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Greg Utas wrote: occasionally have to bounce the car off a wall or other obstacle, switching to neutral just before impact so that it would roll back far enough to be able to continue on its way
Even a concrete wall isn't exactly impervious to damage. So he went around knowing the potential damage to other people's property he could cause...all because he was too lazy/miserable/cheap to get his car fixed?
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I feel your pain. I've owned tons of cars since I started driving 50years ago and the two most unreliable cars I've ever owned were both VW. And in that time I have had only one cars give me transmission problem. And yes it was a DCT which had to be replaced under warranty. A few years later it started to show the same symptoms again so we got rid of it. I know people will have different experiences but that is just mine. So now, I would never own a DCT car or a VW or any of its many derivative brands again.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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When I was a child my mom had bad experiences with 2 VWs. I've never owned one, and never will unless someone gives one to me.
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Mercedes for ever, but no second hand
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This is (was?) my third second-hand Mercedes, and the other two have been totally reliable - not one breakdown that wasn't human error (like the garage forgetting to tighten the wheel nuts so a rear wheel nearly fell off). Provided you avoid the early 00's when build quality was figured well down a list topped by shareholder dividends, they really are designed and built extremely well. Corrosion has got mine well before anything mechanical could fail - they salt the roads well around here!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Reversing is not possible
I didn't realise you'd bought one of these[^]!
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- Homer
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A Break My Windows? No way, man - I know how to use an indicator!
It's one of these: Peel P50 - Wikipedia[^]
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Vintage or new?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Have to be the Original!
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Can someone suggest a good thesis title?
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"Building a domestic cold fusion reactor to power your house in 30 days"
"Warp drive explained (with full parts list)"
"Giving GTA V NPC driving lessons in C#"
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If you are at Harvard: Raising Elephants in Your Back Yard for Fun and Profit
If you are at Oxford: Hunting Elephants in Africa
If you are at the Sorbonne: The Love Life of the Elephant
If you are at Heidelberg: A Short Introduction to the Elephant (in 12 volumes)
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Ad Nauseum or Ad Infinitum
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Anything that gives me a broad smile first thing on a Monday morning when I have a stinking cold is worth an upvote. Thanks!
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De nada! Hope you feel better soon.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Addition:
If you ask such a question in the lounge: What the elephant have you smoked? and... can I have a bit?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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That's not a thesis; that's one of the Eternal Verities!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Towards a Nomenclature for Theses
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"Axisymmetric Contact Problems in Composite Elastic Media" *
* This is the title of my Ph.D. Thesis.
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"A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions"*
* Not mine, an odd little postgrad called Albert wrote it for his PhD.
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If we're allowed to plagiarize titles, how about "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity"? *
(*) AKA the Sokal Hoax
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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A Modest Proposal.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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"The signaling properties of post-war Bavarian motorcars, in theory and practice"
modified 2-Oct-22 9:26am.
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