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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 15:52:12 GMT
We are sort of between sensible cars at the moment:) We now have a Peugoet 107 that we use and my daughter is learning to drive on, and it's actually quite fun! You have to plan overtakes but it will happily chug along at 70 etc on the motorway. So I won't win any 'my car is faster than your car' internet challenges with that:) My quickest car was a Caterham 7, big power VX, race prepped. I raced on Avon ACB0 slicks / wets, but could convert back to road legal for shakedowns and general weekend fun:) It would eat slick shod race prepped BMW M3's for breakfast around Lydden Hill, but was eaten up itself by Radical's and the Superlight Caterham's with Hayabusa turbo bike power. In racing, you are always either giving pressure or taking it:) After circuit racing, all things road wise seemed very tame and no point in having fast cars you can't really use so we got sensible and down sized and down sized and down sized...  That's the problem with Powerful Caterhams. You just can't use them (properly) on the road. i have a mere 210BHP in mine, but being a K it's a tad lighter than a VX. The only place you can really use them is on a track, which makes me wonder about replacing mine with a classic, with less power. A car of a completely different nature. |
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 29, 2014 18:29:29 GMT
Yep - there you have it in a nutshell! Plus the roads around here, the level of road congestion and tailgating that goes on. My VX was 510kg in race trim;) Mag wheels / ACB0's are light. Plus, ali box, CF where possible / cost effective, 5kg race batt etc etc. |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2014 18:48:04 GMT
Not tried nitrogen. Interestingly, the specialist tyre places I use have never offered it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 18:53:31 GMT
We use nitrogen to fill the all the tyres at work.
Slightly different speeds involved though.
I fail to see how anybody using a road car with Nitrogen filled tyres can tell the difference between that and properly dried compressed air.
The speeds and temperatures involved are not sufficient if you are keeping anywhere near the legal limit.
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Post by Marco on Sept 29, 2014 19:52:34 GMT
Not tried nitrogen. Interestingly, the specialist tyre places I use have never offered it. You should. I’m confident you’d find it an advantage. Have you got an ATS near you? Marco. |
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Post by Marco on Sept 29, 2014 19:56:29 GMT
We use nitrogen to fill the all the tyres at work. Slightly different speeds involved though. I fail to see how anybody using a road car with Nitrogen filled tyres can tell the difference between that and properly dried compressed air. The speeds and temperatures involved are not sufficient if you are keeping anywhere near the legal limit. It’s not about that. The advantage for me with using Nitrogen is that tyres retain the correct pressure for longer - much longer, IME, and the benefits of that are obvious. www.atseuromaster.co.uk/nitrogen-inflationMarco. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 20:20:14 GMT
Air is 79% nitrogen.
How do you check the pressure on nitrogen tyres?
If you need to top it up, what do you use?
My last nitrogen tyre pressure check took me a while.
22 tyres to check.
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Post by Marco on Sept 29, 2014 21:55:41 GMT
Air is 79% nitrogen. How do you check the pressure on nitrogen tyres? If you need to top it up, what do you use? My last nitrogen tyre pressure check took me a while. 22 tyres to check. I simply pop into my local ATS branch, every 8 months or so, and the guys there check the pressures for me, and if necessary top up the tyres with Nitrogen. So far, that’s not been necessary. Since I’ve been using Nitrogen (nearly two years now), there has been no losses in psi, whereas before when using ordinary air in my tyres, after 8 months there was a loss of around 1-2 psi per tyre. Furthermore, for some reason with Nitrogen filled tyres, the ride feels better, too. Anyway, I’m happy with the process. As ever, just as with hi-fi, the best thing is to suck it for yourself and see Marco. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 6:09:48 GMT
There is no way that I would wait that long to check tyre pressures.
Mine get done every two weeks. They don't need to be done, but I find it to be best practice.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 30, 2014 7:08:04 GMT
I do mine every two weeks, too, as well as oil, coolant, washer, brake, power steering fluids etc. It's basic maintenance and early warning of looming problems. With my car being my daily commuter, I can't afford to be off the road.
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Post by danielquinn on Sept 30, 2014 7:11:33 GMT
As recommended by the aa and rac. Interestingly should you have an accident caused by low tire pressure then a confession as to only checking every 8 months would be sufficient to esrblished civil liability in my humble opinion.
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Post by pre65 on Sept 30, 2014 8:03:40 GMT
I'd have thought 8 months was indeed a very long time between checking tyre pressures. 
It's not so easy with lower profile tyres to estimate the pressure by just looking.
