The sort of money they want you would be in the serious operator market.
Where Pioneer used to be.
They would be up against established names who are already pushing hard, Panasonic, Philips, Sony to name but 3.
This is a cut throat market where even the established players are having difficulties, hence you see multiple price ranges, you have the cheap ones with no toys and lower quality panel (a) and the top end panel with lots of toys (b), or occasionally the top panel with some toys (c), and finally the not so good panel with more toys that it should have (d)
(a) by price buyers
(b) over paid or snob value
(c) enthusiast buyers
(d) Seen them - no idea who buys them
Apple could only go for (b) or maybe latch onto the (d) market
I normally pre work out a route but rely on memory often. If I have done the route before.
And last holiday I took a turn too early and ended up in a very narrow twisty lane with a caravan on the back. Half hour later turned around and caravan spare wheel fitted I was back on the correct route.
It was my fault for not having a map to hand, sat nav was not in use anyway after a previous instance.
Sat nav - holiday before, well coming out of Cornwall the services I need are not easy to find as they are past the junction and poorly signposted. There are 3 or 4 but only this one is any good. The Shatnav said to stay on the road - went under the bridge and on the right there was the BP garage. It wanted me to drive to the next junction and head back down the dual carriage way to the same junction, about 15 miles more!!!!
Unfortunately I hit one of my sons when I ripped it out of the window and lobbed it into the back.
Anyway I ran out of gas near Bridgewater, and filled up in Bristol, I had already decided that 15 miles more, plus the gas is cheaper at Bristol meant stuff it and run on petrol if I ran out.
Shatnavs are OK to see where you are, but you are better off using O/S maps. I am getting a nice collection of 1/25,000 scale maps now.
Next time I am using Google street view to print out a picture of the A30 junction so I can be sure it is BP Whitehouse and not the useless ones.
Easy to hold, easy to use. No thanks to a screen - the Dreamcast was odd with this.
Twin thumb sticks is the console standard (like PC Mouse and WASD). Only real change is positioning, some are lop sided some are not.
You can pick up most games on most consoles now like this.
Due to my age I find close to distance focusing slower now, so a small controller screen would be a pain. For portables I take off glasses.
However I do prefer motion controls for FPS.
25-3 with 21 kill streak from a middle aged person says motion controllers can work, literally point and shoot, bye bye DS3 owners, this is using the so called joke controller, Move, no joke when you can win matches with it.
The Wii-U controller does look rather big, but what is telling with Wii is that one son when playing Mario Karts plugs in the traditional controller, I struggle to play it, so don't bother at all. I am not bad at racing games, I beat them at Motorstorm!
Mind you none of them have bothered with Mario Karts since we got Modnation Racers.
Time to learn hmm. Now do I spend it learning the interface for something I use once a week or so, or do I use it to increase my knowleage of development tools?
I am busy, I have more important things to do than work out how to do basic tasks in a Windows application, I have used Windows since WFW, got on well with 98 OSR2, XP apart from the serious file manager bug (2 real whole works days I have calculated changing from sideways scrolling to detailed, taking off type - I KNOW WHAT TYPE, and sorting by date.)
Quite simply if I have the odd day to learn something, I am going to do something usefull, like moving our system to use a data dictionary, or develope some stored procedures, why should I waste my time learning what the not very pretty picture means, when I will forget it next time I use the application.
When I use a package occasionally, I want to be able to find an option, not be presented with a blank page and lots of little pictures.
Have I got time to relearn a package I have used for years? No, got more important things to do.
Every version of Windows has had some productivity removal, with XP the file dialog not remembering ever you want detail view, Vista - existing, Win 7 having to strip back all the fluff to get a working PC. I remember Win98 OSR2 fondly, and even WFW
Bring in all this confusion and I am sure people will start looking elsewhere.
Ribbon Menu - means I will not update MS Office at home, at work I TRY to avoid it, got shareware alternatives for Paint (WHY!!!!) and what ever the outlook express replacement is called.
I have decided I will be investigating alternatives as I do not like the direction they are going.
But this is one area Sony still do well in, hence my video camera purchase, was between them and Canon, came to features and price in the end.
Ever since the start of home video Sony has been a leading company.
Video Cameras - well they are good performing but not always the best featured. I remember really wanting a JVC camera (and 14pin K adaptor) which was very well featured with a good zoom ect. GX-N70 I think. Then there was a Panasonic camera which was pretty good. However I also remember the move to all in ones and laughing at the poor low light colour of a 10lux CCD Panasonic vs my 35lux tube Sony. HVC4000 after they were boasting of their cameras low light performance.
