Difficult times for the HiFi forum

[floyd droid]

Ha Ha, glad that you took it the way twas meant Steve :cheers:

 

[floyd droid]

Oh. Did I mention the 365 yd par 4 I went off the back of the green with my drive a couple of weeks ago (True story. Still ended up taking 5 though...)?

As the old saying goes ' Drive for show....'

"... and then brag about it for-EVER!"

Oh yeah ,absolutely. Thats a given isnt it

 

[matthewpiano]

Can I just point out that the 'shilling' comment wasn't aimed at anyone or any group of people in particular, and I certainly wasn't making a direct accusation against AVI owners. With hindsight it was probably the wrong choice of words.

 

[John Duncan]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum. I just think all the others are overexuberant ;-)

 

[matt49]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum. I just think all the others are overexuberant ;-)

Very nice. The litotes ("overexuberant") isn't lost on us, JD.

 

[John Duncan]

It wasn't meant to be anything other than an average of the various behaviours exhibited tbh

 

[plastic penguin]

but how long would it take to fill up your Leaf?

About four hours from empty, but you can always trickle-charge when and where you can.

and what heppens when you want to go on holiday to somewhere more remote than the home counties?

Given that you'll fall off the edge of the known world if you go beyond Berkshire, that would be the least of most owners' worries

Range fear is the key issue, not necessarily an ignorance of new technology.

Indeed, and when I visited the Nissan technology centre in Japan a few years back, they were already talking about hydrogen fuel-cells as the way forward, provided the infrastructure was put in place, and I got the impression electric technology was being considered more as an urban solution than a long-range one, where vehicles can be recharged more frequently or, as in a taxi system trialled in Tokyo, simply drive in for an ultra-fast battery-swap.

Hydrogen powered vehicles are already available and are the future of road transport and just about everything else imo .

It is possible to power your house with this vehicle when you are not using it , so the car powers your house rather than your house charging the car

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57406767-48/hondas-fcx-clarity-can-power-a-home-for-6-days/

Before I sell the Alfa I'm going to try it with chip oil. Seems a number of tests have been carried out and it works with little loss of performance. Cook dinner, filter and fill the tank up. Marvellous.

 

[Phileas]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum.

So, because you think there's precisely one, is it then acceptable for posters (e.g. AL) to throw the term around willy-nilly without naming someone in particular or presenting evidence?

@matthewpiano, I know you didn't really intend to imply anything

 

[chebby]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum

"I am Overexuberant . . err . . no . . I am Spartacus!"

 

[Overdose]

Before I sell the Alfa I'm going to try it with chip oil. Seems a number of tests have been carried out and it works with little loss of performance. Cook dinner, filter and fill the tank up. Marvellous.

You can use chip oil neat in some cars or mix it with diesel and the car will run fine. A lot depends on the type of fuel pump and injection system used as increased pressures can cause problems. Just make sure you filter the oil before adding it to the tank or it will clog the fuel filter quick sharp.

Another consideration is the long term damage that may occur due to the acidity of the oil. Making your own biofuel is probably a better bet and not too difficult, but you will need a bit of space in the garage and bear in mind that what was once yesterdays waste that people paid to get rid of, is now becoming a pricey commodity and you will need to be canny to get the oil for a good price. That said, home brew biofuel is still viable and you can nock up 2500L per year without paying duty.

If you are going to use neat oil, palm nut oil or rapeseed oil are the best, as they are relatively thin and have a better spray pattern at the injection nozzle, therefore burn better. Notice that the supermarkets don't sell oil as a loss leader anymore, as about 4 or 5 years ago, they cottoned on to people filling up from the shelf and put the prices closer to diesel over night.

 

[Electro]

Hydrogen powered vehicles are already available and are the future of road transport and just about everything else imo .

See, told you nobody listens...

I agree, but perhaps they should listen and even do a little research

 

[andyjm]

Hydrogen powered vehicles are already available and are the future of road transport and just about everything else imo .

See, told you nobody listens...

I agree, but perhaps they should listen and even do a little research

Hydrogen is certainly not the answer. Tough and expensive to produce, difficult to store, inefficient to turn into rotary power. Burning it in an internal combustion engine or generating electrical power in a fuel cell are both wasteful. Li ion batteries and AC motors are the way to go.

For those who haven't seen it, the Tesla Model S is quite remarkable. With Li ion batteries and an AC motor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=458TLFRkAlk

 

[Pete68]

Great... fast electric powered cars that you can't hear coming. Give me petrol any day!

 

[John Duncan]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum.

So, because you think there's precisely one, is it then acceptable for posters (e.g. AL) to throw the term around willy-nilly without naming someone in particular or presenting evidence?

