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Pajaholic

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Close enough for a DING!

 

According to the QI elves, he actually said, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!" just before an enemy sniper shot him. However, some say he was cut off in the middle of the last sentence, which thus went: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."

 

Over to The Patrician!

The Patrician

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Ta!

 

Sticking with civil wars, although a different one, who reputedly said "put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry."

 

I'm a pikeman in the Sealed Knot in my spare time, so I know this stuff!

Pajaholic

Pajaholic

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Murcielago? AFAICT, Lambo have gone back to the 'classic' scissor doors with the Aventador, which the earlier models also had. However, the Murcielago and Gallardo were strongly influenced by Audi and had conventional doors?

Pharisee

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Perhaps to put it better the others are a progression of the Lambo V12 Supercar. The Urraco was more of a tame alternative. It only had a 3.5l V8. And it was a 2+2 to boot.

 

That's what I was looking for !!! DING!

keehotee

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its a veichial that ud normal see a oosie hangin out the window in the hood!..........and ugliest 4x4 come on what about the suzie vitara ??? :wacko:

 

Grand Vitara's lovely - in a very compact, scare off the boy racers sort of way ;):):ph34r:

jadenrich2101

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i mean the little green one with the soft roof...i think im gonna hurl :( the most uncomfortable thing ive ever sat in aswell, and mum had it during my school days so when i was late i had to rock up in that and it was not good at all

Pajaholic

Pajaholic

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and, personally, I think that both the LM002 and the original Hummer H1 are strangely beautiful (even if both are of little more use than a chocolate fireguard!) However, the LM002 was designed as a military vehicle. From what Clarkson once said, they couldn't sell them to the military and so they opened the order books to the general public.

 

That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4. However, AFAICT it was the only off-road, or military vehicle they actually put into production. IIRC Clarkson said that it cost him more than a week's salary to fill it up when he originally reviewed the LM002 and the tyres cost around four grand a corner. :ph34r:

keehotee

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That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4.

 

....and not to mention the 4x4 tractors they'd made for years before it, too :)

Pajaholic

Pajaholic

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That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4.

 

....and not to mention the 4x4 tractors they'd made for years before it, too :)

Ah, true - I forgot they started out making tractors. So therefore the LM002 wasn't the only (or even the first) production off-road vehicle that Lamborghini made.

eusty

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It was the first offroad (4x4) made my Lambo I think?

It was the first 4 wheel drive made by lambo who later used 4wd in the their road cars.

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NattyBooshka

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That said, ISTR it wasn't the only 4x4 Lambo, the only off-road Lambo, or the only Lambo designed as a military vehicle since it was preceded by the LM001 and that by an earlier prototype that fitted all three categories and the Gallardo is a 4x4.

 

....and not to mention the 4x4 tractors they'd made for years before it, too :)

Ah, true - I forgot they started out making tractors. So therefore the LM002 wasn't the only (or even the first) production off-road vehicle that Lamborghini made.

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. have never made a tractor. Their founder may have also owned Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A. but to claim that the tractors were made by the car company would be akin to claiming all the FIATs out there are Ferraris.

 

The LM002 was Automobili Lamborghini's 3rd off road vehicle... after the Cheetah and LM001, but the only one to be produced beyond prototype.

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keehotee

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Whooppp (etc...)

 

Several years ago I had the pleasure (??) of working on the Worlds most powerful diesel engine for a few months.

 

Where would you expect to find the current most powerful production diesel engine....and who makes it?

thehalibutkid

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Whooppp (etc...)

 

Several years ago I had the pleasure (??) of working on the Worlds most powerful diesel engine for a few months.

 

Where would you expect to find the current most powerful production diesel engine....and who makes it?

 

My guess would be Rolls Royce and some form of Cruise Liner.

Pajaholic

Pajaholic

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On a freight ship. They're called 'cathedral' engines and IIRC are in-line two-strokes. The cylinders are huge - with a bore about the size of a typical hotel elevator shaft and they're very slow revving. I don't know which manufacturer makes them, but ISTR it's an Italian company.

NattyBooshka

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Whooppp (etc...)

 

Several years ago I had the pleasure (??) of working on the Worlds most powerful diesel engine for a few months.

 

Where would you expect to find the current most powerful production diesel engine....and who makes it?

On a big container ship... "Emma" something. It's a Finnish engine by Wartsila.

 

Around 110k BHP I think

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Pharisee

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On a freight ship. They're called 'cathedral' engines and IIRC are in-line two-strokes. The cylinders are huge - with a bore about the size of a typical hotel elevator shaft and they're very slow revving. I don't know which manufacturer makes them, but ISTR it's an Italian company.

 

Most (if not all) really big diesel engines are 'two-strokes'. The in-line versions having ports in the bottom of the cylinders that are uncovered by the piston at B.D.C. and fed by a turbocharger, with valves in the cylinder head for the exhaust. The inlet timing is symmetrical so the exhaust valve timing can be changed by moving the camshaft and the engine will run in the opposite direction... Great if you want your boat to go backwards!!

The Deltic engine used briefly by British Rail on some of their earlier diesel locomotives was also a (sort of) twostoke but to describe it's mode of operation here would probably be so far off topic, I'd get banned by the Moderator!

 

Anyway.... I have no idea who makes the biggest or where it is used but a ship of some sort is probably a good bet.

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keehotee

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Whooppp (etc...)

 

Several years ago I had the pleasure (??) of working on the Worlds most powerful diesel engine for a few months.

 

Where would you expect to find the current most powerful production diesel engine....and who makes it?

On a big container ship... "Emma" something. It's a Finnish engine by Wartsila.

 

Around 110k BHP I think

 

Ding to the feral rodent.......

The Patrician

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The Deltic engine used briefly by British Rail on some of their earlier diesel locomotives was also a (sort of) twostoke but to describe it's mode of operation here would probably be so far off topic, I'd get banned by the Moderator!

 

 

There's a Youtube animation of a Deltic engine

. Marvellous!
thehalibutkid

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Bob Dylan once asked "how many roads must a man walk down?"

 

Douglas Adams wrote in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that this was the (made up by mice) Ultimate Question of Life the Universe and Everything. But what was the answer?

keehotee

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Bob Dylan once asked "how many roads must a man walk down?"

 

Douglas Adams wrote in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that this was the (made up by mice) Ultimate Question of Life the Universe and Everything. But what was the answer?

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thehalibutkid

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Bob Dylan once asked "how many roads must a man walk down?"

 

Douglas Adams wrote in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that this was the (made up by mice) Ultimate Question of Life the Universe and Everything. But what was the answer?

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