M'coli

Hey, these things happen, who are we to judge?.

VIDEO GAMES



This is FORD SIMULATOR II (can't find version one) dating from 1989. It's a goldmine of facts, figures and fun in every section of the program! Not only do you get to learn about the whole 1989 Ford Range (right the way from Festiva to Lincoln MK VII LC) but you'll get actual demonstrations of anti lock brakes, airbags, the nine speaker JBL audio system and more! But that's not everything, you can even go on a virtual test drive in a number of exciting locations!

There's even this rather neat comparison tool so you can compare two different trim levels, or, if you can't make up your mind what to buy, compare two different vehicles:



But let's leave the boring spec sheets alone and wander into the virtual showroom.



You might say these graphics are primitive, but I can't say I've ever seen 'grim' portrayed so perfectly. I think it is supposed to display the vehicle's name in that black box, but this is a Ford Aerostar Eddie Bauer if you didn't guess from the distinctive colour scheme. 



Should we keep looking at these sensible vehicles? Nah, hell with that, let's look at a more exotic import:



That's more like it! Bet it's plush inside, can't wait to see!



Wow, look at that. If you can be bothered to set up Mini vMac it's worth running this game just to see the animated seat adjustment. Actually, no, the best part is certainly the attempt to demonstrate the difference between two speaker and nine speaker stereo systems using tinny bleeps.

And with the virtual test drive you don't even have to leave your house to enjoy the latest Ford. This is test track mode. Once you've got the hang of this, you can drive through downtown, the airport, or just through the countryside. 



The driving game is surprisingly playable, if a bit dull. The promised multiple locations are nothing more than a different backdrop on the same bit of road, and the difficulty level only alters how much you are penalised for wandering off the road or running into the back of an SUV.  It's not a great ad for Ford that both the speedo and tacho in their demo vehicle don't work. 

Verdict:


(you have to print this out and post it to them)

I have just been offered a contract (job) which I have accepted.
The real grin is, that I should be spending most of the next few months working in various European cities with some former colleagues who are also good mates.

The Visa failed its MOT today. However this goes on the grin thread as it only failed on lights.
 
I knew it was going to fail on the side repeater as its borked. I had ordered a new one from Mister Auto but they decided to text me at 4.14am one morning to tell me that they were not sending me it as it wasn't in stock. This seems to be a common problem for them as they have returned two orders in the last month. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT DON'T LIST IT! So if anyone can advise me where to find one of these:
 
http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/indicator/valeo-083657_g62_a021083657.html
 
It would be appreciated. 
 
Apparently the headlamp aim is WAY out. They even suggested that they might be set up for foreign driving but I think that after it had a crash someone has put the bulbs the wrong way round so I will have to figure out the right way to put them in at the weekend.
 
But other than that it was okay. There was something about a sidelight not coming on when the engines off and some advisories on the tyres and the CV boots but can sort them shortly. All in all it was a result and will get it in for the retest next week methinks. 

Use Vulg's red one when he wants rid, it'd be much cheaper.

The other way is to use 4, 1-metre-long 10 cm-wide strips of paper or card attached cicumferentially and vertically at the junction of the wheel and tyre.

IIRC human meat is known as "longpig" for its similarity to pork.
 
As for lambs being too cute to eat, they can be bloody thick too. We had roast lamb yestreen and it was lovely!

About twenty years ago I went to a 'restaurant' in Romania where they took you through to some sort of store room to view the various meats. I can thus confirm that a large bear is still quite large when it's on a hook and also that bear steaks are a bit chewy and greasy.
 
Similarly, a few years back I went somewhere that served Aligator. Obviously I asked the waitress to make it snappy so she probably did something unpleasant with it prior to serving it.

I imagine humans are quite tasty.

Quite. I don't really care how the meat is removed, though I do care about how the animal is raised. Most of our meat is locally sourced. So local that I can watch this year's meat grazing in the fields as I work in my 'office.' Actually, I feel very sad for this year's meat. The weather is horrible.

Meh. Meat is delicious.
 
There's a very nice butchers near here which has its own bistro type thing and also an education centre which teaches kids all about meat and animals and whatnot which seems a pretty good idea so at least they know that meat comes from animals rather than just plastic trays in Tesco.
 
So you can look around the place at pictures of happy looking cows and then sit down for a tasty steak.

Surely mechanically separated meat is just less wastage? If we're going to kill an animal, we might as well use it all  

I saw something on Facebook the other day from peta the animal cruelty bods.
It was against ugg boots and showed lots of mutilated sheep (prob dog attacks) and said that this cruelty to sheep to harvest the wool must be stopped.
Now farming has changed a bit in the 15 years since we had sheep but I'm pretty sure sheep shearing is pretty harmless.
Blatent scaremongering.
Loads of people had liked and followed it. Braindead

I might just cut a 12" hole in some card, probably easier.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-METRO-DIESEL-IN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/271397454116?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f308c8124

Wheels will be silver eventually, but that would require effort to mask up the tyres!

I had just lost a bit of mojo, that's all. Long story, but it should be sticking around now, all being well.

As in size wise or condition?
 
I have the back full of junk at the moment, will take some pics when I can. Very similar to a Daihatsu Cuore or a Perodua Nippa. Adequate for seating a couple of people, but you wouldn't want to spend hours in there. Boot adequate size too. Back seats fold down to create loads of room.
 
As for condition - minging is a word that pops to mind, but I'm working on that.

Or, we could just keep them to the Open Forums section - that's what it's for, or so I was led to believe.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/peugeot-205-turbo-diesel/1047984897#photo-content
 
Cheap 205 D Turbo only in Norwich, you don't know how close i am to ringing up about this, even the wife's telling me to phone!

Great stuff as usual Rab, I'd say the 6-series is a UK-mainland car on a private plate, not enough Zs or Xs for it to be Norn Irn, IIRC.

Maestro turbo diesel 

..... aneeone wanna full scan??
 

 
* warning has IMP content 
 
 
TS

More grins than grumps
 
Had a great day today meeting Chaseracer, a sunglasses wearing FPB7 and V40ish. We had some at the auction playing who can pick a selection 5 of cars nearing the total price of 3k. Unfortunately I picked 5 too popular cars and ended up having a score totaling over 5k
 
Picked up some eBay purchases and more than I expected from a member here!
 
As I got back home I got mistaken for a Catholic Minister by an Irishman. The Irish fella had parked his truck in front of my house, I saw him going to move it and went back out of the house, now I was wearing a Black T-shirt, black trousers and shoues and my long coat, I'd left my blazer in the house (as I'd dropped some burger sauce on it at the car auctions) under my Black T-shirt was a white T-shirt that was a little more closer around my neck than the Black one was so I could see he probably thought I was a Catholic Minister.
 
Grump: When I was turning the car around back at home, I noticed that a Grey Mk2 Rover 820i that lived around the corner from me had its cover off it. I knocked on the door and bloke had told me that it had been sold for scrap for £150, but the buyer hadn't collected. I told him that if the scrapper wasn't to collect, to knock on my door.