WDB
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Post by WDB on Jan 27, 2023 15:30:25 GMT
Humph’s very dirty.
Sorry, that was meant to be ‘Humph’s is very dirty.’ His car, that is. Obviously. 😳
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2023 15:34:45 GMT
My Leaf now has trendy black wheels, to go with its dented bumper and wing. Proper street.
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Post by dixinormus on Jan 29, 2023 20:16:17 GMT
Wheel trims been pinched, Al?!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2023 10:48:40 GMT
How very dare you, they are alloys with about an inch of filth on them now.  |
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Post by Humph on Jan 30, 2023 11:19:07 GMT
So, I did clean it on Friday. Really properly actually. It looked pristine for a few hours. Then of course it went out and about over the weekend, including a couple of muddy car parks to facilitate biking trips.
Utterly manky again of course. Shan’t bother again for a good while.
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Post by bpg on Jan 30, 2023 11:53:01 GMT
Did it have better range while it was clean, Humph ? 🤪
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Post by Humph on Jan 30, 2023 13:50:26 GMT
Wasn’t clean long enough to accurately measure.
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Post by bpg on Jan 30, 2023 13:56:53 GMT
This fuel economy theory was tested by the MythBusters on their episode “Dirty vs. Clean Car.” In this episode, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage tested the gas mileage of an older Ford Taurus. The duo ran tests both while the car was dirty and when it was glistening clean.
The original hypothesis was that the dirtier vehicle would be more aerodynamic, similar to how the dimples of a golf ball create lift and drag on the ball, which allows it to travel further.
However, what they found was that the dirty vehicle was much less fuel efficient, reaching only 24 miles per gallon (MPG), while the clean car got 26 mpg.
That could cause restless nights to an inner Scot if viewed in 200,000 miles hindsight 🤣
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Post by Humph on Jan 30, 2023 14:08:58 GMT
Indeed, but I’ll try not to dwell on it!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2023 14:45:21 GMT
They should have done a MythBusters on Jocks v Yorkies: Who is the tightest? You know, put one Scotsman and one Yorkshireman in a taxi to a pub, see if one of them manages to get out of the taxi first, and yet also get to the bar second.
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Post by dixinormus on Mar 22, 2023 20:52:37 GMT
Have given up on washing the Subaru for the foreseeable. My main route out of here is now a 20km single track mountain road, 12km of which is unsealed…. Dust or mud. Or sometimes, remarkably, both on the same trip!
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 23, 2023 19:31:16 GMT
That's a long detour for a metalled road, horrendous for a dirt road, Subaru or not.
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Post by dixinormus on Mar 25, 2023 1:16:58 GMT
Such roads are not uncommon in NZ. In fact the majority of minor side roads outside of towns are unsealed. Nobody seems to care!
As a result the Subaru will most probably be replaced by another one later this year. The alternatives on the short list (X-trail, Kuga, Outlander,..) on the leasing scheme are all the 2WD variants.
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Post by dixinormus on Jul 13, 2023 21:49:04 GMT
I’d better give the car a clean this weekend - am meeting my boss F2F next week for the first time (ain’t Zoom wonderful) and taking them to a client meeting. The car looks like it’s been rallied in the Welsh forests…
At least the windscreen is being replaced first thing Monday, so there’ll be no remarks about the huge bullseye in the middle of it…
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 14, 2023 10:24:15 GMT
Isn't that your aiming sight for pensioners??
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