September 2001
dear john
Is it possible to fit power steering to a 1987 bmw 316, if so who might do the job in or near north london and how much might it cost?
many thanks
john Read more
interesting posts elsewhere on the net
Date: 09/13/01 03:59:20 PM
Name: Alwyn
Email: alwyndavies@adavies20.fsnet.co.uk
Subject: Re: Re: Dangerous nonsense from Welsh Assembly
Hi Mike,
I saw some details on BBC Ceefax news this morning and my Council Clerk gloatingly faxed me two pages which mentioned that the details will be put on the Welsh Assembly website at
www.wales.gov.uk/subitransport/index.htm
I have not tried that site yet as the fax is thermal and not the clearest. Hope the address is OK. I will check and keep you informed.
I was shouting the odds at our Council meeting on Tuesday, quoting true police and Goverment stats. Other councillors were very quiet at the time,but the Clerk later said, in a telephone conversation, " You are in the minority if you believe that"
This was when some local "well meaning but ignorant of the facts" do-gooders were calling for a 30 mph limit through our area due to an accident involving a child. I later learned the kid had come out of a side road on a skate board.
Not too badly hurt thank goodness but how does that driver feel now?
They all said " If the car had been going more slowly it could have stopped"
I pointed out that if it had been going faster, it would have cleared the junction before the kid rode across it.
Whilst they keep blaming drivers and thinking kids can do as they like, they will have blood on their hands.I have told them so.
Drive safely
Al
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Replying to:
Alwyn,
Do you know where the details of these proposals can be found please? I expect I could find them, but I suspect that with your campaigning tendencies, you'll already know.
Cheers
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Replying to:
Have you seen the proposals by Sue Essex AM, Minister for Environment at the Welsh Assembly ?
She suggests bans on drivers drinking during the working day, speed limiters on cars and a vast increase in speed cameras.
Speed limiters were alleged to have caused a 24% increase in deaths amongst lorry drivers when first introduced and cameras do nothing for road safety as proved by the recent lies told by those in authority following the ?successful? trial of speed cameras.
Address for objection is:
Transport Minister Sue Essex
National Assembly for Wales
Transport Directorate
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
E-mails to Meryl James at road.safety.consultation@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Fax is 029 2082 3748 Read more
Howe about a ban on bilge-talking wimmin ?
I need some help with a Citroen Xantia 2.0 93-4. CO at idle is .9% rising to 12%+ at MOT fast idle. I haven't checked anything yet except slow fault codes and this only indicates that the Lambda sensor has gone over range trying to correct the fault. Any ideas?
Ithankyow. Read more
Andrew,
Are you looking at a Mag Marelli 8P management system?
A little bit of research shows these are prone to.....
1. Faults needing upgraded ECU software from Citroen/ATP or similar. Gather there were about 8 updates and you need a version 124 or higher.
2. Mixture problems due to a fault with the fuel tank fume charcoal cannister system, test by removing/clamping hose from this to inlet manifold.
3. Failure of individual injector o-rings allowing fuel to leak into manifold. Also a fault with cracked manifolds in this area allowing mixture related faults.
All this advice is from other Citroen related sources but seems plausible.
David
When stuck in a long roadwork queue, I notice that despite the cars excellerating out of the end, the traffic behind does not increase speed. This results in large gaps on the exiting traffic. I wondered if the drivers go onto autopilot entering the roadworks and only watch the traffic ahead at intervals.
I realise the traffic is slowed down going from two lanes to one. But once in I find the cars keep slowing down and some only pick up speed sometimes after the exit. It intrigues and annoys me and I have no idea why drivers do it. Read more
Another phenomenen that always irritates me is the way a queue of traffic waiting at lights always behaves as if the cars were connected by long but slack tow-ropes. The first car moves off, and then the driver of the second moves, and so on down the line. Nobody actually watches the lights, only the car in front. I know there are obvious dangers of over-anticipating and driving into the car ahead, but you would have thought everyone could be getting ready and inching forward so that they all started virtually together.
It is especially annoying at temporary lights at roadworks, where often the lights have changed again before number 6 has woken up, and then there is a mad dash of light jumpers trying to make up for lost time.
Cliff Pope
I have just been to have a puncture repaired and come away with 2 new tyres.
I asked them to be put the new on the front and old to rear, as I have been doing for years, the tyre bloke said "we encourage people to put new tyres on the rear!" Has anyone heared of this or was he just trying to sell me 4 tyres? Read more
On the average car, the spring rate of the tyre is about 10 times that of the suspension. Therefore your cars ability to handle joints and potholes will be influenced mostly by the spring rate of your suspension and the ability of it to retain correct camber and castor over the undulations. I think the road would have to be very poor, or the car to very stiff suspension, for the new tyre to have an advantage over the worn tyre in the dry.
Ben
Dera Backroomers
Nissan is rarely mentioned here. I am dithering about buying a 2.0 Primera up to 6000 pounds
HJ's breakdown gives me the idea of an anonymous reliable car.
