Ian,
I think you got it just right........ However.
My son in law drives a fuel tanker on regular nights delivering fuel to petrol stations for Texaco.
I asked him about this theory of additives being different and his answer was that he knows little about the additives except that they are different for where the fuel is being delivered but that all deliveries contain it.
Apparently when they fill the tank they have the delivery note in their hand and punch in to the loading panel certain numbers which specify the amount and type of additives which is to be added to the fuel.
He knows that the customer specifies the amounts and type of additive and this is all done automatically by the blending machinery over which he has no control. He tells me that up to a few years ago Esso tankers had a separate tank on the vehicle containing the additive and the blending was done by the driver when delivering on site.
He says his main concern when delivering is ensuring that he dosn't put diesel into a petrol tank and vice versa which does happen occassionally with a cost to the fuel company of several thousand pounds for the subsequent pumping out etc of the wrong fuel. Also a black mark is placed against the driver with re-training of the driver and other sanctions.
I always say to him that I am amazed that there has never been a major incident at a station with volatile fuels and the public in the vicinity.
He agrees and tells horror stories of delivering fuel to garages in the Birmingham area late at night and idiots firing air rifles at the tanker whilst it is pumping. And when he had a blow back of petrol on to his overalls soaking him through, going into the kiosk to tell the attendant who full of sympathy pulls his fags out, sticks one in his mouth offers John one and pulls out his lighter. I will not repeat the obscenities which John used to decline the offer.
However I digress and the answer appears to be is that all fuels contain an additive but it can be different according to the garage.

Alvin

I haven't tried it yet, but I've seen an advert for silicone wiper blades. The blurb says they deposit silicone on the glass and that bugs / water etc doesnt stick!

Has anyone got a view on this?

I went to the dealership on the strength of a 12 month Ka (W2000) at around £6500 - which didn't include insurance or the three year warranty. I had been looking for second-hand originally - but I couldn't find something suitable. Once insurance, finance, and a warranty were costed in to a second-hand car the new price I paid (over £800 less than list) worked out better.

I certainly didn't expect to go new. However, after driving a selection of Saxos, 106s, Clios, Polos, Lupos, and Arosas, the Ka was the best drive, the most comfortable, and the most cost effective.

It seems unlikely to me that wind resistance wouldn't be taken into account, as otherwise, we would still be driving cars shaped like bricks; there would be no advantage in reducing a car's coefficient of drag. I know the Cd also affects the level of wind noise, but I can't believe that this has been the sole reason for cars becoming ever more streamlined.

Someone, somewhere must know.

Actually, I don't have a problem with speed cameras...I believe that one shouldn't really speed as a matter of course PARTICULARLY in built up areas, HOWEVER, my gripe is that 35 MPH is too close to class as an intentional violation of the law.


Does anyone know of anyone who's challenged these "near legal speed" prosecutions / or of an organisation which is assisting in challenging them?