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Old 23-04-15, 10:58 PM   #1861
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Old 23-04-15, 11:14 PM   #1862
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I once had a convo with a coach driver who explained its because coaches and lorries tend to rely on a massive turbo in a small engine, relatively speaking. The lag is soooooo long that they either have to commit to pulling out before the gap has reached them, or they miss the gap.

Ever since then I've tried to allow for them trying to preempt the gap and allow for the lag.
Lol. Well if they said that it must be true.
Nowt to do with the inertia of 40 tonnes.
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Old 25-04-15, 02:40 AM   #1863
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Grrrr
Supposed to rain the entire weekend and I'm dying to get out on the bike!!!!
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Old 25-04-15, 07:26 AM   #1864
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Lorries on duel carriage ways that take 2 miles to overtake another,on motorways that's annoying,cos effectively your down to 2 lanes slow lorries,1 lane faster vehicles,!!!
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Old 25-04-15, 07:51 AM   #1865
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Atleast lorries go back to the left hand lane again, cars hogging the right lane are my number one annoyance!
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Old 25-04-15, 09:30 AM   #1866
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No 4G,LTE,3G switch on lollipop
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Old 25-04-15, 10:00 AM   #1867
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I see a 4g switch, drag down twice and click on the edit icon left of the cog
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Old 25-04-15, 10:51 AM   #1868
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I see a 4g switch, drag down twice and click on the edit icon left of the cog
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Old 25-04-15, 03:33 PM   #1869
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Drum brakes
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sense of inevitability that comes true.. doh ! however.. it could be worse
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