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[SiC]

Here it is in action. You basically put the clamp near the wire, hit reset to take into account any residual magnetic field and then clamp around the wire. Not as accurate measuring directly in circuit (iirc ~5%), but more than good enough for most automotive stuff plus obviously less intrusive, far faster and easier to do.

 

Idle:

 

Fast idle:

[MarvinsMom]

rover news - 

 

wheel removed, tyre which is not that old is fine, no cuts or slashes on it so it'll go again, which i'm pleased about.

 

broken spring - its been broken for a long old while so cut it back as best as we can and put the spare wheel on, cos the spare wheel (a dustbin lid) is much smaller than a full sized one.

 

 

 

new springs and new droplinks thrown into the boot, and the car carefully driven to the garage for the springs to get changed.

 

plus while digging around in the detritus on and around the back seat, the titfir that i thought was lost, gone forever has turned up. which is nice.

 

in lexus news, its passed the mot with no advisories. which is nice. which we celebrated with a wash cos it was covered in crud. the replacement panels are a good match, though we have had to use the brand new side light.  the old one on  the n/s was busy turning itself into a goldfish bowl. £120 from lexus AFTER DISCOUNT!!! what the bloody hell does one cost, full price!!

 

 

could not have hoped to get a closer colour match than that!

 

 

 

and finally, in boiler news, it seems that it is fucked big time. the plumber was here all day yesterday, we tried new circuit boards, a new gas valve, giving it a good clean, AND it still don't work. and the plumber he dunno what to try next! he is as they say, stuck and stumped. oh and there is no more parts cos the 12 year old boiler is obsolete,

 

shit, i 'm going to have bite the bullet and have to have a new one, but it won't be until the new year. SO, for now i'm having to make do with the gas fire and the emersion heater. at least i still have one of those!!

 

all modern things are shit..........

[richardmorris]

Hmmm, clever.

 

 

In other news. I forgot to mention that one of the local car people nr work hav been blasting up an down the carpark in what looked like an aluminium bodied lotus 7. Without an exhaust by the sound of it. Anyway, I got a look at the reg earlier and, despite being a Y suffix, is a September 2017 registered Robin Hood. Whatever that is?

[dollywobbler]

On my way home today, I saw a G-WAC Disco, with sexy graphics! I was well pleased. But driving, and couldn't grab a pic. Naturally, I didn't have the dash cam fired up..

[vulgalour]

Robin Hoods are kit cars from Nottingham originally, hence the name.  Surprisingly long-lived too for a kit-car company, starting in the early 80s and still producing new stuff today.

[meshking]

It maybe charging at idle, but the amount of current the alternator is generating and thus how much energy is being put back into the battery, varies with revs.

Good point, thanks!

 

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[Guest Hooli]

On my way home today, I saw a G-WAC Disco, with sexy graphics! I was well pleased. But driving, and couldn't grab a pic. Naturally, I didn't have the dash cam fired up..

G wax were the press cars/pre release weren't they?

 

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[Rusty_Rocket]

^^some were, not all. There was a G-WAC Disco on eBay a few days back. Unfortunately not a press car (and registered a few months after the launch) but it still looked the part.

Mind you, any G-reg Discovery is a rare sight now.

[beko1987]

It's properly snowing, has been all night! Sweet, that's got me right out my tip run today

[New POD]

It's properly snowing, has been all night! Sweet, that's got me right out my tip run today

 

No snow here. None. That's Formby for you. It's own climate.

 

Our oldest lives in Birmingham with his Girlfriend and they need to head to Manchester Today because she has her graduation tomorrow, and her parents are paying for a posh hotel. He has sent a picture which looks like 3 inches to me.

 

I have to go to Derby tomorrow. I think it's snowing there now ?

[Kiltox]

Snowing like fuck here urgh

Was going to have a crack at getting the crank sensor off the van, guess that wont be happening now.  Fuck.

[Sloth in a bowl]

No snow here. None. That's Formby for you. It's own climate.

 

Our oldest lives in Birmingham with his Girlfriend and they need to head to Manchester Today because she has her graduation tomorrow, and her parents are paying for a posh hotel. He has sent a picture which looks like 3 inches to me.

 

I have to go to Derby tomorrow. I think it's snowing there now ?

 

 

In Birmingham, about 5 inches on the back garden fence, less on the roads. I wouldn't want to go very far.

[tooSavvy]

Not a solitary flake in Wallsend.....

 

TS

*salt crystals up Station rd look like a a packet of Dreft has spilt :/

[cms206]

Scotland, Central Belt... -5 and sunshine. Been sunny all week actually.

 

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[Coprolalia]

Dumping £2 coin size flakes here in S Wales, but it's been raining all morning so nothing settling.

 

MrsCoprolalia has to go to Birmingham tomorrow for work. Wondering whether it's worth canceling.

[twosmoke300]

Sod all here in cornwall as usual . Been over 6 years since it's stuck down here and I'm missing it . Esp since my Landy and my enduro bike are both running and legal

[tabact]

I'm in the Chilterns so hilly. Just spent 15 minutes clearing the snow off the car then another 30 minutes sodding about on the local roads and managed to get a mile from home so turned round as nobody seems to be able to get up the first steepish hill.. Just looked at the AA traffic map and the A41 from Aylesbury to Hemel looks fucked as usual and the forecast is snow all day so why struggle into work and then have more trouble getting home. Only a couple of inches at the moment but very icy and not enough traffic to help clear the main roads.

[SiC]

All quiet down here in Bristol still. It's expected mid day today though. Wish I had my winter tyres but they're all worn out and probably no better than what I have on. My current tyres are all less than 1k miles and so plenty of tread. Hopefully enough to perform alright.

 

£354 for 4 winter Avon boots. Very tempting to refresh my winter wheels.

[Asimo]

View from bedroom: sod snow testing the CrossClimates, I'm staying here.

 

[beko1987]

[fordperv]

[Mally]

Robin Hoods are kit cars from Nottingham originally, hence the name.  Surprisingly long-lived too for a kit-car company, starting in the early 80s and still producing new stuff today.

 

I've had one with a 2.0 Pinto in. Stainless steel body most of them, cheepos were mild steel.

Mine was a good one. Bloke called Richard started it up, now run by GB Sportscars? maybe.

[catsinthewelder]

We can haz snowdrifts!!

 

 

The cat isn't happy

[cobblers]

I've had one with a 2.0 Pinto in. Stainless steel body most of them, cheepos were mild steel.

Mine was a good one. Bloke called Richard started it up, now run by GB Sportscars? maybe.

 

What was the story with that weird front suspension some of them ran? When I was 18 I really really wanted to built one, I think the kit was called sub 2k or something in that you could technically build one for a couple of grand if you were tight.

Anyway the cheap ones came with some "sliding tube" suspension and I remember people saying it was strange or shit or something.

[dollywobbler]

 

Also,

 

Want to do some tyre testing, also want to stay warm...

[danthecapriman]

Lovely to see all the snow pics.

As usual it's rain and gale force winds here!

[New POD]

 

This is how much snow we have here.

 

 

The second picture shows how big the BINI is compared to an omega

[plasticvandan]

 

Some neighbours built a snowman,I may* have vandalised it

[MorrisItalSLX]

I drove a car with a manual gearbox for the first time in a long time today.

 

I am definitely on team Junkman when it comes to the type of stick poking out of the floor.

[egg]

Not much here