They were well made these early 80s cameras. However there was ONLY ONE decent portable VCR, the Panasonic NV180 was not very good, nor was the JVC with mini tapes, the most popular accessory for the JVC was the 14 pin K adaptor lead - seen quite a few of these plugged into a Sony portable. I have (it still works) a Sony SL-F1UB portable VCR, by far and away the best of the early portables, MUCH better picture quality than the Panasonic or JVC.
The move to all in ones killed the seperates, I used mine until the tube failed in the late 90s (I had no money then due to mortgage).
I think that if Sony ever let the ball drop on imaging they will go under, it is one of their few we are best of markets.
ALL local government people I think are useless - well they are around here, more bothered about their own silly little petty projects to worry about us. Party here means nothing, just get a few business men in to run it please!
As to MPs, they can be variable - all comes down to the person, we have gone from a Blair yes man, (NEVER voted against the government) to a Conservative rebel (Already in trouble for listening to his constituents), LibDems never seen one locally, except in local councils.
The new Labour bossiness is still there as our constituency has been nominated as an all female short list, so next election there will be a candidate who won her position SIMPLY due to being female, I hope she comes third - I want the BEST candidate, not a yes man or woman. I do not hate women MPs (the older ones who got there are merit - all parties are fine), I just think restricted lists are wrong.
Unfortunately for them they are failing some of the above more often than they should.
Pioneer won the DVD player purchase for me, decently made and good performance DVD-A/SACD handling was the winning reason.
As to proprietry, not really, they just lost format wars, as above MemoryStick due to licencing, Beta due to studios (why they bought Columbia), Minidisc due to the rise in flash and people holding on to tape and CD.
But then Sanyo made Beta decks, a little crude but very long lasting - with good performance, quite a few companies did Minidisc.
Back in the CRT era Sony were the best TVs around, a lot of people still remember that.
Last win of theirs was video camera, as they were the best HDV I could find which I could afford.
Firstly it is not all about resolution, I have some 27 year old Beta camera recordings which still look quite presentable. Used DV for about 5 years and I now use HDV.
Secondly - how about some image stabilisation, the shake on these videos was so distracting, sheer weight stopped this on my first camera, latest has optical image stabilisation.
Last holiday I forgot my video camera one day and had to use my phone for about 5 minutes of material.
Here goes, colour, not great, slightly shakey, but frame rates was the issue, that phone did AFAIR 720 x 480 30FPS, now UK TV uses 25FPS (50 fields) so I had the fun of using 720x480/30p mixed with 1440x1080/50i.
Lets say better than nothing but rather jarring, especially as with HDV there is no reencoding except at transitions.
So these are good for party and emergency use, but if you are serious, or even just want a watchable holiday video you still need a proper video camera - and a lot are cheaper than the phones.
I will have to mention this to my wife, she loves Smurfs, her favourite present last Christmas was not the expensive stuff (Pandora ect) but 4 plastic Smurf figures
I was just checking news group entries, using an email/news group client.
I suddenly noticed I was humming a tune.
The theme to the Thunderbirds TV programme.
Not putting programmes on Replay TV (reason 1 we dropped VOD), moving from their menus to BBC Iplyer web interface (not as nice - reason 2) and of course the EPG lost previous/next day.
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Posted Tuesday 21st February 2012 15:49 GMT
MJI
TVs ect are different → #
In Smart telly trends make Apple 'iTV' a certainty
The sort of money they want you would be in the serious operator market.
Where Pioneer used to be.
They would be up against established names who are already pushing hard, Panasonic, Philips, Sony to name but 3.
This is a cut throat market where even the established players are having difficulties, hence you see multiple price ranges, you have the cheap ones with no toys and lower quality panel (a) and the top end panel with lots of toys (b), or occasionally the top panel with some toys (c), and finally the not so good panel with more toys that it should have (d)
(a) by price buyers
(b) over paid or snob value
(c) enthusiast buyers
(d) Seen them - no idea who buys them
Apple could only go for (b) or maybe latch onto the (d) market
Posted Tuesday 21st February 2012 12:00 GMT
MJI
Re: New branding → #
In Sony Xperia U slips out ahead of launch
Dunno - looks OK on my TV, and I did try lots before choosing it on picture quality!
