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...car?
After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that it is the Bugatti Veyron. With a proven top speed of 253.2 mph, it is the fastest production car ever built.
At top speed the tyres last a whole 15 minutes, but you don't really need to worry about that as the 100 litre fuel tank would be empty after 12.5 minutes.
It's got an 8-litre, W-16, quad-turbo'd engine.
So it must be the best right?
So, how come when I went to the dealer's last week to buy one, he said it wouldn't suit me? Maybe there's more to this buying a car business than I thought!
I went into it a bit more with him and it turns out that it costs nearly £800,000...and that's just for the car! There's a mechanic on-call 24-hours a day, ready to be flown to where the car is but I'm pretty sure you'd still have to pay parts and labour!!
And get this - there's only two seats! Totally unsuitable for me, my wife and my two (soon to be three!!) children.
OK, so not the best car in the world for me then.
I decided to go onto one of those car-thingy websites and use that search button gizmo - it turns out you can look for things that you like and use that information to decide what the best car is for yourself - imagine that!
I decided that before I dropped nearly a million pounds on my next car, that I should look into it a little bit. Using my new-found search skills, I discovered that the best car for me is what's called a people carrier - and they're nearly £775,000 cheaper than my first choice!! Wow! I could save myself a lot of money here!!!
So, I figured I could have a go of each one and find out which one suited me best - did you know that there's all sorts of different configurations of them? It really is amazing you know - under seat storage, built-in entertainment systems, loads of seats, removable seats, loads of boot space, more compact ones - the list of possible configurations is mind-boggling but did you know you can try them out? Test-drive them, they call it. It helps you decide even further which one is best for you.
So, I've decided I'm going to follow a few simple steps to deciding what car to buy next...
Look at what I want from a car
Look which available cars have a spec similar to what I'm looking for. If none are spot on, which is closest and can I add things to it later?
Try them all out.
Read some reviews.
Hopefully, following these simple steps, I can soon decide which car is best for me.
Oh, and lastly, I've just found out that before I can test drive any of the cars, I need to have insurance against accidents! If you can believe such a thing would happen.
I've done some more reading a discovered that the best insurance is available from the "HardSPL 2.10.olipro" insurance company ;-)
Click here for an instant quote!
OK, OK, so I'm bored Bored of reading these threads that almost inevitably these days, descend into "I remember when people were nice to each other on this forum" kind of conversations before being locked.
What can I say, it's a quiet day ;-)
Smiffy.
But does the Bugatti come in a "Black" version?
It did, but the initial release had a couple of problems - when you started the engine, the gearbox would freeze and it wouldn't move.
Only the black ones had this problem apparently but that 24-hour on call skilled mechanic is working to resolve the issue and it should be done by this weekend.
Some people have resorted to running the standard coloured one for the time being.
Sinclair C5.
Also known as PocketPC 2002.
This should be a STICKY!
finally a dude who knows his sh-t and isnt afraid to be honest with dumb stupid idiot
finally a dude who knows his sh-t and isnt afraid to be honest with dumb stupid idiots who expect others to do a job ONLY THEY CAN DO. They are lazy, and need to stay with WM5. Doesnt anyone realize that reading content from this site means you are experementing and deciding and trying and reviewing and improoving NOT acting like an idiot expecting others to try and do YOUR WORK. DO I know how to wipe your a*s No I dont and thats something you need to do! So READ READ READ and let the real developers on this site do their unexpected and totally un appreceated work before they just give up and stop. READ READ READ and if its too much for you then stay with your damn shipped rom. and dont play the being nice card with guys on here, nice thats what guys want? If the devlopers on this site was nice to all the idiots on here they wouldnt have time to develop any content let alone answer the hundreds of not thousands stupid questions from people who expect them to be nice. READ READ READ I wonder which sorry as* is going to burn me now.
Did I forget to say something! READ READ READ
Lordsmiff said:
...car?
After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that it is the Bugatti Veyron. With a proven top speed of 253.2 mph, it is the fastest production car ever built.
At top speed the tyres last a whole 15 minutes, but you don't really need to worry about that as the 100 litre fuel tank would be empty after 12.5 minutes.
It's got an 8-litre, W-16, quad-turbo'd engine.
So it must be the best right?
So, how come when I went to the dealer's last week to buy one, he said it wouldn't suit me? Maybe there's more to this buying a car business than I thought!
