New car – or is it a wheeled computer?

[john halfpennyParticipant @johnhalfpenny52803]

Dyson started it with his 'digital motor'

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

My toaster does that now, and it wasn't advertised as digital……..

Dyson digital motor is marketing verbage. Digital motor control, sure. Digital motor is BS.

In my opinion Dyson = cheap junk from Asia + marketing BS

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Mentioning Dyson, the ad says that the cleaner delivers "160 Air Watts" Or does this really mean Hot Air to baffle the unknowing?

And the claim of 79,000g? Since the thing is made of plastic, I would expect 1 mg dust particles eventually to punch a hole through the material, since it will apparently have the weight of 79 g and cumulatively, it will suffer damage.

It all smacks of Taurean excrement

Howard

[RMAParticipant @rma]

Posted by Journeyman on 26/03/2021 14:21:42:

A digital toaster simply makes toast either uncooked or charcoal ie. 0 or 1

John

How true! Mine should have come with a chimney……loads of smoke rising from my teacake!

[Phil MeakenParticipant @philmeaken46472]

Posted by Journeyman on 26/03/2021 14:21:42:

A digital toaster simply makes toast either uncooked or charcoal ie. 0 or 1

John

I always thought that it either toasts or does nothing; if nothing, you throw it away and buy another.
I'll stick to our Dualit; 1947 to present design and completely free of electronics.

Mike.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

I thought that a digital toaster was for making soldiers to dip in one's soft boiled egg!

One of the results of progress appeared on U tube.

The South African new owner of a BMW automatic complained that the car would not move in "Night time mode" and that "Race mode" caused it to crash into the car behind!

Who wrote "The Ascent of Man"?

Howard

[john halfpennyParticipant @johnhalfpenny52803]

And another thing. Why is every increase exponential, and every problem existential. Do they even know what these words mean. Ah, it's stopped raining – tea time over.

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

You may well be right, Clive, about what the insurers would class as a "modification" – they are only money-traders who wouldn't know a spanner from a 'Span-set' ; and if it doesn't match the database or the issued OEM Owner's Handbook, it doesn't exist or is uninsurable.

As for a service, with some now you can't even replace a failed headlamp at the roadside. It's time the ease for the ordinary motorist or breakdown-assistance technician to carry out basic, roadside get-you-home or law-keeping repairs like lamp replacements, was a condition of the so-called "Type Approval " bureaucracy.

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If you can afford a Rolex… your accountant will settle the servicing bills within " household expenses " .

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I don't know what has happened about it but the EU had a proposal put to it a few years ago, almost certainly by the vehicle manufacturers' cartel, to make it compulsory for all servicing to be carried out only at the maker's "approved" garages and main dealers.

Apart from the initial effects on car ownership, it would have destroyed the general, independent garages; many of whom have already stopped selling fuel thanks to the minimal profits. Many survive because they are in villages unknown to the General Omnibus Company and 50-odd miles from the nearest "approved" money-mint.

It's all right for the directors of those companies. They can have a brand-new car every year – discreetly replaced if (when) it breaks down, and very likely do!

Oh bring back my Bedford CA van or Series Il Land-rover; both petrol. A real though thirsty Land-rover, not an over-price saloon-car with the name "Land-rover" glued to it. I became quite adept at using a kerb-stone to grind the pip off the contact-breaker point, and re-setting it with a bit of card as feeler-gauge!

(Actually I sold the LR after someone spotted what I'd missed – the chassis was severely rusted in places, thanks to the previous owner having used the car for beach-launching and recovering a boat. I did tell the buyer.)

[Phil MeakenParticipant @philmeaken46472]

Posted by Howard Lewis on 26/03/2021 09:31:08:My wife and I each run probably some of the smallest and cheapest cars on the market.

One of the features is a speed limiter.

My wife has one of the smallest and cheapest cars – it can easily be repaired, parts will always be available, does 50 mpg, speed limited to 75 mph and will never depreciate.

What is it? A Citroen Dyane.

[Tom SheppardParticipant @tomsheppard60052]

I scrapped the 18 month old VW because despite a wonderful engine, every other aspect of the car was so diabolically apalling, from the always being misted up to the woeful lights HVAC, positively dangerous roadholding and everything else it was so horrible I couldn't bring myself to sell it. I had it turned into an aeroplane tie down. The VW was replaced with another Mercedes but the quality was not up to "the best or nothing" so it went to be replaced with a current model Fiesta with every conceivable conceit. I love the stop start as I live in a town, The big powered mirrors, keyless starting, heated screen, comfy seats and effective HVAC make it easy to drive all day and the road sign recognition, navigation, phone integration, rear view camera and overall refinement (Synchromesh on reverse for example) make this little gem the final reason not to buy a classic car ever again. Keep your lumpy draughty noisy old bangers. This does nicely. A thoroughly modern Mini.

[oldveloParticipant @oldvelo]

Nothing but happy with a computer controlled 2.5 litre car that returns 25 mpg round town driving mostly

Miles 205.6 gallons petrol 25.73 MPG.

Eric

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Posted by Jeff Dayman on 26/03/2021 15:00:00:

My toaster does that now, and it wasn't advertised as digital……..

Dyson digital motor is marketing verbage. Digital motor control, sure. Digital motor is BS.

In my opinion Dyson = cheap junk from Asia + marketing BS

I would agree 100% with that. 100% marketing 0% Engineering!

[HowiParticipant @howi]

Posted by Phil Meaken on 26/03/2021 15:26:33:

Posted by Journeyman on 26/03/2021 14:21:42:

A digital toaster simply makes toast either uncooked or charcoal ie. 0 or 1

John

I always thought that it either toasts or does nothing; if nothing, you throw it away and buy another.
I'll stick to our Dualit; 1947 to present design and completely free of electronics.

Mike.

You might just be surprised if you look inside one…………

[Phil MeakenParticipant @philmeaken46472]

Posted by Howi on 08/04/2021 09:24:21:

Posted by Phil Meaken on 26/03/2021 15:26:33:

Posted by Journeyman on 26/03/2021 14:21:42:

A digital toaster simply makes toast either uncooked or charcoal ie. 0 or 1

John

I always thought that it either toasts or does nothing; if nothing, you throw it away and buy another.
I'll stick to our Dualit; 1947 to present design and completely free of electronics.

Mike.

You might just be surprised if you look inside one…………

I have done a few times over the years, Howi, but only found a switch, elements, leads and a spring-driven timer

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