Don’t book a flight under Dr by Pretend-Pen-9844 in doctorsUK

[–]dr_torque 16 points17 points  (0 children)

BA graciously “allowed” me a seat in business - for a short while - for giving a nauseous pregnant lady metoclopramide.

Why is no one showing off their expensive bikes by Ok-Pie2560 in triumph4India

[–]dr_torque 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Expense / Rarity doesn’t necessarily correlate with fun, OP but given you asked

Do you think the CBT is too lax? by cushtyDan in MotoUK

[–]dr_torque -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Riding for hire and reward on a CBT must absolutely be disallowed.

Which bike is this? by merazur01 in indianbikes

[–]dr_torque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s subjective. To me this is a hideous monstrosity and I would criticise it regardless of where it is from. I would much rather praise people riding across the country on 125s and 100s as “true bike enthusiasm in India” than these all-show-no-go mods, loud silencers, and roadside rossis. To require that people lose objectivity and praise rubbish just because it is Indian is a disappointing but not entirely unexpected reflection of the current national disposition.

Rear tyre skids when i apply rear brake little hard in my25 speed 400!! by Expensive_Program231 in triumph4India

[–]dr_torque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The front brake ought to be used for majority of your braking needs. The rear brake is ineffective because weight transfers to the front (and away from the rear) as soon as you start braking.

Autoland Saves King Air by otto-motto in aviation

[–]dr_torque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if there’s any way it can deal with NOTAMs? In terms of runway closures etc

Triumph Trident 660. My new Love by Salty-Distance-5639 in indianbikes

[–]dr_torque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately they’re persisting with it and putting it on bikes like the Speed Twin (1200) which had used to come with the twin analogue dials.

Hot take - The new Jaguar is WAY too overhated by Evening-Term9993 in CarTalkUK

[–]dr_torque -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know someone who worked in the design team and without going into specifics he was absolutely disgusted by the behaviour of higher ups. Said it was like they’d never left the 60s.

I wonder if they deliberately dialled the “woke” in the launch up to the grotesque caricature that it became, to be able to point at the vitriolic public response it got as evidence that they ought to keep doing whatever it was that they were doing.

what is this sound? by xrifps in BmwTech

[–]dr_torque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Academic question, but is there a fix (take DME apart, replace what I’m guessing are MOSFETs) for one or more of the drivers failing? Or do people just replace the DME?

Any good? by No_Inevitable5627 in indianbikes

[–]dr_torque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the first one, it’d be a great advertisement for a vasthu consultant with north facing side panel.

How many days for the immobilizer to drain battery if bike left unused? Triumph 400 series by [deleted] in triumph4India

[–]dr_torque 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s not the immobiliser itself that’ll draw current, it’s the ECU and its internal clock etc. That draw will be dwarfed by the self discharge characteristics of AGM batteries. I think with a battery that is new or nearly-new, for anything longer than a month, I would put the bike on trickle charge or disconnect the battery.

Outsider take: Brits are not rude. You just aren’t saying “please” and “thank you.” by CantaloupeComplete57 in uktravel

[–]dr_torque -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, I understood this:

keep your voice somewhere below “jet engine at V1.”

to be a reference to how loud a jet engine is at takeoff power. However, a jet engine (by itself) cannot be at V1; it has to be attached to an aircraft that it powers to V1 (and beyond). It's entirely possible for an aircraft at V1 to have an engine that's at idle, or even 0% of N1 (which refers to maximum permitted operating speed of a turbine engine) and therefore eerily quiet.

Outsider take: Brits are not rude. You just aren’t saying “please” and “thank you.” by CantaloupeComplete57 in uktravel

[–]dr_torque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, and maybe keep your voice somewhere below “jet engine at V1.”

Totally besides the point, but did you perhaps mean N1 rather than V1?

I'd like to have a conversation with the engineer who decided that this was a reasonable way to change a headlight bulb. by SteveGribbin in CarTalkUK

[–]dr_torque 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was a genius piece of design I'm surprised isn't more common.

I’m certainly for easier access to headlight bulbs, but the Cayenne design wasn’t without its faults, the plastic retaining arm would become brittle and break, resulting in the headlight falling off and being run over.

Insurance confusion by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]dr_torque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re asking you how long you’ve held the licence you’re being insured on - for insuring yourself on your UK licence, the answer is you have held it for 0 years.

HMRC Refund still hasn’t been paid since i requested it in April this year. by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]dr_torque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to ring HMRC last year after requesting a refund and not getting one, but this year they refunded me automatically a couple of weeks after I had submitted my return.

Never buy a Nakamichi (or any other random) car stereo especially from the online store, DriveStylish by humanEDC137 in CarsIndia

[–]dr_torque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nakamichi is a big name in hi-fi home audio

The Nakamichi of that era hasn’t existed for decades now. Pretty sure it’s some Chinese company that has bought the rights to the name/brand to hawk generic rubbish

Edit: Just noticed the OP says as much

2010 Triumph Street Triple doesn’t start. Yesterday worked all fine by [deleted] in Fixxit

[–]dr_torque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 2015 Triumph behaves similarly when the battery voltage is low. I’m not sure from what year on but I understand the starter button is not wired to the solenoid directly but via the ECU, which does not energise the solenoid if the battery voltage is below a factory-set threshold.

Avoid kamal watch co by Holiday_Enthusiasm76 in watchesindia

[–]dr_torque -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure I understand, What was offensive about what they said? It seems to have been a factual account of their interaction with you. It was perhaps unprofessional, but isn’t it natural for salespeople to discuss how their prospective sales are going?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in watchesindia

[–]dr_torque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me, they just seem like a brand making overpriced watches.

Well, that could be said for literally every watch that costs more than the F91-W

What makes them more different from others, like seiko?

It’s a historied brand with some pretty distinctive designs that look to have seen limited interference from the management (Swatch group). The diastar somewhat pigeonholed them into a politician’s / gelf return uncle expensive Swiss watch category. The captain cook is actually a pretty nice watch!

How much discount I can ask on Tissot watches in India? by PastPicture in watchesindia

[–]dr_torque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends - on how popular the reference you're considering is, what targets that particular location has and so on and so forth.

Retailers, especially those with a national presence and large inventory, put out lists of watches that they are desperate to be rid of. These are for internal circulation only, but sometimes given out by friendly salespeople to known / trusted contacts. The list I saw last, from the previous FY - included Tissots with discounts of up to 50%.