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• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 7 hours

  

  Random thought, low battery on blipper. Our Audi A4 behaved weirdly with a low battery in the key . Wouldn't open tailgate or shut windows with a long press. Would lock and unlock fine though.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 1 day

  

  Left field solution. Mazda rx8.
  Low powered, high revving. Sublime chassis and quite good on long drives. High fuel consumption but that doesn't matter if it's a "Sunday" car. That hatch space would fit the pooch easily.

• What time is it? Watches and horology

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 1 day

  

  Looks really good. Love the dull titanium finish. I need a ti watch of some description. I'd get one of those but I'd like flash of orange and no numerals.

• What time is it? Watches and horology

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 3 days

  

  Those new Seiko 5 sports.... So they're basically skx style divers without the ISO diver rating. Booo. I do like the orange dial one but why they persist with the horrible gold gilt elements, blurgh.

• What time is it? Watches and horology

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  I'm looking for a nice automatic diver with a steel bracelet for maximum 500 pounds

  It's not auto but its a proper certified diver - no idea what local pricing would be:
  https://www.starbuy.com.au/citizen-eco-d­rive-mens-200m-black-divers-watch-bn0190­-82e

  There's also a Ti version.

  Otherwise I really rate these ( a bit more utilitarian though)
  https://www.starbuy.com.au/seiko-prospex­-automatic-steel-divers-mens-watch-srpb5­3k

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  Hmmm, seriously. One day...
  There is a group near where I live that has experience doing projects like this (minus the oleopneumatics!) Would need a solid base car, problem is that even a rolling shell is worth decent money now.
  I'd have to paint the thing a real metallic electric blue with white roof and a blue velour interior though.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 5 days

  

  Think they would make great electric vehicles

  I've always wanted to engineer an electric ds.... Have to figure out the hydraulic system. I'd imagine the pumps would draw a lot of current.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks

  

  Hell yeah! To both of those. The dangel 505 is so good.

• What time is it? Watches and horology

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks

  

  Can't stand a sloppy strap. Gotta be just right.

• What time is it? Watches and horology

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks

  

  The polished bits really just add to it... I was sceptical until I tried the bracelet. Definitely looks "right". I've had this on a leather strap and the supplied NATO but this is my favourite combo. This is going to sound weird but it looks professional, rather than blingy....