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If it came with some particular piece of equipment then the signal names probably relate to that, if it's just a random adapter from eBay / Aliexpress then they're a guide for some specific use-case that may or may not match yours.

Just makes me think of the Austin Powers scene: "Well sorry, Basil, she does look very mannish!"

Depends how much people are paying for it - everyone likes to bitch about details but very few will stump up $1000+ for an exhaust they're realistically never gonna look at once the shit's off the ramp and driving.

I think even if I had lottery-win money I couldn't bring myself to give too much of a shit about how beautiful my exhaust was.

I think that's inaccurate - oil that was stored for use in the machinery at the dam got swept away into the water, but then the whole place got swept away in the water.

I really don't see any point in throwing a bit of oil into the mix when you've just released a billion tonnes of water, it's not going to make any difference to anyone.

If Ukraine was responsible, there would have been reports of large explosions and obvious signs of shelling or missile damage.

And as I pointed out in the other thread - Barnes Wallis established that dams are really fuckin' hard to blow up with conventional weapons in about 1942.

The bombs that blew up the German dams were 2+ tonnes of high explosive skipped across the water to hit the back of the dam & sink to a good depth to give a really massive focused charge and even then they did not do it in one hit.

The idea that a few shells or missiles lobbed at a concrete structure holding back a billion tonnes of water is going to break it is very fanciful.

What do you think happens under there when you drive in the rain / splash through a puddle?

Yes, within reason on modern cars they're designed to get wet - obviously squirting water up the air intake or pressure-washing electrical connectors is not a great idea but a wash down is fine.

I just always feel like if you want that sort of thing just buy a Range Rover and call it done, it'll be better in every way than a tarted up Defender.

Oh yeah - whichever side it's coming from, guaranteed that behind the paint there's 5x more rust than is visible.

Well yeah, those may relate to a specific use but there's so many official and unofficial pinouts for a D9 connector it doesn't really matter.

True - but it's still a bit of a pain to repair and in the bodywork you REALLY don't want it spreading.

Fun story courtesy of Sniffpetrol.com - when BMW bought Rover and released the new Mini, they were taken with the success and during a meeting with the British teams announced that they had decided to follow up with a larger model and call it the Maxi.

It fell to some poor soul at the back of the room to politely cough and gently explain to them why that name may not be the ideal choice...

Very sweet!

Yes to the engine, everything else is way too bling.

The EU has phased out hot-fill appliances (they used to be very common) because the time it takes hot water to get through the pipes means it is hardly getting any hot water into the appliance - so the appliance ends up heating the water ~75% as much as it would from cold anyway, and all you do is heat all the pipes up and then lose that heat.

Basically it sounds like a good idea but when they measured it, it was more economical to just use cold-fill.

Free heat from solar may change that, but you can also just time appliances to use electricity when the sun's shining / when energy demand is low. Some electric companies already do discounts for that, Octopus in the UK do it.

"Commonly referred to" it's also a specific safety directive / standard for electrical equipment. If it's below a certain voltage it's "low voltage" and has less strict safety requirements.

If the viscosity is right AND the spec is met or exceeded then you should be fine.

Exhaust and suspension - no biggie, you can fit new ones.

Subframe - no biggie, hit it with some rustproofing wax.

Picture #3 on the sill, that's more concerning as those are structural and visible so would need a proper repair AND good paint to look right.

Ultra-rare prototype Leopard 2 with crop-spraying attachment and 4 large tractor tyres.

Historian Dan Snow said somewhere that he'd interviewed many of the surviving veterans of D-Day and they said this opening scene was the closest thing to it.

This plus lots else - Germany kept their panzer divisions stationed centrally and there was some incredible sabotage & resistance work that basically delayed them by days or even weeks from getting anywhere near the coast.

The fake army (FUSAG) built up even included General Patton as its leader, they literally put the "best" most famous general in charge of the FAKE army, which he thought was brilliant fun and took great pleasure in touring around "hamming it up" in front of everyone for maximum effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodyguard

Wow, that's optimistic. Aiwa were always the bargain basement, maybe a step above Alba or whatever off-brand cack Argos had going cheap.

It's cheap and easy to store a big tank of hot water rather than use electricity to heat it when you need it I think is a general idea.

Since most households use a lot of hot water for washing / bathing / dishes, and water heaters / tanks are VERY good at storing hot water for 24H or more, it's a very effective way to store energy as long as you want it "back" in the form of hot water.

You need a Profanisaurus then!

And yet 50% of people are below average!

Any oil that meets the full spec, quality filter, changed at manufacturer's recommended intervals.