any one have a car

[Annabella]

heheheheheh LOL@Korn getting all worked up!!

Tin was an absolute STAR!! Though when we went for our shopping trip the faces of some fo the car drivers when Zim and I popped up from the back (we were rolling around) was a picture!

I have a great car, I love it, I can get my violin in it and get to orchestra rehearals in the dry etc etc..... but here is the comparison for me -

I pay exactly the same insurance for my car (a Seat Marbella - think a fiat panda with 903cc) as I did for my beautiful NSR.....hmmmmm which looks, performs the best?? I was NEVER late for work on my bike!! Plus riding is so much more fun!
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[chunkielad]

Your knowledge holds no bounds Keith!

[McJamweasel]

[TiN]

hmm...maybe I should've gotten one of these for BDB:

https://www.motorcycle-uk.com/Watsonian/trailers.html


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[WildGoose]

i was reading about the future of fuels quite likely to change to liquid hydrogen

it was either hydrogen or helium, but apparently it performs just as well as petrol

the main problem however is storage, cos it has to be kept at silly temperatures

something like that, i probly should have read it more thoroughly

[Kickstart]

Hi

Liquid hydrogen is likely, but it is a bugger to store as it is a very small atom (smallest?) and gets out through just about any tiny gap. Added to which you still need to generate the hydrogen, and the easiest way to do that is to split water up which takes a fair bit of electricity. Generating the electricity means using a fair bit of energy so it only makes sense if you get the power from something fashionably clean such as wind or hydroelectric power.

Think helium is basically non flammable.

The other problem is that oxides of nitrogen are a product of the heat of combustion working on the nitrogen and oxygen in the air. Whatever fuel you use you still have to cope with these, either by lowering combustion temp enough to stop them forming (which is what exhaust gas recirculation systems do in most cars) or by shoving a cat (non feline) up the exhaust.

All the best

Keith
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[Joe Camel]

Do I have a car ???

yep, its good for towing my bike to the south of france ...he he
ask mcjamweasel, over 700 miles in a day....he was there !! (top navigator actually)

Its a Bright Red Lexus IS200 SE and I love it !!
But I love my shiny zx7r more !!!
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[McJamweasel]

I was indeed there and we did do 700 miles in a day. Well, a coupla times actually.
Top navigator?? Well I did get us lost a coupla time but i also got us found again.
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[Robby]

ok alternative fuels:

helium is the smallest atom - 1 proton, 1 neutron, 1 electron. it also only forms groups of 2 unless you ionise it (a bad idea) so the biggest helium molecule you could have would be 2 protons, 2 neutrons, 2 electrons. thats about the size of a helium atom.

carbon has the asvantage of forming chains - ethane or LPG still come out of oil, but they come out the fractional distillation tower higher up than petrol and much higher than diesel.

also alternative energy is not yet viable due to the tradeoff between the energy and money used to produce it compared to the energy generated from 1 ltre of it - LPG is only about half as powerful as petrol for one litre.

[WildGoose]

ooooh

you been hanging out with keith robby, this stuff is catching

A level chemistry by any chance? :lol:

[Phoenix]

If he is doing A-level Chemistry he ought to sue the college.

Hydrogen is the smallest atom, 1 proton and 1 electron.

Helium is 2 Protons, 2 Neutrons and 2 electrons, helium is also chemically inert and is therefore of absolutely no use as a fuel.

[Robby]

the important thing is that i was close enough. and in a hurry

[M1ke]

That question was on the weakest link a while ago, they also got it wrong

hydrogen is extreamly explosive cause it only has 1 electron in its outer shell... would be a bugger to store and is probably why they dont use it as fuel yet.

[chunkielad]

One word


Hindenburg

[Doddmaster]

*BOOM*

[Robby]

wasn't the hindenburg full of nazis?

also, that was a cloth or canvas bubble of the stuff, with a cage full of people smoking underneath.

in the last 60 years storage techniques have improved a bit.

[Korn]

The hindenburg actually blew up because the numbskulls painted it using highly flammable paint... bit of static built up and BANG.

(according to Channel 4 anyway )

[Doddmaster]

I know it was full of Nazis anyway, so who cares how it blew up

[chunkielad]

Twas full of gas, blew up - went bang - bad example - shoot me!

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IM THE GUY WHO STARTED THE SUBECT, JUST CANT REMEMBER PASSWORD.


My polo is an fire place object because it is july 2001 and has 600 miles on it. I would only take it out if it is in zero temptures and the rain. My NSR has never seen rain. it has 14,000 miles on it, not a scratch, or a drop ever, i am very suprised it hasn't blew up because the big bore kit, uprated carbs, filter, arrow pipe and other engine mods have been in since 20 miles.

crash.................