Does anyone have some views on these as a good buy
I have an idea that Primeras do not sell quickly.
What models from Golf, 306, and Focus ranges would be popular sellers. I Read more
I had a 2.0 slx on an L plate and loved it so much that after changing to a tigra, i quickly got rid and bought an almera.
Nissans are just so reliable, not the most powerfull cars in the world but never a moments bother (i had a bluebird before and that was excellent as well).
Do it, im sure you wont have any regrets!
nick
ps no comments about flat packed cars please!!
Thanks to you all - Darcy, Andy, Piers, Ash, David x 2, HJ, Chris (Yes, Chris) x 3 and Ben. Replies (re discs and pads) were very helpful and it seems clear that 45 weeks p.a of doing nothing and 7 of pottering mainly on motorways is a major cause.
What the good burghers of Lakeland are going to make of me razzing up Hardknott Pass, brakes aflame, in a 2lt two ton van remains to be seen, but if it burnishes up the discs so be it.
Thanks again fellas and happy motoring
Colin Standing Read more
i am just starting with the name 'keep it reliable', i will be started in the middle of october.
Greetings,
Hope you kind folk are able to offer some guidance. I have read HJ's comments and am a bit perplexed. We are looking for a used (large) quality car to do approx 12k/year as our sole family car. I had always fancied a BMW 528 or a new shape E-class. Whereas my wife likes Audi A6s (she has ruled out Jag XJ6-8(small boot/rear legroom) & the Lexus GS/LS through looks & size). We were looking to spend approx £16k.
Looking at HJs comments none of these cars appear fool proof.
A couple of dealers near by have the following for sale:
1999/T Audi A6 2.8 Quattro 45k 2 owners sat/nav,air, leather, with NetworkQ warranty for £16k
1998/R Mercedes E300TD Elegance, auto, air, 1 owner 95k for £16k.
There are loads of 528s about though mostly with big mileage.
Does anybody have any commnets/advice. I am slightly worried about the bore wear on the BMWs - rightly or wrongly?
Also what sort of mpg would you expect out ofthe E300TD (some books give low 30's others 40+).
Many thanks in advance for your help
Ian Read more
My wife had the MB and became totally fed up with the saga of problems and failure to fix first time. Two years ago she got an A6 1.8T SE and she is absolutely delighted with it - no problems, 35mpg and really comfortable. We didn't try the 5 series as the local dealer couldn't be arsed to let us try one, or even call us back.
Since then the Audi dealer has sold an A4 to my wife's father and is about to sell a TT to me. Moral children?
i am looking for new business premises, as the area i am in is very run down. i have seen a four car workshop, with electric, running hot and cold water, a toilet, and a new roof, but i dont know if £55 per week is a good rent, as i owned the last place i havent a clue about rents. the workshop is in whitley bay, in a good location. any ideas??? Read more
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive... And it
is VERY HARD WORK dealing in'stretchers' all the time... telling the truth is so much easier... you no longer have
to keep track of all of your old Porkies and keep them consistant for one thing.
All a man has that is of true worth is his Honour... it takes a lifetime of
fair dealing and straight talk to develop a reputation as a straight
shooter. You are young and still have chance to mend your ways.
Try to channel your imagination and 'creative' skills into areas where they
will be an asset and earn respect... take up fiction perhaps on your own web
site But if you want to post fiction here I do not think anyone would mind
if you identified it as such.
don't post to threads with half remembered tips as if they came form
experience that is yet to come.
Don't start threads just for the fun of seeing your name at the top of the
list for a while... post serious questions and after a while you can win
back your credibility...
Uncle Randolph
Interesting column by Kevin Ash in Motorcycle News today. He quotes a Dr John Adams, a specialist in the study of risk at University College, London who claims that in the year after the introduction of compulsory crash helmet laws in 1973 motorcycle road deaths increased by two per cent. This was despite a reduction in in overall road deaths by three per cent. He goes on to produce similar figures for the USA, and puts forward the theory that safer operating conditions for the driver of a vehicle in creases the risks the driver is prepared to take, and therefore leads to an increase in casualty figures overall.
Compulsory crash helmets is a tired old subject among bikers, and there is probably no chance of the law ever being repealed without a major sea-change of opinion, but it raises an interesting question of what public opinion would actually be if the true picture on the results of this legislation and seat belt laws were to emerge.
No one would dispute laws that prevent actions which are genuinely proven to put an innocent person at risk, but how far is the state justified in protecting an individual from his/her own actions? Particularly if they then lie about the effectiveness of those laws in order to make their own actions look good.
Sorry if you find this a boring rant, feel free to ignore. Read more
go to
www.rotten.com
and find the picture of the guy that fell off his Harley with no helmet.
that should put you off...
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Hi John,
A few years ago i owned an 'n' plate 1.5 TD Corsa which had no pas and was a pain to park. I visited my local dealer to see if it was viable to fit pas. They quoted near enough £1000, without taking any problems into consideration.
I changed the car !
rgds,
Ash.