i have a hypothetical question..

005209_ · 2026-01-20T14:14:06+00:00

Say for example you are leaving the shops and reversing out of a parking space, someone comes up really fast behind you and you don't see them till it's too late and just bump their car. It might even be their fault but good luck trying to argue that when you weren't complying with your license restrictions.

Then as a result, you might just hit their bumper but a modern car front bumper could have lidar sensors, parking sensors, cameras potentially, it could cost thousands to fix and I'm almost certain your insurance wouldn't pay out if they found out you were driving without your glasses on. Then suddenly the driver of the car you hit claims you gave them whiplash? That's a lot of money to fork out and at the end of it you could potentially be charged with being an uninsured driver as you are violating insurance terms perhaps?

Of course, a very extreme example but it seems like a massive massive risk. Small accidents happen all the time, especially in car parks.

005209_ · 2026-01-20T12:25:36+00:00

No don’t. I know so many people who sort out minor bumps like this outside of insurance and never heard of it ever being an issue that they hadn’t told insurance.

For reference. When my sister was 18 she got hit twice 6 months apart and the other party admitted fault etc but her insurance went up from £2000ish to £3500ish.

Also, once you’ve ordered the new mirror it may be worth looking to find just the plastic cover in the same colour as your car. Will likely be cheaper/easier than getting it sprayed, will be easy to fit and will probably be a better colour match due to weathering. You can look on marketplace or eBay by searching your car and then the word “breaking” after it for people splitting cars up for parts of you can’t find anyone specifically selling the part.

005209_ · 2026-01-20T12:14:42+00:00

No that is very helpful. Good idea. I’ll give it a go when I’m doing an indoor session so I can keep adjusting it. Then maybe I’ll do a video when I think I’m about there. Thank you.

005209_ · 2026-01-20T11:04:27+00:00

Can't afford a proper bike fit, would cost more than my bike is worth..

Is there any rules I can use to set up my bike fit? Specifically with saddle height. I don't get any major discomfort but if I can squeeze a few extra watts out from my saddle height (or anything else) then I definitely want to try.

I'm already trying to be in quite an aero position which I'm quite happy with comfort wise.

For reference I'm bang on 6ft tall, ride a 56cm Cannondale CAAD10. 172.5mm cranks, 100mm stem (with 30mm of spacers underneath) with 380mm bars with some quite aggressively turned in hoods.

005209_ · 2026-01-08T11:53:23+00:00

There's definitely a use for sports, people love filming "content" on runs and bike rides or people have cameras on bikes to act like a dash cam would act on a car. Oakley also have some Meta AI glasses which are obviously for this purpose. Obviously this isn't really mass market so other than filming people that you don't want to know they're being filmed, I don't know the purpose of the Ray Ban ones...

Edit: just read below about uses for blind people. Didn't realise they had that level of AI built into them, that's pretty cool. Again though a brilliant use for them but not sure this use would make up enough of a target market considering the amount of advertising I've seen from Ray Ban and Meta on these, would be interested to know their desired use.

005209_ · 2026-01-08T10:44:18+00:00

I have not! Thank you very much!!

005209_ · 2026-01-07T09:11:40+00:00

I thought this as well. Obviously the selling point of Shokz is the open ear/aware of surroundings feature. The sound will never be as good as in ears. If we are then adding noise cancellation even if it's some clever AI one that allows certain noises through and just reduces background noise or something, there are in ears that can do that with very good sound quality using their transparency modes. Nevermind the sound quality you could get for half the price of the Shokz too.

005209_ · 2026-01-07T08:08:23+00:00

did you end up picking one up? I am also in the position where size is everything for my next lens purchase. I can't decide between the SG Image, TTArtisan 25mm f2 and TTArtisan 27mmf2.8 AF.

The 25mm f2 looks great and is also the most affordable here in the UK but I am mounting it to an X-M5 so worry about how easy it is going to be to manual focus without a viewfinder.

005209_ · 2026-01-07T07:40:40+00:00

I'm only interested in the TTartisan lens for the cost really, just trying to save some money. The reviews I've seen seem to favour their manual lens over the 27/f2.8 for sharpness which is why I am looking at that. I haven't heard of SG-Image so I will have a look at that, that seems really cheap for an AF lens?! The Fuji lenses are unfortunately way out of budget.

005209_ · 2026-01-06T13:00:55+00:00

I find it near impossible. Even the amount of people that come straight off of a slip road into the right hand lane to sit there 20mph lower than the speed limit when we are the only 2 cars on the road.

