Today I Learned...

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Go back to an Exige.

I have been keeping an eye out for the series 1, any that do come up for sale tend to be carrying large mileage or silly paint jobs or had their engines swapped for the Honda unit..

[JD001]

Originally Posted by humfrz

WOW! Nice machine! -

You'll love it, it has a reversing camera that not only shows what you going to hit but provides guidelines and a backstop with audible bleeps.. I imagine much like a fighter plane coming into land on a carrier...

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Touch screens are dangerous in cars.

Totally agree, and the touchpad to the side of the driver isn't much help either.. My car also has steering controls, again a distraction...

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So this is my first year with use it or lose it pto. It's kind of stressful figuring out when I'm going to be able to peace out for the rest of the year. It's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd. But that depends on what I have at the end of the current timecard because I have some hours I can make up.

We have a DONSA the 23rd so that's when I strategically put mine in. Then I don't need to come back till the 2nd.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So this is my first year with use it or lose it pto. It's kind of stressful figuring out when I'm going to be able to peace out for the rest of the year. It's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd. But that depends on what I have at the end of the current timecard because I have some hours I can make up.

I've just been taking mine. Had 8 days left, then we (the whole company) were suddenly"gifted" the last week of the year off. So I'm done working for the year next Tuesday. That feeling that it's a bad time never goes away, and you always have a stupid scramble when you return. Just how it is. Take it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by JD001

Well, it also has a stupidly long name. So a deep breath, and here we go. A Mercedes A250e AMG Line Executive, the saloon version.

I was originally thinking about going full electric but bottled it.. I then ordered my car, it took an age to arrive due to the worldwide chip shortage. In that time I was kicking myself for not going full electric..

I'm kinda enjoying the electric mode but the range is circa 40miles which is not long enough..

Of course it is a long name. You are talking about a language that says car insurance as "kraftfahrzeug haftpflichtversicherung".

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So this is my first year with use it or lose it pto. It's kind of stressful figuring out when I'm going to be able to peace out for the rest of the year. It's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd. But that depends on what I have at the end of the current timecard because I have some hours I can make up.

my company policy has always 'use it or lose it'. they still pay for my unused days...

perk of being an expert at 'kick the can'

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by JD001

I have been keeping an eye out for the series 1, any that do come up for sale tend to be carrying large mileage or silly paint jobs or had their engines swapped for the Honda unit..

You actually want one with the Rover motor? Are you crazy?

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

You actually want one with the Rover motor? Are you crazy?

Perhaps he likes to live dangerously....
YOLO as you will

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by JD001

You'll love it, it has a reversing camera that not only shows what you going to hit but provides guidelines and a backstop with audible bleeps.. I imagine much like a fighter plane coming into land on a carrier...

So, the "backstop" would automatically stop the car before I would back into something?

If so - NEAT!

[DarkPira7e]

Today I learned furnaces have fan shaft bearings that fail commonly from radial load.
Got woken up in the middle of the night by an outrageous roaring. I thought someone broke into my house and started my FRS in the garage and left the door open. 13 degrees out today. No heat until at least Monday, if someone happens to have this model combustion air inducer.

[soundman98]

always on a weekend!

i know where i could steal a few, but even if i drove it out to you, it'd be middle of sunday or later...

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by soundman98

always on a weekend!

i know where i could steal a few, but even if i drove it out to you, it'd be middle of sunday or later...

I wish! Honestly I'd drive several hours to get one. Nothing but time on my hands right now. Thank you for the thought

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

Today I learned furnaces have fan shaft bearings that fail commonly from radial load.
Got woken up in the middle of the night by an outrageous roaring. I thought someone broke into my house and started my FRS in the garage and left the door open. 13 degrees out today. No heat until at least Monday, if someone happens to have this model combustion air inducer.

this popped up in my youtube feed. i've been hearing more about these diesel heaters lately, his video is more analytical, though he admits he got the 8kw rating wrong... at the very end, he figures out that it costs about 14pence to run, while electricity in his area is about 40pence per kilowatt hour... it'd take more math than i care to do to convert it to freedom units, but i figure it can't be that far off either, even with the higher cost of diesel...

between your post, and that diesel heater video, it's got me thinking about getting one as a furnace backup/power outage, and even setting one up in the garage instead of using a space heater when i'm out there. in the case of a furnace issue or power outage, i'll easily sacrifice a car battery out of either of my vehicles if it means staying warm... i doubt it'd heat the entire house, but even if it kept it above freezing...

even if it costs the same as electric in the US, it'd still be a great backup option...

this one even has a bluetooth app, still only $170...
https://smile.amazon.com/HCALORY-5KW...eae8f9840&th=1