Perhaps Marco has got some special tyre kicking boots, or inbuilt pressure monitors in each tyre.
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Post by Marco on Sept 30, 2014 8:28:36 GMT
As recommended by the aa and rac. Interestingly should you have an accident caused by low tire pressure then a confession as to only checking every 8 months would be sufficient to esrblished civil liability in my humble opinion. Please don’t be deliberately obtuse. I meant in terms of whether or not a Nitrogen infill is required. I use a digital tyre pressure gauge to check tyre pressures myself every week when I check the oil and water. With Nitrogen inside the tyres, the (correct) psi level remains constant, which is verified whenever I visit ATS for periodic check-ups. That didn’t happen before when I was using ordinary air. Marco. |
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Post by danielquinn on Sept 30, 2014 8:59:12 GMT
Obtuse means - deliberately insensitive or annoyingly slow to understand . According to Mrs DQ I am often the former but never the latter .
However on this occasion I was being neither . Any reasonable person who read your post would be under the impression you check your trye pressures every 8 months . This is why wonkey custard said "there is no way I would leave it that long" and MartinT concurred .
I was merely pointing out the folly of leaving if for 8 months .
Semantic precision negates misunderstanding .
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Post by Marco on Sept 30, 2014 9:18:43 GMT
I know… I was just pulling your plonker (as you often do to others), to see what reaction I got  Anyway, returning to the thread topic, I’ve always wondered what kind of car you drive, or does the chauffeur usually transport you to the office?  Marco. |
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Post by danielquinn on Sept 30, 2014 10:57:05 GMT
it will be in the archieve , but for just for you I will advise once more . You are nearly correct . I dont drive , i get taxi's everywhere . It is cheaper and easier and more conducive to my only source of recreation . The consumption of alcohol whilst watching football or talking shite . |
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Post by Pinch on Sept 30, 2014 11:38:36 GMT
Ditto, DQ. I've never been interested in driving, I suppose in part because I grew up in, and have more or less always resided in, cities, with good public transport links and appalling traffic, so it never appealed. I suppose I might have to learn one day, if Ms. Pinch and I ever have kids, or if we relocate to the sticks, but til then I'll be happy without.
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Post by Marco on Sept 30, 2014 13:15:46 GMT
it will be in the archieve , but for just for you I will advise once more . You are nearly correct . I dont drive , i get taxi's everywhere . It is cheaper and easier and more conducive to my only source of recreation . The consumption of alcohol whilst watching football or talking shite . Thanks for letting me know, as I haven’t noticed you mentioning that before. I presume you can drive, though? Taking taxis all over the place sounds like a nightmare to me, and definitely not cheaper in the long run than driving an inexpensive to buy and maintain, practical and economical car. I respect your decision, but relying on taxis all the time would be my idea of hell, as I value my freedom and self-sufficiency too much to be tied down by outside parties essentially governing when and where I can go somewhere…. What about if you fancy taking the kids for a day out in the country, or to the zoo, want to pop out quickly to the supermarket, go out for Sunday lunch at a nice country pub, or go on a relaxing weekend holiday in the UK, out in the sticks somewhere, not near any public transport? You’d (try) and use a taxi for all that, or are you talking purely for commuting to work? Marco. |
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Post by Marco on Sept 30, 2014 13:25:14 GMT
Ditto, DQ. I've never been interested in driving, I suppose in part because I grew up in, and have more or less always resided in, cities, with good public transport links and appalling traffic, so it never appealed. I suppose I might have to learn one day, if Ms. Pinch and I ever have kids, or if we relocate to the sticks, but til then I'll be happy without. I understand that, but I’m the exact opposite. I hate big cities with a passion (with all the hustle and bustle that exists and their impersonal nature), although I do like to be near a biggish town where you can do some decent shopping, which is why living in Wrexham, in North Wales, is ideal for our needs. We live 5 mins from the town centre in a quiet little suburb outside the town, and within a 10 minute drive have access to rolling hills and countryside (we’re also only about 35 mins from the beach), with near-empty roads, where driving a nice car (rather quickly around country lanes), or just cruising and taking in the beautiful scenery, is a real pleasure  Marco. |
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Post by danielquinn on Sept 30, 2014 13:59:49 GMT
Marco , we all make choices based upon the knowledge , resources and information available to us . It is not always necessary to prove our choices are better than others , they can lie on the same plane of experience , happily .
The needless consideration of the minutiae of our choices in order to stratify them in to a hierarchy of whats best is at a least tedious and at worst can lead to pointless conflict and arguement .
If I may be so bold , Hifi and cars are two such subjects for me .
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