1 hour ago, zain611 said:

Thats interesting to know about swapping the ECU and the gearbox in mine. Win win there then 😁. That might be why at 70mph the 75hp version sits at 3200 rpm and the 60hp is around 3000 

Supposedly the 75 has the taller gearing, which is why a 60 with an ECU swap or remap is said to be quicker on acceleration than a stock 75. If true, the 75 ought to show the lower rpm.

There's actually quite a lot on this topic on the briskoda.net site where there are some pretty enthusiastic tinkerers on the Citigo forums.

it's a while since I've been on there, but there was a lot of debate about whether one or the other actually had the higher gearing, or whether they were both the same. Someone might have the definitive answer by now!😀

 

Work  just scrapped a 08 plate fiesta, needed a spring and had a couple of dents. Nothing much else wrong with it. No one could be bothered to sort it out. 

On 11/23/2022 at 9:43 AM, TomsFocus said:

An impressive feat nowadays...almost everything interesting seems to be auto!  

It’s a Fiesta ST, just hoping I actually get it before they stop building them lol

On 11/23/2022 at 6:21 PM, iantt said:

Work  just scrapped a 08 plate fiesta, needed a spring and had a couple of dents. Nothing much else wrong with it. No one could be bothered to sort it out. 

What a waste! ☹️

I do like the Focus getting a reprieve for another year..... hopefully 🤞

MOT a couple of days ago, failed on a tyre and a trackrod end with another tyre as an advisory.

Just got them to replace both tyres since it was in, £240 later and hopefully another year at least before I have to worry about getting another car. 

16 hours ago, Turvey said:

Just got them to replace both tyres since it was in, £240 later and hopefully another year at least before I have to worry about getting another car. 

Wow, £240, I hope that included the track rod end too! LOL

3 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

Wow, £240, I hope that included the track rod end too! LOL

And tracking, and mot.

I'd insure that gold plated track rod end LOL

Driving out of Belfast this morning on the M2, I noticed plumes of 'smoke' on the horizon. On reaching further, I saw that it was a beautiful steam train pulling 5 carriages obviously on some kind of special Christmas expedition. Odd that a method of transport in excess of 100 years old could bring such joy to me, I genuinely felt like a kid playing with his 1st train set...

41 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

Odd that a method of transport in excess of 100 years old could bring such joy to me,

Do you think in a hundred years from now that a ride on a 'Boris Bike' will bring the same level of joy ? 🤣

3 minutes ago, unofix said:

Do you think in a hundred years from now that a ride on a 'Boris Bike' will bring the same level of joy ? 🤣

Probablyt not, but there may be something similar when they're all in hydrogen cars and an old Tesla drives past LOL

4 hours ago, StephenFord said:

Wow, £240, I hope that included the track rod end too! LOL

 

4 hours ago, iantt said:

And tracking, and mot.

Yep! MOT, tyres, track rod end and hopefully tracking 😀

They regularly run steam trains up my neck of the woods you can hear the whistles and if lucky at certain vantage points spot them. I'm a Deltic and pacer memory guy, but steam evokes a different time.

We have a small steam railway near me, runs regular steam journey between Cheltenham racecourse to Broadway. In the summer months there's steam train running every hour throughout the day. It's only probably 20 miles at the most each way. 

5 minutes ago, iantt said:

We have a small steam railway near me,...

Just seen in the local paper that the train I saw earlier was indeed a 'Santa' special!

Woke up to this, only downside is my partner and her daughter were going to visit her mum today leaving me at home to have a peacefully day. 

12 hours ago, StephenFord said:

Just seen in the local paper that the train I saw earlier was indeed a 'Santa' special!

No coal for stockings this year then, all being used on the train since the price of reindeer food became unviable. 😮 

7 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

No coal for stockings this year then, all being used on the train since the price of reindeer food became unviable. 😮 

We have reindeer for hire near me. No excuse. 🤣🤣

13 minutes ago, iantt said:

We have reindeer for hire near me....

Oh, so they'll be wanting them back then. Shame, I had some wonderful Venison sausages last week in a very posh Donegal hotel, delicious!

Will steam trains run  on coking coal, now the new pit is a go-er ? or do they have to be smokeless hahahaha

Just leaving this here in case anyone does fancy a ride on a choo-choo. No special interest to declare, other than I had a couple of day trips with them in the pre-covid times:

UK Steam Rail Day Trips and Worldwide Rail Holidays (railwaytouring.net)

4 hours ago, iantt said:

We have reindeer for hire near me. No excuse. 🤣🤣

Lol, we have two in our warehouse. A LED white one in reception and one made from different size boxes and labels in the warehouse. I put a safety ticket in yesterday as theres no shovel or bucket to clear up after it 😄

Anyone know if the latest Spiderman film can be streamed for free anywhere yet?  

Watched the other two this weekend and last, thought they were pretty good, I'm not usually in to fantasy stuff.  

Was hoping the latest one would be on TV next weekend but can't see it on the TV Guide.

Never watched them before as I thought they were kids films...but being played at 10pm on a weekend made me question that! 

 

17 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Anyone know if the latest Spiderman film can be streamed for free anywhere yet?  

Is this the one?

https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/2009154200

41 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Anyone know if the latest Spiderman film can be streamed for free anywhere yet?  

Watched the other two this weekend and last, thought they were pretty good, I'm not usually in to fantasy stuff.  

Was hoping the latest one would be on TV next weekend but can't see it on the TV Guide.

Never watched them before as I thought they were kids films...but being played at 10pm on a weekend made me question that! 

 

Ive asked elsewhere and allegedly its available on YIFY @TomsFocus

13 hours ago, StephenFord said:

Is this the one?

https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/2009154200

Nope.  That one's 15 years old lol.  Just checked, the one I'm after was released in Dec last year and called 'No Way Home'.

 

13 hours ago, Wino said:

Ive asked elsewhere and allegedly its available on YIFY @TomsFocus

Ah, I don't use any naughty sites!  Thanks for the suggestion though.