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by GTR1400MAN
Tue May 24, 2016 5:58 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
Topic: Sledgehammer vs Nut?
Replies: 12
Views: 21206

Sledgehammer vs Nut?

Well here's a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Harlow Motorcycle Injunction

We already have laws banning all these things ... just nobody to enforce them.

So what is the point of another piece of paper that could make criminals of many riders innocently riding in Harlow?
by GTR1400MAN
Mon May 23, 2016 2:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: VCDS...
Replies: 33
Views: 30326

Re: VCDS...

...non-amber lenses for indicators indicators should be consigned to the scrap heap! What's the problem? You can't see them on a bright day as the the sun reflects off the internal reflector. Also they can look illuminated when they are not, again by stray light being reflected. To make maters wors...
by GTR1400MAN
Sun May 22, 2016 9:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: VCDS...
Replies: 33
Views: 30326

Re: VCDS...

Another lighting gimmick that should be banned! Annoying flashes of lights coming on/off as cars negotiate RABs.

These along with non-amber lenses for indicators indicators should be consigned to the scrap heap!
by GTR1400MAN
Sat May 21, 2016 2:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: All change
Replies: 105
Views: 84949

Re: All change

My wife's new Yaris has controls that are so light it makes it difficult to drive smoothly. There's a little feeling in the steering but the clutch pedal is so light it is hard to feel you are doing anything with it, and the brake pedal is complete madness. I've nearly re-acclimatised myself and sto...
by GTR1400MAN
Fri May 20, 2016 10:31 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: US to invest $4bn in autonomous cars
Replies: 38
Views: 41708

Re: US to invest $4bn in autonomous cars

Just as my wife's new Yaris is full of infotainment cr*p we never use and have no choice but to have.

As soon as you pick a slightly better trim model all that junk is foisted on you. Having said that, most of he safety stuff is becoming standard. Even motorbikes now have compulsory ABS.
by GTR1400MAN
Fri May 20, 2016 10:26 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Citigo - 300 miles later.
Replies: 36
Views: 32280

Re: Citigo - 300 miles later.

Yet another UK car where the speedo doesn't have a 30mph figure ... just a mark half way between 20 and 40. My wife's Yaris is just the same. Coupled with Red on Black design it is almost illegible for someone who's colour blind, like me (red/black colour blindness is very common).
by GTR1400MAN
Sun May 15, 2016 5:09 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Road intersections as art
Replies: 11
Views: 15183

Re: Road intersections as art

Scoobies :)

And not an Imprezza in sight ;)
by GTR1400MAN
Sun May 15, 2016 1:33 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Road intersections as art
Replies: 11
Views: 15183

Re: Road intersections as art

Loom bands?

See how young I am? ;)
by GTR1400MAN
Sat May 14, 2016 9:10 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: One of the dozen
Replies: 108
Views: 92894

Re: One of the dozen

Interesting article in The Guardian about "presumed liability". Personally I can't see it ever working over here as, as has been alluded to earlier in this topic, there are two many cyclists "with an axe to grind". We've all experienced them. Deliberately riding two abreast, extr...
by GTR1400MAN
Fri May 13, 2016 7:10 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Road intersections as art
Replies: 11
Views: 15183

Re: Road intersections as art

I thought of Spirograph as well when I saw this this morning.

An age thing? ;)

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