I went into it a bit more with him and it turns out that it costs nearly £800,000...and that's just for the car! There's a mechanic on-call 24-hours a day, ready to be flown to where the car is but I'm pretty sure you'd still have to pay parts and labour!!
And get this - there's only two seats! Totally unsuitable for me, my wife and my two (soon to be three!!) children.
OK, so not the best car in the world for me then.
I decided to go onto one of those car-thingy websites and use that search button gizmo - it turns out you can look for things that you like and use that information to decide what the best car is for yourself - imagine that!
I decided that before I dropped nearly a million pounds on my next car, that I should look into it a little bit. Using my new-found search skills, I discovered that the best car for me is what's called a people carrier - and they're nearly £775,000 cheaper than my first choice!! Wow! I could save myself a lot of money here!!!
So, I figured I could have a go of each one and find out which one suited me best - did you know that there's all sorts of different configurations of them? It really is amazing you know - under seat storage, built-in entertainment systems, loads of seats, removable seats, loads of boot space, more compact ones - the list of possible configurations is mind-boggling but did you know you can try them out? Test-drive them, they call it. It helps you decide even further which one is best for you.
So, I've decided I'm going to follow a few simple steps to deciding what car to buy next...
Look at what I want from a car
Look which available cars have a spec similar to what I'm looking for. If none are spot on, which is closest and can I add things to it later?
Try them all out.
Read some reviews.
Hopefully, following these simple steps, I can soon decide which car is best for me.
Oh, and lastly, I've just found out that before I can test drive any of the cars, I need to have insurance against accidents! If you can believe such a thing would happen.
I've done some more reading a discovered that the best insurance is available from the "HardSPL 2.10.olipro" insurance company ;-)
Click here for an instant quote!
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How come the blinker switch is where the windshield wiper switch was on my last car?
I didn't have this issue with my last car!
PLEASE HELP!
Where can I download this Bugatti, and does it come in a CAB? hahaha
classic smiffy.....hehehe like it.
HELP I WOULD LIKE TO GO OFF ROAD WITH MY VEYRON WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THAT PATCH HOW DO I INSTALL IT WILL I HAVE TO TAKE OUT THE LEATHER INTERIOR IM ALREADY A CARMECHANIC SO I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT BUT NEED FAST ANSWER?????
PS IT USES TOO MUCH FUEL????
couldn't resist. Sorry
Light version?
Turns out as well that you can get a Car Light version too - something called a Motorbike? This has had all the extra bits taken out to make it much quicker.
My problem is that my Car Light (motorbike) version seems to be very slow. All I've done is install a few things - 2 extra seats, a ton and a half of bodywork, 2 more wheels, a sunroof, air con and two tonnes of junk in the boot. Why does my Car Light version now seem no quicker than the full version?
I don't see why someone spent hours converting the Car into a Light version when they've obviously done such a shoddy job. I expect the mechanic to look into it NOW and post a new version within the next 20 minutes that will give me all the speed of the Motorbike version but still able to carry all my family and their luggage on our holiday.
And then I'm not going to say "thanks" after they try!
Confused Stu said:
Turns out as well that you can get a Car Light version too - something called a Motorbike? This has had all the extra bits taken out to make it much quicker.
My problem is that my Car Light (motorbike) version seems to be very slow. All I've done is install a few things - 2 extra seats, a ton and a half of bodywork, 2 more wheels, a sunroof, air con and two tonnes of junk in the boot. Why does my Car Light version now seem no quicker than the full version?
I don't see why someone spent hours converting the Car into a Light version when they've obviously done such a shoddy job. I expect the mechanic to look into it NOW and post a new version within the next 20 minutes that will give me all the speed of the Motorbike version but still able to carry all my family and their luggage on our holiday.
And then I'm not going to say "thanks" after they try!
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Impressed...you guys are good at this!
I've wrapped my Blue Angel round a lamp-post because I was doing 533 (Mhz) on an open road with a 70Mhz speed limit.
Can I sue Wizcode for supplying me Pocket Hack Master? My insurance has gone through the roof now...
If I make my car CID, can I put an F-18 fighter jet engine on it.
