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#1 Geordie Guy

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 08:29 am

I wish all of these fookin techno wizards would just Fook off and leave stuff as it was.

Why do we need new versions of windows, BT Yahoo, and fookin phones that do fookin everything except have a fookin cancel button.

New versions of something that worked perfectly. ranting.gif

Bought a new car and it has a Auto dimming fookin mirror, that you cannot control.

Some Fookin Twat in a fookin design office got paid, to decide when I need to dim the fookin mirror !

Now its so dark I cannot see anything but head lights, what was wrong with a little lever to point the thing down.

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 08:58 am

wifgeni.gif No Neeeeeeeed ! is there ?

That auto dimming mirror is so stoopid it's actually funny as f**k laugh.gif

I share your frustration Ivan, the technology wizzbods should be shot on sight, using the latest fully automated self guiding, laser locking, geek seeking missile smile.gif

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 09:08 am

I find the auto tint rear mirror on our VW Jetta is quite useful, and if you don't want it on there is a small push button on the bottom of the mirror to switch it off.
However I dont know if it is the fact the Jetta has a boot, or the years of driving vans that I find the interior mirror is no use of parking.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 09:29 am

Yeah the fookin' techie bassads with their ABS, airbags, crumple zones, safety glass, etc, etc, ranting.gif

BTW, the auto dimming mirror reminds me of the "Peril Sensitive Sunglasses" from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
Designed to help the wearer develop a relaxed attitude to danger. The lenses turn completely black at the first hint of trouble, thus preventing the wearer from seeing anything that might alarm him/her. (nicked from Wikipedia, which is on another of those annoying techie inventions, the Internet).

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 10:48 am

That's why I have a 1992 Nissan 200SX S13, a proper car! (which hasn't been on the road for two years as I keep buying more bikes lol)

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 11:46 am

Don't have a car got a 'Plastic Pig' can't be more basic than that, got fed up with the kids always borrowing me huge Volvo Estate so sold it in a fit of pique when I wanted to use it no fuel new tyres needed so sold it same day. good.gif

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 07:59 pm

And what about the wipers that do the four wipes and then out the blue comes another wipe and leaves a smear. Why can't I spray as much wash as I want and wipe as many times I it needs? Bastards.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 08:23 pm

Never mind Ivan,
Stick with yer TDM ...........No need to worry about new technology there ! rotflmmfao.gif

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 08:58 pm

My niner is too modern for me. That's why I bought the Guzzi...making elctricians out of motorcyclists since 1921! rotflmmfao.gif

I know what you mean about too much technology, Ivan. Our kit at work is getting far too complex for it's own good and becoming less reliable as a result.

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 09:52 pm

Ya think Trev, we just put this in our place.







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Posted 14 February 2012 - 10:01 pm


ooooooh, is that one o' them there 5-axis cnc computamebobs ?

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 10:15 pm

Bet it makes a bella cappuccini though.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 10:37 pm

Six axis, six kilowatt RF laser.




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Posted 14 February 2012 - 10:40 pm

thas why i roide a selection of older boikes (plus i'm too toight to down errr 'upgrade' ) all of our tree boikes are carb fed, and not very flash atall atall but still cut the mustard noicely enuf. even me billhilly pickup truck is 12 years old, basic 3.1 Isuzu lump with an 'analog' (mechanical) fuel pump and no ECU, no catholic convertor, no diesel particulate filter so not too much tech dare either apart from leccy windows anne central locking....... easy to run and fix if need be.

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 12:58 am

Just as well my mate is not on this forum, he's a Honda man, coz he would be ranting. The FI warning light on his ST 1300 comes on at 4500rpm or when the tank is 2/3rds full. New wiring loom, ECU checked, knock sensors checked, diagnostics doo hickey done etc. Light still comes on.... The current (s'cuse the pun) theory is that an electro magnetic charge is building up somewhere causing a fluctuation in the current to the ECU triggering the warning light or it is a build up of dark matter behind the dash or the bike needs an exorcism performed.
Oh, that reminds me. I still need to replace the speedo bulb on the TDM.

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 03:13 am

I think the cable we need is a Yellow one






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Posted 15 February 2012 - 01:29 pm

QUOTE(celticbiker @ Tue 14th Feb 2012, 11:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ya think Trev, we just put this in our place.






You lucky bassard, I always wanted one of those automatic spaghetti making machines.

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 03:56 pm

QUOTE(celticbiker @ Tue 14th Feb 2012, 10:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Six axis, six kilowatt RF laser.



All that just to put holes in steel... excl.gif Whatever happened to drills hide.gif

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 06:35 pm

QUOTE(celticbiker @ Tue 14th Feb 2012, 10:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


Whats with the pink handcuffs on the bench?!? huh.gif


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Posted 03 October 2013 - 02:55 pm


That's why I have a 1992 Nissan 200SX S13, a proper car! (which hasn't been on the road for two years as I keep buying more bikes lol)



I've got one of those too - proper motor! :D


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