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isolator42 - 2008-10-14 07:48

...I'm not talking barrels of crude here, but the stuff in Halfords (or wherever you get your motor spares from).

Neither of our current cars have consumed enough oil between services for me to need to buy any for a few years. Now my aging, intergalactic milage Ford seems to like a little drink if I enjoy myself too much with the loud pedal, so off I went to get a gallon of Castrol's finest.
"Gallon", that's a laugh. For a kick-off, the can only had 4 litres in it now (UK gallon = over 4½ litres) & now it's THIRTY QUID?!!? There was me thinking I've picked up the most expensive one, but oh no. That one was FORTY FIVE QUID!

I'm sure it was about £15 last time & the cheapy stuff less than a tenner.

Yeah, I know there's been a bit of trouble with the price of crude latey, but bloody hell...

Robbery at Halfords

thafuzz - 2008-10-14 08:55

Sad Iso. It's time to change the "RoyalPurple" motor oil ($7.49 a quart) for two of my cars. I was quoted $91 for a case of 12 quarts.

isolator42 - 2008-10-14 10:09

OK, so the Royal Purple equates to £4.58 per litre. Not quite up to the ludicrous £7.50/l that I paid, but it's not that far off...

I've just checked... you lot in the States currently pay the equivalent of around £0.53 per litre for unleaded - that's under half the price we pay, but ALOT more than you're used to, I'm sure.
If my car was an SUV that got 15mpg, it would be p1ssing me off big time...

gm - 2008-10-14 10:23

try tescos own brand - they have 4 litres of fully synthetic for only £18 (or less for part synthetic)

halfords own brand fully synthetic comes in at £35 for 4 litres and is the same specification

just as well as the porker takes 6.5 litres for an oil change !

walkgirl - 2008-10-14 12:08

No problems whatsoever here

- 2008-10-14 17:34

quote:
Originally posted by walkgirl:
No problems whatsoever here

And where is the Picture Of you
********* Nicolle ***********
either on Supposedly Your Scooter ?
or Next to your Scooter or,

omg you actually

Riding your scooter?

Well James has No Fear

And earlier this yuear while on vacation summer 2008

James riding my honda on vacation 2008
you try and do this while riding one handed

James + Family outing
Took My leetle camera along for the ride as
Seen in the Above video !!!

1 minute 53 seconds worth YEEHAAAAA !!!!!!

Finally in responce to somebody's else's comment else-where ?
I ran outside one evening

and shot this leetle video
55 seconds worth

by simply riding around my tripod

you know anybody can show a pic of a Motor cycle
Then how come nobody Dare's to show a

******** Little **********

show a video of them Actually riding their 2 wheeled M/C ?

Fraid I guess

walkgirl - 2008-10-14 23:54

My picture is not on there, only from my moped

I was behind the camera taking the picture, and
as it does not take the picture by itself

plus that camera did not have a movie function,
when you look closely the picture was taken 7 years ago

I now have a camera with movie function, but
I did not take a driving picture yet, when I
make a vidoe while driving I have to do it with
one hand and that can be dangerous as I have to
film it left hand because otherwise the moped
will not move as the speed control is on the
right, should I have to brake while driving and
filming then I would topple over when braking
as my front brake is on the right ontop of the
speed controll, and as my moped does brake super
well

, and that would be bad for my moped
and me all together

Also I have to be carefull while driving away,
my moped is really fast in driving away and I
have to hold the steering with both hands

I was thinking about a way to film while driving
but then I have to find a way to fix the camera
to the moped, maybe on the lamp or so, but when
you lok closely you see the lamp does point
upwards, would I tape the camere to the lamp
then I only would flim the sky while driving
and that would be no fun for the viewers, also
because it usually does rain here in Holland
so you would see sky and rain, and that is a combination
nobody does like to see in a moped movie

Then there is a possibility of a fly or so
hitting the camera while I drive insame speeds
(25km

) and when a fly would hit the camera
and people watching the moped movie would scare
themselves to death, because they do not expect
a giant fly to come at them, that would spoil
the whole enjoyment of a great moped movie

then there is the tripod issue, I have a little
tripod for my camera, but it tiny, and because
of the heavy camera it would topple over with
the slightes breeze, and then my camera get
broken and or film the street and that is what
people do not want to see in a moped movie either

That is why there is no film of me driving my moped

viennasound - 2008-10-15 00:51

The moped looks like my old HONDA PX50 elestart from 1982!
Looks a littlebit motocross, but it´s automatic.
I loved it:

isolator42 - 2008-10-15 06:45

OK, you lot find somewhere I can put the wife, 4 kids & a pushchair on one of those mopeds & I'll buy one tomorrow...

viennasound - 2008-10-15 07:11

No problem with the vespacar!

Take the APE Calessino!

isolator42 - 2008-10-16 08:04

quote:
Originally posted by Roman:
...APE Calessino!

I'd love to see that thing do a Euro NCAP crash test...

viennasound - 2008-10-16 08:19

quote:
Originally posted by isolator42:
quote:
Originally posted by Roman:
...APE Calessino!
I'd love to see that thing do a Euro NCAP crash test...

And i want to see an moped at crash test!

But this remember me the film of WERNER:
Werner´s moped crash

moncheeto - 2008-10-16 08:44

quote:
Originally posted by walkgirl:
My picture is not on there, only from my moped
I was behind the camera taking the picture, and
as it does not take the picture by itself
plus that camera did not have a movie function,
when you look closely the picture was taken 7 years ago

I now have a camera with movie function, but
I did not take a driving picture yet, when I
make a vidoe while driving I have to do it with
one hand and that can be dangerous as I have to
film it left hand because otherwise the moped
will not move as the speed control is on the
right, should I have to brake while driving and
filming then I would topple over when braking
as my front brake is on the right ontop of the
speed controll, and as my moped does brake super
well , and that would be bad for my moped
and me all together

Also I have to be carefull while driving away,
my moped is really fast in driving away and I
have to hold the steering with both hands

I was thinking about a way to film while driving
but then I have to find a way to fix the camera
to the moped, maybe on the lamp or so, but when
you lok closely you see the lamp does point
upwards, would I tape the camere to the lamp
then I only would flim the sky while driving
and that would be no fun for the viewers, also
because it usually does rain here in Holland
so you would see sky and rain, and that is a combination
nobody does like to see in a moped movie

Then there is a possibility of a fly or so
hitting the camera while I drive insame speeds
(25km ) and when a fly would hit the camera
and people watching the moped movie would scare
themselves to death, because they do not expect
a giant fly to come at them, that would spoil
the whole enjoyment of a great moped movie

then there is the tripod issue, I have a little
tripod for my camera, but it tiny, and because
of the heavy camera it would topple over with
the slightes breeze, and then my camera get
broken and or film the street and that is what
people do not want to see in a moped movie either

That is why there is no film of me driving my moped

come on nicoolle i know you must have friends that can take a small clip of you riding your moped..i actully drive a scooter to work everyday basicly.i work a mile an a half from were i live so its better than driving my truck..my scooter keyway matrix racing sport 150