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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-04-21, 13:15

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Having all the torques in the world immediately is not something I would consider safe - there's going to have to be sensors and logic to control wheelspin, especially where I live in the winter. I had an E-class diesel wagon which had enough torque to move it quite briskly and lots of different …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-04-17, 07:36

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Why the hell would I seriously consider an electric car under these conditions? Many in my industry are in the same position. I don't think the environment is the main thing with electrics. It's the immediate throttle response and very low maintenance costs compared to combustion engine. The …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-04-16, 12:29

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That sounds like a European problem. Around here, we don't have any specific taxes. We don't even have emissions tests anymore. The only advantage to having a small car is literally the savings on gasoline. And probably insurance. Other than that, we're free to drive what we want, and the gov't …

Re: Your saddest retro computer pictures, a feel bad topic

Posted on 2021-04-14, 11:31

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aleksej wrote on 2021-04-12, 12:14: About decade ago saw video (can't find it now) where drunk russian ZX fanatics smashes Amiga (A1200 IIRC) on their openair beer party. Has it been in working condition before punishment or not i don't know. Anyway it was fuc...gly stupid. That's like Lada …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-04-14, 11:07

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That sounds like an infrastructure problem. My father in law drives a CNG Sonata in Korea - There's two CNG gas stations in his corner of the city alone. The highway system has refilling stations along the way - I recall taking that car from Daegu to Busan round trip and burning maybe a third of a …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-04-14, 11:00

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Audi VW make sense in Poland, parts are much cheaper than here. I have had two VAG products here, and I will safely say I will never purchase one again. They've proven to be just as "good" as 80s American cars, but twice has hard and three times as expensive to maintain. It's more of an image thing …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-04-13, 07:38

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Fortunately parts are cheap in Poland so my dad brought that stuff with him on a visit ($4 for the set, $20 for all the gaskets I had to touch along the way into the engine) and I did the job in my driveway in half a day. While I was at it, I changed the clutch and CV shafts, some mounts, all that …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-04-12, 09:27

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This is one of mine: https://i.imgur.com/w8wZZ4e.jpg Now that is some twisted sh*t right there! Canadian with a Matiz! My ex had one and it was an abysmal little thing. I mostly drive automatics and once forgot it was a manual and almost broke the transmission by hitting reverse without clutch. XD …

Re: Retro flight sim playthroughs

Posted on 2021-04-07, 12:01

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Oh, I do have that one :) I was not aware of this game's existence until about 1997-1998, and you can imagine my excitement when I saw the familiar F-19 -esque cockpit on a 256-colour screenshot with the purple dusk sky in a magazine article that gave a retrospective of the flight sim genre on the …

Re: Retro flight sim playthroughs

Posted on 2021-04-06, 10:35

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MrFlibble wrote on 2021-04-01, 19:58: I just found your Amiga version video, the game looks so much better on the Amiga than on PC. Back then I wasn't even aware of the existence of Amiga computers. You should try the upgraded version (F-1117A) ´which has a nice 256 color VGA.

Re: How many working computers do you have right now?

Posted on 2021-04-06, 10:20

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36? I didn't list all the home computers (Amiga, Atari etc.) which I have 32. I'm probably missing a few Penitum/486 towers that I have, but haven't been tested. DEC Rainbow 100 IBM PC (5150 + 5151) IBM XT (5160 + 5154) Canon A200-II (086/087 + MGA monitor) Canon A200E-II (286/12 + EGA monitor) …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-04-01, 12:27

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Remnant: From the Ashes was a free offering from Epic last year and I just started playing. It's surprisingly fun and addictive. My only complain is that the first few skills/stats you can raise are mostly defensive and you only get the offensive (crit etc.) much later. I feel there should be a …

Re: Why can't I send private messages?

Posted on 2021-03-24, 13:10

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This whole restriction seems rather silly as you can see from this thread that some of the "newbies" have registered years ago. There might be a particular problem that they have asked and received a PM for and are now unable to answer and otherwise don't post much (which makes sense if they have …

Re: What were your defining moments in computer history?

Posted on 2021-03-24, 12:36

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My sister got the C64 around 1985 and it was the real deal after all the Game&Watch handhelds we used to have up until then. Another on was when my friend got the A500 in around -89/90 and I first saw Battle Chess and Lemmings. The music, sound and smooth animation was something you hadn't seen …

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