Your user name is written in red, that's good enough.TerryG wrote:You really don't know me very wellJPB wrote: We'd better bring Terry along as the voice of common sense and restraint
I've been Toyota shopping.
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J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Jap takeover ! Not only have i got that Suzuki Baleno , today i got an 'onda "joy machine" !! 
v-tec motor too ,whatever that is but goes pretty good .. 
but... 12 gallons 354 miles today 
v-tec motor too ,whatever that is but goes pretty good .. but... 12 gallons 354 miles today 
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Hmm, nice. Is that the Hormone Replacement Vehicle or the other one, whose name escapes me for the moment? What's its load capacity like? Room in the back for a Briggs & Stratton to be delivered oop norf?
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: I've been Toyota shopping.
oop north lingo ? https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_HR-V Deary me, who wrote this ?
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Vtec:
Mighty Car Mods wrote:VTEC Honda managed to get 1 million unicorns crammed in the engine block and when you get to around 5500 rpm they all fart at exactly the same time that’s what VTEC is it’s like unicorn boost!!!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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I wouldn't be too alarmed by the technology, yon Ikuo Kajitani is an effing brilliant engineer who knows exactly what he's doing, when he's not too busy shopping for Scandinavian furniture or riding his Suzuki.
Weird Toyota engine-related fact:
Although the 1587cc engine in the Corolla rotates clockwise, unlike the majority of Honda's engines which turn the wrong way, hence the gearbox being at the right in most Hondas, the carb version of the Toyota engine as found in mine has its camshafts rotating in opposite directions, exhaust camshaft goes with the crank, but the inlet camshaft goes ccw instead. Injection versions of the same engine have both camshafts revolving clockwise. Weird, and makes Ikuo Kajitani's design for Honda look almost normal.
I gave the engine a bit of a scrub recently, now it's no longer caked with Waxoyl/Ensis V/Dinitrol, etc. it's actually visible and looks a lot like this:
I'm wondering whether a baby unicorn is a foal or a cub? There's a breeder locally but I don't want to ring them and ask, in case I end up looking like a feckin' eejit.
Weird Toyota engine-related fact:
Although the 1587cc engine in the Corolla rotates clockwise, unlike the majority of Honda's engines which turn the wrong way, hence the gearbox being at the right in most Hondas, the carb version of the Toyota engine as found in mine has its camshafts rotating in opposite directions, exhaust camshaft goes with the crank, but the inlet camshaft goes ccw instead. Injection versions of the same engine have both camshafts revolving clockwise. Weird, and makes Ikuo Kajitani's design for Honda look almost normal.
I gave the engine a bit of a scrub recently, now it's no longer caked with Waxoyl/Ensis V/Dinitrol, etc. it's actually visible and looks a lot like this:
I'm wondering whether a baby unicorn is a foal or a cub? There's a breeder locally but I don't want to ring them and ask, in case I end up looking like a feckin' eejit.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Oh turd .Wrong way 
Is this so complicated it's Main Stealer only?
Is this so complicated it's Main Stealer only?Re: I've been Toyota shopping.
I only ever took my civic to a main stealer but that's largely because it was a fleet car so I wasn't paying.
Assuming there is a problem, have you got a generic OBDII reader to plug in and see if any codes are logged?
30mpg for a mini mpv doesn't sound too horrible. It might just need a service. My 2.0 petrol focus gets 32-36 in town or 45 on a motorway run.
Assuming there is a problem, have you got a generic OBDII reader to plug in and see if any codes are logged?
30mpg for a mini mpv doesn't sound too horrible. It might just need a service. My 2.0 petrol focus gets 32-36 in town or 45 on a motorway run.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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No code reader. 
I was on a run Terry ! It was my sisters , she filled it and drove it up from Dorset , I then drove her back to Dorset ,turned round and drove it home 354 miles total ..She used a 1/4 getting here but the first bit always goes down slow, doesn't it .. I used the rest going and coming back ...fast .Now on Empty . However the book says the low fuel light will come on at 1 .3 gallons left , and it's not on yet ... I'll fill it and do a better estimate when i start using it . Of course, I'm an expert driver , so i will get better mileage than most
I was on a run Terry ! It was my sisters , she filled it and drove it up from Dorset , I then drove her back to Dorset ,turned round and drove it home 354 miles total ..She used a 1/4 getting here but the first bit always goes down slow, doesn't it .. I used the rest going and coming back ...fast .Now on Empty . However the book says the low fuel light will come on at 1 .3 gallons left , and it's not on yet ... I'll fill it and do a better estimate when i start using it . Of course, I'm an expert driver , so i will get better mileage than most