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Thread ID: 85001	2007-11-26 07:59:00	Car Stereo improvements	miknz (3731)	PC World Chat

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615358	2007-11-26 21:01:00	Warning Warning Warning Don't do anything. All your ideas are daft and dangerous. Why? ONE Radios should be banned in cars - OK I know it is impossible now as too many people have them. There are even shots which have appeared on TV showing accidents actually happening as the driver was changing the tape, tuning to another station etc. My last car had a radio. The tape player has been used once - to make sure it worked. The radio was never used when I was driving. Supposedly above average intelligence I still need 100% of my concentration when in charge of a vehicle. My present car has a defective radio so it is virtually impossible to use it anytime. Suits me fine. TWO The talk of adding bass. Yee gods I can even hear some of these cars so equipped as they pass my study (overlooking a main road). These poor sods don't realise what they are doing to themselves. When they are my age (if ever they make it) then they will be more deaf than I am - it is distressing. The damage can be caused by just a few minutes of over loud sounds. The effects are not noticeable until about 10 years have gone by, and then its too late. Yes I am badly affected but it is through firing very noisy guns over 50 years ago when in the army and later on because of working in a very noisy factory. Stupid behaviour but we didn't know any better in those days. But check on the figures - you will be surprised at how low the noise levels need to be to damage those delightful pretty little ears you have. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
615359	2007-11-26 21:47:00	Tom, ****. :groan: Just kidding. Ignorance is bliss, keep it that way. the less I hear, the less I have to worry about.	wratterus (105)
615360	2007-11-26 21:57:00	VTNZ...... bunch of monkeys that wouldn't know steel from rust ! i know a few people who have had vechiles with major strucal defects that where passed by VTNZ only to be put off the road when the defects where found later on. of course certain family members take their poorly maintained vechiles there for a reason ;)	tweak'e (69)
615361	2007-11-26 22:03:00	Hmm ok.... I just go there because it's cheap and easy, and they aren't a garage (eg, won't find problems where there aren't any, because they can't repair them, and seem to give you a pretty honest run down of whats happening with your car). I know my car is perfectly safe, and I wouldn't drive a car on the road that wasn't so. I think I will keep using VTNZ, but thanks for the insight!! :p	wratterus (105)
615362	2007-11-26 22:36:00	Have you tried just turning the bass up ?	wmoore (6009)
615363	2007-11-26 22:38:00	Warning Warning Warning Don't do anything. All your ideas are daft and dangerous. Why? ONE Radios should be banned in cars - OK I know it is impossible now as too many people have them. There are even shots which have appeared on TV showing accidents actually happening as the driver was changing the tape, tuning to another station etc. My last car had a radio. The tape player has been used once - to make sure it worked. The radio was never used when I was driving. Supposedly above average intelligence I still need 100% of my concentration when in charge of a vehicle. My present car has a defective radio so it is virtually impossible to use it anytime. Suits me fine. TWO The talk of adding bass. Yee gods I can even hear some of these cars so equipped as they pass my study (overlooking a main road). These poor sods don't realise what they are doing to themselves. When they are my age (if ever they make it) then they will be more deaf than I am - it is distressing. The damage can be caused by just a few minutes of over loud sounds. The effects are not noticeable until about 10 years have gone by, and then its too late. Yes I am badly affected but it is through firing very noisy guns over 50 years ago when in the army and later on because of working in a very noisy factory. Stupid behaviour but we didn't know any better in those days. But check on the figures - you will be surprised at how low the noise levels need to be to damage those delightful pretty little ears you have. Tom Is the wife banned from the car as well ?:rolleyes:	wmoore (6009)
615364	2007-11-26 23:12:00	I dont work for VTNZ (they dont know their arses from their elbows), and I take pride in my work, the wof test is performed as proscribed by Land Transport, no more/no less. To do otherwise would mean the loss of my wof authority and my job! Thomas01: relax mate, you'll have a coronary.	feersumendjinn (64)
615365	2007-11-26 23:38:00	Is the wife banned from the car as well ?:rolleyes: Nope. Applies to mine and any other wives! Tom	Thomas01 (317)
615366	2007-11-26 23:42:00	Thomas01: relax mate, you'll have a coronary. Too late - had a couple already But thanks for the advice. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
615367	2007-11-27 04:08:00	I recall reading somewhere (a long time ago - can't remember where) that having quiet music on while driving actually improves your concentration. Too quiet is distracting & too loud is dangerous, but there is a good middle ground.	Greven (91)
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