Sick of waiting

[emax]

The stunning thing is that this guy was able to keep the thing on track with this lousy steering and chassis.

But: he was actually only 85 Kmh fast (if those were not miles). So our grenadiers are still faster than him. But not faster than THIS tractor:

 

[DaveB]

> I have imported so much stuff from China over the last 30 years so I know
> most of their products can be as good as anything in the world.

You get what you pay for, even in china. There are some really good products.

Last week, I bought the second copy of the one below. It's a power meter. And it's really accurate and can even measure fractions of a Watt (not VA but really W). Besides this, it measures the power factor cos(φ) and takes it into account. Including a daily / monthly / yearly history, real time clock, several timers and a menu driven UI in a dozen langues. No faults yet (my first copy stiil working since some years). A fantastic chinese product for a really fair price (price for the EU around 54€):

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/32695358611.html

Available on Amazon as well.

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Plug an energy saving fluorescent light in if you have a portable lamp and have a look at the PF. Most cheap ones have a PF of 0.5 which is how they achieve a lot of the energy savings

 

[DaveB]

For those who don't want to tell facebook what they watch on youtube, here's the direct link:

Part 2 of the video I noticed something on the back of the vehicles that look like vents. I don't recall seeing those before. Then I looked back over old pictures and sure enough they are in every one of them
If that is where the air gets out then where does it get in and why?

 

[Spjnr]

Part 2 of the video I noticed something on the back of the vehicles that look like vents. I don't recall seeing those before. Then I looked back over old pictures and sure enough they are in every one of them
If that is where the air gets out then where does it get in and why?

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for evacuating Farts after a dodgy curry

 

[emax]

An afterburner ... ?

 

[ECrider]

for evacuating Farts after a dodgy curry

"we're gonna need some bigger vents....."

could just be cosmetic 'styling' but that is then somewhat form over function

 

[Tazzieman]

Part 2 of the video I noticed something on the back of the vehicles that look like vents. I don't recall seeing those before. Then I looked back over old pictures and sure enough they are in every one of them
If that is where the air gets out then where does it get in and why?

It gets in via the front vents , and every time you draw more in - fan/aircon - it has to get out , otherwise the cabin pressure rises.
The door seals are THAT good!

 

[Tazzieman]

One can be practically avoided, the other not, hardly an argument against the point made by Dave. I.e I can choose another vehicle manufacturer without too much impact on my life whereas you can’t in any practical way avoid CCP parts in a vehicle at this stage.

Virtue signalling is a loose tightrope

 

[cheswick]

Virtue signalling is a loose tightrope

Virtue signalling is making socially safe statements like “black lives matter” or “slava ukraine!” But then doing jack shit to contribute anything to the cause. Quietly avoiding support of a regime that is adversarial to our values is not virtue signalling. And in todays world saying you’re avoiding CCP products gets you labelled as racist and bigoted by clueless people so it’s hardly virtue signalling.

 

[bemax]

I am back in September... And the prices stay astonishing low...
I guess there is no reason for any doubt.
Or is there?

 

[IG Pop]

I am back in September... And the prices stay astonishing low...
I guess there is no reason for any doubt.
Or is there?
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Did your indicated fuel consumption also go up slightly (again)?

 

[ECrider]

Has there been a projection on how many weeks it takes to build once they lay the keel? (first bolt)

 

[bemax]

Did your indicated fuel consumption also go up slightly (again)?

yes, it went up by a Quarter of a liter / 100 km

 

[emax]

Even the fuel consumption is subject to inflation.

 

[IG Pop]

Even the fuel consumption is subject to inflation.

Not funny eMax. This seems to be still a moving target

 

[emax]

An unfunny joke, sorry for that.

 

[bemax]

An unfunny joke, sorry for that.

I wouldn´t say unfunny. Just painful. In my opinion the way a smart joke should be.

 

[Spjnr]

Even the fuel consumption is subject to inflation.

Or maybe it's driving uphill at the moment

 

[Maxwell]

Has there been a projection on how many weeks it takes to build once they lay the keel? (first bolt)

A customer rep from IG told me yesterday that delivery would take place by the end of the month following indicated production month.

 

[ECrider]

A customer rep from IG told me yesterday that delivery would take place by the end of the month following indicated production month.

Thank you White Rabbit - that turnaround would put mine end Jan 23 dely, so 60 day prior dely contract signing would be mid-end Nov. Lets see.