January 2008
I have always, as per book, changed my engine oil hot.
Is there any benefit in changing hot rather than cold, apart from when hot the oil flows quicker?
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Firstly a Happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all posters.
I have a C Class Merc 2005 with an APS 50 radio GPS unit. I need to get at the back to unplug the CD player and plug in the hard wiring for my Ipod. Have tried the FM transmitters but where I live the stations are so close it is impossible to find enough space between stations to keep a clear signal for more than a few miles.
Does anybody have access to a works manual or such that will give a procedure as I really do not wish to damage anything by trying to dismantle in the wrong way.
Oh and I have a couple of FM transmitters going cheap if anybody is interested!
Thanks in advance.
joshe.
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This is something I seem to get on most journeys into or back from work - fag ends thrown from the car infront of me. Being dark when I drive into or back from work means that they are easily seen as they are ejected from the vehicle infront and susequently hit the road throwing up a shower of 'sparks'.
Thing is I don't recall this happening very often in the past but it does seem to be a regular occurance these days. Just wondered why?
I personally think that the recent smoking ban in public places has meant that many smokers now find themselves lighting up whilst driving and perhaps they never used to smoke and drive in the past.
Not passing comment on the merits of smoking and driving - just asking for your thoughts on why it happens more now than before.
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I watched someone lighting up a fag in quite fast traffic yesterday. (I was front passenger, I should add). It requires the dexterity of a juggler and more than 100% concentration. The lighting up is perilous in itself (modern cars don't seem to have a lighter or ashtray either), then there's the matter of where to perch or balance the ciggie. Smokers tend to switch hands quite a bit. While indicating and changing gear, there is often a moment when the cigarette is held clamped between teeth. And turning the wheel (for the non-IAM majority) requires passing one arm very close to a lit cigarette.
Passengers and driver emerged from the car after a 15 minute journey reeking of smoke, dizzy and light-headed. (It was drizzly so the windows were almost right up.)
Conclusion: like yakking on a mobile, eating, drinking from a large polystyrene cup, etc. it *can* be done in relative safety on a long, flat, straight stretch of road, in fine weather, with no other traffic about. In an automatic-transmission cabriolet with cruise control, better still.
But for the other 99% of the time, it is MENTAL.
Just found this.
tinyurl.com/2o47tr
It's bad enough with muppets right, left and centre. Are we now going to get them dropping on us??
Mind you, this dos look good. Pie in the sky I reckon though.
Mike
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Molt Taylor did in fact manage to certificate a flying car of sorts in the 50s. It would, I assume, have been much more sesible and cheaper to buy a proper car and a proper aeroplane. in any case you still would have to learn to fly and comply with the appropriate regulations. Link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar_Aerocar
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"Some sensitivity of touch is lost through rubber making the handling of delicate items trickier than it need be...... "
I have a friend who is an eye surgeon - he wears gloves (all be it fine latex), and he doesn't seem to worry about the sensitivity (although granted, much of their work now involves micromanipulators).
I use pvc gloves when working on my car or my wife's (mainly because professionally, folks would not want to see me with ingrained dirt on my fingers). I have never had a situation where lack of sensitivity of touch was a problem while working on a car.