kwhelan

looked like it was still running though,?exhaust was still bubbling

if the name had been sold like lotus or MG or something it might make sense , they were just buying the name you could understand it, These marketing things take a while to dream up and get signoff but you would think with budlight and a few others there would have been some warning triggers that might have given some concern.Could be a clever ploy to make all those old jaguars suddenly worth more as classic collector cars

On 10/12/2024 at 10:34 PM, Vass said:

A car forum dedicated to BMW's of all brands shaming someone for speeding. Fun times.

bit harsh, I didn't get that vibe, the explanation by driftit explains it in his favour i would say,

doing 157km in a work vebicle though especially when you know its monitored is muppet level arrogance and would have been license pinging if he had been caught.

must have been late for a smoko shout because no council worker ever hurried to a job IMHO

https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/cold-war-chinese-evs-slapped-with-huge-tax/news-story/d86f71909cb24a4d7c6015adc9e07c42

surprisingly Germany voted against, possibly because they fear a reciprocal backlash from china towards their products

there sales have plummeted here despite being cheaper than they were with the rebates on

https://www.armstrongs.co.nz/offer/pre-reg-leaf-clearance-from-29990/

oh lighten up, most of it is just dry humour, you have to laugh or you would go mad at the lunacy of it all

and no there's certainly been no mention of there being a concerted effort to fill positions based on gender not skill by the various forces inc police, //sarc

Look at Boeing ffs, DEI is working well there

no one will be at fault or be punished, they never are, its never anyone s fault, sh*t just happens, luckily we have endless money to just fix all these slight bumps in the matrix, NZ taxpayers have unlimited funds and we just need to give a few more hugs,

your correct its not likely she was at the helm at the time and if our local mayor can oversee a coverup of a poisoned townswater well (Havelock North) where people died and then get promoted to an govt mp then she will have no issues whatsoever and will probably be back at work by xmas.

Our Captain?  so we had a say in who was hired, promoted, Funnily I doubt you will say that about our Trump, if he wins for example

god help anyone for having the temerity to wonder what the heck they were doing on a reef in high winds in the dark, how dare anyone be suspicious that there wasn't a massive human error here somewhere.

the rescue sounds horrific, first boat landed at 1am after abandoning at 8pm and the last made shore at 7am 12hrs later?, some of the locals were real heroes and risked everything swimming in the dark in massive seas to rescue boats

https://www.imore.com/iphone/best-wireless-carplay-adapter-year

I still recommend something like this, I've got the carplay unit albeit not in a bmw currently but it would solve alot of the issues, it works faultlessly although takes about 15 seconds to connect and bring the phone screen up in car. See the iphone 16 now has 45w wireless charging and next year they are bringing out a whole new generation carplay although it doesn't appear bmw have signed on yet

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/13/apple-next-generation-carplay-recap/

theses something fishy with the numbers of people on board too, alot of private people," samoans" appear to have been onboard for some reason, not that we will ever know  as it will all be covered up and the inquiry will be whitewashed. Its looking like another Rena now with turtles dieing and oil slicks  so is going to get very expensive and be ongoing it would appear.

But what really rips my nightie is all they can keep saying , its not that bad because no one died,

so we paid 69m for a boat that was valued at 16m apparently, spent 40m to make it navy compatible, replacement cost is probably now 150m

150m would have paid for how many cancer treatments, operations etc, yes its going to costs lives FFS.

DEI hire

She’s only the second woman to crash a NZnavy ship this year

https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350284063/hull-damaged-nz-warship-berths-high-winds

Out of the Four women commanding our Navy ships, two have crashed, and one has been stood down.
Looking forward to what the fourth has to offer.
https://insidegovernment.co.nz/navy-women-leading-from-the-front/

the only way this story could get anymore embarrassing is if the Hercules being sent to Samoa to bring the crew back, breaks down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNuuORmzUcM

On 8/18/2024 at 6:47 PM, Neal said:

@kwhelan  Thanks for the heads up on USB C charging specs , better understanding now , I didn't realize it supported different voltages. eg , 5 - 20 volts. Makes sense as 65 watts over 5 volts would need thicker cable compared with 20 volts at 3 amps.  Will stick with the BMW USB C 5 volt variant. 

its an ever changing rabbit hole , the new macbooks are 140w over a usb-c port for example and even the laptops external ports are 20w output, wait till you go down the thunderbolt minefield, ports look exactly the same but the cables aren't ,

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABJ5C3003/J5create-240W-Full-Featured-USB4-Gen3-Cable-240W-P

looks exactly the same as a usb-c one from the $2 shop but it definitely isn't

It amazes me there aren't a few more sparks but it all seems to be pretty bulletproof so far

 

