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Post by andy on Feb 26, 2024 12:39:42 GMT
I've been driving for more than 60 years and have driven diesels for half of that time. Like you, I've never experienced such a thing. I can only think that there was some sort of fault with that vehicle.
Mick
Yeah, it was a Vauxhal. I managed to resist making that comment. Saab engineers were experts at finding faults with them. |
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Post by geoffr on Feb 26, 2024 12:48:15 GMT
Checking an MoT on-line requires the registration, I can’t remember what the was because for most of the time I had it my own plate was on it. Obviously I can remember that but not the original reg. I did assume you would know the registration! Yes, I know what registration it was on for most of those 11 months but those plates are in my garage on a retention certificate. I think it started OV12 but that still leaves 15,000 or so possibilities. I don’t think I’ll bother. That car put me off Diesels for life, if I wanted to use the “performance” it delivered 35mpg, the car it replaced had higher performance and delivered much the same mpg from cheaper petrol. My current usage pattern doesn’t justify a Diesel anyway. |
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Post by mick on Apr 21, 2024 9:00:25 GMT
Resurrection Sunday!
Yesterday I used a new (to me) feature of the car - the magic that keeps you in lane. It's really, really annoying. I came to realise that subconsciously I take the inside track, the short route, on a bend. Only slight and not out of the lane. The system doesn't like that. It seems to want me in centre lane, to the millimetre.
Really annoying.
Mick
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Post by spinno on Apr 21, 2024 10:03:39 GMT
Resurrection Sunday! Yesterday I used a new (to me) feature of the car - the magic that keeps you in lane. It's really, really annoying. I came to realise that subconsciously I take the inside track, the short route, on a bend. Only slight and not out of the lane. The system doesn't like that. It seems to want me in centre lane, to the millimetre. Really annoying. Mick Follow the instructions and don't upset the AI... |
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Post by andy on Apr 21, 2024 11:27:24 GMT
Does anyone else count the litres of fuel they put through their car? I was usually about 20 litres of petrol a week which at something like 2.3kg of CO2 per litre means not driving for 4 months has already reduced my carbon footprint by, ballpark figure, about 750kg of CO2. Over the course of a year it'll be something like 3 tons of CO2.
Perhaps fuel pumps, or at least new ones, should have a really big display for the estimated CO2 that will be produced by each fill up?
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Post by zou on Apr 21, 2024 12:03:00 GMT
Does anyone else count the litres of fuel they put through their car? I was usually about 20 litres of petrol a week which at something like 2.3kg of CO2 per litre means not driving for 4 months has already reduced my carbon footprint by, ballpark figure, about 750kg of CO2. Over the course of a year it'll be something like 3 tons of CO2. Perhaps fuel pumps, or at least new ones, should have a really big display for the estimated CO2 that will be produced by each fill up? I'd love to think someone cared, but I doubt it. Conversely, Strava insists on saying that each cycle commute has 'saved' 3.whatever kg of carbon when it hasn't saved anything. The bus I'd otherwise be on is still running. Much of this carbon accounting is 1st class bs. |
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Post by andy on Apr 21, 2024 12:52:20 GMT
Does anyone else count the litres of fuel they put through their car? I was usually about 20 litres of petrol a week which at something like 2.3kg of CO2 per litre means not driving for 4 months has already reduced my carbon footprint by, ballpark figure, about 750kg of CO2. Over the course of a year it'll be something like 3 tons of CO2. Perhaps fuel pumps, or at least new ones, should have a really big display for the estimated CO2 that will be produced by each fill up? I'd love to think someone cared, but I doubt it. Conversely, Strava insists on saying that each cycle commute has 'saved' 3.whatever kg of carbon when it hasn't saved anything. The bus I'd otherwise be on is still running. Much of this carbon accounting is 1st class bs. I doubt it too but it is far too easy to ignore. Most people just seem to count the monetary cost. Agree about carbon accounting BS although when it comes to buying fossil fuels to burn there is really nowhere to hide. Smart meters for gas could quite easily be made to display estimated CO2 emissions but AFAIK they don't. When I cycle or walk there isn't a bus I'd be on otherwise...waiting 10 minutes for a bus to do ~50% of a journey that might take 20 minutes to walk seems pointless and costs money. On Friday I timed the longest journey I make for work and it was a 12 minute cycle, including having to get the bike out of a locked garage and locking it at the other end. |
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Post by peterob on Apr 21, 2024 16:30:32 GMT
