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Post by Toreador on Jan 27, 2023 17:52:22 GMT
If you go at the speed of the rest of the traffic the relative speed is zero. Did you ever get your full driving license? Jeeves drives him around.  |
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Post by besoeker3 on Jan 27, 2023 17:55:28 GMT
I agree. I saw some near misses especially at bus stops. Can you explain the significance of the bus stop or were you just standing at one at the time to catch a a bus yourself? The the busses had to start and stop regularly. The C5, with its very limited range, caused a significant nuisance for busses. More importantly, the C5 was tiny, especially for busses when they were taller than the C5s so the bus driver couldn't see them. |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 27, 2023 17:56:58 GMT
Did you ever get your full driving license? Jeeves drives him around. Possibly . You can see that traffic doesn’t travel at the same speed and the same direction sitting in the back seat . I suspect the window tint is too dark. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 27, 2023 18:20:50 GMT
If you go at the speed of the rest of the traffic the relative speed is zero. Did you ever get your full driving license? You are back to trying to attack my credibility just because I stated an obvious fact. Now get back to discussing the topic. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 27, 2023 18:31:29 GMT
Can you explain the significance of the bus stop or were you just standing at one at the time to catch a a bus yourself? The the busses had to start and stop regularly. The C5, with its very limited range, caused a significant nuisance for busses. More importantly, the C5 was tiny, especially for busses when they were taller than the C5s so the bus driver couldn't see them. Yes I understand the construction of the C5 was cheap and nasty with minimal expense and so they had dire performance. I was looking a while back at the engineering on this £600 Chinese scooter and was looking at some fine precision engineering, including dual hydraulic disc brakes and a very good suspension system. It was on par with some of the engineering you get on performance racing bikes. Now suppose you did that in the same format as the C5 but larger and sturdier so it has good handling characteristics, then it would be more like a motorcycle in traffic and would easily manoeuvrer out of the way. You can get some very good acceleration out of an electric motor if you need it. I get the argument about low height and visibility, but I reckon also it was that people were not expecting them as they were new. if one were to fix all the other safety issues then they might work out OK. The main thing is the aerodynamics would be so good that you could whizz along at 50mph and t would be like floating. One can use active suspension these days. Besides if you never experiment you fail. You end up back in the stone age. Life is about taking risks to progress. |
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Post by Pacifico on Jan 27, 2023 18:32:02 GMT
There was nothing wrong with Amstrad - they were fulfilling a sector of the market that just wanted cheap. All the top-end hi-fi at the time was from British companies (apart from tape decks) but Amstrad were filling a niche in the market from those who just wanted to play a few records and were not that bothered what it sounded like.
Of course it was never going to amount to anything as it was soon undercut by cheap tat from China for those who were not worried about quality.
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Post by Bentley on Jan 27, 2023 18:39:40 GMT
Did you ever get your full driving license? You are back to trying to attack my credibility just because I stated an obvious fact. Now get back to discussing the topic. C5s were dangerous in their own right . You come out with a stupid truism ( “ If you go at the speed of the rest of the traffic the relative speed is zero”..no shit Sherlock ) to support an unsupportable claim. C5 were dangerous in traffic because they were very low down, they were nowhere near as manoeuvrable or stable as a pushbike and totally unsuitable for road traffic . Making them faster wouldn’t make them safer. In other news penny farthings, unicycles , mobility scooters and skateboards would be fine to use on motorways if they were able to move at 70mph…yes your claim is as daft as that . |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 27, 2023 20:17:40 GMT
You are back to trying to attack my credibility just because I stated an obvious fact. Now get back to discussing the topic. C5s were dangerous in their own right . You come out with a stupid truism ( “ If you go at the speed of the rest of the traffic the relative speed is zero”..no shit Sherlock ) to support an unsupportable claim. C5 were dangerous in traffic because they were very low down, they were nowhere near as manoeuvrable or stable as a pushbike and totally unsuitable for road traffic . Making them faster wouldn’t make them safer. In other news penny farthings, unicycles , mobility scooters and skateboards would be fine to use on motorways if they were able to move at 70mph…yes your claim is as daft as that . I'm not going to argue with you. You are back to sarcasm and personal attacks. I'm not stupid. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 27, 2023 20:27:52 GMT
There was nothing wrong with Amstrad - they were fulfilling a sector of the market that just wanted cheap. All the top-end hi-fi at the time was from British companies (apart from tape decks) but Amstrad were filling a niche in the market from those who just wanted to play a few records and were not that bothered what it sounded like. Of course it was never going to amount to anything as it was soon undercut by cheap tat from China for those who were not worried about quality. You did not watch the video or else you would know what is wrong with Amstrad. There were also the Japs at the time. I bought a JVC cassette deck in the same time and it was good. It had light touch controls, the facia was proper brushed aluminium, the noise reduction was Dolby B and C (selectable) and it would also do metal tapes.
I must admit I did at one time have an Amstrad amp. It was pretty shit but a friend sold it to me on the basis of it being shit and at a dirt cheap price, like a tenner. Even that was in a proper all metal box with aluminium facia, albeit the knobs were plastic. The box it was in could have fitted 4x the innards, so sure it was a con job, but then I knew what I was buying. It did output about 30w RMS per channel so good enough. My father has one also from the 70s but that was manufactured much better. Amstrad suffered quality fade.