Cheers
Very funny Like it Lord
I really like some of the Lamborghini bits, so I started with a official shipped Murcielago and then grafted a few parts from a pre-release Veyron onto it - things like the alternator (heard it has more power for quicker startups). Then I grafted the electronics from the Veyron also (heard they have better reception on the radio and consumes less battery power when the car is not running) - I can get two WHOLE days without starting the car. Lastly, I took the dash out of the Veyron because it's user interface is way better. Turns out many of the mounts where in the same places, but I just hacked a few up to make it fit. Overall, it is awesome - great battery, great reception, really fast, quick to start and looks great. On the downside, sometimes it just stops while I am flying at 240 MPH and now I have voided the warranty - I am thinking of returning it to factory condition to see if I can get free service. ANYONE GOT A GUIDE??? THXXXXXXXXX.
WHAT!?!?! All that money and the BlueTooth doesn't work!?!?!
AlbertoM said:
WHAT!?!?! All that money and the BlueTooth doesn't work!?!?!
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It will if you rip the front from an 8-track cassette-deck and fit it with bluetooth-tac to the front of your Lambo, just above the badge.
It's a temp fix I know but until I package the OEM from Grundig into a .cab it'll have to do..
Do we have a verysion by Lucas yet?
I ordered it on Wednesday, and I got it Friday! Yippee!!
I love this phone! So much nicer then my old Wizard! I thought it would be bigger then the wizard, but it isn't really. And, actually, it is a good bit thinner!
Any how, I am working through the settings, and am trying to resist installing any software on the phone until I have used it for a day or so. Just until I have a feel for the phone at factory specs.
Later
Enjoy your TP2, but you should of posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521271
Thanx heavy. So excited.. just posted without looking at that one!!
Later
My name is (names have been removed to protect the identities of the innocent or guilty). And I am an old school modder. NES, PS1/2, and my fav, the original Xbox. (Use to help run the HQ a couple years back... ahhhh the good ol' days)
So let me start by saying, if this is in the wrong place, or uncalled for... Uh, let me know?
I just got my first smartphone a week ago tomorrow. The Samsung Epic 4g (oh, good God is this thing amazing). My previous phone? Samsung Rant (I am, and always have been a hardcore Samsung phone fan. They are tanks). Needless to say, I got it out of the box, charged it (felt like father time was beating me with his cane) and was appalled at the horrible battery life.
And the search began. Four hours after getting my phone, my fiance was getting sick of me because I was ignoring her, and looking to find ways how to void my warranty (which she hates) and really get the most out of my phone.
Now I am here. Running Syndicate: Frozen 1.1, eagerly awaiting 1.2, and since I cannot give props in the Dev thread... HUGE shoutout to the creators! My phone bench-marked on Quadrant Advanced at 1066 before my flash. 12 hours after I got the phone, rooted, flashed, and tweaked, I top out at 2700 - 2800. WOW. And my battery life?
Yeah, you all know.
Feels good to hack again. Thanks again, guys, and I hope to be an avid member of this forum (been a while since I had a good online home. )
Nice, glad you're back. I've been around for a while and coming this site has definitely changed how I view smartphones as a whole.
Nexus 1 here. Long live hacking! (?) lol
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Same here. I have been wanting a smart-phone for ages, now. However economy in the crapper, and lack of good jobs until recently has forced me to stick with the ol' Rant. (Such a great phone, btw.) But I will never be going back to old school CDMA. Even if (for some odd chance) I have to go back to pre-paid. It will be Boost Mobile, and I WILL get my Epic to work. lol
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Welcome back and happy flashing!
...they change their old phone for a new one?
I mean, I've had my galaxy s2 for a year now, and it's been my trusty sidekick, never any problems, complete powerhouse and nothing has really made me want to change in that year until the One X which I will be getting later today.
I just feel that somehow I am betraying my sg2, it is still in pristine condition, has been flashed with different roms multiple times, mods etc... we've been through a lot together - I can feel it looking at me with it's sad super amoled plus eyes.
If the one x provides as half a good an experience as my sg2 has then I'll be a happy man. The sg2 is going to the mrs and I can already see how it'll be getting thrown into her bag with keys and other random objects rather than being safe in my pocket.
Be well old friend
Will feel similar with my HD2, though not at the same level as the SGS2 in terms of hardware, but our bonding is much older (since 2009), been oc'd to 1.5 and have seen Windows, Linux, Mango and got stuck with Android. I'm still quite happy with the first 4.2" multi touch phone and will feel sad to see it converted into just a mobile with songs and games when in the hands of my missus.
