to try the alleged behaviour if you select the sandy desert sand transmission option and floor the accelerator from a standing start. I haven’t even needed the manual select paddles or In this car the sports option. In the Freelander I thought the sports option in the gearbox was a joke. It just sounded faster.

[Ozexpatriate]

I took the following photograph on Monday last in a local supermarket.

 

Being Christmas Eve, I found it quite disturbing for some reason or other.

 

[newbryford]

I took the following photograph on Monday last in a local supermarket.

 

Being Christmas Eve, I found it quite disturbing for some reason or other.

 

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[JohnDMJ]

I'm going to get a lot of flak here, aren't I?

 

Bill

Not as much as I had for owning a Lada 1500 which regularly left the then 'hot' XR3i standing at traffic lights!

[81C]

Not as much as I had for owning a Lada 1500 which regularly left the then 'hot' XR3i standing at traffic lights!

 

I very much doubt it.

[Tony_S]

I very much doubt it.

The Lada 0 to 60 was quite sloth like compared to the Escort but driving skill may have something to do with it. Trying too hard in an Escort just seemed to make it bounce up and down instead of moving forward. My hot hatch Astra GTE 16v was only really good at accelerating rapidly uphill. The automatic transmission on the present car makes moving off idiot proof. I have never really bothered about racing people away from lights. When I had the hot hatch people seemed keen on proving something. It was quite relaxing to trade it in for a Renault Scenic.

[Tony_S]

My colleague back in the late 1980s had a Lada. Mary was from an Irish family and used to visit them. Her mother regularly sprinkled holy water on the Lada commenting about her daughter driving a godless, communist car!

[JohnDMJ]

I very much doubt it.

Two accessories available from the dealer were electronic ignition and a twin Weber carburettor. My 1500 had both!

 

Also, don't forget that the Lada was REAR wheel drive whilst the Xr3i was front; dropping the clutch put the large proportion of the weight on the rear axle assuring traction; the Xr3i just wheel-spun!

 

You may doubt this; I DID it!

[The Stationmaster]

Just more global. I look forward to a world where partisan nationalism continues to erode.

 

Continuation of a local sense of identity, traditions, culture and language is always welcome.

 

 I drive a French car made in France (by an immigrant workforce in all likelihood) so very much a nationalistic identity - but not half as individualistic as Citroens used to be.

[Tony_S]

 I drive a French car made in France (by an immigrant workforce in all likelihood) so very much a nationalistic identity - but not half as individualistic as Citroens used to be.

I was convinced that our Dutch built Volvo was made out of the parts bins of every other car maker in Europe.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.