Posted Tuesday 21st February 2012 11:58 GMT
MJI
Re: I wonder what they would call iTV in the UK? → #
In Smart telly trends make Apple 'iTV' a certainty
No they wouldn't ITV have already told them.
Posted Tuesday 21st February 2012 11:57 GMT
MJI
ITV are warming up their lawyers → #
In Smart telly trends make Apple 'iTV' a certainty
Ready to pounce if they use iTV on their Apple TV.
And good luck to ITV if it happens, even if the only things I watch are Doc Martin and Downton Abbey.
Posted Tuesday 21st February 2012 11:54 GMT
MJI
Re: Smart TV? No thanks. → #
In Smart telly trends make Apple 'iTV' a certainty
It is a Humax HDR isn't it - I can tell by the crash and the switch!!!!
Posted Saturday 18th February 2012 13:04 GMT
MJI
Reminds me → #
In Sky flaunts F1 app with split-screen functions
I still need a TD88 and extra LNBs
RTL next year
Posted Friday 17th February 2012 18:55 GMT
MJI
Re: Re: Sensible stuff → #
In Anglo-French nuke pact blesses 4th-gen reactors
Cars & Fast Trains
Well they did buy GEC and BTH so they did have it
Posted Friday 17th February 2012 17:05 GMT
MJI
Most virgins don't want to be → #
In Chinese woman sparks net craze with virgin website
Reaching 38 years as one is fail.
Even shy people and geeks can beat that easily and they are not the best people for talking to the opposite sex.
I was glad to leave it behind.
Posted Friday 17th February 2012 16:46 GMT
MJI
Re: Re: killing terrestrial telly off → #
In EU shoves telly signals aside for next-gen mobile broadband
Just when it is now completely stable.
They have switched off the analogue jamming stations
Posted Friday 17th February 2012 12:03 GMT
MJI
Routes, maps, memory & satnavs → #
In Satnav blunders blamed for £200m damages
I normally pre work out a route but rely on memory often. If I have done the route before.
And last holiday I took a turn too early and ended up in a very narrow twisty lane with a caravan on the back. Half hour later turned around and caravan spare wheel fitted I was back on the correct route.
It was my fault for not having a map to hand, sat nav was not in use anyway after a previous instance.
Sat nav - holiday before, well coming out of Cornwall the services I need are not easy to find as they are past the junction and poorly signposted. There are 3 or 4 but only this one is any good. The Shatnav said to stay on the road - went under the bridge and on the right there was the BP garage. It wanted me to drive to the next junction and head back down the dual carriage way to the same junction, about 15 miles more!!!!
Unfortunately I hit one of my sons when I ripped it out of the window and lobbed it into the back.
Anyway I ran out of gas near Bridgewater, and filled up in Bristol, I had already decided that 15 miles more, plus the gas is cheaper at Bristol meant stuff it and run on petrol if I ran out.
Shatnavs are OK to see where you are, but you are better off using O/S maps. I am getting a nice collection of 1/25,000 scale maps now.
Next time I am using Google street view to print out a picture of the A30 junction so I can be sure it is BP Whitehouse and not the useless ones.
Posted Wednesday 15th February 2012 15:43 GMT
MJI
Re: @I aint Spartacus → #
In Shakira attacked by sea lion who mistook BlackBerry for a 'fish'
Was that the jobbie on BBC HD where the girl won and the runner up chap was a wildlife photographer?
Posted Wednesday 15th February 2012 15:40 GMT
MJI
Re: breasts are small and humble → #
In Shakira attacked by sea lion who mistook BlackBerry for a 'fish'
Tune of?
I am guessing Whenever Whereever.
As constantly played on Freeview channel 18 The Hits before it went live
Posted Wednesday 15th February 2012 15:25 GMT
MJI
What is wrong with cashing in? (if they did) → #
In Sony 'fesses to Whitney Houston price hike 'error'
I do not blame them. I don't care if it was accidental or on purpose.
If someone is going to wait until a person dies before buying their music like this perhaps they deserve it.
My opinion is - I don't care either way.
Posted Tuesday 14th February 2012 16:12 GMT
MJI
Try PS2 triggers → #
In Microsoft mulls touchscreen controller for next-gen Xbox
After PS3 aghhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Yes I am trying to play a PS2 game, L2 R2 are horrid
Posted Tuesday 14th February 2012 13:47 GMT
MJI
Controllers are there for a reason → #
In Microsoft mulls touchscreen controller for next-gen Xbox
Easy to hold, easy to use. No thanks to a screen - the Dreamcast was odd with this.
