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[Revolutions]

If it copes with that, whatever a typical owner throws at it (and however much they may be lacking in mechanical sympathy), the engine should cope.

Well, not quite. Running the engine on high revs consistently is totally different to high then low, high then low etc… and thousands of engine on & off,

totally get your point though. I’m sure they test for normal wear AND for insane wear just to prove their engineering is better than anyone else’s. The ego of the engineer knows no equal.

 

[Revolutions]

I reckon it was your starter motor you took a hammer to, generally a stuck solenoid, been there, done that

Haha, oops 😂 Yes, started motor would be more appropriate. In my defence, it’s been 20 years since I had to take my car apart to fix it.

 

[12th Monkey]

The ego of the engineer knows no equal.

I think it's more about companies' reputations and not wanting to come across all 'TVR'!

 

[Revolutions]

I think it's more about companies' reputations and not wanting to come across all 'TVR'!

I can imagine all sports car mechanics have a “don’t be like TVR” poster on the wall 😂

 

[plastic penguin]

Bentley's (VAG's) W12 engine ceases production very soon. Piece in Autocar about it.

Every one gets tested, as you'd expect. One in a hundred gets eight hours at 6,000 rpm against 664lbs/ft. During development, they were subject to 100 hrs at full throttle plus repeated thermal shocking - full power with coolant up to 100°, then flushed with coolant at -30°, then run straight back up to 110°. 400 times. That's a hard life...

105,000 engines made over that period, producing a combined output of over 6,000,000 bhp.

Anytime anyone mentions Bentley or Rolls Royce, I always reply "Where's the skip?"

Bentley or Rolls owners tend to say, 'do you know who I am?', assuming they can get their heads out of their collective backside.

 

[plastic penguin]

I think it's more about companies' reputations and not wanting to come across all 'TVR'!

TVR owners have more money than sense. Would love a Cerbera but the running costs are astronomical, assuming components don't drop off.

 

[Friesiansam]

Would love a Cerbera but the running costs are astronomical, assuming components don't drop off.

I think you mean: "assuming components don't drop off too often."

 

[Friesiansam]

Further to the above, a quote from an RAC article, about buying a used Cerbera:

“"I have amassed 2000 miles on dealer visits alone". "Thank God for the warranty is all I can say"."It has let me down on every trip over 100 miles". "Interior finish is frightening". There's no gentle way to break the news to you. The TVR Cerbera is a spectacularly unreliable car. ”

 

[plastic penguin]

I think you mean: "assuming components don't drop off too often."

Not "too often", they will, and keep falling off.

 

[Gadusmorhua]

There are a few Cob nut pickers on this forum.

I'm hoping to be a nutter this year, I planted a cob nut grove three year's ago. And I am nutty, according to family.

 

[Friesiansam]

Not "too often", they will, and keep falling off.

You want to be able to drive at least a few miles, before you’re scuppered by something dropping off…

 

[12th Monkey]

Bentley or Rolls owners tend to say, 'do you know who I am?', assuming they can get their heads out of their collective backside.

Thought about this just now, as the Bentley driver overtaking a parked car on his side of the road moved back over so slowly I had to move to the left of my lane - as if to suggest that the peasants approaching should slow down for their betters. Rules forbid appropriate word being typed.

 

[Romulus]

Maybe I am old fashioned and dated. But I don't understand when car owners of eg Audi's, Bmw's , Land Rovers, Volvo's X40 and other cars in the same quality drive so slowly on the motorways... It seems such a waste of use of the car...?

 

[jjbomber]

Maybe I am old fashioned and dated. But I don't understand when car owners of eg Audi's, Bmw's , Land Rovers, Volvo's X40 and other cars in the same quality drive so slowly on the motorways... It seems such a waste of use of the car...?

At a guess:
BMW drivers are on 9 points.
Land Rover drivers are looking for a farmer's gate to go off-road
Volvos drivers are over 80 and can't see past their flat cap.

 

[Friesiansam]

Land Rover drivers are looking for a farmer's gate to go off-road

Most of today's Land Rover drivers, don't know what "go off-road" means...

 

[12th Monkey]

Most of today's Land Rover drivers, don't know what "go off-road" means...

I think most are familiar with the real estate within three feet of the car in front, though...

 

[jjbomber]

Most of today's Land Rover drivers, don't know what "go off-road" means...

That's Range Rover drivers, where off-road means going up their driveway!

 

[plastic penguin]

All Range Rover drivers I have come across all have beards, and the blokes are no better. 😉

 

[Friesiansam]

That's Range Rover drivers, where off-road means going up their driveway!

Land Rover drivers too, round here. Local farmers all drive Japanese double cab pick-ups, because they actually work, all the time.

 

[daveh75]

That's Range Rover drivers, where off-road means going up their driveway!

It's not the 20th century anymore where Land Rovers were agricultural in design...

Defenders start @ 63k these days and are aimed at the luxury market and used to ferry kids around the suburbs

 

[12th Monkey]

Feels like we've drifted into another Room 101 thread - might make sense to keep the two separate.

 

[Friesiansam]

Feels like we've drifted into another Room 101 thread - might make sense to keep the two separate.

Or, rename this thread to, Room 101A?

 

[plastic penguin]

C'mon chaps, let's get back on topic.

Did you know if you could fold a newspaper 25 times, mathematically it could reach the moon.

 

[Friesiansam]

Did you know if you could fold a newspaper 25 times, mathematically it could reach the moon.

Except you cannot fold a piece of paper in half, more than 12 times...

 

[jjbomber]

Except you cannot fold a piece of paper in half, more than 12 times...

You can if you soak the creases!