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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 25, 2014 19:00:52 GMT
Nice one Martin, been looking forward to seeing this.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 24, 2014 19:24:48 GMT
What was the front end John?
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 20, 2014 18:21:35 GMT
Very nice!
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 18, 2014 17:36:21 GMT
Yep, used it for years.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 17, 2014 17:20:39 GMT
Aye didn't keep count but was a couple of months at least I reckon.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 17, 2014 14:10:39 GMT
Nice Tim, listening while I work.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 17, 2014 8:28:05 GMT
Ali, Sound wise Its early days but from memory the they have a similar presentation to your OBs, the separation and subtlety is similar. Im going to need some hours on them to settle down and a bit of help from the usual suspects to optimise positioning. When I think they are ready a bit of objective help from the troops is in order. Sorry I missed the last get together-was keen to hear some JM on vinyl!!! Aye, they are great drivers, and will get better over time. I'll make sure I have the JM next time!
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 16, 2014 14:28:52 GMT
They are indeed good drivers, I had the same in my bookshelf speakers that Colin Topps built for me.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 12, 2014 21:13:00 GMT
Nice one mate. Enjoy!
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 12, 2014 18:55:41 GMT
Yes indeed, fantastic.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 12, 2014 15:36:21 GMT
Cool!
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 12, 2014 15:26:51 GMT
I was discussing the maths involved in getting the Rosetta probe into a matching path with the comet with a couple of maths teachers today. What with the orbital mechanics, elliptical orbits, gravity, relativity and other factors, we decided that it just blew our brains. Someone VERY CLEVER INDEED modelled that path to such incredible accuracy. Respect!
There'll be an app for that.. :-)
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 11, 2014 15:36:35 GMT
Bit cold to be driving in your socks Martin!
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 11, 2014 11:38:02 GMT
In winter conditions I mean.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 11, 2014 11:37:28 GMT
I've found that to be the case in the past, but there are so many variables, you just have to suck it and see in each situation. Certainly I have found cadence braking to be more effective on occasion, over and above the abs. I have also found it useful on cars that didn't have abs.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 10, 2014 15:25:57 GMT
There's a bad spot on my daily commute into work in the mornings, that I get to at about 05:40. Of a cold winter's morning, a long stretch of it can go to black ice. More than once I have felt all grip go - you know the feeling, steering goes light and no directional control. I have braked and felt the ABS go stupid, but I have then backed off, reapplied and repeated and managed to slow down enough to regain control. It's not exactly pumping, that's too crude. But you can feel through the pedal, despite ABS, what is going on at the wheels. You have to make allowances for my upbringing. Mum and Dad met in the research labs for Boroughs Welcome - now part of Smithkline Beecham - so I am brought up on double-blind placebo trials. Its like saying "every year I get a stinking cold, but I eat 3 marmite sandwiches a day and my cold clears up within a week". Maybe your cold would have cleared up if you hadn't eaten the marmite sandwiches I'm not saying you're definitely wrong. But to be sure, you need a skid pan, where you carry out 20 emergency brakings under identical conditions, same speed, same brake point. 10 times you just hit the brake as hard as you can and let the ABS do its stuff. 10 times you lift your foot, cadence, whatever. Then you compare the average braking distances for the 2 methods. If the car stops shorter with cadence, then it beats ABS. But all ABS is doing is "lifting your foot" very rapidly. The tyre doesn't know whether its an ABS device or a driver decision releasing braking force. At the end of our lane is a treacherous 10 yards at about 1 in 4 (with a grit bin next to it which nobody ever gets to using before I arrive at the junction - and yup, I don't use it either). It is the end of our minor country lane (with passing places) connecting to the main road, and its seriously scary. Countless times I edge gingerly towards that, start the slide to the main road, listen to the chattering desperate ABS, and always pull up just short of the main road. So we can both have our "subjective" views, but an objective statement needs a 20 stop skid-pan test. I realise objectivism isn't popular round here. I generally feel like a Daniel in a den of lions. But on a road safety issue, subjective isn't good enough. The following page considers that in wet conditions an experienced race driver probably can't brake better than ABS (= probably will brake worse) www.drivingfast.net/car-control/braking.htm Sorry, but I'm a subjectivist braker. :-)
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 10, 2014 10:50:20 GMT
Ah yes, great car, went like a rocket.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 10, 2014 10:00:49 GMT
Aye, always liked Saab.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 10, 2014 8:03:36 GMT
LOL, yeah that's me, just a slut..
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Nov 9, 2014 15:37:39 GMT
Quite like it myself. :-)
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