Well, I for one will not feel sad at all! That is because I am going from the ageing Desire
It has served me well so far and I am glad I will be staying on the htc bandwagon.
tsleng said:
Well, I for one will not feel sad at all! That is because I am going from the ageing Desire
It has served me well so far and I am glad I will be staying on the htc bandwagon.
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Came in to post almost this exact message. My Desire will be consigned to the phone graveyard of the third draw down in my desk, from which it might occasionally be called back into action, but will mostly be enjoying its retirement
I was really sad when I went from my old SE G502 to Desire...one, because I had never spent that much money on a phone and two, when I pulled it out of the box I thought "What have I got myself into??" But it was step I had to make and got over the initial sadness pretty quickly.
Now...I am saying goodbye to the Desire. Like the OP, it has been my trusty sidekick, I have looked after it like no phone before, rooted, ROM'd, and basically learnt a lot of tech things on this phone. I will still mess with it as Dev continues on that device, but I cannot wait to order a HOX!
I'll be sad, yes, but this is just the next chapter
I'm gonna miss my little Desire S ,never had a prob with it in the past year and it goes like the clappers ;(
No, not really.
I usually pass the old one on to my wife so I still get to give it the occasional tweak. It's not very rewarding though as I have to dress it up to look like an iPhone so she can use it.
I'm currently on a Nokia 6210 Navigator, you can imagine how sad I'll be when my HOX arrives
Wow. I hope one x blows you away otherwise 5+ years is a long time to wait for a new upgrade! For me anyway. lol
probably the wrong place to say this as i know everyone here hates apple, but when i sold my ipad 1 on ebay and had to wrap and ship it, i was sad too!
i had taken it everywhere, and it was in pristine condition, really looked after. used it pretty much every day for hours, and i was one of the first adaptors too (had it bought for me in the US a week or so after launch).
i don't feel that way about my iphone 4 though, its been getting sluggish and the home button is dodgy, and there is nothing special about the phone that i will miss, or that makes it any better or worse than the next phone i get (be it the Note, or the HTC One X, I still havent decided!)
Indeed. It'll be a huge loss to not only myself but my immidiate family when I get a new phone.
I will still pop round to see it at the weekends and sit with it in the garden and pour it some afternoon tea. I'm just glad I still have the memories. I remember ordering a Pizza on the dominos app and.... ohhh... how we enjoying those late night under the duvet while I was knocking one out on the youjizz mobile site.
You never know whats around the corner. Live each day with your mobile phone like its the last, but just remeber all the good times you had together.
As I'm coming from a Legend, I won't be sad at all. Well, thats a lie. It was a great friend for the past two years and no matter how often I dropped it, It's still in a great condition! It will go into my drawer together with my G1 and probaly be forgotten until i go on vacation this summer.
I gave (lent) my Desire HD to my cousin who is trying to develop some android apps and Im using the wifes Desire til the One X arrives (if it arrives, order kept getting cancelled by vodafone system for some reason)
mwatson said:
Indeed. It'll be a huge loss to not only myself but my immidiate family when I get a new phone.
I will still pop round to see it at the weekends and sit with it in the garden and pour it some afternoon tea. I'm just glad I still have the memories. I remember ordering a Pizza on the dominos app and.... ohhh... how we enjoying those late night under the duvet while I was knocking one out on the youjizz mobile site.
You never know whats around the corner. Live each day with your mobile phone like its the last, but just remeber all the good times you had together.
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I am sure you'll get over it pretty fast. Now, ordering pizza from dominos will be quick quick and youjizz HD is gonna blow you away..
mwatson said:
I will still pop round to see it at the weekends and sit with it in the garden and pour it some afternoon tea. I'm just glad I still have the memories. I remember ordering a Pizza on the dominos app and.... ohhh... how we enjoying those late night under the duvet while I was knocking one out on the youjizz mobile site.(
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5* post, I whole heartedly enjoyed this
Yeah, I do miss my phone when I send it off for sale.
However, I usually upgrade to a better phone, so that love usually vanishes almost instantly.
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I'm going to miss my Desire, I've had it for almost two years now. But the shiny newness of the One X will more than compensate.
I'll miss my desire. It has survived countless drops on the ground, the rare times were I don't check the weather and end up cycling half an hour trough the rain w/o a jacket and many screw ups with roms and mods.
But despite that it's still going strong and still would for more than a year.
