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541.
by cjrp 4y ago
I'm the same, but I'm imagining the "super serious business people" who are presumably the target market for these planes (given the price). Is it worth the premium to get them from London to NYC in 4 hours, when they co
542.
by cjrp 4y ago
Very true; I think the Overture is meant to be 50-55 seats? If so that's basically just the First/Business cabin of an American 777-300. If each of those 55 seats are paying a premium on top of sub-sonic business class, maybe that
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by cjrp 4y ago
I wonder how noisy they are even sub-sonic. Concorde was so loud on takeoff and approach, you'd stop and look up even living ~20 miles away from Heathrow. If you tried to introduce that now, there's no way would it be accepted.
544.
by cjrp 4y ago
American would swap this in for a plane which is using an existing takeoff/landing slot. Heathrow is also passenger-capacity-constrained right now, but that's more to do with understaffing.
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by cjrp 4y ago
It's true, and makes sense where your face-to-face time is the key thing. But where it's just "work time", surely you can do a good amount of work on a 7 hour flight in a decent business class seat with reliable internet
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by cjrp 4y ago
Turbofan (what's on most commercial jet aircraft), not turboprop (jet engine driving a propeller, generally on smaller commercial and some private aircraft).
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by cjrp 4y ago
Absolutely. BMW, for example, have built really heavy EV SUVs and then slapped on huge batteries in order to get the 300+ mile range people expect. Miles per kWh is the metric cars should be optimising for, not just absolute range.
548.
by cjrp 4y ago
It implies you think the person doing the task is delivering more slowly than they could/should be. Especially if you’re asking it in every interaction.
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by cjrp 4y ago
Becoming common on most VAG cars for example, even Skoda (their budget-ish brand) - see the video here https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/press-kits/skoda-superb-... . I think they're pretty effective; they c
550.
by cjrp 4y ago
Seems kind of crazy, adding a front camera (which the driver might not even look at) rather than just scaling down the front so they can see pedestrians with their eyes.
551.
by cjrp 4y ago
How long before LED headlights can simply shine around the deer (thus not blinding them), as they do for oncoming vehicles. On second thought that would mean the driver doesn't see the deer; maybe not the best idea!
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by cjrp 4y ago
They'll use the same engine, but quite often different engines are available in different territories. I know that the VAG 1.5 TSI (used in lots of cars here) still uses a belt for example, but the 2.0 TSI is chain. Perhaps in America
553.
by cjrp 4y ago
Ahh sorry, I was mixing up £ and p for some reason!
554.
by cjrp 4y ago
Interesting, thank you. My assumption was if the repair cost more than the adjuster estimated, the insurance company would say well.. too bad!
555.
by cjrp 4y ago
Why would the insurance company pay more than the adjuster's estimate? Isn't that the point of them sending a loss adjuster, to determine how much they should pay?
556.
by cjrp 4y ago
That's interesting, in the UK it's generally fixed for 2/3/5 years but then reverts to a pretty lousy rate (unless you remortgage to another fix). If you're lucky you fixed just before this all started, and won&#x27
557.
by cjrp 4y ago
Ditto EDF. Is op mixing up kWh and m3 perhaps?
558.
by cjrp 4y ago
This must be unique to the US, many vehicles in Europe still have a belt. Even with a chain you'll probably still have auxiliary belts which need replacing, water pump, etc.
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by cjrp 4y ago
Yep, although people would use both terms in the UK to be fair. An older Focus would be on a belt I'm pretty sure. Even the newer Ecoboost-engined ones have a notoriously time-consuming wet belt to replace.
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by cjrp 4y ago
When's the cambelt due?
561.
by cjrp 4y ago
That's where the "reconditioned" market comes in, right? With aeroplane piston engines you can send in a "core" and get back a reconditioned engine. Your original core is then reconditioned and sold to the next cust
562.
by cjrp 4y ago
I wonder if we're better at conserving the water we have (more reservoirs, less leaks, etc.), which avoided those frequent hosepipe bans. Until now that is.
563.
by cjrp 4y ago
What do you think they do with a passport at border control though? They scan it, and you get looked up in a DB.
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by cjrp 4y ago
There's other advantages to pre-fab though. Known costs (building a house from scratch can cost 2x or 3x the original estimate) Assembly time (could be the difference between living on-site in a caravan for 1 month vs. 2-3 years).
565.
by cjrp 4y ago
In London as a whole, not really. But in the areas adjacent to the tunnel, probably.
566.
by cjrp 4y ago
And in Berlin you can cycle! I'm not a regular cyclist, but on holiday I felt totally comfortable renting a bike and using the bike lanes to get around.
567.
by cjrp 4y ago
At least back to the company; extend that runway and maybe prevent some layoffs.
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by cjrp 4y ago
Taking responsibility would mean returning a significant portion of that compensation.
569.
by cjrp 4y ago
Presumably because it’s where the European Parliament is based
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by cjrp 4y ago
Supply and demand, time to start charging people to be featured ;)

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