General Chit chat / Randomness

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

There might be a reason. I was thinking of joining the dark side and buying a car that runs on the fuel of the devil last year, so was looking at those myself. A friend of mine who owned one talked me out of it. Apparantly there's loads of problems with them. Not really sorted until post '05 really. Plus, talk about slow. 9 seconds 0-60! I believe Fred Flintstone's car had similar performance....

The only real probs were turbo related, which could be serious alright.. the 150 BHP 02 - late 04 are the ones to watch.. about 2/3 of them were replaced under warranty though so if your buying check the history, if the turbo was replaced it will be ok as they fitted the new type... 9 seconds isnt too slow? well there ways around that too:P

miss_shadow wrote: »

who's leaving?

Stevexo ? hows your first day back?

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What happened to your contract that started last Monday?

miss_shadow wrote: »

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What happened to your contract that started last Monday?

its ending in 4 weeks from tomorrow

RoverJames wrote: »

9 seconds to 60 slow for a 2.0 diesel in a saloon, yeah

Yeah I agree, it's slow, especially considering the K-Series 1.4 can get from 0 to 60 in 9.8 -10seconds Must rev it to **** but it's a rev happy engine so all is good!

RoverJames wrote: »

I was being sarcastic
I don't reckon 9 seconds to 60 in a saloon is slow for a 2.0 diesel to be honest.

BTW, is your ZS a 1.4 ?

I guess diesels are a whole different thing alright. I've no experience driving them. Ya it is unfort. Thats why I want to get rid of it. Changing engine would just cause trouble with insurance me thinks.

corkcomp wrote: »

the 320's feel very fast, especially when the turbo kicks in.. its been couple of years since I drove anything petrol but I remember you need to rev them higher to get up to road speed. the diesel will pull away in 5th from 60kmph! give me a shout if you want to try mine anytime.. open insurance ftw:D

Cool thanks. I've Open insurance alright so might give it a try So it was the 04's that were dodgy. They seem to be the ones going cheaper alright.

miss_shadow wrote: »

grand actually, went to east village last night they had a BBQ on which was free and had a few pints! then went home watched desperate housewives and went to bed..im still in my PJs :cool:

work tonight though,i don't mind.

Im working too tonight.. That bbq in east village sounds good, anything free is:D
So I see you had a ball in london you lucky duck!

stevexo wrote: »

if i can find a job and somewhere to stay i wont go anywhere

All my fingers n toes are crossed for you. But if you do go, we will be having boards meets wherever you are.;)

corkcomp wrote: »

+1 good idea:D

this day is really dragging.. enough work now I think:D

God I hate mondays when Im on days!! just think, no work next monday:D

Cool,so what is happening next weekend?

I think my kittens are a bit lacking upstairs, they're not very intelligent >.<

Purple Lemons wrote: »

I think my kittens are a bit lacking upstairs, they're not very intelligent >.<

What are they at or what they doing to each other :pac:

miss_shadow wrote: »

I'd be up for that, if it's nice weather I might have a BBQ.. Other than that I don't have any other bright ideas!

A BBQ might be nice alright. Fingers crossed. I'll bring lots of meat.

kart wrote: »

i assume ur talking about 60 kmph not 60 mph:P In this case it sounds ok...
I had a really old car a while ago and i made it 0 to 100 kmph in 18 seconds at its best, lmao... my excuse is that the car was realllly old!
i don't know what was 0 to 60 tho, never tried, i always only measured the 0 to 100

Yep we talking 0 - 60mph. Or 0 - 100kph.

I don't want to leave work because I don't want to run to the car in this rain

kart wrote: »

dont leave then:)

well in this case 0-60mph with 9 seconds is like super good..why u all saying it is slow? I mean... even at the racing competitions in airports the best '79 camaros get 8 seconds usually... So HOW did u guys get 9 seconds with ur usual cars ? Im gobsmacked...

I dunno ha :P I guess it isn't that slow really :pac: - I don't like driving slow though

deRanged wrote: »

stupid weather.

Yeah it's disgraceful. The office is full and its 6pm!

On the other hand, I work better when the weather is bad