Resurrection Sunday! Yesterday I used a new (to me) feature of the car - the magic that keeps you in lane. It's really, really annoying. I came to realise that subconsciously I take the inside track, the short route, on a bend. Only slight and not out of the lane. The system doesn't like that. It seems to want me in centre lane, to the millimetre. Really annoying. Mick Should you choose to take advanced driving lessons you will be taught to take the widest line around a bend which maximises your view of what is coming. Generally you can more safely tighten your line than widen it. I expect the in-built warning would hate that. BTW it takes a lot of practice to go "wide" and left hand bends can be a bit hairy if a boy racer is cutting the corner - but you do see him sooner and hopefully that goes for him too. |
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Post by dreampolice on Apr 21, 2024 17:18:04 GMT
Resurrection Sunday! Yesterday I used a new (to me) feature of the car - the magic that keeps you in lane. It's really, really annoying. I came to realise that subconsciously I take the inside track, the short route, on a bend. Only slight and not out of the lane. The system doesn't like that. It seems to want me in centre lane, to the millimetre. Really annoying. Mick Should you choose to take advanced driving lessons you will be taught to take the widest line around a bend which maximises your view of what is coming. Generally you can more safely tighten your line than widen it. I expect the in-built warning would hate that. BTW it takes a lot of practice to go "wide" and left hand bends can be a bit hairy if a boy racer is cutting the corner - but you do see him sooner and hopefully that goes for him too. I was going to give a driving lesson about his poor cornering but decided against it, lol. |
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Post by geoffr on Apr 21, 2024 20:16:13 GMT
Does anyone else count the litres of fuel they put through their car? I was usually about 20 litres of petrol a week which at something like 2.3kg of CO2 per litre means not driving for 4 months has already reduced my carbon footprint by, ballpark figure, about 750kg of CO2. Over the course of a year it'll be something like 3 tons of CO2. Perhaps fuel pumps, or at least new ones, should have a really big display for the estimated CO2 that will be produced by each fill up? How's that going to work? The Saab does, when it is running, 30 mpg the Audi does between 40 and 50 mpg. How does the pump know which car I might be driving/filling up? |
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Post by willien on Apr 21, 2024 20:18:56 GMT
Does anyone else count the litres of fuel they put through their car? I was usually about 20 litres of petrol a week which at something like 2.3kg of CO2 per litre means not driving for 4 months has already reduced my carbon footprint by, ballpark figure, about 750kg of CO2. Over the course of a year it'll be something like 3 tons of CO2. Perhaps fuel pumps, or at least new ones, should have a really big display for the estimated CO2 that will be produced by each fill up? How's that going to work? The Saab does, when it is running, 30 mpg the Audi does between 40 and 50 mpg. How does the pump know which car I might be driving/filling up? Or that I might have elected to drive 100 miles to go on holiday rather than fly halfway round the world for the same purpose. |
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Post by andy on Apr 21, 2024 20:27:18 GMT
Does anyone else count the litres of fuel they put through their car? I was usually about 20 litres of petrol a week which at something like 2.3kg of CO2 per litre means not driving for 4 months has already reduced my carbon footprint by, ballpark figure, about 750kg of CO2. Over the course of a year it'll be something like 3 tons of CO2. Perhaps fuel pumps, or at least new ones, should have a really big display for the estimated CO2 that will be produced by each fill up? How's that going to work? The Saab does, when it is running, 30 mpg the Audi does between 40 and 50 mpg. How does the pump know which car I might be driving/filling up? It would just be an average figure. Whether you do 30, 40 or 50mpg a gallon of petrol still produces around 10.9kg of CO2. |
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Post by mick on Apr 22, 2024 7:08:31 GMT
Resurrection Sunday! Yesterday I used a new (to me) feature of the car - the magic that keeps you in lane. It's really, really annoying. I came to realise that subconsciously I take the inside track, the short route, on a bend. Only slight and not out of the lane. The system doesn't like that. It seems to want me in centre lane, to the millimetre. Really annoying. Mick Should you choose to take advanced driving lessons you will be taught to take the widest line around a bend which maximises your view of what is coming. Generally you can more safely tighten your line than widen it. I expect the in-built warning would hate that. BTW it takes a lot of practice to go "wide" and left hand bends can be a bit hairy if a boy racer is cutting the corner - but you do see him sooner and hopefully that goes for him too. I get that but I didn't make it clear that my experiment with the lane control 'magic' was on the M'way where visibility isn't usually an issue. Also, the 'bends' I suppose would be called gentle curves. I didn't have the courage to try it on ordinary roads.