Twin thumb sticks is the console standard (like PC Mouse and WASD). Only real change is positioning, some are lop sided some are not.
You can pick up most games on most consoles now like this.
Due to my age I find close to distance focusing slower now, so a small controller screen would be a pain. For portables I take off glasses.
However I do prefer motion controls for FPS.
25-3 with 21 kill streak from a middle aged person says motion controllers can work, literally point and shoot, bye bye DS3 owners, this is using the so called joke controller, Move, no joke when you can win matches with it.
The Wii-U controller does look rather big, but what is telling with Wii is that one son when playing Mario Karts plugs in the traditional controller, I struggle to play it, so don't bother at all. I am not bad at racing games, I beat them at Motorstorm!
Mind you none of them have bothered with Mario Karts since we got Modnation Racers.
Posted Tuesday 14th February 2012 09:03 GMT
MJI
Had a search - what a yuk idea → #
In Life-size Portal gun to shoot onto shelves soon
Keep up with the rest of us!
Glory holes - I'm sticking with portals.
Only good use for glory holes is playing whack-a-mole.
Posted Tuesday 14th February 2012 08:58 GMT
MJI
Lucky Goldstar → #
In Prada Phone by LG 3.0
Hmm - it's a Lucky Goldstar phone!
Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
Posted Thursday 9th February 2012 15:05 GMT
MJI
4th Beatle → #
In Sir Paul McBeatle to offer free iTunes concert
Now more famous for Thomas the Tank Engine
Posted Thursday 9th February 2012 15:00 GMT
MJI
Anyone else get similar with other packages? → #
In Found myself humming
Mozillas mail client excepted.
Posted Thursday 9th February 2012 14:54 GMT
MJI
Lidl something worth watching → #
In Ten... Freesat TV receivers
How about Formula 1 free to air when the BBC are not showing it?
Posted Wednesday 8th February 2012 15:16 GMT
MJI
Humax is slow because → #
In Ten... Freesat TV receivers
It turns off the LNB heater and they take 30 seconds to warm
Posted Wednesday 8th February 2012 13:38 GMT
MJI
Humax slow boot → #
In Ten... Freesat TV receivers
It turns off its LNB heater while off - unlike Sky boxes
Posted Wednesday 8th February 2012 09:55 GMT
MJI
Delete as you watch. → #
In Ten... Freesat TV receivers
That seems to do it
Posted Wednesday 8th February 2012 09:53 GMT
MJI
Turn off → #
In Has Microsoft finally killed off Windows 8 Start button?
Flick switch on wall?
Posted Wednesday 8th February 2012 09:43 GMT
MJI
Re: Matthew 3 → #
In Has Microsoft finally killed off Windows 8 Start button?
Time to learn hmm. Now do I spend it learning the interface for something I use once a week or so, or do I use it to increase my knowleage of development tools?
I am busy, I have more important things to do than work out how to do basic tasks in a Windows application, I have used Windows since WFW, got on well with 98 OSR2, XP apart from the serious file manager bug (2 real whole works days I have calculated changing from sideways scrolling to detailed, taking off type - I KNOW WHAT TYPE, and sorting by date.)
Quite simply if I have the odd day to learn something, I am going to do something usefull, like moving our system to use a data dictionary, or develope some stored procedures, why should I waste my time learning what the not very pretty picture means, when I will forget it next time I use the application.
I UNDERSTAND the File Edit system.
Posted Wednesday 8th February 2012 09:26 GMT
MJI
Strange list → #
In Ten... Freesat TV receivers
Couple of bedroom TV boxes along with a few proper boxes.
TBH with Freesat I cannot see a reason in buying a non HD box, nor one missing the vital HDD.
Happy Humax HDR owner
Posted Tuesday 7th February 2012 15:10 GMT
MJI
Numerous Freeware → #
In Has Microsoft finally killed off Windows 8 Start button?
Yes and this is pushing me to get them.
When I use a package occasionally, I want to be able to find an option, not be presented with a blank page and lots of little pictures.
Have I got time to relearn a package I have used for years? No, got more important things to do.
Every version of Windows has had some productivity removal, with XP the file dialog not remembering ever you want detail view, Vista - existing, Win 7 having to strip back all the fluff to get a working PC. I remember Win98 OSR2 fondly, and even WFW
Posted Tuesday 7th February 2012 12:08 GMT
MJI
Pinned task bar → #
In Has Microsoft finally killed off Windows 8 Start button?
