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  5. Rowan Johns - Teamashton Diamondback

    in Videos

    Posted

    Little did know all those years ago when I met some dude in london with glasses and a bag on his back, challenging me to the "shell gap", that he'd turn out to be one of the most epic UK street riders.

    Rowan, you're actually awesome :)

    Thanks for that video, it's inspired me to ride again (although I'll probably get home, take one look at the bike and then crawl back under the Volvo :( )

    Andy

  7. Mpg!

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    Haha, probably not a lot :P

    Haha! definately not - especially with epic fuel leak I found last night!

    am i being silly in thinking that by using the fuel/air mixture, fuel pressure, and revs you could work out the mpg? I know it's not worth doing, i just meant theoretically. And seeing that datalog would be pretty good anyway - because I'm a geek.

    Yeah, it would definately be possible but to be perfectly honest I'm not bothered at the moment! I'm due to take the car to the south of France next month - about 1000 miles each way so I'll probably be able to see how fuel efficient it can be burning an entire tank at 70mph.

    Hoping for my wallets sake its surprisingly good!

    Andy

  8. Mpg!

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    Well hark at you :P

    I don't know how much throttle I use... not a lot... accelerate slowly, don't tend to go above 2.5k RPM (max torque for my car is at 1.8k).

    If you want I could post up a datalog of my journey home from Tesco the other night complete with realtime rpm, throttle position, air/fuel ratio, coil dwell time, exhaust gas temp, coolant temp, engine temp, air intake temp, fuel pressure, manifold atmospheric pressure, ignition advance, injector duty cycle, pulse width, battery voltage readings.

    Couldn't tell you what MPG i was getting though! :D

    Andy

  9. Mpg!

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    just curious and i know yo can't 'measure it' but how much gas do you guys apply most of the time? like mines less than half, maybe about 1/4 down on the pedal.

    steve

    I can :D General combined town/motorway driving I see 23% throttle.

    Andy P

  10. Car Insurance

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    Ahh poor Ash!!

    I'm paying £200 fully comp on the 1.4 Volvo 340 WITHOUT using any of my NCB :D

    As everyone has already said, there's no "best" company. A price comparison site and a load of telephone calls is your best bet. Either that or get a different car.

    Andy

  11. Janson

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    Sound bloke when he registered and sound throughout his time here.

    Sad to hear. RIP Janson. x

    :o where have you been for the past 3 (or there abouts) years??

    Andy P

    RIP Janson :(

  16. Competition: Simple T-shirt Design

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    Liking! Someone do that with the www. and .com at an angle so it looks less regimented?

    Yeah I was going to do it angled but as I say it was on MS Paint which dosent like anything but right angles lol.

    Couldn't be arsed to open corel draw on this dinosaur of a pc...

    Andy

  20. André Burton On A Bus Stop Advert?

    in Trials Chat

    Posted

    Just strolled past a bus stop on my lunch break and there was a big picture of a trials rider. On closer inspection it was André! Didn't stop to read what it was about because I didn't want to waste my short break on staring at a bus stop but if I go past it tomorrow I'll grab a picture of it.

    Nice one mate :)

    Andy P

  22. Volvo's...wtf

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    As has already been said, in Skandinavia its law to have DRL's (day running lights).

    Not all Volvos have them (my '89 340 dosent) but after a certain date they all do. You might see some newer Volvos with their lights off - this dosen't mean that its an undercover police car. Most of the cars have the option to turn this feature off (my '98 S40 doesn't but my friends '00 S40 does) with a sequence of IGN on > pull back highbeam stalk > IGN off > release stalk.

    Even in bright daylight it makes you more visable to other road users (those that disagree, go down the motorway during the day and you'll be able to spot the cars that have their lights on without having to look for them. Obviously if everyone did it, it would reduce the effectiveness).

    I quite like it, I don't have to actively turn my lights on in the dark, or turn them off when I leave the car. I do often get the idiot that thinks I don't know my lights are on and proceeds to blind me by flashing their main beams. I usually greet them with a finger or a wave, depending on my mood.

    Andy P

  23. Should I Be Worried?

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    I had a heart problem for about 2-3 years before I bothered to mention it to my parents who proptly booked me in to see the GP. Turns out I got SVT.

    Symptoms were pain in the chest, light headedness, raging pulse (could see my heartbeat through my top/hoodie) which could last anywhere between a few mins to an hour. Usually triggered by a scare (near faceplant, chain skip etc). Could sometimes stop it with a deep sharp intake of breath but I usually had to just laydown til it finished doing its thing.

    Told its fairly common and that I'm unlikely to die from it :blink:lol.

    They said if it happens again try and get in ASAP so they can get me on a heart monitor so they can record it. Its happened a handful of times since then and I've not bothered.

    Not really related but thought it was worth a mention.

    Andy P

  24. Ni And Paye Tax?

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    For the first time in my life i've had to pay tax!

    However, i've earnt more in a month befor and not had to pay tax, how come i'm paying it now? Like befor, it's only £10 from £500 which isn't much of a big deal.

    Count your self lucky. This month I payed £308.00 Tax and 169.29 NI. Same Tax code as you.

    Andy P

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