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    Default Re: So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

    When I first heard it, I though this "Trump for President" malarkey was one of them internet joke type things. Ya know, Go Trump (entirely different thing in the UK)!
    Wow!


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    Default Re: So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

    As this thread as aimed at us Brits, feel I should respond. It all just convinces me more that you Yanks (well, about 50% of you) love complete nutters as leaders. I can't really comment as we have Cameron and Boris Johnson - to name just two.

    You will have the choice of a nutter or a woman with nuts (probably Bill's)


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    Default Re: So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

    I think he's a good businessman but he'd probably make a terrible politician. I don't trust any politician or party, no matter who wins, the country always end up in a terrible state anyway. Same case here in England with the choice between Labour, a party that would put us back in debt and Conservative, a party that has increased tax and made huge cut backs. We were screwed no matter who won our election and America seems to be in the same state.

    My view of all politicians is that they're all pigs but I give American politicians one thing: at least they have some inkling of personality which is more than could be said for David "Cunt" Cameron or Ed "Dick" Miliband or any of our other mindless politicians. Oh and this just in, Labour just committed suicide by electing some socialist who consorts with holocaust deniers. Say hello to another 10 years of Conservative rule Britain.

    I think America could have it worst. They could be us.



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    Default Re: So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

    I hope to god that asshole doesn't become president. Then again, there are folks stupid enough to vote for him.



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    Default Re: So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

    Funny that you brought this up because I just happened to read a news article about the VW scandal right before I came on this site. This should probably be another thread, and I don't mean to derail (though I've done it plenty often without meaning to), but I don't see how this company can get away with this without ANY criminal charges at all.


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    Quote Originally Posted by fred41 View Post
    Funny that you brought this up because I just happened to read a news article about the VW scandal right before I came on this site. This should probably be another thread, and I don't mean to derail (though I've done it plenty often without meaning to), but I don't see how this company can get away with this without ANY criminal charges at all.
    Isn't this a perfect topic for Ralph Nader? I think it was on auto safety that he made his name in the 1960s or the 1970s. And I am sure Mr Trump is concerned with emissions...


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    Quote Originally Posted by fred41 View Post
    Funny that you brought this up because I just happened to read a news article about the VW scandal right before I came on this site. This should probably be another thread, and I don't mean to derail (though I've done it plenty often without meaning to), but I don't see how this company can get away with this without ANY criminal charges at all.
    I came across that picture while looking for more info on the VW scandal. Whatever happens, the cost to the VW group (which includes Audi, Skoda and Seat, all using the same diesel engines...) is going to be enormous, both in monetary terms and in damage to their reputation.

    However, I suspect that this may be the tip of the iceberg. Much in the same way as the Mercedes A Class "Elk test" disaster years ago, other car manufacturers are notable by their silence on the matter. I suspect there's a lot of shredding and deleting of hard drives going on at the moment. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a few major recalls for apparently unrelated concerns over the next few months.

    I had a passing interest in motorbikes some years ago and it's interesting that if you looked at the power and torque curves measured and published by all the bike magazines back then, they (nearly) all showed either a flat spot or a decrease in power/torque in the rev range in which the emissions tests were performed. I don't know if it's still the case, but at the time it seemed to be the "accepted" way to pass the emissions test.

    Recently, in the UK, Fiat had a problem with one of it's 500 range. Owners were reporting that the cars simply couldn't drive up hills over a certain (fairly low) gradient. Again, the "problem" was engine mapping, almost certainly due to tuning the engine to pass emissions regulations.

    Maybe you're correct though, this probably should be on a separate thread.


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    Default Re: So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Laphroaig View Post
    Maybe you're correct though, this probably should be on a separate thread.
    Fuck it, we post where we want to post...we're thread thugs...get out of our way!!!...lol

    Interesting bit of info though, thanks.


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    Default Re: So what do you Brits make of Trump ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Stavros View Post
    Isn't this a perfect topic for Ralph Nader? I think it was on auto safety that he made his name in the 1960s or the 1970s. And I am sure Mr Trump is concerned with emissions...
    I think at this point Nader is just busy going off the deep end some where. As to Trump...logic would dictate that he'll burn out, but you never know, people like watching car wrecks..



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