Member postings for Antony Powell

Chester Coventry gap bed or Colchester triumph 2000

looking for a replacement lathe what's the opinion of these two ?

TIA

Tony

I Use the following and find them the best options after 30+ years of trying

These are available form many different manufactures.

but this is the best....

A portable spark erroder unit, this has saved many an engine which would otherwise be scrap, In this picture I am spark erroding a snapped off easyout from a snapped of Glow plug

We didn't snap them it was a job to correct work carried out by a well known car parts store......

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It's not what you've got it's what you do with it that counts.........

I'll post a picture, Don't get upset !!

Actually Mines a Billy...

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"Would you be happier if it carried the Renault logo?"

Yes I make a lot of money out of Renault's cock ups

I Have a proper motor, A 4.2 litre Supercharged V8 Range Rover Sport

who cares about the environment !!!!!!

19MPG on a good day if i don't put my foot down !!!

486 bhp And a lovely Roar from the sport's exhausts.......

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You can't call that a car !!!

After serious illness 10 years ago, I am now partially sighted and have had difficulty mig / tig welding for several

years. I decided to spend a bit on a better helmet to see if it would help.

What a difference my welding is now back to what it was pre illness

that's very good (I was coded)

I bought a Lincoln Electric Autodarkening Welding Screen Helmet Mask Linc Screen II MIG TIG

off ebay for £68

highly recomended

Tony

What we really need is teleporting like on the tomorrow people or startrek

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The problem was the crew to operate the foot pump, it costs too much to pay their wages under European law

Or American ?

Bob

If you read what i wrote I already have taken charging into account...

yes you need to get in before they do but that applies to all offers / grants

tony

Nissan™ LEAF 30 kWh - 155 mile range, from £20,790 OTR‎

plus the battery rental cost of £93 a month thats £1116 per year 

but you can also qualify for a grant for buying 100% electric of between £2550 and £4500

Tony

Edited By Antony Powell on 04/05/2017 13:22:16

even a cheap car these days is around £20,000

and

road tax £300 pa (average)

parking charges £10 day (average city)( 250 days = 2500)

congestion charges £12.50 per day (London) (250 days = £3125) other city's are looking to charge

Fuel £6.00 gallon for 40 miles (average) (20000 miles a year = £3000)

so after 1 year that's £8925 = 11.2 years for the Tesla or 4.48 for the Chevrolet Bolt

or 8.96 years for the Tesla or 2.24 years for the Bolt if you take of a normal car off

There are much cheaper options for electric vehicles in the UK there is a Nissan for £200 a month (with the grant off) at my local dealer so that's 8925 / 12 = 743.75 which is a big saving over say five years (to allow for any charging costs) and you still have the car at the end of it, even without the congestion charge your still in profit.

taking wear and tear and maintenance on all vehicles as an equal cost for this discussion

So it's not as expensive as you first think !!

Tony

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Battery capacity, Battery weight and recharge time are the three biggest issues, all thee are improving at a very fast rate.

Teslar are the current leaders with the fastest, furthest distance and also shortest recharge times

I can't see it being that long before the others catch up and things improve again

Driving a silent car is Weird !!

and you really need to be on your guard with pedestrians especially in the supermarket car park

tony

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Lithium battery's and fire have one major problem......

they generate their own oxygen and promote their own fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCGtRgBUHX8

Tony

Diesel's have been branded as dirty and producers of Nitrogen Oxides (poisons)

Diesels are no good for local journeys as the diesel particulate filters (DPF) block up, so unless you are a regular motorway user there out.

Diesel's cost more to repair, when something goes wrong it's usually a lot more expensive to fix

Renault have announced that the will produce no more diesel cars after 2020

Holland intends to ban new internal combustion powered Petrol / Diesel powered vehicles from 2024

These days the only way forward is hybrid, Petrol engine with electric power.

With fully electric in the future being the norm as battery's improve

they cost more initially but cost less to run, maintain, low road tax, park, no congestion charges

I run an old Toyota Prius as a company test vehicle, paid £300 for it on ebay cost £100 to mot it & it does 55+ mpg around town and £20 a year road tax

The new Teslar car can do up to 400 miles on single a charge & out accelerate a Ferrari

from a diesel repairer of 34 years with level 4 hybrid / electric training (the highest available)

Tony

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Ok thanks

Tony

Does anybody know if this store still exists ?

Am travelling down that way in a couple of weeks time and would like to call in if it does....

had a look this morning and both the website and the phone seem to be disconnected / offline

Tony

No you have bought decent kit

There is a big difference between opinions - but there is also a big difference between using something daily and using it once in a blue moon, using it on a bit of copper or brass and using it on harder metals

you will never get a perfect answer

only individual opinion.....

Tony