- Posts
- 33,274
- Location
- North Shropshire
Why does everyone drive so freaking slowly!? Worse, nobody seems to be able to drive at a steady speed anymore
What did you do with your Range Rover today
- Thread starter Dopey
- Start date
This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.
- Posts
- 6,388
- Location
- North Perthshire
+1 on that. My personal bugbear - esp the ones that suffer from oncoming-trafficitis
People who put on the brakes as soon as they see headlights? Prob the most irritating thing driving at night when the car in front is flashing brake lights at you+1 on that. My personal bugbear - esp the ones that suffer from oncoming-trafficitis
- Posts
- 6,388
- Location
- North Perthshire
Yep....and speeding up every time there is a clear stretch of road....to just above the speed I can do in a truck.
kds
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 2,255
- Location
- old,ugly, tired in Lincoln.
Check car locks and unlocks when turning key in door lock before you need to use it one day to get in when remote has a hissy fit and not unlock the car.Checked for error codes.. apparently the drivers door doesn't lock or unlock.
Works perfectly fine
dubbleRR
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 1,018
- Location
- highlands of Scotland
And people that buy a weeks shopping in a petrol station while parked at the pumps
..
- Posts
- 33,274
- Location
- North Shropshire
- Posts
- 19,270
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, UK. ('95 DT)
JFC. Of all the things that could have happened over the years. Well, fingers crossed that doesn't materialise
And the UJ is just typical. I actually wrote a letter complimenting a firm recently because the guy not only spotted I had messed up the order and rang to check it was correct but then got it seamlessly to me the next day when I hadn't even paid for next day delivery. Order was perfect when it arrived. I was actually surprised by good service!
- Posts
- 19,270
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, UK. ('95 DT)
They cannot see, that's why. I am told it is worse wearing spectacles because of the glare or something. Still does my head though.
I wear glasses to drive and don't have a glare problem, although the optician normally manages to upsell me the magical coatings
.Certainly better than driving without glasses anyway
Datatek
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 44,785
- Location
- Near Poitiers SW France
Glasses definitely increase the glare, maybe special coatings help, polarization certainly does but as I'm passed fit to drive without glasses, it's not a problem, just the speedo is a bit blurred
- Posts
- 33,274
- Location
- North Shropshire
I wonder if lighting will get better as the 'current' generation gets older? By better, i mean more fit for purpose, as opposed to even brighter
Datatek
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 44,785
- Location
- Near Poitiers SW France
Never had a problem with standard tungsten lights and I used to do a lot of night driving.
- Posts
- 33,274
- Location
- North Shropshire
Sealed beams were rubbish, with low light output, but they didn't have a dipped beam hard cut off and the filament didn't go anywhere near the blue end to hamper eye focus and add glare. Result, you can see more in all conditions than with a modern brighter lamp
Scotiawhiskers
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 868
- Location
- Manchester
I use yellow safety glasses at night, car and bike, as it takes the glare and dazzle out of headlights and modern brake lights. So then easier to try to read the road on the spill from the oncoming lights rather than just have burned out retinas.
I frustrate people with my speed sometimes, but mostly when the 125 backup bike is only pulling 50 in the 60 against a headwind with the throttle on the stop.
I frustrate people with my speed sometimes, but mostly when the 125 backup bike is only pulling 50 in the 60 against a headwind with the throttle on the stop.
dubbleRR
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 1,018
- Location
- highlands of Scotland
Old lights are better for the eyes ,apparently led lighting makes a spectrum band of light that kills cells at the back of the eye,street lights cars even in offices AND mobile phones
....
Last edited:
Datatek
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 44,785
- Location
- Near Poitiers SW France
Blue is bad for the eyes. Again, never had a problem with sealed beam units although I thought they were stupid having to replace the whole unit for s failed filament. If you cannot see at night without ridiculously bright lights, maybe you should not be driving at night.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 44,785
- Location
- Near Poitiers SW France
Changed the top gasket O ring on the LHD FIP, looks like the leak has stopped so I will not have to go down to the next level
stuu
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 1,941
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Its got a light that stays on to show there's a trailer attached,
Nice touch as the old td6 didnt have with the same bar or electrics as they tell you on the dash when a trailer lights out,
But wow what a massive improvement using the 4.2 to tow with, granted its only been 1.5ton approx but with the td6 you always noticed it would rev slighty more and feel it on the set off, this ones like nothings there at all
Nice touch as the old td6 didnt have with the same bar or electrics as they tell you on the dash when a trailer lights out,
But wow what a massive improvement using the 4.2 to tow with, granted its only been 1.5ton approx but with the td6 you always noticed it would rev slighty more and feel it on the set off, this ones like nothings there at all
- Posts
- 3,837
- Location
- Near Heathrow.
That's so you know if someone attached a trailer while you weren't looking. . . . .. or nicked yours while asleep at the lights.