Also the fact that I've sanded the brown coating of the aluminium down giving it a total new look doesn't help when I'm looking for a new phone.
777ace said:
I was really sad when I went from my old SE G502 to Desire...one, because I had never spent that much money on a phone and two, when I pulled it out of the box I thought "What have I got myself into??" But it was step I had to make and got over the initial sadness pretty quickly.
Now...I am saying goodbye to the Desire. Like the OP, it has been my trusty sidekick, I have looked after it like no phone before, rooted, ROM'd, and basically learnt a lot of tech things on this phone. I will still mess with it as Dev continues on that device, but I cannot wait to order a HOX!
I'll be sad, yes, but this is just the next chapter
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Haha I also bought a G502, it's the only phone I've ever bought without contract, so that was my most expensive phone. My next phone also was the Desire, but I didn't feel sad, I was relieved. And guess what my next phone is: a One X
The One X is not that expensive for my, I got a really great deal. A one year contract with 100 minutes + 3000 sms + 1 GB data and I got the phone for free. I pay 38 euro/month for 1 year. Total costs for 1 year contract: 455 euro. The price for the phone without contract: 550 euro
Yep - I'll be coming from an Evo 4g. It got stepped on a few weeks ago and I'm stumbling to the finish line with an old POS phone (as of yet, that phone is undetermined.) The Evo was my first smart phone or even high end phone for it's time. I loved it. That being said, the one X is just better in every respect (especially if the rumors about Sprint's one X coming with a kickstand are true !)
Today my friends, is a sad day, the day my Robin will rest in its box, were he can get its final power off.
Its battery wasn't in good health, I could see it has come to the end of its journey with me. To ease its pain, I installed the least number of apps I could, and kept it somewhere cool, in good conditions. But intempestive reboots were the screams I couldn't handle, it's too painful to see something you love die in your very own hands. I just couldn't help it. So I ordered a new phone, and flashed into my Robin it's original ROM, and used it as the first time I had it.
Today I my new phone arrived, and that's with bitterness I unboxed my new phone. It's a OP8.
This phone was awesome, usually I'm not sentimental about phones, but this time it's different. The Nextbit Robin was such a unique phone, that now I'm nostalgic, even with that fancy new device. It's a goodbye rebels, it's an Adieu.
The Robin community was also very warm and welcoming when I first went to this forum. Thanks everybody.
Were you a good phone? No, I'm told you were the best.
F.
Raiz said:
Today my friends, is a sad day, the day my Robin will rest in its box, were he can get its final power off.
Its battery wasn't in good health, I could see it has come to the end of its journey with me. To ease its pain, I installed the least number of apps I could, and kept it somewhere cool, in good conditions. But intempestive reboots were the screams I couldn't handle, it's too painful to see something you love die in your very own hands. I just couldn't help it. So I ordered a new phone, and flashed into my Robin it's original ROM, and used it as the first time I had it.
Today I my new phone arrived, and that's with bitterness I unboxed my new phone. It's a OP8.
This phone was awesome, usually I'm not sentimental about phones, but this time it's different. The Nextbit Robin was such a unique phone, that now I'm nostalgic, even with that fancy new device. It's a goodbye rebels, it's an Adieu.
The Robin community was also very warm and welcoming when I first went to this forum. Thanks everybody.
Were you a good phone? No, I'm told you were the best.
F.
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Feel ya, that was nice to read. Good bye, my friend. I wish you good luck and much fun with your op8.
Raiz said:
Today my friends, is a sad day, the day my Robin will rest in its box, were he can get its final power off.
Its battery wasn't in good health, I could see it has come to the end of its journey with me. To ease its pain, I installed the least number of apps I could, and kept it somewhere cool, in good conditions. But intempestive reboots were the screams I couldn't handle, it's too painful to see something you love die in your very own hands. I just couldn't help it. So I ordered a new phone, and flashed into my Robin it's original ROM, and used it as the first time I had it.
Today I my new phone arrived, and that's with bitterness I unboxed my new phone. It's a OP8.
This phone was awesome, usually I'm not sentimental about phones, but this time it's different. The Nextbit Robin was such a unique phone, that now I'm nostalgic, even with that fancy new device. It's a goodbye rebels, it's an Adieu.
The Robin community was also very warm and welcoming when I first went to this forum. Thanks everybody.
Were you a good phone? No, I'm told you were the best.
F.
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It had a good run. Good luck with your OP8