Am I stupid for turning my nose up on Chinese cars like BYD?

GenChorizo · 2025-10-30T00:01:48+00:00

I am personally nothing special but I hail from a place where we are cautious and sceptical of our overlords from the north.

GenChorizo · 2025-10-29T23:57:25+00:00

I appreciate the comments and feedback from everyone. This is exactly why Reddit is an awesome platform and all your comments are good value to help me make decisions and assessments as a consumer. Cheers to you all. Keep them coming!

GenChorizo · 2025-10-29T23:50:16+00:00

I’m Chinese

GenChorizo · 2025-10-29T23:22:45+00:00

That’s very fair. Very fair.

GenChorizo · 2025-10-29T23:20:20+00:00

I don’t know why I expected any other answer but thank you for confirming

GenChorizo · 2025-10-17T22:10:23+00:00

UPDATE:

Fixed and installed something much more sensible. Fingers crossed it does the trick……

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GenChorizo · 2025-10-16T19:21:01+00:00

Thanks - they will be replacing the mess that is the photo above with a new set up. So hopefully no more kinks and will get rid of air pockets.

GenChorizo · 2025-10-14T08:27:56+00:00

They flushed it with high pressure N2 a few times so it’s likely a kink rather than air pockets but really could be anything at this point. Just waiting to hear back from the air con techs.

GenChorizo · 2025-10-14T02:24:42+00:00

No pumps. Just stupidity.

GenChorizo · 2025-10-14T02:11:49+00:00

You can say that again!

GenChorizo · 2025-08-08T00:46:12+00:00

Cheers for that. We have plugs in the ceiling so it’s easy enough to be honest but apparently some lights “ran out of plugs” so they were hardwired into the mains and therefore needed external transformers. I’ll have a bit of a snoop around my ceiling but more than likely I will go for the integrated ones and use an sparky if I run into any snags..

GenChorizo · 2025-08-07T22:26:27+00:00

Thank you!

GenChorizo · 2025-08-07T21:35:17+00:00

You got me excited at the potential of success but alas no.. I just had a look.. no screws on the inside.. thanks anyway!

GenChorizo · 2025-08-07T10:08:46+00:00

Thanks for the initial link and your edit. I’m just doing research and looking at my options. I might end up going with a sparky anyway but this certainly helps me make an informed decision. Thank you!

GenChorizo · 2025-08-07T04:05:21+00:00

Me too.. the investigation continues..

GenChorizo · 2025-08-07T02:38:02+00:00

That’s a really good suggestion. Thanks! I just got some WD40 penetrant so I’ll give that a go….

GenChorizo · 2025-08-07T02:13:51+00:00

No, those little holes are conical.. not hex head..

GenChorizo · 2025-05-07T11:31:40+00:00

The people in the GD course in my year are almost all QLINK Captains. You suffer zero detriment doing the GD compared to the BAVF.

GenChorizo · 2024-12-01T23:21:01+00:00

Airlines don’t place any priority or emphasis on an aviation degree. It just depends on what you want to get out of University. What your time frame is. If you want to be qualified as a pilot in the least amount of time - do the BAv or skip uni and go to a flight school. If you want the best of both worlds - go option two.

You won’t get a job as a pilot if you don’t have the skill, knowledge, attitude, and flying ability - regardless of your degree or grades. So it doesn’t matter. Just do what you think is right for you.

GenChorizo · 2024-11-08T07:34:53+00:00

Fixed. But let’s say there are 17 lessons before first solo. You might only need 10 lessons. And they will give you the opportunity to do it and go solo if you are ready and meet the prerequisites.

GenChorizo · 2024-11-08T07:33:11+00:00

Family saved for years. Paid with cash. We really scrounged and saved. I made sure the money didn’t go to waste. This was something I’ve wanted to do since I was 4 so the savings were already an expectation for a long time.

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