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  1. boxbrownie
    You obviously haven’t read much on the Dapol and Hornby threads then.
  2. boxbrownie
    I expect Sony would have sued first 😉
  3. boxbrownie
    Any car with an exclamation mark on the bonnet is a no, no from me 🤣
  4. boxbrownie
    We called it the scatter gun approach 😆
  5. boxbrownie
    Sorry, on who’s doors? Are the door buttons on the new stock outer doors mushroom buttons as well? Obviously the old “T” handles were difficult sometimes for even the able bodied 😆 My wife finds the long lever handles on toilet doors easy to use as there is no friction/effort to turning them.
  6. boxbrownie
    Must admit the sat-Nav in our Porsche was pretty bad and that is the same VW parts bins, but our BMW has an excellent Sat-Nag which so far has never let us down, I find it more useful for just leaving it open on maps and using it as an open map page if we ever get stuck in traffic or need to find a short cut, it’s right in front of us.
  7. boxbrownie
    I like Bill’s prowling Jaguar on the window cill, makes a changed from leaping.
  8. boxbrownie
    Well both my late Mother and my wife would argue about that, both had/have chronic arthritis/rheumatoid arthritis and pushing any button is excruciating painful, if it is a “mushroom type” it is often fine as you can use the palm of the hand but using the buttons in the electronic doors in the modern trains is extremely difficult and painful, I have often stood guard outside 😄 The old type mechanical locks with the long levers is much easier and without effort usually.
  9. boxbrownie
    So does ours, and it is definitely turned off 🤣
  10. boxbrownie
    No but it makes them infinitely more reliable.
  11. boxbrownie
    No they are not, which is why the better systems have them as separate options.
  12. boxbrownie
    I have never seen a button locking disabled toilet in anything other than trains, I must be using some very old tech toilets. 😁
  13. boxbrownie
    But why is it then that every disabled toilet I ever use has easily accessible mechanical locks/bolts........except on trains?
  14. boxbrownie
    Most likely had the “shortest route” ticked………we’ve done that before driving on the motorway and seeing it say take the exit……luckily checking the map shows it goes up the the overpass and back down the other side onto the motorway, must have been a slight curve and it cut a few feet off the journe🤣y
  15. boxbrownie
    I wore seat belts from the first day after passing my test (with derision from some mates), the reason being we had a Mini racing special saloon and I saw too many accidents on the track which looked horrific but where the driver got out and walked away, nothing proves a point more, then again back then fireproof overalls were nothing more than a thick woollen jumper and jeans! 😁 Actually 40 years it seems longer ago than that now.
  16. boxbrownie
    Not sure, our involvement was in the Shell Mileage Marathon which was a track based competition which started within motor manufacturers and universities and progressed latterly with major input from schools and colleges. I know it was Shell I still have the sticker on my rusty old toolbox 😔
  17. boxbrownie
    Well maybe Hornby should stop using it, or use it correctly. As above it’s a pointless system useful maybe only to “train set” purchases.
  18. boxbrownie
    Oohhh sorry, I didn’t realise Hornby’s Era system was perfect. 🙄
  19. boxbrownie
    From the pictures it looked like it was the base body which cracked around the damper mount, so presumably they will beef up the material in that area, whether they will brace it or increase material spec is up to testing. But then I don’t think it’s ever been made public exactly what the issue was.
  20. boxbrownie
    What vehicle was your sat-Nav in you never use, it sounds like a badly implemented system.
  21. boxbrownie
    You could have just pressed the “avoid motorways” option. 😆
  22. boxbrownie
    Don’t be sad, Hornby likes some weird Eras.
  23. boxbrownie
    I’ll be getting the Rapido version regardless as I am buying it specifically as part of the film. I’ve no interest in the Edwardian (whatever) era of railways at all.
  24. boxbrownie
    Now that is interesting, never heard of that although plenty before my involvement, I worked on our teams Shell Mileage Marathon vehicle but that was a unique built vehicle and engine, I’d have preferred whizzing around on rails 😁 That explains in the first picture it looks like there is a special “fuel tank” in the rear seat place to accurately measure fuel, but not that while doing it the driver is smoking his pipe 🤣
  25. boxbrownie
    Why? Is the obvious question, it’s just a short branch, I just wonder what the reason unless it was just for fun 😄
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