Raised crossing in earl street

[proactive]

Translation: you have chosen to drive a heavily modified car for a niche application. 99.9% of people drive a motor car that is set up for every day driving. If driving your modified car away from a track really does do that to it, then you have a couple of choices - trailer it to the track using one of your fleet of BMWs, or be selective where you drive it. As you might guess I haven't really any sympathy. If you can afford to be racing about in a car, you can afford to laser align suspension every third phase of the moon and optimise the flux capacitor for performance above 88 mph. You've chosen to drive a very non-standard car so you must also choose to live with the consequences. The majority of the rest of us drive normal cars so don't have a problem, and as per Stafford Forum rules, the majority is always right innit?

What a joyless and rather Soviet existence we would have if we all had to comply with your opinions.

Anyway, drove over the newly reshaped hump this morning and although it is just as high the approach and departure angles should now mean that only those attempting to drive too fast for the conditions will be punished, which is no bad thing.

 

[shoes]

If nothing else I admire Henryscat's persistance. He's almost certainly replaced me as the most disliked member of the forum but still keeps on going.

I guess there's a lot to be said for still living with one's mother well into adulthood.

 

[Gramaisc]

What a joyless and rather Soviet existence we would have if we all had to comply with your opinions.

Anyway, drove over the newly reshaped hump this morning and although it is just as high the approach and departure angles should now mean that only those attempting to drive too fast for the conditions will be punished, which is no bad thing.

I have been unable to confirm the existence of any road humps in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1990. They seem to have just had laws and enforced them - with some zeal, at times, apparently...

 

[monkey bidness]

Springs

In my lifetime I have owned, or had sole use of, 22 motor vehicles, including 5 light vans & covering 13 different makes. Over half of the vehicles i obtained second-hand so they had very high mileage by the time of disposal. I have experience 3 spring failures, two leaf-springs in one van and a coil spring in a well-used Audi 100. My present vehicle is a 7 year old Japanese make with 90,000 miles on the clock. For 5 of these years it has spent an inordinate amount of time in town driving in residential streets and housing estates liberally endowed with speed humps. I am not a fool and dont speed over these obstacles and have consequently experienced nothing more than the occasional scraping of the front bumper apron/spoiler. The AA in a reference quoted several times in this discussion but blithely ignored by the 'anti hump' brigade say that speed bump spring breakages are a MYTH! The article (read it please!) goes on to say that breakages are mostly attributable to modern weight saving designs being more susceptible to corrosion. Btw, I have been to Soviet era Russia (Brezhnev to Gorbachov) and can confirm that there were no speed bumps. However I did not drive whilst there as I did not have the bottle to do so.

 

[shoes]

Bully for you

 

[proactive]

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/speed-humps/

 

[proactive]

I have been unable to confirm the existence of any road humps in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1990. They seem to have just had laws and enforced them - with some zeal, at times, apparently...

Just for the sake of clarity, I was refering to Soviet in the sense of everyone having to do the same thing (in this case following the opinions of Henry Scat) and not implying that the Soviet Union was littered with speed humps.

In fact, as I remember from a trip to Moscow and surrounds in the late 80s, speed humps would have been totally superfluous as the roads bore a striking resemblance to a cratered moon - except in the Zill Lanes! Speed limits were therefore usually an aspiration, rather than something to be breached.

 

[Gramaisc]

Just for the sake of clarity, I was refering to Soviet in the sense of everyone having to do the same thing (in this case following the opinions of Henry Scat) and not implying that the Soviet Union was littered with speed humps.

In fact, as I remember from a trip to Moscow and surrounds in the late 80s, speed humps would have been totally superfluous as the roads bore a striking resemblance to a cratered moon - except in the Zill Lanes! Speed limits were therefore usually an aspiration, rather than something to be breached.

Indeed. I knew what you meant.

It's just that we often have pot-holes in humps, particularly on Corporation Street, which hardly seems to be a great leap forwards - as Mao might have said.

 

[joshua]

If nothing else I admire Henryscat's persistance. He's almost certainly replaced me as the most disliked member of the forum but still keeps on going.

If he keeps on perhaps John Marwood will have a bed mate in his low rise earl street tomb.

 

[proactive]

Indeed. I knew what you meant.

I knew you did.

 

[Gramaisc]

I knew you did.

Sorry, I meant to say 'I knew what you meant'...

 

[hop]

I find it almost hilarious how modern 4x4s can be damaged in such a way, even when they are supposed to tackle and handle tough terrain. What does that tell people.

It doesnt say anything. Many vehicles which look like SUVs have little or no offroad ability. Take the x5 for example is that a 4x4 ? BMW do not market is as an SUV because it was not designed for off road use instead they call it a SAV (sport activity vehicle) they openly acknowledge the fact it is not an off road vehicle.
Many of these cars such as the Hyundia ix35 and Kia sportage are front wheel drive.
Many lack a diff lock and low range gear box.

Appearances can be deceptive.

 

[henryscat]

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/speed-humps/

Completely unfounded and unsourced, therefore :

 

[proactive]

Completely unfounded and unsourced, therefore :

Of course, as is anything that goes against your OPINION

 

[monkey bidness]

If nothing else I admire Henryscat's persistance. He's almost certainly replaced me as the most disliked member of the forum but still keeps on going.
I guess there's a lot to be said for still living with one's mother well into adulthood.

By what measure disliked ? Stats: Likes per post : - Henryscat 1 in 19, Shoes 1 in 157

Whats has your mum got to do with this discussion? Is she also a suspension expert?

 

[proactive]

Hi Monkey Bidness,

Sorry, this is a tad off topic but I can't help notice a certain similarity between the person on the left in your avatar and the Louise Mensch troll.

Coincidence?








Joking BTW not having a pop

 

[monkey bidness]

Hi Monkey Bidness,

Sorry, this is a tad off topic but I can't help notice a certain similarity between the person on the left in your avatar and the Louise Mensch troll.

Coincidence?








Joking BTW not having a pop

Well spotted.
Coincidence? not if you believe Darwin - we are all related. (to the geezer on the right, obviously)

 

[shoes]

By what measure disliked ? Stats: Likes per post : - Henryscat 1 in 19, Shoes 1 in 157

Whats has your mum got to do with this discussion? Is she also a suspension expert?

No, but judging by the amount of time it took to come to rest post coital last night, i'd say yours is.

 

[Withnail]

Far be it from me to youknowwhat to youknowwhere but...

Really?

Such things
Make me
Pop my springs,
Make me

Wonder
What
Would

Jesus do?

(is this right? Ed)

 

[henryscat]

Of course, as is anything that goes against your OPINION

The link you posted as far as I can see does not provides not even a hint of a source, nor even any coherent explanation, to back the assertions being made, so it is a fact that it is unfounded.