Took the car in this morning. Service staff asked if I had any problems. Touch wood, the first year has been great, although I did ask why the brake calipers are so rusty looking. (I made the fatal error of taking pictures of everything when the car was delivered & they do not remotely resemble the once shiny silver finish!). The staff member said its because of the weight of the car. That was five hours ago & i'm still perplexed as to why the weight of the car would make the calipers go rusty!!  MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Fuji/Ivory/Grand Black/Privacy

the mass of the car is so huge that it creates it's own gravitational force and thus pulls the rain towards it, I know this to be true because last night the kids down the road decided to play football near my RRS and their football was pulled towards my RRS in the same way as the rain is.

AndyBrew wrote:

the mass of the car is so huge that it creates it's own gravitational force and thus pulls the rain towards it, I know this to be true because last night the kids down the road decided to play football near my RRS and their football was pulled towards my RRS in the same way as the rain is.

Also the local looney at the supermarket is pulled towards the RRS even though there are 1000 other empty parking spaces.
 16MY Estoril Blue SVR.............
17MY Autobiography Dynamic - Corris Grey - WOW.
14MY Autobiography Dynamic - SDV6 - Fuji White
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Santorini Black - Dual View - Rear Entertainment - Sunroof.
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Orkney Grey - awesome ;(
2005 Java Black - 4.2 V8 Supercharged First Edition- will never be forgotten ;(

Mine must have a massive gravity pull when my wife drives, as it pulls kerbs into my alloys  Current Volvo XC90 R Design T8
Gone 2010 TDV8. Stornoway Grey
Gone VW R50, AUDI S8, ML320 Sport, FFRR V8
Stolen 2007 TDV8.

JPR 1 wrote:

Mine must have a massive gravity pull when my wife drives, as it pulls kerbs into my alloys

I noticed on mine the other night that the calipers and also the hubs a re looking rather tatty, not good for only 18 months old.

I suppose I have two choices, refer to dealer or do the job myself.......hmmmmm ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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Beancounter_74 wrote:

I suppose I have two choices, refer to dealer or do the job myself.......hmmmmm

Beancounter_74 wrote:

I noticed on mine the other night that the calipers and also the hubs a re looking rather tatty, not good for only 18 months old.

AndyBrew wrote:

JPR 1 wrote:

Mine must have a massive gravity pull when my wife drives, as it pulls kerbs into my alloys

Well that's E=MC² for ya!

That's Einstein's special theory of relativity and you need his general theory if you're looking at gravity. As his field equations aren't very friendly we could just use Newton's method which gives an accurate enough approximation in this case:

F = G (m1 x m2) / r^2

 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

PEACHY wrote:

AndyBrew wrote:

the mass of the car is so huge that it creates it's own gravitational force and thus pulls the rain towards it, I know this to be true because last night the kids down the road decided to play football near my RRS and their football was pulled towards my RRS in the same way as the rain is.

Also the local looney at the supermarket is pulled towards the RRS even though there are 1000 other empty parking spaces.

Yes...why do people do that...i park out the way so that some k nb doesnt park near me...but they always do Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

Ha happened to me the other week, parked in an empty car park was just about to get out when some bitch pulled up right beside me. Started the car and moved to another spot un believable
Oh forgot to add my calipers and hubs are still like new, i do clean them though.  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

That's a first. Usually they blame wheel cleaning products but gravity is good. Being of the engineering bent, I guess the service bod was referring to the increased heat generated by trying to stop a 2.7 tonne brick outhouse.  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
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Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

TDV8HST wrote:

Ha happened to me the other week, parked in an empty car park was just about to get out when some bitch pulled up right beside me. Started the car and moved to another spot un believable

mse wrote:

why are some humans like lambs...

...because if they weren't the marketing and fashion industies would struggle!

I can't help but think that the lack of consideration is linked to the increase in "I know my rights" (and associated crap) in the common consciousness. Too many people think only of their own position with no thought about others. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

RRSTDV8 wrote:

mse wrote:

why are some humans like lambs...

(and associated crap) in the common consciousness. Too many people think only of their own position with no thought about others.

Which is ironic because these people who tend to winge/enforce their rights are the first to try to infringe others rights to enable their own  Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

mse wrote:

Which is ironic because these people who tend to winge/enforce their rights are the first to try to infringe others rights to enable their own