> Maybe if you don't have an alternator, yeah. My Civic had daytime running
> lights and the battery lasted for 10 years. For all I know it's still
> going - I sold the car last year, with the original battery still in it.
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> writes:
> >> I've never been to Europe, and won't be able to go anytime soon. What's
> >the
> >> Germany driving test? Got a link that describes it in English? Now I'm
> >> curious...
> >I believe that to pass the German driving test you have to do a sub 8:00
> >minute lap at the Ring :-)
> >Sorry...I couldn't help myself.
> /me whacks Gary with a fish...
I'll try once more to get in touch with my cousin. He's been there for
20 years, so he should know.
Gary Stephenson
Yes, Spanish. Didn't you know that is the offical language of the USA
now? No really Mexico is very close.
SLG
(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
due to too many English classes/teachers)
> > Maybe if you don't have an alternator, yeah. My Civic had daytime
running
> > lights and the battery lasted for 10 years. For all I know it's still
> > going - I sold the car last year, with the original battery still in it.
> Are you absolutely serious? You must have been doing very long average
> journeys to get anywhere near that! Shelf life tends to be only within 2
to
> 3 years anyway!
If you are having to replace batteries in your car every 2-3 years,
something's wrong.
Here, average journeys are much smaller, in stop-start traffic - so
alternators rarely get the chance to allow the charge in the battery to
'break even'. DRL wouldn't work here in the UK, hence the reason why we
don't use them.
The average journey for a car is still 3 miles - as suggested by the census
data (URL lost somewhere in my favourites), and since it takes a good long
stretch to get the battery charged, a good set of jump leads should be in
everyones boot.
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>If you are having to replace batteries in your car every 2-3 years,
>something's wrong.
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> >It was a Civic, after all - not exactly a high-powered car. And no air
> >conditioning, monster stereo, or anything else to tax the battery. But in
my
> >current car (actually my wife's), a Geo Tracker, the battery is now 9
years
> >old with no sign of problems. That car has daytime running lights too.
> >If you are having to replace batteries in your car every 2-3 years,
> >something's wrong.
> Must just be marketing, then - the commercials(and car magazines) suggest
> changing after 4 or 5 years. I agree that 2 or 3 years suggests a
Hey Eldred-dude - did u read my other post?
Take Care,
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> Hi all, hope this is the right froup to ask :)
> I'm getting married this year, and myself and my fiance are honeymooning in
> San Diego, California. We are both from England (finance was originally
> from Canada), but are a wee bit anxious about driving in the 'states.
> Does anyone know of any simulation which would be reasonable for driving
> around the streets of a californian city? I've tried downloading Driver (1)
> for the PC, but for some reason the controls (I have USB keyboard & mouse)
> are erratic - they keep 'sticking', and 'lagging'... odd behaviour. Apart
> from that - the LA driving in "Driver" is perfect :)
> Does anyone know of a replacement sim for US (right hand side of the road)
> driving? Preferably one with traffic lights, and LA or San Diego maps would
> be a bonus!
> Many thanks in advance,
Fortunately we don't have those crazy idiot white delivery van
drivers. However we do have pickup trucks! The bigger the pickup
truck, the lower the driver's IQ must be. ;) Beware the Dodge RAM,
especially if it's a crew cab (four door) with dual rear wheels
and towing a trailer. Those a-holes are the worst tailgaters.
They also like to "play" with the cars. Get behind one on a stretch
of no passing (double yellow line) road and they'll drive 10 or
15 MPH below the limit then when you get to a place to pass they
floor the gas. If you do manage to pass they try to "push" you.
IMHO, that sort of behavior should carry at least a six month
driving ban and compulsory re-education on how to drive properly!
The semi truck drivers are almost as bad.
Be careful of the "right turn on red" rule. Some states don't
allow it at all. To be safe, never ever try it unless there is
a sign that says it's allowed. Some intersections have a right
turn bypass leading into a short merging lane. Take that and
DON'T stop.
Remember to reverse the way you normally look for traffic
at crossroads. :) Many a visitor from the UK, AU, NZ and
JP has been broadsided because they looked to the right
last instead of to the left last.