Do you need to worry about the different standards for fast charging, I know the cords are chipped independently and the chargers have to support PD. I would want my usb-c to support fast charging of android as well as iphone, some of the new phones can use 65w now and someone in the backseat might have an ipad on a trip? Its only going to get more year by year and its the fast charge thats the important bit in an emergency.

for the cradle it would make more sense to change/modify the pocket to take a wireless pad, far more convenient, I purchased a beefy one from ali , they all seem to use a simple cable power feed, and dismantled it down to the actual coils and then fitted it to my car phone pocket and it works brilliantly. Bit of trial and error to make sure pad lines up with phone easily, added a wireless to apple car play adapter and everything is kaipai

Free isn't actually free

people seem to think a search engine is a god given right purely I guess because we have always had them and have just taken them for granted but the reality is they cost alot of money to run and the same for browsers really

its really mindblowing when you stop to think of what you can do and have available for zero cost,from the free wifi to the maps and directions, free searches, etc all of which could in reality turned off or charged tomorrow.

There is a reason its free but you arn't going to like it so best to not consider it.

20 hours ago, Driftit said:

It's the sponsored section that annoys me.
It is creeping its way in everywhere now.  Need to remove myself from the google world.  Which is not all that easy.  E.g. Android phone.

Brave doesn't save you anymore.  Google keeps finding a way around it.  Or they break it so you have to turn off some features to make it work.

I probably hate Temu a little too much.  Like as much as I hate Ford Rangers on rural roads.  A bit concerning.

pointless using brave if you still have google set as the default search engine, its the search engine at fault not the browser

you won't get a sponsored section with other search engines like that

people don't realise just how much monopoly google have on the world, just pure evil

95% of people think a google search is an unbiased truth and completely fact checked

its very sad how they have way more control than facebook /meta ever had, just more subtle but people think zuckerberg  is the  issue

ask any teacher,  student  google is god

with all the simple  remote desktop options, all that work can be done easily remotely as long as you provide the laptop and connection locally the person doing the programming can be basically anywhere,helps If your also on the phone for any manual type instructions like turning a key or starting the car there shouldn't be any issues really,

I'd rent it out as a kart track or as a drift burnout pad, its not as bad as that new airport they showed on top-gear years ago,

On 5/9/2024 at 7:00 PM, Olaf said:

They haven't yet recovered from our previous govts complete f**kery of maintenance budgets into ideological changes sans good science.  Give them time, it'll get unwound.

still probably not at this stage yet

clear the codes, they might not come back, lots of bogus faults like that, its only the recurring ones that need attention

10 hours ago, Driftit said:

Mechanic shops in 20 years are going to be very strange places. Look forward to any work needing an electric engineers cert. 

I was promised these back when I was a kid, mechanics need to up their game

true, my sons went through those years where you built up a nostalgia because you lived and breathed cars with skylines, impressas etc whereas mine was rx3, bmw, ,mitsi gto's

kids now at that age seem to prefer lowered old jap utes so there is still a bit of passion there which I quite admire. they were crap vehicles new so it takes a bit of passion to bother with one now, funny the utes are around in bigger numbers and better condition  that impressas/skylines are

same for everything though isn't it, washing machines for example, a few power glitches or damp circuit board and $900 to repair, didn't happen when you just turned a knob now they have digital screens and processors, mates newish fridge after a power cut while it was doing a defrost cycle "apparantly:, now blows the circuit breaker of the house, $600 fixed it though yay

not sure its planned obsolescence but strict laws causing compromises. Would they really use all that recycled plastic in water tanks and fittings if they didn't have to. plastic water pumps and fans, wtf is that bullshit, Fuel economies have caused lightening of every part in a vehicle which funnily because of all the new tech added the car ends up heavier than it ever was anyway. I remember reading a Porsche 928 ad when I was a young fan and they were boasting 41 electric motors back then, more weight,more speed means more hp required which means more stresses on everything, my old rx2 didn't need bigger tyres than 195 because it was light,e60 v8 sure needs bigger so thats more stresses all around constantly.

safety has added complexity, abs , cameras for lane detection etc, led lights sure they look cool but they arn't a case of unplugging a simple plug and changing a bulb

costs here as well, I think germans do a lot more maintenance on their bmws because parts are cheaper, only people doing suspension bushes here are ones that fail warrants but over there its just maintenance along with shocks etc. I think they expect owners to do that,eg  when you look at the new service schedules it includes things like full brake fluid changes, How many kiwis ever do that to their ride. At least bmws do supply parts for older models, you don't get that with alot of japanese brands

your stating the obvious really and thats the arguement of every v8 loving american muscle car lover

check the date, some of them sit on the shelf too long

as long as you enjoy doing it and your not living on bread and sausages who cares, its healthier than spending it on P