VERY confusing, I click on them to shut them down but then they start up.
Do not exist on my PC luckily
Posted Tuesday 7th February 2012 12:07 GMT
MJI
Are Microsoft trying to kill themselves? → #
In Has Microsoft finally killed off Windows 8 Start button?
Bring in all this confusion and I am sure people will start looking elsewhere.
Ribbon Menu - means I will not update MS Office at home, at work I TRY to avoid it, got shareware alternatives for Paint (WHY!!!!) and what ever the outlook express replacement is called.
I have decided I will be investigating alternatives as I do not like the direction they are going.
Posted Tuesday 7th February 2012 10:08 GMT
MJI
Imaging → #
In Can Sony's new supremo make the sacrifices to save his biz?
But this is one area Sony still do well in, hence my video camera purchase, was between them and Canon, came to features and price in the end.
Ever since the start of home video Sony has been a leading company.
Video Cameras - well they are good performing but not always the best featured. I remember really wanting a JVC camera (and 14pin K adaptor) which was very well featured with a good zoom ect. GX-N70 I think. Then there was a Panasonic camera which was pretty good. However I also remember the move to all in ones and laughing at the poor low light colour of a 10lux CCD Panasonic vs my 35lux tube Sony. HVC4000 after they were boasting of their cameras low light performance.
They were well made these early 80s cameras. However there was ONLY ONE decent portable VCR, the Panasonic NV180 was not very good, nor was the JVC with mini tapes, the most popular accessory for the JVC was the 14 pin K adaptor lead - seen quite a few of these plugged into a Sony portable. I have (it still works) a Sony SL-F1UB portable VCR, by far and away the best of the early portables, MUCH better picture quality than the Panasonic or JVC.
The move to all in ones killed the seperates, I used mine until the tube failed in the late 90s (I had no money then due to mortgage).
I think that if Sony ever let the ball drop on imaging they will go under, it is one of their few we are best of markets.
Posted Monday 6th February 2012 10:08 GMT
MJI
Exactly → #
In Study links dimwits to conservative ideology
And the looneys are always visible.
Look politicians all we want is.
1) DO NOT INTERFERE IN OUR LIVES *
2) DO NOT TAX US TOO MUCH #
3) MAKE SURE WE HAVE HEALTH CARE & EDUCATION ~
Now balance that
* ID Cards
# Extreme lefties like this
~ The NHS is still good despite all the problems
Posted Monday 6th February 2012 10:04 GMT
MJI
Local vs government → #
In Study links dimwits to conservative ideology
ALL local government people I think are useless - well they are around here, more bothered about their own silly little petty projects to worry about us. Party here means nothing, just get a few business men in to run it please!
As to MPs, they can be variable - all comes down to the person, we have gone from a Blair yes man, (NEVER voted against the government) to a Conservative rebel (Already in trouble for listening to his constituents), LibDems never seen one locally, except in local councils.
The new Labour bossiness is still there as our constituency has been nominated as an all female short list, so next election there will be a candidate who won her position SIMPLY due to being female, I hope she comes third - I want the BEST candidate, not a yes man or woman. I do not hate women MPs (the older ones who got there are merit - all parties are fine), I just think restricted lists are wrong.
Posted Monday 6th February 2012 09:56 GMT
MJI
I bypassed the socialist stage. → #
In Study links dimwits to conservative ideology
I remember the 1970s strikes and power cuts.
There were a lot of us around then.
But then Heath was rubbish as well.
Posted Monday 6th February 2012 09:52 GMT
MJI
Other clients do not do this → #
In Found myself humming
Never had this with Outlook Excess.
My internet browser doesn't get me humming, or even thinking about MiGs
Posted Monday 6th February 2012 09:50 GMT
MJI
Ford vs GM → #
In CA wins copyright wrangle against ISI
In Austrailia this would be a war.
Posted Monday 6th February 2012 09:45 GMT
MJI
I will buy Sony if → #
In Can Sony's new supremo make the sacrifices to save his biz?
passes my tests.
Does it work well?
Is it good value?
Is it well made?
Unfortunately for them they are failing some of the above more often than they should.
Pioneer won the DVD player purchase for me, decently made and good performance DVD-A/SACD handling was the winning reason.
As to proprietry, not really, they just lost format wars, as above MemoryStick due to licencing, Beta due to studios (why they bought Columbia), Minidisc due to the rise in flash and people holding on to tape and CD.
