and today i have mostly been...

[Welly]

announced his resignation in the Croatian capital Zagreb after returning from an investment trip to Qatar.

Nice way of saying 'free holiday'

[steve_earwig]

I gather the next question with regard to Čačić will be where he serves his time, apparently he can ask to serve it in Croatia and the feeling is if he does it'll just be 11 months in a holiday camp.

...but said fog had seriously impaired his visibility.

No,you murdering bastard, there was no fog, you were just driving way too fast because you thought the Hungarian authorities couldn't touch you

The post above is about this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20352187 which is amazingly good news for Croatia.

sh*t man, have you seen the news? Now all we need is Sanader to get 15 years...

...and Croatia to abandon joining the Titanic, sorry, Europijan Union.

[Ares]

I dont know how is the situation in other countries but here,specimens like Čačić is a regular basis in govermant.

I was hoping that Croatia dont join EU but we have been already sucked in deep to abandon Titanic
I mean,i love europe,there are so much better solutions for everything but still dont want some folks half a million km away in Bruxell to tell if i can or not build or do something.

Considering Sanader,i find it so hillarious,he is f..ucking entire country,stole few million euros,was under trial when he decided to go on vacation and nobody could stop him.
He said he was too smart and nobody can outsmart him in the governmant,which is,to be honest,not very difficult.

On the other thing,when we hop aboard Titanic,we will import vehicles and it will be DEALERS WHEELERS time thats the only thing keeping me happy.
Steve,did you moved here or on some prolongue vacation

[Welly]

Steve,did you moved here or on some prolongue vacation

He's not on vacation, he's on a 'fact finding' mission (it's just that it's taking f*cking ages)

[steve_earwig]

I've been here more that 8 years and I still didn't find any facts, where did you guys hide them?

[Ares]

what facts,about what?
i dont understand a thing

[steve_earwig]

The toy yoyo is still sitting in my garage while I decide whether to set fire to it or not, meanwhile over on the owner's klub they're debating the safe depth for a RAV to drive through - http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/ ... pic=141250. You probably don't want to trawl through 6 pages of drivel but, basically, it tells them in the handbook. Also, the feeling seems to be that you have to keep the revs up or water will be sucked into the engine via the exhaust - either I'm mad or they are. Hold on, they like driving RAVs...

It's all to do with the recent flooding in the UK and because this happened: http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/ ... 4&hl=water where the guy drove at 30mph through a puddle and it killed his car. There's a picture of this "puddle" here https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CaMZ ... hoto_1.JPG - I reckon anyone that drives at 30mph through that deserves everything they get

[Doggy]

Anyone else sense Charles Darwin raising an eyebrow?

[Welly]

I didn't know the Normally Aspirated Toybota Petrol engine was capable of sucking water up its own tail pipe - surely they've missed a huge environmental benefit there? a car that cleans up after itself

Dare I ask if you have any friends on that forum?

[Welly]

Oh gees, I've just read someone on that klub's 'fix' for a hydro-locked engine..........drain and 'clean' it

[Ares]

Oh gees, I've just read someone on that klub's 'fix' for a hydro-locked engine..........drain and 'clean' it

hahahaha

[steve_earwig]

Just out of interest http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/ ... pic=141624

Where was I? Oh yes, as the weather's heading into winter proper I reckoned I needed to make a decision on the yoyo, no point in me ruining the Pug while I've got that pile of crap. I was going to put some tape over the lights and ignore the issue as suggested above, plus remove the two new lamdas, until I could work out a way of getting a cheaper cat, but then I talked to Goran and we decided to give the guy who made the cat a call - seeing as how it had a year's guarantee an' all that. Not only did he remember us (I wonder why ) but he was all ok with the guarantee. "Bring it in," he said "and we'll take a look." So it went to him Tuesday morning. And he still has it His story is the emissions system is going haywire for some reason, probably because of the two messed up injectors. Oh crap. I suppose it was stupid not to check them before and now I don't know if he's bullshitting me or not. Goran says not but I'm not convinced. So far it has had aNoThEr NeW cAt a metal element one apparently because they reckon this'll be impossible to incinerate, and today he was mean to to see if the injectors can be saved or if it'll need new ones but we've not heard anything. No news is..?

Fecking stupid money pit

I'm quite enjoying driving the Pug anyway, even though it's taking ages to warm up in this weather (but I have a warm bum ). The Kleber winter tyres I slagged off before now have a couple of thousand kms on them and are actually pretty good now they've scrubbed in. The relined handbrake shoes aren't too bad either, not as good as the yoyos (which lock the back wheels much too easily IMHO) but make the Mintex shoes look stupid. I'll hold off recommending it until I've done a lot more kms though as the Mintex started out this good (but quickly got worse and worse and useless, finally failing even to lock the back wheels on gravel without a very strong pull on the lever )

[steve_earwig]

Pop question - what engine, what car?


(And no cheating by looking at the file name either )

[lozz]

Dunno

erm LADA perhaps ?



engine type naturally aspirated diesel VAZ Lada Niva Diesel My guess anyway
Engine manufacturer Peugeot
Engine code
Cylinders Straight 4
Capacity 1.9 litre
1905 cc
(116.25 cu in)
Bore × Stroke 83 × 88 mm
3.27 × 3.46 in
Bore/stroke ratio 0.94
Valve gear SOHC
2 valves per cylinder
8 Total valves
maximum power output
(DIN) 58.8 PS (58 bhp) (43.3 kW)
at 4600 rpm
Specific output
(DIN) 30.4 bhp/litre
0.5 bhp/cu in
maximum torque
(DIN) 114 Nm (84 ft·lb) (11.6 kgm)
at 2070 rpm
Specific torque
(DIN) 59.84 Nm/litre
Engine construction
sump
compression ratio 23.5:1
Fuel system Cav Roto Diesel DPC Diesel inj.
bmep (brake mean effective pressure) 752 kPa (109.1 psi)
Maximum RPM
crankshaft bearings 5
Engine coolant Water
Cylinder volume 476.25
Aspiration Normal D.
Compressor N/A
Intercooler None

[steve_earwig]

The forward-opening bonnet, the horrible paint and the indicator are a bit of a give-away. Still, what engine?