Once, a very long time ago, I had a job that involved quite regular drives from the Midlands to Scotland. I once decided to do the whole drive using the shortest route - that is taking the inside lane on a left hand curve and the outside lane on a right hand curve, ny choice on the straight. To complete the experiment I did the retiurn journey using the opposite strategy. I don't remember the actual numbers but do remember that the total journey distance recorded was noticeably different.
Mick
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Post by peterob on Apr 22, 2024 7:26:22 GMT
Should you choose to take advanced driving lessons you will be taught to take the widest line around a bend which maximises your view of what is coming. Generally you can more safely tighten your line than widen it. I expect the in-built warning would hate that. BTW it takes a lot of practice to go "wide" and left hand bends can be a bit hairy if a boy racer is cutting the corner - but you do see him sooner and hopefully that goes for him too. I get that but I didn't make it clear that my experiment with the lane control 'magic' was on the M'way where visibility isn't usually an issue. Also, the 'bends' I suppose would be called gentle curves. I didn't have the courage to try it on ordinary roads.
Once, a very long time ago, I had a job that involved quite regular drives from the Midlands to Scotland. I once decided to do the whole drive using the shortest route - that is taking the inside lane on a left hand curve and the outside lane on a right hand curve, ny choice on the straight. To complete the experiment I did the retiurn journey using the opposite strategy. I don't remember the actual numbers but do remember that the total journey distance recorded was noticeably different.
Mick
Indeed, I try to do the same on dual carriage ways/ motorways if the traffic permits and I'll straighten 'S' bends on ordinary roads when it is safe so to do. As a special case I quite like the challenge of driving as straight a line as possible up a long, steep hill near us on the A55. The carriageway is three lanes wide going up, starts with a left hand bend, has a right hand bend in the middle then left-hand before turning right and straightening. The direct route saves several hundred yards. The road does need to be clear of traffic though. |
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Post by mick on Apr 22, 2024 7:30:58 GMT
I get that but I didn't make it clear that my experiment with the lane control 'magic' was on the M'way where visibility isn't usually an issue. Also, the 'bends' I suppose would be called gentle curves. I didn't have the courage to try it on ordinary roads.
Once, a very long time ago, I had a job that involved quite regular drives from the Midlands to Scotland. I once decided to do the whole drive using the shortest route - that is taking the inside lane on a left hand curve and the outside lane on a right hand curve, ny choice on the straight. To complete the experiment I did the retiurn journey using the opposite strategy. I don't remember the actual numbers but do remember that the total journey distance recorded was noticeably different.
Mick
Indeed, I try to do the same on dual carriage ways/ motorways if the traffic permits and I'll straighten 'S' bends on ordinary roads when it is safe so to do. As a special case I quite like the challenge of driving as straight a line as possible up a long, steep hill near us on the A55. The carriageway is three lanes wide going up, starts with a left hand bend, has a right hand bend in the middle then left-hand before turning right and straightening. The direct route saves several hundred yards. The road does need to be clear of traffic though. I'm quite pleased that there's another 'nutter' like me!!
Mick
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