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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

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bd139:
It’s weird when things invoke memories like that but it’s a good thing. The first thing I bought from Tandy as it was called here was a single red LED when I was about 7. This cost me a week’s pocket money at the time. My father only used bulbs and said that LEDs were not a thing and wouldn’t last. Then I found out I needed a resistor so had to wait for next weeks money as Archer would shaft you 15p for 5 :( ... still have that LED and resistor soldered together somewhere. Alas it lived longer than he did  :-DD

Printer looks rather nice. Congratulations. Playing with the idea of buying one here still but as usual I don’t have the space for it. I still get the idea of buying one and working that out afterwards. Even though it’s relatively crap I’m still considering the Anet A8 as you can get frame upgrade kits now and spread the investment over a few months then. Plus you can get the whole thing for £90 here.



--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 21, 2018, 12:40:06 am ---Yeah, thats bad considering tyres can be around £100 each. My next service is due about the same time as my MOT and its a big service that will involve possibly a new water pump, cambelt change and brakes so it will probably be around the £400 to £500 mark including the MOT which be done at my local Skoda dealer. I don't have a choice with regard to the major work as it will 5 years on the same cambelt and failure to replace them will result in them snapping and that totals the engine and that will be much more costly to replace.

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I only got cheap tyres. This is mostly a shopping trolley. Similar with mine. Had the timing chain done and that was 400 quid as it’s a bastard to get to in the multijet engines. Definitely worth doing though as they do snap and total everything.

Specmaster:

--- Quote from: bd139 on June 21, 2018, 06:44:06 am ---It’s weird when things invoke memories like that but it’s a good thing. The first thing I bought from Tandy as it was called here was a single red LED when I was about 7. This cost me a week’s pocket money at the time. My father only used bulbs and said that LEDs were not a thing and wouldn’t last. Then I found out I needed a resistor so had to wait for next weeks money as Archer would shaft you 15p for 5 :( ... still have that LED and resistor soldered together somewhere. Alas it lived longer than he did  :-DD

Printer looks rather nice. Congratulations. Playing with the idea of buying one here still but as usual I don’t have the space for it. I still get the idea of buying one and working that out afterwards. Even though it’s relatively crap I’m still considering the Anet A8 as you can get frame upgrade kits now and spread the investment over a few months then. Plus you can get the whole thing for £90 here.



--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 21, 2018, 12:40:06 am ---Yeah, thats bad considering tyres can be around £100 each. My next service is due about the same time as my MOT and its a big service that will involve possibly a new water pump, cambelt change and brakes so it will probably be around the £400 to £500 mark including the MOT which be done at my local Skoda dealer. I don't have a choice with regard to the major work as it will 5 years on the same cambelt and failure to replace them will result in them snapping and that totals the engine and that will be much more costly to replace.

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I only got cheap tyres. This is mostly a shopping trolley. Similar with mine. Had the timing chain done and that was 400 quid as it’s a bastard to get to in the multijet engines. Definitely worth doing though as they do snap and total everything.

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Did you check the braking performance factor of your tyres before buying them? I had to put 4 new tyres on mine recently and went with braking performance rated A as that difference between B rating and A was about 2 to 3 car lengths (C was was far worse) at least shorter stopping distance. Although more expensive, felt that if there was a chance of keeping me, my family and car out of danger, it was worth spending a bit more on the better tyres.

From mobile device so predictive text might have struck again [emoji83]

bd139:
Nope. Being based on a van it doesn’t make any difference to this unless it is fully loaded which it rarely is. It’s basically a bit of tin foil with an engine so if you put the anchors on, even if the ABS kicks in it bounces along like a killer car from monty python until it is ready to stop.

I’m going to buy a new motor once I’ve finished this product build. Something a little nicer and safer. Trying to find a compromise between comfort and ability to haul crap in it at the moment (TEA crap) :)

Specmaster:

--- Quote from: bd139 on June 21, 2018, 07:11:00 am ---Nope. Being based on a van it doesn’t make any difference to this unless it is fully loaded which it rarely is. It’s basically a bit of tin foil with an engine so if you put the anchors on, even if the ABS kicks in it bounces along like a killer car from monty python until it is ready to stop.

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I hired a Peugeot Partner van yesterday to take some rubbish and an old garden shed to our local dump. What a right load of shit it was as well. Impossible to get a proper seating position for me as  6ft 4" driver, seat right back hard against the load bulkhead, the steering wheel was about 2" clear of my body, pedals felt as if they positioned beneath the seat. In an accident I reckon the steering wheel could become a guillotine on the poor driver. Next time I'll get Ford Transit, far better, I used to have one of them.

From mobile device so predictive text might have struck again [emoji83]

bd139:
Yeah those are crap. We hired one for hauling kit around between DCs a couple of years ago. Like riding a kangaroo. Not sure the recent transits are any better though.

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