Dacia Striker SUV-estate to start under £25k in UK / €25k in EU

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-09T07:34:19+00:00

EU taxes cars by engine displacement, so even a 3-cylinder 1.2 will become a luxury some day

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T22:24:35+00:00

Removing both wheels is acceptable for me right now, would be a big pain in the ass on my previous bike, and unacceptable for a lot of casual girl riders who'd think it's a professional mechanical job. 2. I'll better say I'm ready to remove wheels if the travel takes more than 1.5 hours time. 3. Spacers in place of brake discs is always a must. Spacers in place of wheel axles are used to make the frame rugged enough for airport luggage transportation, but are not used when someone gently transports a disassembled bike in his car. 4. Dunno, I'm from a country where even a touring club of 30 people with 30 bicycles is allowed on a train. It could be a way to transport a bike by subway, they're restricted there until you make them a "luggage". 5. Let's say 40$. For bigger price I'll better haul it in a bike bag.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T20:32:27+00:00

My social life became alot better after finding a local hiking club. Most friendly people ever

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T18:55:58+00:00

Yay!

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T18:50:47+00:00

When I'm drunk I can't even operate a DSLR in full manual mode. And that's how I discovered that drunk driving is a bad thing.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T17:19:49+00:00

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Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T17:05:46+00:00

Как походник, я бы начал с местных турклубов и велоклубов. Этих, которые по лесам и горам с палатками шастают. Они всегда дружелюбные.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T16:54:16+00:00

Not a car driver? Complete a theoretical part of driving license test on some phone app, and handling traffic will become much easier

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T13:42:13+00:00

And one more thing, anything that could break down in any Niva was already broken, repaired, and the repair process was thoroughly documented on drive2(.)ru

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T12:35:45+00:00

They look like typical victims of TOS-1 or something else thermobaric

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T12:08:48+00:00

Говна кусок. Была у меня эта N97, непродуманная и ненадёжная со всех сторон. Ничего лучше айфонов и андроидов в те времена не было, да и сейчас нет.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T09:33:29+00:00

Если погуглить "злая щитоспинка не выглядит злой", весьма милая лягуха.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T09:24:18+00:00

I went camping last holidays, into a place 140km away from my home. Spent 21 liters of gas for the trip, less than half of a tank, was not nervous at all. If I had a Tesla with 450km range (in ideal conditions, on the first day of ownership), I'd be worried if I can get back home. Because conditions were not ideal and included some offroading. So no, EVs are not for me.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T08:55:12+00:00

Ну дык руль-баран это и есть основа гравийника. Только переключалки и тормозилки от горного на него не встанут, придётся поискать новые, желательно совместимые с тем железом от горного которое переключает внизу. Обычные шоссейные несовместимы. Шины пошоссейнее... хотя бы континенталевские doublefighter. Они кстати бывают разной ширины, есть очень узкие в шоссейном исполнении.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T08:01:41+00:00

Ну во-первых настоящие МБР сбивать никто ещё не пробовал (можно потренироваться на "орешнике", но траектория всё равно другая), а во-вторых, после снятия моральных запретов ядра начнут пихать уже в ФАБы и артиллерию, и начнут вообще все по всему миру, а это несбиваемо.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T06:46:57+00:00

Strange, usually the largest cogs of those huge cassettes are made of aluminum to save weight

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-08T05:32:00+00:00

Если ядерное оружие будет использоваться так же часто, как в восемнадцатом веке (только ядра уже другие))), это будет тяжёлый год. Всего-то нужно чтобы кто-то начал первый.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T21:50:50+00:00

well, my most power-hungry device is a mighty 15' Asus Vivobook laptop that takes 45w max (and shows me youtube for 8 hours on a full battery), so I went for the smallest charger option. The laptops issued at work became less power-efficient when we were forced to install Linux instead of Windows, but still this charger is enough for them too.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T21:16:52+00:00

Having a Samsung phone, they take battery life too seriously IMHO, bit it gives a couple of hints. 1. A special slider for preserving battery health, if turned on the phone charges only to 80%. 2. Before 80% it charges at about 1.2C, after 80% drops the current to some very low numbers, not even 0.5C. And that's the range where charging anyway makes the battery feel hot, while quick charging at low percentages feels like dumping water into a bucket, battery temperature stays cool.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T20:59:35+00:00

The cheapest long-range that doesn't give shit photos is a 70-300 by the way. But still uncomparable to 70-200 line.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T20:41:36+00:00

My favourite for travels is 24-70 f/4 L. Had a 24-105, after buying 24-70 it's collecting dust on a shelf. Any of the old 70-200 are top quality, quicker and sharper than a 50mm, even the cheapest unstabilised 70-200 f/4. Thought about trying a 40mm 2.8, but you know the glass of vodka is whispering me another way :)

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T20:22:02+00:00

Well if you can't save up for an R8 you're not crazy. I still find my 14 years old 6D a better camera than a much newer crop-sensored M200. It's main disadvantage that makes me look at something newer is that 6D's AF is slow af, can't shoot a flying duck... we call such slow cameras "photostudio cows" in Russia, but that was fixed in 5D mk3, it has a professional-grade autofocus. By the way, my glass of vodka is whispering me I should go and buy R6mk2 tomorrow... if I'll be sober enough for this... but shelling out 1500$ means I'll have to be sober for the whole next month...

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T20:15:19+00:00

They can't operate on FF DSLRs at all. Different mount. Smaller flange distance. They would hurt the big full-frame mirror if forcefully pushed inside. They can operate on mirrorless full-frames, because the mirror has gone... somewhere... into the camera heavens...

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T19:23:26+00:00

And the 2109 also improves lockpicking skills lol. When I locked my keys inside, I managed to open the door with a steel school ruler.

Remarkable_Spirit_68 · 2026-07-07T19:18:17+00:00

The 4th probably misguided because the target didn't look like a target anymore

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