@matthewpiano, I know you didn't really intend to imply anything

I can't get very excited about it, to be honest. I've seen a lot worse on other forums, where it appears to be not only condoned but encouraged by the moderators.

 

[Phileas]

I can't get very excited about it, to be honest. I've seen a lot worse on other forums, where it appears to be not only condoned but encouraged by the moderators.

Says it all really. :roll:

 

[Alec]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum.

So, because you think there's precisely one, is it then acceptable for posters (e.g. AL) to throw the term around willy-nilly without naming someone in particular or presenting evidence?

@matthewpiano, I know you didn't really intend to imply anything

I can't get very excited about it, to be honest. I've seen a lot worse on other forums, where it appears to be not only condoned but encouraged by the moderators.

Thats sad.

 

[SteveR750]

Unless the battery manufactuers can make some technical step change then interchangeable battery packs are the only viable solution for mass transport.

not necessarily:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/alternative_energy/2013/03/graphene_supercapacitors_small_cheap_energy_dense_replacements_for_batteries.html

if you're inpatient you can skip to paragraph 8.

Interesting science, but given we can't eve electrify a tiny bit of train line (in the UK anyway) without years of consultation and hand wringing, then a supercharging highway looks somewhat unreaslistic.

 

[John Duncan]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum.

So, because you think there's precisely one, is it then acceptable for posters (e.g. AL) to throw the term around willy-nilly without naming someone in particular or presenting evidence?

@matthewpiano, I know you didn't really intend to imply anything

I can't get very excited about it, to be honest. I've seen a lot worse on other forums, where it appears to be not only condoned but encouraged by the moderators.

Thats sad.

Perhaps you could point me at the house rules that have been broken?

 

[chebby]

Unless the battery manufactuers can make some technical step change then interchangeable battery packs are the only viable solution for mass transport.

not necessarily:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/alternative_energy/2013/03/graphene_supercapacitors_small_cheap_energy_dense_replacements_for_batteries.html

if you're inpatient you can skip to paragraph 8.

Interesting science, but given we can't eve electrify a tiny bit of train line (in the UK anyway) without years of consultation and hand wringing, then a supercharging highway looks somewhat unreaslistic.

Get the French in to do it for us. They are merciless about stupid things like historic dwellings, rare amphibians, ancient water meadows etc. Blast through the lot (evict the occupants, poison the amphibians and drive piles into water meadows) and bribe or arrest anyone who objects.

 

[floyd droid]

Oh gawd have you gone all tree hugger on us Chebby , or just stating a fact ?.

 

[Electro]

Hydrogen powered vehicles are already available and are the future of road transport and just about everything else imo .

See, told you nobody listens...

I agree, but perhaps they should listen and even do a little research

Hydrogen is certainly not the answer. Tough and expensive to produce, difficult to store, inefficient to turn into rotary power. Burning it in an internal combustion engine or generating electrical power in a fuel cell are both wasteful. Li ion batteries and AC motors are the way to go.

For those who haven't seen it, the Tesla Model S is quite remarkable. With Li ion batteries and an AC motor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=458TLFRkAlk

No doubt about it the Tesla is a great car but I disagree with you about hydrogen and so do many of the major car companies , all that is needed is the roll out of the infrastructure .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nk5hCy2Qc0

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/videos.aspx

I will start a new thread here in 25 years time and we will see who is right

 

[The_Lhc]

Hydrogen powered vehicles are already available and are the future of road transport and just about everything else imo .

See, told you nobody listens...

I agree, but perhaps they should listen and even do a little research

I was talking about you...

 

[matthewpiano]

No question,now, what had happened to the posters on the WHF and What Car forum. The creatures outside looked from post to post, and from forum to forum, and from post to forum again; but already it was impossible to say which forum was which.

 

[richardw42]

Agreed. Hydrogen will be the future. Once they've sorted the extraction and storage, which they will. There is a hydrogen pump at Honda in Swindon which is local for me. If they did the clarity as an estate.

I wonder if there's a real rush yet. Too many interested parties in oil industry ?

re. Electric cars. No need for a noisy engines as pedestrians will be able to sense the smugness coming their way before they'd hear the engine.

 

[richardw42]

No it wasn't. I personally think there is one (and precisely one) on this forum.

So, because you think there's precisely one, is it then acceptable for posters (e.g. AL) to throw the term around willy-nilly without naming someone in particular or presenting evidence?

@matthewpiano, I know you didn't really intend to imply anything

I can't get very excited about it, to be honest. I've seen a lot worse on other forums, where it appears to be not only condoned but encouraged by the moderators.

Thats sad.

Perhaps you could point me at the house rules that have been broken?

Amazon don't break tax law either.