Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

zagubov

kabayiri wrote: »

Can I add :-

Where can you find the longest river in the world?

Is it an underwater river?;)

kabayiri

zagubov wrote: »

Is it an underwater river?;)

Yep. I would never have guessed it.

I guess it relies on the technical definition of a river.

silvercar

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Thank you for all your comments on Hyundai cars. Went and looked at a second hand ix35 yesterday afternoon, put down deposit, collect on Wednesday. Fingers crossed DD1 approves - she shares second car with OH so can transport kiddlewink (now 2 kiddliewinks) around with all the gubbins that entails.

Car is 3 years old, so comes with 2 years warranty etc. OH is pleased! !

Sounds good, happy driving.

I thought they come with 7 years warranty now?

ukmaggie45

silvercar wrote: »

Sounds good, happy driving.

I thought they come with 7 years warranty now?

Only said 5 years in the advertising stuff in the dealership, and I think that's what it said on the Hyundai website too. But 5 years from new is good compared to others.

silvercar

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Only said 5 years in the advertising stuff in the dealership, and I think that's what it said on the Hyundai website too. But 5 years from new is good compared to others.

My mistake, it is Kia that gives 7 years.

GDB2222

kabayiri wrote: »

Yep. I would never have guessed it.

I guess it relies on the technical definition of a river.

I still don't know what you are talking about - unless you are trying to classify ocean currents as rivers, maybe? Which would be stretching the definition of the word river well beyond breaking point IMHO.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd be happy to have the use of a car, say in a car pool, where you pay by the mile .... IF .... it were affordably comparable to running an old car and IF it wasn't dominated by some greedy people.... so, if I could pre-book a car in advance and usually get one ... and if I could usually find there was one there on demand .... I'd go for it.

I don't want/need a car, it's a necessity in life mostly, if you wish to leave the immediate 1 mile radius of your house on a whim and wanting to go all over the place within 20 miles for 2-3 things. e.g. popping out on a Sunday morning, going to two car boots, stopping off at a supermarket, quick drive by the beach and home. You can't do that on a bus.

Zipcar are a car club in London. They charge £6 a month membership and £6 an hour for use, or £54 a day. That includes fuel, insurance, etc, up to 60 miles a day.

If you use a car for say 5-10 hours a month, that might well be cheaper than the cost of owning your own car - even an old car. And of course their cars are almost new. They are only in a few towns in the UK at the moment, though.

michaels

GDB2222 wrote: »

Zipcar are a car club in London. They charge £6 a month membership and £6 an hour for use, or £54 a day. That includes fuel, insurance, etc, up to 60 miles a day.

If you use a car for say 5-10 hours a month, that might well be cheaper than the cost of owning your own car - even an old car. And of course their cars are almost new. They are only in a few towns in the UK at the moment, though.

Cheaper to rent though unless you want a car for only an hour or two max and even then there is probably a rental place nearer.

kabayiri

GDB2222 wrote: »

I still don't know what you are talking about - unless you are trying to classify ocean currents as rivers, maybe? Which would be stretching the definition of the word river well beyond breaking point IMHO.

It's a river below the Amazon, only wider.

I was mistaken when I said longest, it's actually biggest in that it's wider.

But apparently, there are bigger rivers in the sky. They carry more water than any river on the surface.

LydiaJ

Thanks for the recommendations of exam paper websites, people. I have got almost all of them now. Just need to check through to see which few I'm still missing. Will do that in a day or two when I get a moment...

GDB2222 wrote: »

Pythagoras will answer your question in theory, but it's not terribly practical.

As an example, say the garage is 6 metres long and your ramp tilts the car up so the front is a metre from the ground, it will only allow a car that is 8 cms longer.

It's easier to add a front extension to the garage.

Even though the slope would give you an extra 8cm at the front, I don't think you'd be 8cm better off overall. The boot would be further behind the rear wheels than it would be with the car horizontal.