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  4. Cars for a beginner

    in General Discussion

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    Are you talking about a brand new car or a used one? That is a VERY big difference.

     

    A) If you are planning to buy a new car and keep mby for 5 years and then buy another one - then the advice is simple. Buy the one that you like the best. They will all last AT LEAST 4-5 years without any bigger problems + there is warranty.

     

    B) If you are planning to buy a used OR buy a new one and keep it for, lets say, 15 years, then there is a large amount of research to be done + it is still a bit of a lottery.

     

    There are some thumbrules though.

     

    1) If money is not the most importnant part (repairs, maintance, fuel economy etc), then buy the one that you like the most (looks cool, feels cool, drives cool, smth like that).

     

    2) Perfect service history is more importnant than other things - a renault in a perfect order will be probably  more reliable that a vw from a owner, who doesnt service his/her car.

     

    3)Diesel is only a good choice, when you drive a lot or haul trailers, etc. Like 100-200 km a day. Otherwise - petrol will be more useful I think.

     

    4) Bigger cc engines are more reliable, than smaller cc engies, although I dont think ford's ecoboost follows that rule. I would be looking at new Å¡kodas myself, if there would be a normal size engine, not 1.0; 1.4 TFSI and stuff like that. TFSI and ecoboost and stuff like that is very cool, lots of power with reasonable fuel economy, but they dont last 500 000 km without problems, like some older models. (Which has no importance, if the car is new!)

     

     

    5) German cars are more reliable, than French cars. Japanese cars are even more reliable. Japanese cars have rust problems though, at least in these parts, where I live, because they use salt on roads here in the wintertime. I would consider a Honda or Toyota..Mby even Mazda.

     

    6) Comfort and safety are also pretty importnant factors, but smaller models of cars might not have some. Climate control is MUST HAVE. A car with a lot of extras is also easier to sell later and you will get a higher price.

     

    7) The tax and insurance in your country might effect these rules greatly.

     

    PS.  :drink2:  If you have snow, where you live, then if you try a quattro, you will never go back to 2wd again. And I mean quattro, not other 4wd systems based on Haldex. Real quattros have Torsen differential. Been there, done that. In snow - Audi ( or Subaru.) But 2wd is fine too for everyday rounds.

     

     

    PS2: some cars and engines are notorius for bad behavior and faults (for example audi v6 2.5 tdi), and some are quite notoriously reliable (audi/volvo R5 2,5 tdi). Google will assist you here, when you are making the final call. :drink2:

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  6. member apllication

    in Denied applications

    Posted

    How can you not have GUID?

     

    GUID is : "In general, GUID is an acronym that stands for �globally unique identifier�. The guid inside PunkBuster is used to identify players with something more solid than their playing name or IP address. Your guid is loosely based on the cdkey that was used to install the game on your computer. When Server Admins kick or ban a player from their server(s), PunkBuster uses the player's guid to enforce the kick/ban. Since it is based on the game installation, it is a better way to identify individual players than by looking at their IP address or playing name. For those concerned about privacy, PunkBuster uses a 128-bit one-way hash (a mathematical function) to generate the guid from the cdkey so that no one can figure out or compute your cdkey by knowing your guid."

     

     

    You can find your GUID:

     

    shift + console button

    then /pb_myguid

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  10. views on this

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Ahh, so this is the reason I was disconnected few days ago.

     

    I have never considered this a glitch because it is easily reachable if you jump from the building across from the balcony (from the top of the ladder).

    No special jumping or elevators or stuff needed.

     

    Also, the player in the balcony is easily seen by snipers and killed easily, also by airstrikes.

     

    But ok, so be it. Mby it is really so, that there are many new players who have no knowledge of the map.

     

    IMHO usual sniper spot with limited visibility, best spot for camping on other team's snipers on 2nd floor.

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  15. Post random pictures

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Currently I'm a big motorcycle hillclimb fan, although I don't have a hillclimb bike myself right now. But there is a little fun "one time only" show competition coming up this weekend called "soviet made bikes only".

    So i've been searching some parts from my garage, throwing them together and preparing to go and have fun with some home made monster machine, thats just thrown together from some extra parts..

    It rode its first metre on its own tonight. (After some long nights).

     

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