The new news 24 thread

[High Jetter]

19 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

I had to move some cars today that have been used for filming in a period drama.

One of them was an F reg Escort.  Basic model without elec windows, central locking or the fancier instruments.  Engine was the 1.4 CVH.  

The 1400 CVH always seemed much smoother than the 1.6 or 1.8?

Anyway, I wouldn’t want to have a crash in this Escort but I have to say, what a very pleasant car to drive.  Everything was just right.  The weight of the controls, the performance, engine noise, ride quality.  Just a really nice thing to drive.

It looked to have had a very easy life.  Only 55k on the clock and unmarked inside and out but still, I really liked it.

It makes we wonder have we made as much progress as we think we have with cars?

Interesting, can you reveal the production? CVH engines were renowned for smoothness BITD

[MJK 24]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Interesting, can you reveal the production? CVH engines were renowned for smoothness BITD

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/legends-release-date-cast-news
 

I used to drive a lot of cars from this era because I worked in a car auction as a teenager.

The Fiesta 1.4S was a CVH.  And they were always much much smoother in terms of vibration and sound than the 1.6 which was very common in Escorts and Orion’s and the 1.8 which was Sierra only?

[lesapandre]

Just a plug here this morning for the excellent 'Roads.org' website. If you are interested in anything to do with historic highways or recent road building this is a fascinating site with a detailed yet accessible look at the UK road network in all it's glory:

https://www.roads.org.uk/

Enjoy 

[Asimo]

 

[Stinkwheel]

12 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Interesting, can you reveal the production? CVH engines were renowned for smoothness BITD

Were they? I remember an awful lot of Course Vibratory and Harsh comments due to the CVH acronym

[chadders]

My Y reg Escort 1.6GL was fine.

I guess that it depends what you're used to or what you're comparing it with.

It was certainly better as a car than the Sierra 2.3 Ghia or BMW 525e that succeded it as it actually had working suspension.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

Were they? I remember an awful lot of Course Vibratory and Harsh comments due to the CVH acronym

I thought so, but then my memory ain't what it used to be

[Stinkwheel]

32 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I thought so, but then my memory ain't what it used to be

To be fair, I only ever had one CVH ford, which was a '90 Orion 1.4 Ghia. It did just soldier on and on and i really did abuse it. (Towing a GSA on trailer from midlands to Glasgow for instance) And my memory is it was pretty rough and ready for a supposed ghia spec car. But again, my memory aint what it used to be either

[richardmorris]

Behind this on the tunnel queue

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Behind this on the tunnel queue

A VW? WOB is Wolfsburg.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Someone here today had an unusual start to the day.

[Wibble]

29 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Someone here today had an unusual start to the day.

I saw that on a news site earlier. A bit too close for comfort!

[comfortablynumb]

Looks like it's leaking quite badly too😱

[Dyslexic Viking]

26 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Looks like it's leaking quite badly too😱

There's no mention of it in the media here, but there's clay in the ground and it's possible that's what's colored the water as there was a clay slide that occurred in the area when the ship hit shore.

There is areas in Norway where the ground consists of unstable clay that can turn into clayslides. And this looks to be such an area.

Example of clayslide. Verdal 1893 105 farms lost and 116 dead.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

A VW? WOB is Wolfsburg.

Merc lights.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

Looks like it's leaking quite badly too😱

Wouldn’t you?

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, artdjones said:

A VW? WOB is Wolfsburg.

thats merc based (lights)

[richardmorris]

Just now, hairnet said:

thats merc based (lights)

I thought it was an older thing, but when it moved off it was the more rounded shape (but still had the merc sticky outy blocky side repeaters).