sidcow Posted August 10 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10 2 minutes ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: Stayed last night at a hotel in Sacramento that was on a street called Tribute. It was not the greatest street in the world IYKYK Right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted August 11 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11 Douglas Luiz was just arriving at my hotel in Goteburg with the Juve squad as I was leaving. Didn’t actually see the bastard to say UTV, but this is another note on the Villa theme of this trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 11 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11 21 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Douglas Luiz was just arriving at my hotel in Goteburg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dog Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 No problem parallel parking, but I'll never understand why cars didn't have a 'square parking' mode where the wheels just turned 90 degrees and the car drove sideways into the space. Surely that can't be that difficult? Elon I'm here if you need any help with your next project you absolute mentalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted August 11 Administrator Share Posted August 11 11 minutes ago, T-Dog said: No problem parallel parking, but I'll never understand why cars didn't have a 'square parking' mode where the wheels just turned 90 degrees and the car drove sideways into the space. Surely that can't be that difficult? Elon I'm here if you need any help with your next project you absolute mentalist. Buy some Lego Technic and try it. I suspect you could only do this with a set of hydraulic wheels which descend and lift the car when parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 11 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11 56 minutes ago, T-Dog said: No problem parallel parking, but I'll never understand why cars didn't have a 'square parking' mode where the wheels just turned 90 degrees and the car drove sideways into the space. Surely that can't be that difficult? Elon I'm here if you need any help with your next project you absolute mentalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 15 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15 A new VT stalking feature, I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Be interesting to see how many people visit the @Stevo985 chodes and the men that love them thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted August 15 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15 On 11/08/2024 at 14:48, sidcow said: Honda had a version of their Prelude (in the US, don't know what it was called elsewhere) 30 or so years ago that had rear wheels that turned in order to make parallel parking and other tight maneuvering easier. It never caught on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 4 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Honda had a version of their Prelude (in the US, don't know what it was called elsewhere) 30 or so years ago that had rear wheels that turned in order to make parallel parking and other tight maneuvering easier. It never caught on. 4WS. It was on a couple of generations of Prelude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 minute ago, Xela said: 4WS. It was on a couple of generations of Prelude. Latest Range Rover and and Ranger Rover Sport have it. Fun fact, when at low speed the rear wheels turn the opposite way to the front wheels (to reduce turning circle and help manoeuvring in small spaces) but at high speed they turn the same way (to improve handling). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Genie said: Latest Range Rover and and Ranger Rover Sport have it. Fun fact, when at low speed the rear wheels turn the opposite way to the front wheels (to reduce turning circle and help manoeuvring in small spaces) but at high speed they turn the same way (to improve handling). Yeah it was the same with Hondas. Their system was launched in 1987 Quote Four-wheel steering (4WS) is a system that steers the vehicle using not only the front wheels, but the rear wheels, as well. In 1987, Honda introduced the world’s first steering angle sensing 4WS system in the Prelude. At the time of the launch, the name of the technology was Steering Angle Sensing Honda Four-Wheel Steering System (Honda 4WS). Honda 4WS is a mechanical system that steers the front and rear wheels in the same direction (in phase) or opposite directions (reverse phase) depending on the steering angle. At high speeds, steering angles are typically small, such as when changing lanes, so the rear wheels are turned in the same direction as the front wheels. When greater maneuverability is desired while driving at low speeds, such as on narrow roads or parking the vehicle in a garage, the steering angle would be large, so the rear wheels are turned in the opposite direction to the front wheels. This system achieves both agile and stable maneuvering characteristics and a small turning radius. Mad to think its nearly 40 years old. That was peak Honda in the late 80s - Prelude, the building of the NSX and the engine work with McLaren in F1. https://global.honda/en/tech/serial/Honda_Super_Handling_part01/ Edited August 15 by Xela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 8 minutes ago, Xela said: Yeah it was the same with Hondas. Their system was launched in 1987 Mad to think its nearly 40 years old. That was peak Honda in the late 80s - Prelude, the building of the NSX and the engine work with McLaren in F1. https://global.honda/en/tech/serial/Honda_Super_Handling_part01/ Air suspension another example of a technology on a car that was around on mid-range cars decades ago, went away, then returned as a high end feature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 19 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19 So the best Edinburgh Fringe joke was shite again. I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it. There were better ones in the top 20. Including another from the same comedian. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 10 minutes ago, sidcow said: So the best Edinburgh Fringe joke was shite again. I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it. There were better ones in the top 20. Including another from the same comedian. I dunno, that's not a bad joke imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted August 19 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19 I think, rather mundanely, certain jokes work better live in person than in written form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Looked at the list, most of them are good, winner is ok, agree it's not the best but it's still a good joke, I like 2nd I've been taking salsa lessons for months, but I just don't feel like I'm progressing. It's just one step forward... two steps back But that's also something that sounds like it's been stolen from Clinton's card shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, sidcow said: So the best Edinburgh Fringe joke was shite again. I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it. There were better ones in the top 20. Including another from the same comedian. I liked Sarah Keyworths but then I like her comedy anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 19 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19 30 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I think, rather mundanely, certain jokes work better live in person than in written form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 That terrible Super Yacht tragedy. How unfortunate can you get? It's like a scene from the film, Perfect Storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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