December 2001
this is not an advert, its just that these people seem very cheap, you can get a mercedes C-class, 1997 (P), for only £3695, i know its done just over 100,000 miles, but at this price who cares.
or you can get a low mileage ford focus, (Y) reg, for £6799.
can anybody beat that???
p.s. the address is www.abccars.tv/ Read more
Has anybody seen the new Clarkson video?, I think it's his top 100 cars.
Would like to know if its worth buying as a xmas present. Read more
If you use the search button above, you'll find an earlier discussion on this.
iirc, the opinion was balanced in favour.
Interestingly, North Wales Police are to have a visit by the Home Office Policing Standards Unit. Does this suggest that the Home Office think there is a problem with policing here?
Too much emphasis on speed cameras perhaps?
North Wales police say "We are pleased to be in the forefront of this new initiative"
Hmmmmm
With all the arguments going off in the back room recently especially the ones involving IO and Alwyn about the pro's and cons of speed limits etc etc etc etc etc , I would be interested to know how many accidents/fatalities are caused by untreated roads in the winter? Read more
Phil Goodacre wrote:
>
> I would guess that the response would be that untreated roads
> do not cause accidents, only drivers and pedestrians who do
> not make allowances for the conditions.
I agree with this 100%. The last time we had any amount of snow
around this neck of the woods, the safest road for me was the
untreated one, mainly due to the lack of numpties who abandoned
the back roads and clogged up the A23.
/john
IO, bogush, whatever.... this is lifted from my reply to Alwyn (in the thread \'Anothert virus\').
\"What I won\'t have, though, is this forum turned into a soapbox from which those people with an axe to grind, whether it be political, moral or whatever, attempt to browbeat the rest of us into submission by sheer volume. They\'re entitled to hold an opinion in the same way that everyone else is, but to push that opinion down our throats until we either capitulate and pretend to agree, or (more likely) we go away, is damaging to the forum as a whole, and in the long run defeats the object in that it effectively removes us as a voice which, however moderate and democratic, still has the strength of numbers.
This is not aimed at you, Alwyn. It *is* aimed at IO (Independent Observer) in this instance. If you don\'t stop shouting, IO, pretty soon there\'ll be no-one to hear you, and then nowhere to shout.\" Read more
Nope
In fact you seem to be the first one to have spotted it ! ; - )
A less contentious issue from boring Al.
For many years now I have been clearing ice from my car windows by pouring warm water on them. (Assuming I was starting from home) This also clears ice from the inside glass and, as long as the wipers are then used to clear the water away, no re-freezing takes place.
When I tell others of my brilliant wheeze, they say "You are going to crack your screen" Well, many cars and decades later, it has yet to happen.
How often do we see idiots with a letter-box sized hole scraped on the glass with the rest of the glass frozen over, including side windows.
I believe they should be done for driving without due care as they cannot possibly have a view outside and just drive and hope.
I also knew a chap who would thaw a frozen door lock with body fluids!!!!!!! Read more
I was interested to see the idea of the hot water bottle on the dash board. This has worked well for my car.
I seem to have to drive through a frost hollow. When the hot water bottle is left for, say, 20' having been filled with really hot water it not only gives a good clear region, it also gets enough heat into the glass so that it doesn't ice over when driving through the frost hollow.
Having said that I wouldn't depend only on the hot water bottle, I use a fair amount of de-icer spray.
I was wondering what happens to the last of the old models when a manufacturer brings out a new model. E.g. Vauxhall will have the new Vectra out in several months time - are there likely to be bargains to be had with the last of the current model? Were cheap Mk II Mondeos available immediately prior to the new model launch? Read more
thought Peugeot had to discount 406s from day 1?
Had the MOT done yesterday evening.
Needs rear trailing arm bushes both sides - apart from that ok.
Hopefully get new bushes today and fit them tommorow 'cos if I want the free re-test it has to be done in 7 days. I'm assuming fitting new susp. bushes is fairly simple.
All in all a result. With the reassurance of a fail certificate [1] in my pocket it was succesfully speed tested on the motorway this morning. [2]
The whole incident has cost me 1 tyre, 1 wheel and 2 months mot.
Thanks to all of those who've offered sound advice over the last couple of days.
[1] Yeah - ironic isn't it!
[2] In so much as the word speed applies to a Rover 414!!! Read more
replacement heart? I find that hard to believe.
Tell them that a police officer had comandeered the car to rush Salman rushdie to a place of safety.
They'd buy that.
After feeling the suspension becoming lumpy on my 91 Bx diesel estate my local Citoen experts told me rear spheres were required and they carried out the work. The system has been quite unreliable since. Firstly the thing didn't rise at all and their response was that the new spheres had allowed full movement which must have caused other problems. They had it back and said they had freed all parts but now whilst the rear seems to be OK the front either is on high or on low and will not set itself to the normal level. They now say the only solution is to replace a part of the front suspension ( sorry but name escapes me) as this is sticking. This will cost another £100 or so. I had no problems with the rise and fall before they replaced the spheres but it has not worked properly since. Any of you Citroen buffs able to help ?. Read more
Rich L,
As I haven't noticed your login name before I assume you're newish here and wouldn't know the history behind this, as Stuart explains.
Given this is a Citroen/BX matter I would hate you to gain the impression that I was anything less than helpful to genuine Citroen enqiries. As the BX columnist for the CCC I spend a vast amount of time dealing with queries such as the one posted here, at present there are over 500 mails in my live Citroen file. Putting together the monthly column is something I do willingly for the BX cause but is very time consuming for an unpaid activity.
By the very nature of Interent Forums there is an element of people not being who they say they are, wind ups and spoofing. Blokes pretend to be innocent girls and get a massive response, others pose queries to problems where they know the answer just for the sport of running the "experts" about. Some folks post info they know to be wrong just to provoke an argument.
Now this is all a laugh when misc motoring matters are concerned but if you ask someone with sound technical advice in a particular area to give valuable information on a problem.......well allow them the right to make sure they are dealing with a genuine enquiry before putting their own time into helping the questioner.
You are right to mention the Boardhost BX forum, it has a good level of input from enthusiasts. The ironic thing is the virtual character of "ladas are whatever" who posts here wouldn't last five minutes on that forum. Anders, Alan S and many others would blow him out of the water for timewasting, misleading and offensive posts.
Regards
David
Nearly got taken out tonight at Regents Park.
Coming up the "upright" on a T junction and turning right on green I found a car coming from my right across the T.
The driver had mistaken the left filter for "go".
Thing is, in court we would both have sworn on oath that we had a green and, unless there was a witness it would have been my word against hers.
She is probably at home now, telling her old man over supper how her lightning reactions stopped her mowing down a motorcyclist that jumped the lights.
It is an easy mistake to make. I have nearly been caught out in the past.
Maybe filter lights should be different in some way, perhaps by flashing, to distinguish them from straight-ahead greens.
Discuss. Read more
rob speaks sense with "I always take traffic lights as advisory, and not confirming and assuring safe passage"
Pity that did not happen with the Paddington rail crash. Just imagine, you are on your way to work, regular route, approaching a traffic light you know is a bit dodgy to see because of position and the morning sun. Would you think "Aw heck it's usually green so I'll keep on going"
If that comment upsets any railway workers or anyone coonected with the crash I'm sorry but it's how I see it.
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