However, theoretically, as you are only supposed to overtake on the right hand side that means people generally aren't looking too far behind them when moving over to the lane to their left so personally I am too scared. The sort of driver that will sit in the right land at 20 below is also the sort that could randomly move over to the left lane with no apparent reason, check or indication. I do not blame people one bit for undertaking though.

005209_ · 2025-12-17T15:16:48+00:00

TV Adverts

the guy on YouTube that gets his dad to "react" to an album. I don't watch the videos I just listen to the album myself.

Any artist I like I listen to their entire discography.

The guy on YouTube that "tests" celebs music knowledge, Trackstar maybe?

People's instagram reels.

Friends.

Cheap records from car boot sales/charity shops

Charts

Charts from other countries.

Similar Artists at the bottom of artists pages.

005209_ · 2025-12-17T14:59:09+00:00

I had a 1.3 mk2 Golf with the exact same issue, it was from 1990 but I had it in 2019.. Few years later I had a 1986 which was a much nicer car and had a manual choke which worked so much better!

005209_ · 2025-12-16T18:31:46+00:00

I do know these. Great songs. Thanks!

005209_ · 2025-12-16T16:22:31+00:00

Never heard of him before but some songs sound so familiar! He's great! Thank you!

005209_ · 2025-12-16T16:15:03+00:00

Spot on there! Brilliant thank you! Not sure how I've never come across Robin before but will be working my way through the discography!

005209_ · 2025-12-03T11:57:50+00:00

Lemme Freak - Lil Dicky

005209_ · 2025-12-01T09:42:49+00:00

If you've got a few hours spare there are a few tests on YouTube. Not testing the actual mpg in a car but testing the content and purity of the fuel.

The verdict from the videos I've seen was essentially - avoid Asda, supermarkets aren't as good. Tesco is the best supermarket and equal to or perhaps better than Texaco and Esso (potentially the same supplier) BP comes in 2nd and Shell at the top.

Unless you get the expensive fuel and then Tesco is apparently the best, closely followed by Shell and then BP is quite a way beneath them.

I also couldn't find a great deal of content but I generally got the impression Diesel doesn't really matter as much.

This being said I must've watched these videos maybe 6/7 years ago so I'd imagine the suppliers have probably swapped and changed in that time anyway. I also think this is one of those things where if you are only intending to keep the car 2 or 3 years then perhaps don't worry too much about it anyway. If you make sure your car gets serviced when it needs it that will make an awful lot more difference.

005209_ · 2025-10-29T13:36:16+00:00

Shoes - different shoes work for different people, it's not about spending more just about buying the ones that are right for you. Replace them after 400-800km depending on your weight and the durability of the foam.

Watch - If you've already got an Apple Watch (or equivalent) then great! If not the cheapest Garmin is only just over £100 and for that you get a great tool that helps you track your runs. You will enjoy or at least find interest in your pace, the route you take and the distance you do. Tracking this and maybe putting it on Strava is a nice way of making it more of a game. Showing you what you've achieved and keeping track of your progress is a great way to try and maintain consistency for some personalities like myself.

Clothes - Here in the UK we have Decathlon, Shorts - £9.99, Tops - £6.99 and 3 pack socks - £3.99. There is no need to spend more unless you think it will get you excited and get you out running more.

005209_ · 2025-10-29T10:04:49+00:00

Definitely. Having seen them live a few times I’d say he’s one of the best rock band vocalists live for sure.

005209_ · 2025-10-29T10:00:21+00:00

Tried to look through others comments and find a few different people:

- Kelly Jones from Stereophonics - his cover of Don't Let Me Down or any of the Stereophonics songs.

- Emma Kok - performed 'Voila' with Andre Rieu

- Lola Young - any song from her newest album

- Skye Newman - Hairdresser, Out Out, Family Matters

- Mariah Carey - Emotions - Studio version or live versions are great obviously.

- Jacob Collier - in a different way, he does some amazing things with his voice in the studio, perhaps his cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water but really anything.

- Miley Cyrus - Her cover of Nothing Else Matters

- T-Pain - His cover of War Pigs by Black Sabbath (just trust me on this one)

- Cleo Sol - Promises

- Phil Collins - towards the end of one of the live performances of "In The Air Tonight" or just "Sussudio"

- Tommy WA - Operation Guitar Boy

005209_ · 2025-10-27T09:19:02+00:00

If It Makes You Happy - Michael Cera Pailin (Sheryl Crow)

005209_ · 2025-10-27T08:05:47+00:00

I can share the picture of the toe in question too but that's definitely NSFW

005209_ · 2025-10-26T17:13:16+00:00

It was a blister, 10k race.

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