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Post by Pacifico on Jan 27, 2023 22:34:15 GMT
There was nothing wrong with Amstrad - they were fulfilling a sector of the market that just wanted cheap. All the top-end hi-fi at the time was from British companies (apart from tape decks) but Amstrad were filling a niche in the market from those who just wanted to play a few records and were not that bothered what it sounded like. Of course it was never going to amount to anything as it was soon undercut by cheap tat from China for those who were not worried about quality. You did not watch the video or else you would know what is wrong with Amstrad. There were also the Japs at the time. I bought a JVC cassette deck in the same time and it was good. It had light touch controls, the facia was proper brushed aluminium, the noise reduction was Dolby B and C (selectable) and it would also do metal tapes.
I must admit I did at one time have an Amstrad amp. It was pretty shit but a friend sold it to me on the basis of it being shit and at a dirt cheap price, like a tenner. Even that was in a proper all metal box with aluminium facia, albeit the knobs were plastic. The box it was in could have fitted 4x the innards, so sure it was a con job, but then I knew what I was buying. It did output about 30w RMS per channel so good enough. My father has one also from the 70s but that was manufactured much better. Amstrad suffered quality fade.
Amstrad was never designed or sold as a quality product (I think they were made in Turkey at one point). They were the cheapest end of the market and as such they got trampled when the Chinese undercut them for that part of the market. The high end, high quality producers were always small British companies and many survive to this day. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 28, 2023 0:15:58 GMT
You did not watch the video or else you would know what is wrong with Amstrad. There were also the Japs at the time. I bought a JVC cassette deck in the same time and it was good. It had light touch controls, the facia was proper brushed aluminium, the noise reduction was Dolby B and C (selectable) and it would also do metal tapes.
I must admit I did at one time have an Amstrad amp. It was pretty shit but a friend sold it to me on the basis of it being shit and at a dirt cheap price, like a tenner. Even that was in a proper all metal box with aluminium facia, albeit the knobs were plastic. The box it was in could have fitted 4x the innards, so sure it was a con job, but then I knew what I was buying. It did output about 30w RMS per channel so good enough. My father has one also from the 70s but that was manufactured much better. Amstrad suffered quality fade.
Amstrad was never designed or sold as a quality product (I think they were made in Turkey at one point). They were the cheapest end of the market and as such they got trampled when the Chinese undercut them for that part of the market. The high end, high quality producers were always small British companies and many survive to this day. Many small British manufacturers of hifi went to the wall. The Chinese bought Quad from the receivers. Are there even any left? I've seen one or two in the ultra expensive, like your 20 grand hifi types. It was Cambridge a lot of them were from. One firm which did particularly well were Wharfedale. They did speakers at an affordable price but were ahead in the technology in many instances, so even today people rate their speakers as sounding good. |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 28, 2023 0:29:13 GMT
C5s were dangerous in their own right . You come out with a stupid truism ( “ If you go at the speed of the rest of the traffic the relative speed is zero”..no shit Sherlock ) to support an unsupportable claim. C5 were dangerous in traffic because they were very low down, they were nowhere near as manoeuvrable or stable as a pushbike and totally unsuitable for road traffic . Making them faster wouldn’t make them safer. In other news penny farthings, unicycles , mobility scooters and skateboards would be fine to use on motorways if they were able to move at 70mph…yes your claim is as daft as that . I'm not going to argue with you. You are back to sarcasm and personal attacks. I'm not stupid. You are not going to argue with me because you lack a valid argument. |
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Post by Pacifico on Jan 28, 2023 8:00:45 GMT
Amstrad was never designed or sold as a quality product (I think they were made in Turkey at one point). They were the cheapest end of the market and as such they got trampled when the Chinese undercut them for that part of the market. The high end, high quality producers were always small British companies and many survive to this day. Many small British manufacturers of hifi went to the wall. The Chinese bought Quad from the receivers. Are there even any left? I've seen one or two in the ultra expensive, like your 20 grand hifi types. It was Cambridge a lot of them were from. One firm which did particularly well were Wharfedale. They did speakers at an affordable price but were ahead in the technology in many instances, so even today people rate their speakers as sounding good. Well at the time the best components were Linn LP12 turntable, Linn Isobarik speakers (made in Scotland), Naim pre and power amp (made in Salisbury) and if you really needed a tape deck it was Nakamichi (from Japan). I never had the money for Linn products so had a Rega turntable (made in England), Naim amps and B&W Loudspeakers (made in Worthing). |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jan 28, 2023 12:21:44 GMT
Many small British manufacturers of hifi went to the wall. The Chinese bought Quad from the receivers. Are there even any left? I've seen one or two in the ultra expensive, like your 20 grand hifi types. It was Cambridge a lot of them were from. One firm which did particularly well were Wharfedale. They did speakers at an affordable price but were ahead in the technology in many instances, so even today people rate their speakers as sounding good. Well at the time the best components were Linn LP12 turntable, Linn Isobarik speakers (made in Scotland), Naim pre and power amp (made in Salisbury) and if you really needed a tape deck it was Nakamichi (from Japan). I never had the money for Linn products so had a Rega turntable (made in England), Naim amps and B&W Loudspeakers (made in Worthing). I agree. Linn where the best for turntables. B&W were good speakers, but I bought a pair in around 2002 time and they were manufactured in China. By the way, looking at just one you mention, Naim is no longer an independent British company. I see this s lot. Once the founder retires or dies the firm gets lost in the wilderness. It merged with a French firm then was bought by some investment fund. |
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Post by besoeker3 on Jan 30, 2023 21:00:49 GMT
I agree. I saw some near misses especially at bus stops. Can you explain the significance of the bus stop or were you just standing at one at the time to catch a a bus yourself? Yes. The bus stops for passengers. In the meantime the C5 trundles along while the bus waiting. The bus starts off before C5 has caught the bus up. The driver doesn't see the tiny C5 And ? |
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