Drive the speed limit, not over, not under. If some a-hole
wants to tailgate, scoot over to the right and let the
nutcase pass. If the nutcase won't pass, pull onto the shoulder
and stop. If the nutcase stops too, FLOOR IT AND RUN! :)
We don't have as many "big brother" cameras as you do in the
UK, but they are cropping up in the bigger cities.
(Didn't anyone remember to tell the UK gov. that "1984"
is NOT a how-to book on running a country?)
> > Hi all, hope this is the right froup to ask :)
> > I'm getting married this year, and myself and my fiance are
honeymooning in
> > San Diego, California. We are both from England (finance was originally
> > from Canada), but are a wee bit anxious about driving in the 'states.
> > Does anyone know of any simulation which would be reasonable for driving
> > around the streets of a californian city? I've tried downloading Driver
(1)
> > for the PC, but for some reason the controls (I have USB keyboard &
mouse)
> > are erratic - they keep 'sticking', and 'lagging'... odd behaviour.
Apart
> > from that - the LA driving in "Driver" is perfect :)
> > Does anyone know of a replacement sim for US (right hand side of the
road)
> > driving? Preferably one with traffic lights, and LA or San Diego maps
would
> > be a bonus!
> > Many thanks in advance,
> Things to watch out for when driving in America. :)
> Fortunately we don't have those crazy idiot white delivery van
> drivers.
Best way to deal with it? To be honest, in the UK you can't get away with
that sort of behaviour for long. Plus there are many routes to a location,
so pulling away in another direction is usually quite easy.
Ok :)
Noted. Thanks.
Is this a regular occurance? That's kinda worrying! Usually, anyone who
tails in the UK is pretty happy if you move over to let the idiot pass.
Those cameras are brilliant! They are practically everywhere, and it's
highly unlikely you are driving anywhere outside of the cover of one of
these cams esp. in the area where I live.
Do you get "Boy Racers" in America? These are 17-18yr old boys who work in
McDonalds and have just bought their first car. Usually a Ford Fiesta /
Peugeot 205, small GTi or whatever - and they modify them to sound and look
bigger than they are, and they drive around like nutters. Harrassing
pedestrians, tailgating - all sorts... You get used to them after a while.
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LOL - I know the ones :)
All DIY cars. LOL I've seen so many exhaust ends fall off I've lost count.
And I saw a classic Golf driving up to a speed bump in the road - and losing
half of the extra low bodywork!
WHY?!
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> > From my travels in rec.autos.driving, I'd say they're known as
> > 'ricers' from their original habit of driving Civics or similar,
> > with the standard array of blacked-out windows, baked bean can
> > exhausts, zero ground clearance and so on ;-)
> LOL - I know the ones :)
> All DIY cars. LOL I've seen so many exhaust ends fall off I've lost count.
> And I saw a classic Golf driving up to a speed bump in the road - and losing
> half of the extra low bodywork!
> WHY?!
I imagine that I could thump these people on the shoulder and they'd
wonder why their shoulder hurts, then I could do it three more times
and they still wouldn't know what's going on. ;)
> > > From my travels in rec.autos.driving, I'd say they're known as
> > > 'ricers' from their original habit of driving Civics or similar,
> > > with the standard array of blacked-out windows, baked bean can
> > > exhausts, zero ground clearance and so on ;-)
> > LOL - I know the ones :)
> > All DIY cars. LOL I've seen so many exhaust ends fall off I've lost
count.
> > And I saw a classic Golf driving up to a speed bump in the road - and
losing
> > half of the extra low bodywork!
> > WHY?!
> I assume for the same reason the same people every day drive through
> the low storm drain grate by my house then look surprised at the
> awful scraping sound. Sheer stupidity! ;) I don't drive through that
> hole when going around the corner but just about everyone else
> does and they do it every day, sometimes several times a day.
> I imagine that I could thump these people on the shoulder and they'd
> wonder why their shoulder hurts, then I could do it three more times
> and they still wouldn't know what's going on. ;)
Great thing is - when it happens to an obvious poser, and the bodged
"lowering" kit he installed doesn't work! LOL
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