This is the next car I buy
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The record was set by a Passat, but isn't that the picture of a Golf? Or do Passats come as hatchbacks too these days?
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viaducting wrote:
They didn't say if it was modified in any way.
From the article: "in the standard production passenger car"
Yes, I noticed, hence my edit.
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Very German. Efficient and boring ;) Personally I'd like a gas guzzling Audi R8 Spyder. Hold on that's German :doh:
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Steven J Jowett wrote:
I'd like a gas guzzling Audi R8 Spyder
Either your too rich if not stoopid, how could a developer afford one of those let alone run one.
Two heads are better than one.
Norm .net wrote:
Either your too rich
Can never be too rich.
Norm .net wrote:
if not stoopid
More than likely.
Norm .net wrote:
how could a developer afford one of those
I never said I could
Norm .net wrote:
let alone run one
It's just a dream I have :(
Steve Jowett ------------------------- Real Programmers don't need comments -- the code is obvious.
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Norm .net wrote:
Either your too rich
Can never be too rich.
Norm .net wrote:
if not stoopid
More than likely.
Norm .net wrote:
how could a developer afford one of those
I never said I could
Norm .net wrote:
let alone run one
It's just a dream I have :(
Steve Jowett ------------------------- Real Programmers don't need comments -- the code is obvious.
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Steven J Jowett wrote:
It's just a dream I have
Sorry to have pissed on your dream :)
Two heads are better than one.
Norm .net wrote:
Sorry to have pissed on your dream
Ho, well I'll just get another one. Say! That new concept Jag[^]looks nice... :-D
Steve Jowett ------------------------- Real Programmers don't need comments -- the code is obvious.
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"33 hours and 53 minutes at an average speed of 45mph" No way for me.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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I have a £40,000 BMW - I mostly use a £500 15 year old Polo
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I have a £40,000 BMW - I mostly use a £500 15 year old Polo
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Yeah the VW Bluemotion series of engine are amazingly efficient, the price you pay is higher, but it may work out cheaper in the long run. VAT is going up in Jan, then more incremental fuel tax rises plus the percieved price of oil is going to esculate. I'm also in the market for a more fuel efficient car.
Two heads are better than one.
Yes, I have something like the older cousin of this car, an Audi A2 1.2 TDI. VW and Audi belong together, so their engines are quite similar. My little car, even if it's almost 10 years old, has a 20 liter tank and that's usually enough for the entire month to get to work.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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"33 hours and 53 minutes at an average speed of 45mph" No way for me.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
He was trying to break a record and this speed was the optimum for that. It does not mean that this is everything the car has to offer :)
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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I have a £40,000 BMW - I mostly use a £500 15 year old Polo
RugbyLeague wrote:
I have a £40,000 BMW
That's a lot of compensating.
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Rage wrote:
average
Everyone who starts from stationary and accelerates to 70mph drives at 45mph at some point. It doesn't say they drove all the way at 45, it says the average is 45.
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Nobody does. He wanted to break a record and chose his speed to get optimal efficiency. The car can go faster and still is efficient, but not enough to break any records.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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Rage wrote:
average
Everyone who starts from stationary and accelerates to 70mph drives at 45mph at some point. It doesn't say they drove all the way at 45, it says the average is 45.
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Steven J Jowett wrote:
I'd like a gas guzzling Audi R8 Spyder
Either your too rich if not stoopid, how could a developer afford one of those let alone run one.
Two heads are better than one.
Well I do run a 2.5L 16ft long 4x4. Might cost a bit more to run but then again servicing costs are nothing, repair costs are nothing and initial purchase price was cheap considering the vehicle you get for it.
I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder