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Hi James i had shocks and wheels and tyres off your mate I've tried to get hold of him as tyres on one set are scrap, he's ignoring the messages

Recently I asked ChatGPT to make me a table with speeds in all gears, for different diff ratios (3.14, 3.38, 3.62 and 3.92) and for two wheel sizes, using a CBR1000RR gearbox (I didn’t know the exact gearbox ratios). In less than a minute I had all the numbers on my screen – wow 😅. Something that would normally take way more time to calculate, even with those online calculators. BTW – this text was also translated with ChatGPT. 2nd version : So I asked ChatGPT to throw together a table with gear speeds, different diff ratios (3.14, 3.38, 3.62, 3.92) and two wheel sizes, based on a CBR1000RR gearbox (didn’t even know the exact ratios). Less than a minute later – boom, all the numbers on my screen 😅. Normally that’d take ages to work out, even with online calculators. BTW – this bit was also run through ChatGPT for translation. 3rd version: Recently, I asked ChatGPT to prepare a table showing the vehicle’s speeds in all gears, calculated for several differential ratios (3.14, 3.38, 3.62, and 3.92) and two different wheel sizes, based on a CBR1000RR gearbox (at the time, I did not know the exact gearbox ratios). Within less than a minute, the complete set of results was displayed on my screen. This is quite remarkable, considering that performing such calculations manually, or even with the aid of online calculators, would normally require significantly more time. For reference, this text has also been translated with the assistance of ChatGPT.

I just got home for the first time this month and turned over my calendar, I think I will enjoy September, cos thats @marcusbarlow following me round the Nurburgring 😂😂😂

As many of you already competing know the MSUK Blue Book has been replaced by National Competition Rules or NCR's. Which detail the rules under which any Motorsport UK Club will run their events. So what's the difference ? NCR's are a live PDF document and can be updated during the year if needed. The Links allow you to quickly move to the chapter or place that is being references, ie it's more interactive. Also available as an App for your phone. You can find them here :- Motorsport UK NCR page

Simple really, it's a Motorsport UK regulation as below :- NCR CHAPTER 14.4.10 10. Transmission 10.1. For Road Cars and Standard Cars the reverse gear must always remain operable. NCR is short for National Competition Rules, I've started a new topic on these for information. As a reverse is required for IVA, then it's only Modified cars which are not required to run one.

Looks lovely, not many engines sound quite as good as a xflow on twin webers

By accident I found myself watching Emerdale and didn’t recognise anyone.. Seth Armstrong was not propping up the bar anymore, so I switched the whole telly off..

I have a similar situation with my campervan.. AA for instance I have cover with though my nationwide bank account but the small print limits it to max 16 years and un-modified vehicles for European cover.. So a Q plate kit car would defo be not covered. Your main insurance might offer offer something like green flag as an add on or free, but I’d want to read their small print before believing I was covered.. I did a few online searches prior to doing 1200 miles in France a few weeks back in the camper and no one would cover a 36 year old modified van so I have risked it for the last few years… I’ve a big hammer and a lot of critical spares .. and would find a way! But it would be nice for next year to have some cover as peace of mind..

Yes, that's my understanding of how they work and hence their limitations, too. That's why it cannot currently write me meaning questions/lessons or even useful graphs/shapes to illustrate learning (at least I haven't been able to do that yet using AI). However, is their learning fundamentally similar to how we learn as babies/toddlers/children? Aren't we making inferences based on observations of cause and effect around us? Is there a chance the AI models can learn sufficiently large amounts to move beyond basic language comparisons?

Same here but as I said, his broker won’t offer it.

Yes looked on there Steve. An Anembo engineering one would be perfect as it’s quite narrow at the front. Squeezing a yb into a Striker so space is tight .

Ditto. I have used the AA for Euro cover in the past on the (none Q plate) Mega S2000, and it was horrific. But I’d already renewed UK recovery with the AA and was kind of boxed in. The Euro bolt on was an addition to the normal AA fee, and the bolt on alone, for one trip to Le Mans, was double the price of the then A Plan’s complete insurance and recovery package for a year. I cancelled my AA membership shortly after returning. Never used them since.

I'm sure you've already looked but in case not, there are a few on eBay. Probably a bit pricey though?

Someone somewhere must know!

I had my westy with Howden who included European cover

I’m still looking for one of these 😁

A mate with a Westy says that the AA won’t cover his car for our euro tour to Spain because it’s Q reg and the insurance broker won’t offer it because of the car’s age. Any suggestions?

My mother got so many goodwill payments from EDF that it was incredible. It was in the multiple hundreds of pounds. If it wasn't for the fact that my mother is 84 and there was a deadline beyond which her heating would be disabled it would have been a really nice earner.

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I did think that steve but i was hoping somebody that helps run the 7s could give me the factual reason why its needed .

It's most likely a safety issue Ash. Quicker to reverse than to have to unbelt, get out, run to one end and push. Under certain circumstances I'd imagine a reverse box adds safety, at least in their rules, regs and minds for exiting that set of circumstances more speedily.

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I have a very simple question I have a mega bec that i fancy doing a couple of events with next year I will be looking to be entering road going class My car when it left the westfield factory didnt have a reverse gearbox fitted the car has never needed one to pass an mot so why does it need one fitted to compete ??

These AI/LLM programs don't really have any intelligence, they're really just convincing sounding bull**** generators. They're statistical models, there's no problem solving ability there. This is really well demonstrated by the recent amusement at chatgpt's inability to answer the question "how many letter Rs in strawberry". Not only would it incorrectly answer 2, it would steadfastly argue that it was right. Because they are trained by analysing large amounts of text and developing statistical models about what word follows another word, they are really just complex guessing engines. The problem (specifically in this case, but in general also) is that there's not a lot of learned argument around about how many Rs there are in strawberry because anyone over the age of about 5 would just count them, get a definitive answer and get on with their day. But that's a process that is just beyond LMMs; they just don't even have that simplistic level of problem solving ability. So all they can do is answer that, for that 'shape' of question, the answer is probably 2. But because they answer with such disturbingly good English people grant them authority that they just don't deserve. Thank you for attending my Ted talk 🫣

AI isn't any more immune to GIGO than people are. We've already seen how easy it is to create an AI with a particular...er...bias.