April 2002
Friend of mine with Pug 106+Alloys has recently found her spare wheel stolen from under the car. Are there any devices she can buy to prevent this from happening again or is it a case of stick it in the boot?
Cheers on her behalf.
Dan Read more
Hello
I own a 16v corado and about a year ago I mounted a kurb at sufficient speed and angle to bend the steering arm on the passenger side of the car.
SInce I have had this replaced I experience a vibratiion through the steering wheel at 70 mph, steadies itself out towards 80mph. If i let go of the steering wheel (at any speed, obviously on a deserted road) the steering wheel noticeably moves from left to right. (only fractionally, it moves maybe 1mm in each direction. (I have had it balanced but to no avail)
The car responds normally under braking and has passsed 2 mot's since the accident. I have had it tracked at kwik fit a couple of times, but theproblem still remains. Should i get it tracked properly, i have read on this newsgroup about pit mounted tracking that do all the camber etc, if so where can you get this sort of tracking done?
Or could it be a suspension component, if so, any suggestions on which component it could be?
I should also mention that there does not appear to be any irregualar tyre wear.
Thanks in advance
Ross Read more
Thanks folks.
I changed my wheels back to front which seems to have cured the problem.
(or at least shifted it to another part of the car!!) Need to find out where to get a new alloy from, dont think it's a VW one. so am not exactly relishing the task!
Thanks again
Ross
I think it is very accurate....
Apparantly I am mild-mannered and cautious, there is no chance of winding me up, although apparantly I need a little more backbone and to stand up for myself more.
Spot on, I'd say.
Two points on speed limits:
1. Who determines where and what they are? For any each speed limit determination, is the justification in the public domain or is it effectively arbitrary?
2. Since we can have time dependent bus lanes why can we not have time dependent speed limits? A 30 limit to protect schoolchildren is unjustifiable at 2300 hrs, a 70 limit on many motorway sections is unjustifiable at 0100.
As in other matters, the government's claim to be open and innovative is hypocritical. Read more
Re above cycling posts, saw this on another site :
As a cyclist, knowing the location of a speed camera is fun. On a bicycle no mater fast you go through there is no chance of getting caught. The speed camera at Trimsaran and Pontyates in Carmarthenshire are often played about with and valuable police film in these cameras are wasted every weekend as about 20 cyclists pass through them separated at about 500 yds travelling at around 45 mph, just a nice speed for the camera to set off! We usually send one cyclist down first to witness the activity on a camcorder, something that is quite amusing to watch back on at a later time!
I like the Swiss system where you buy an annual m/way permit. The good side is that visitors have to buy them as well - nice little earner!
Hello all,
I have a 2001 Espace diesel which has developed a problem starting. Basically the car turns over but fails to fire. Occassionally I get the odd start but cannot rely on the car. My local Renault garage cannot find a fault, anyone had similar experiences and can identify the fault.
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Ian,
Never be put off answering. I only know half of it and make the rest up!
Diesel starting.....
Compression
Cranking speed
Fuel supply
Glowplugs
Compression problems unlikely at this age.
I assume you have a good battery/starter turning over the engine quickly. I also assume the glowplugs have been checked/changed.
That leaves fuel supply. This can either be a blockage causing lack of fuel of an air leak.
Bear in mind on such modern vehicles the fuel "blockage" could be associated with an ECU/stop solenoid/immobiliser problem. Renault should have found this with their checks.
Any clues there?
David
hj I find your site very interesting but its getting increasingly frustrating when someone starts a new thread and its answered by a host of what we in the trade call DIYers who don't know the right answers but still reply with all sorts of wrong advice. The person who started the thread gets more confused and others who do know the correct advice start curling up in a corner or go red with rage.
We have, no this is it , no thats it , its like this, no its like that and then at the end an apology, how embarrassing !
For christ sake go read a book or check a web site before you answer or even dare I say it , try a garage we are not all twisted con men !! Read more
But you'd have denied us some (moderately) innocent pleasure!
After returning from 2 weeks in switzerland and France it is cetainly disappointing to be driving back in UK. It seems after you have brought diesel for 45p a lt, driven on open, uncongested well laid roads and not been caught by video cameras and CCTV for speeding when in fact you were not, that driving in Britain is a tedious and joyless experience. We even used trains on one occaision to go from Marsaille to Grenoble (some 400KM) just for the relaxing time it affords, this cost £30rth for two people and the TGV was on time and clean. So even when you choose not to motor, there are viable alternatives. Of course, criticising the conditions of driving in the UK is nothing new, but it seems that we are all paying a hell of a lot of tax for sod all, not the NHS, roads, trains or buses - is it going to Iraq i wonder and field marshal Blairs Caesar escapades?
What can the adverege Brit do to change the state of motoring? Any ideas appreciated... Read more
You'll have to find this:
A photo (on the front cover of: Dalgleish, A. 1993. The Truth About
Transport) illustrating this US contraflow dedicated bus lane is from an
overbridge to another overbridge, whence the view is obscured. It shows about
a 300 yd stretch of the bus lane (difficult to judge because of
fore-shortening), with 4 buses in it, each separated by about 2 bus lengths
- they clearly achieve intense utilisation of the bus lane, contrasting with
the empty UK M4 lane.
More info:
> Based on single US bus lane carrying 40000 seated
> passengers / hour through the Lincoln Tunnel, at quarter cost
> of railway. Photo shows Interstate 495 High Occupancy Vehicle
> lane into Lincoln tunnel. A spectacular operation - the road
> is typical UK motorway, 2 x 3 lanes with central barrier, but
> *4* lanes flow into the tunnel - the inbound HOV lane is in
> what would be the outside (fast) lane of the 3 outbound
> lanes, i.e. it is contra-flow (has two lanes of contra
> flowing traffic to its side, with no separation), & the whole
> scheme is 'tidal flow' (i.e. can be reversed from morning to
> evening rush hour). American efficiency (compare to M4 bus
> lane botch near Heathrow).
All "plagiarised" from another forum, in case anyone was wondering what "pinched" meant.
Drove from Cheshire - Surrey on Monday and back Tuesday.
Tried an experiment after reading threads and rants about speeding last week.
The M6 was too busy both ways to learn anything.
M40 - set cruise control, initially at 70mph; gradually raised to 77mph and left it there, assuming (outside) possibility of 10% speedo error. Left it thereabouts both ways...
Results - it was like going backwards. We passed a few lorries, and one or 2 cars, but the vast majority of cars were going at 80 - 85mph, judging from passing speeds.
We did NOT see any 'dangerous' driving save a Vectra that wanted to overtake everybody before his exit, and one guy on a mobile.
Isn't a law which is disregarded by the vast majority of people a bad law? Read more
trever you are a @!#$ get used to it go away and work for the labour party
Reckon this looks interesting, especially the creation of a new New Technolgy Institute for Motorsport proposed for Wheatley Campus of Oxford Brookes University. Bottoms, born too early.
East Midlands Development Agency Motorsport Valley Read more
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Steel spare painted bright yellow?
Chris