But then Sanyo made Beta decks, a little crude but very long lasting - with good performance, quite a few companies did Minidisc.
Back in the CRT era Sony were the best TVs around, a lot of people still remember that.
Last win of theirs was video camera, as they were the best HDV I could find which I could afford.
Posted Monday 6th February 2012 09:22 GMT
MJI
Hmm jittery → #
In Eight... HD camera smartphones
Well I have a few things to say.
Firstly it is not all about resolution, I have some 27 year old Beta camera recordings which still look quite presentable. Used DV for about 5 years and I now use HDV.
Secondly - how about some image stabilisation, the shake on these videos was so distracting, sheer weight stopped this on my first camera, latest has optical image stabilisation.
Last holiday I forgot my video camera one day and had to use my phone for about 5 minutes of material.
Here goes, colour, not great, slightly shakey, but frame rates was the issue, that phone did AFAIR 720 x 480 30FPS, now UK TV uses 25FPS (50 fields) so I had the fun of using 720x480/30p mixed with 1440x1080/50i.
Lets say better than nothing but rather jarring, especially as with HDV there is no reencoding except at transitions.
So these are good for party and emergency use, but if you are serious, or even just want a watchable holiday video you still need a proper video camera - and a lot are cheaper than the phones.
Posted Saturday 4th February 2012 12:46 GMT
MJI
At last → #
In Study links dimwits to conservative ideology
I would not call ANY dictatorship rightwing unless it was a capitalist place.
Usually dictatorships are left wing and authoritarian.
But that still is not enough to describe them
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 16:28 GMT
MJI
Smurfs ect → #
In Jackpot: astronomers tag Goldilocks planet
I will have to mention this to my wife, she loves Smurfs, her favourite present last Christmas was not the expensive stuff (Pandora ect) but 4 plastic Smurf figures
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 16:23 GMT
MJI
Found myself humming → #
In Found myself humming
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 15:34 GMT
MJI
My 3 year old TV has 3 HDMI → #
In Toshiba Regza 40RL858 40in LED TV
And that was a lot then. And it has 3 SCART.
All 3 are full, what happens when I get a Freeview HD PVR?
Not sure what to do?
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 15:22 GMT
MJI
Commenting on Andrew Orlowski articles → #
In New forum Wishlist
Occasionally they REALLY needs comments, but we are not allowed to.
Now this would be excellent.
THe recent Nokia Symbian saga is an example.
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 15:20 GMT
MJI
Constantly fiddling with → #
In BT Vision throws Microsoft Mediaroom under a bus for Linux
BT are always fiddling with it.
Not putting programmes on Replay TV (reason 1 we dropped VOD), moving from their menus to BBC Iplyer web interface (not as nice - reason 2) and of course the EPG lost previous/next day.
Saving for a Freeview HD box now
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 12:11 GMT
MJI
Cars are too heavy now → #
In Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics
Used to have a 900kg car with just over 100bhp, now that sort of power is used for a slow super mini.
Yet that car could do 0-60 in about 8 seconds. With not THAT much power.
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 12:07 GMT
MJI
Checking the car → #
In Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics
Tyres occasionally, coolant and oil level - my car tells me, lights bulb failure warnings, washer fluid - level sensor.
They all work as my car has a small oil* and a small coolant leak#.
* Replaced both cam cover gaskets, oil filter gasket, oil pressure sensor, cam seals next to be checked.
# Only in winter, replaced a few tatty pipes.
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 12:04 GMT
MJI
1 light w@nkers → #
In Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics
Too many of them around, gets on my nerves, I flash them - maybe one day they will get the message.
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 12:03 GMT
MJI
Headlamp bulbs → #
In Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics
Took me about 30 minutes a side last time - including fitting ballasts (went Xenon) fittiing the washers took longer.
Anyway sidelight bulb took 10 minutes including removing and refitting the air filter box.
An old car I had took about 2 minutes to swap a bulb.
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 12:01 GMT
MJI
62mpg → #
In Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics
Pah! My moped did 200mpg but only 40mph.
I did however have a Suzuki 250 which would do 80mpg at 80mph.
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 11:59 GMT
MJI
Daewoo → #
In Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics
I still remember a head to head test between the Daewoo Astra and a second hand Vauxhall Astra - the Vauxhal won
Posted Friday 3rd February 2012 11:32 GMT
MJI
All this talk of → #
In Jackpot: astronomers tag Goldilocks planet
Red Dwarfs is getting a tune stuck in my head.
Oh Smeg!
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