The TPU UK Clubhouse

[HUSKIE]

My country hits earthquake 2 days ago. God bless for them.

 

[kurosagi01]

Hope things work out alright.
Well i've just built a itx PC for work project..tick in the box now and won't need to look into doing one out of my own expense now lol.

 

[Splinterdog]

I'm a Brit, live in Argentina but have plans to return to Blighty in the near future.
Technically, I can be in thus clubhouse because that's where my mind is?
Besides, the weather outside is decidedly British today.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I'm a Brit, live in Argentina but have plans to return to Blighty in the near future.
Technically, I can be in thus clubhouse because that's where my mind is?
Besides, the weather outside is decidedly British today.

Stay put. We need the man power to fight the Argentines when it kicks off again

 

[dorsetknob]

I'm a Brit, live in Argentina but have plans to return to Blighty in the near future.
Technically, I can be in thus clubhouse because that's where my mind is?

Sure why not they let in the 13 Colonial States ( and the following 37 )

Stay put. We need the man power to fight the Argentines when it kicks off again

won't happen as they cannot afford to ( they could not afford it last time and it was a political distraction for home Voters).

 

[Splinterdog]

Don't worry. I'll keep my eyes peeled for any potential signs.
Mum's the word.

 

[kurosagi01]

When you recommend a used GTX1080 for £250 on facebook that is local and your older bro tries to low ball him more...already a discount as it is.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

When you recommend a used GTX1080 for £250 on facebook that is local and your older bro tries to low ball him more...already a discount as it is.

you should nunchuck your brother

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Well i wouldn't say that it's cold but after being in 25-31'c for a month, Blighty does feel a little chilly

 

[NdMk2o1o]

it was 25c here last week also, now back to 13c, standard

 

[FreedomEclipse]

it was 25c here last week also, now back to 13c, standard

Im still braving it in Tshirt and shorts m8

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Im still braving it in Tshirt and shorts m8

**nice and snug in my big hoody and jeans**

 

[FreedomEclipse]

You big pansy


::EDIT::

oh my god... glorious 27" 1440p monitor. how i have missed you! a 13" 720p screen for an entire month was torture.

Moon base is slowly coming back online

::EDIT 2::

Oh and thank god im back on a 77mbps connection. I've been on a mobile hotspot that was barely half a meg shared between me and my dad after the sales rep lied to us. 4G for them apparently means barely ADSL.

720p streams would constantly buffer and 480p meant that nobody else but that person streaming could use the net as turning a simple page had a 30-1min delay. We couldnt just up and cancel the service as dad had already paid cash upfront and laws/regulations are weird in Hong kong. Here you have like a customer satisfaction guarantee thing or a cooling off period where if youre not happy with the service after 1 or 2 weeks, you can choose to cancel without any strings attached. Thats not really how it works in HK ive been told...

Most of the time id just rip/download youtube videos over night in 720p (which takes around 30-40mins for a 20min video??? DL rate was 200-250kb/s but it was never consistant and sometimes the speed dropped to 35kb/s) then let my dad have the net during the day as he wanted to watch his football.

We had a spare 4g mobile hotspot thing which was running a faster network (20mbps) but the moment it would detect any sort of download constant usage such as a 1080p stream the network would disconnect

Its been a pretty rough month with no net and 4-6miles of walking in 25-31'c heat for at least 4hrs a day. terrain is quite hilly.

We would walk along the route marked in red but we'd stop and get lunch in the middle and walk around two shopping malls along the way so they always accounted for at least 1hr -1hr15mins of the walk. usually we had also bought dinner there so had to carry everything back up hill - Or i should say mountain as it is a small mountain and not a hill.

There is a local hiking path or a 'nature walk' that goes around one of the mountains and i did part of it. I didnt go to HK equiped for hiking so i went to the peak had a look around then came back but just that 1hr had my shirt completely soaked... my shirt was already soaked before I had even reached the start of the hiking path. its a short 15min walk from where i live but the heat from the sun is immense and its an uphill walk before you even hit the hiking path.

my nan who lived in the same area who lived to almost 100 walked the path without breaking a sweat like every other day.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I got a question for you car nuts out there. My uncle bought a car. The car generally runs ok but for some reason it wont idle smoothly when waiting at a set of lights or just sitting there parked after a cold start but the issue disappears when the engine warms up. It takes about 5-10mins for the engine to be running smoothly.

What could the problem be? Hes not a mechanic and im not either but the car is second hand and he just wants to know if there are any deeper underlying issues that the previous owner didnt tell him about...

He knows the car has been in a collision though, but how big we dont know. parts of the bodywork has been repaired and repainted but the paint job is real bad.

Anyway. if anyone knows more, please let me know

 

[Caring1]

I got a question for you car nuts out there.

Most likely the auto choke needs replacing.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I got a question for you car nuts out there. My uncle bought a car. The car generally runs ok but for some reason it wont idle smoothly when waiting at a set of lights or just sitting there parked after a cold start but the issue disappears when the engine warms up. It takes about 5-10mins for the engine to be running smoothly.

What could the problem be? Hes not a mechanic and im not either but the car is second hand and he just wants to know if there are any deeper underlying issues that the previous owner didnt tell him about...

He knows the car has been in a collision though, but how big we dont know. parts of the bodywork has been repaired and repainted but the paint job is real bad.

Anyway. if anyone knows more, please let me know

Cold stalling problems are the most common because the engine needs a richer fuel mixture to maintain idle speed until it warms up

 

[Caring1]

Cold stalling problems are the most common because the engine needs a richer fuel mixture to maintain idle speed until it warms up

And that is exactly what the choke is meant to do.

 

[kurosagi01]

What car is it?
Could be the auto choke like tigger and caring1 say.
Any other key things you can check out are:
Spark plugs/glow plug
Coil packs

Any serious ones could be fuel pump related.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I got a question for you car nuts out there. My uncle bought a car. The car generally runs ok but for some reason it wont idle smoothly when waiting at a set of lights or just sitting there parked after a cold start but the issue disappears when the engine warms up. It takes about 5-10mins for the engine to be running smoothly.

What could the problem be? Hes not a mechanic and im not either but the car is second hand and he just wants to know if there are any deeper underlying issues that the previous owner didnt tell him about...

He knows the car has been in a collision though, but how big we dont know. parts of the bodywork has been repaired and repainted but the paint job is real bad.

Anyway. if anyone knows more, please let me know

probably worth getting a pro to read the ecu on it , it could be the idle speed control valve, or Egr valve acting sticky , but it could also be a sensor issue , either the map(air density and pressure) or the carbon emission sensor or some others, all of which can cause poor idle speed control in cold start conditions.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

What car is it?
Could be the auto choke like tigger and caring1 say.
Any other key things you can check out are:
Spark plugs/glow plug
Coil packs

Any serious ones could be fuel pump related.

Toyota VOXY. He kinda just bought second hand so its probably worth a checkup down at his local mechanic.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Game of thrones, wow!!!!

 

[kurosagi01]

It's a running trend where the final season of TV shows always have terrible finale.

 

[kurosagi01]

Did this little survey thing for which party to vote for based on "policies", interesting result..

Survey Unavailable | Vote for Policies

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Just got to post this for your delectation, what a gorgeous piece of work. Engine mount, and down tube/headstock is original frame, the rest is custom.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

As a 30 something year old born in the 80's I would totally ride round on that thing today and think I looked the dogs b0llox!

Spoiler

(the reality would be a lot different though )