November 2002
Any suggestions as to how I can find out the name of the proprietor of a garage I want to take to court? They used to be a limited company but company house web site only gives the address. The name of the garage gives no indication and I suspect that if I ring them up the answer will not be forthcoming.
I'll try any legal(ish) suggestion. Read more
I have a 98 Audi A6 Avant that according to Britax is compatible for ISOFIX mounts. However my car doesn't have them fitted and the local Audi dealer says that for safety reasons they should only be fitted at the factory.
I note in these pages that ISOFIX may have its problems, and I'm wondering if it's worth pursuing or should I just stick with seat belt restrained seats. Any thoughts? Read more
I've been using seatbelt fitted seats for the last 4 1/2 years now, my Skoda Octavia estate has the ISOFIX mountings but they don't look man enough for the job to me. As long as you take the time to ensure your seats are properly fitted to the car (roadside checks have shown that most aren't) then you shouldn't have a problem.
They all have to meet the same safety standards, regardless of which mounting method they use.
I'm hoping for a negative response to my next question, but does anybody here have experience of an accident in a car with a child-seat fitted? How did the seat perform? How was it mounted?
My two have nearly outgrown child seats now, but they have been taught to make sure they get strapped in properly, and they certainly let me know about it if I look like I'm as much as going to start the engine before they're happy!
I have another noddy question for the venerable Back-Roomers (I was delighted after my last query about the difference between off-side and nearside that HJ Himself answered the question with some incredulity in the hallowed pages of the Satursay DT)
Anyway, just suppose that someone should be pushing a heavy trolley load of tiles in a DIY shop car-park whilst at the same time trying to placate a 2yr old boy who has just been removed from the Thomas Tank Engine ride-on when said trolley should bash into an adjacent car. Further suppose that the owner of said car should get awfully stroppy and start demanding the trolley pusher's car insurance details. Would the trolley pusher be right to refuse this. Surely nothing to do with trolley pusher having a car parked right next to the damaged car? Given that irate driver recorded TP's registration number might there be some come-back? Surely, an offer to pay for any damage would suffice?
What if the damage had been caused by the door of TP's car? Read more
F arthest reaches. Dontcha just love this bad word checker?
Why do car park planners insist on marking out the individual
parking bays at 90 degrees to the kerb? Surely it is more logical
to arrange them in a herringbone pattern thus saving the frustration of
trying to do a 90 degree turn in limited space. Think of all the fuel and tyres
it would save. Read more
In multi storey carparks, some people like to reverse in to the space while the car park isn't too busy, so at the time they will leave (when it's busier) they can make a quick get away without having to reverse out 'blind' into the cars going round looking for a space.
Guilty as charged for a few months after I passed my test, but long since reformed.
Rebecca
Shockwave movie of driving techniques
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apologies if this has been posted before, did a quick search Read more
Yes, been posted a couple of times since I found this group earlier this year. Still funny though. :o)
Item im todays's DT:
"Blind Spot
One in four motorists failed a vision test at last month's Birmingham Motor Show" Read more
Is this "we should not do eye tests without all these other tests that I am going to dream up", similar to the
"we should not fine speeders without all these other crimes (be they real or bad behaviour) that I think plod should spend time chasing?"
What can I say?
Welcome to the real world?
Last night There was a horrendous jam around Walthamstow in N E London.
It looked as if there was an obstruction somewhere off one of the westbound exits from the roundabout. (Couldn't see what, probably an accident).
However, people had continued to pile onto the roundabout and packed it so tightly you could hardly get a fag paper between the vehicles (it took me over ten minutes to work my way round even on a motorbike).
In this carnage there were two ambulances with blue lights going. But they were going nowhere.
And of course no police to sort the mess out. (they probably wouldn't have been able to get there anyway, even if some had been available).
I hope nobody died because of the ambulances being jammed in.
The traffic situation in thesouth east has got way past the point where it is an inconvenience and has become a hazard to life itself.
But the Government refuses to make any additional provision, even to cater for their own proclaimed economic growth rate, preferring to predict and provided for hundred of millions of additional holiday-makers airport requirements, thus making traffic problems even worse.
Presumably they are hoping that the millions of passengers and thousands of airport workers will walk or cycle to the expanded airports! Read more
Why don't the cops confiscate the keys of every car with
a minor infringement?
Why don't they take out the million cars without tax?
Because it would mean more work to be done and less tea and biscuits while a (s)camera does the work for them.
Ben
Volume 3 is now closed. It will not be deleted.
Please continue in Volume 4.
Mark (RLBS)
Moderator at Work
mailto:mark_moderator@honestjohn.co.uk Read more
pulling the volumes together
My wife needs a car for sort runs, school runs, etc. about 5 miles at a time.
My Picasso HDi takes miles to warm up, her rover 214sli literaly gets toasty after a few hundred yards.
If I got her a 1.4 HDi or similar, will it wear out prematurely as it will never reach proper temp (not to mention never having any cabin heat).
Would a small 1.1 or 1.4 petrol last longer as (going by the rover) it would at least reach oprating temp?
regards
Alf Read more
Hi Blue,
The "everything it says on the tin" bit was a take
off from the Ronseal adverts
You worded it fine, and it was funny, it's just my own denseness due to fatigue that made me fail to 'get it'.
I think I may get a
Diesel next time around, it would make my fuel bills so
much lighter...
For what it's worth, I think it's a good idea to get a diesel, my fuel bills seem quite a lot lighter despite the much bigger engine.
You certainly may hold me personally resposible for anything which goes
wrong tomorrow. Although I have few assets of my own so
you can't sue me, you'll just have to come on and
shout at me until you feel better! :)
Haven't broken down yet today, and that's despite an extra unexpected hour's journey first thing. So no need for me to rant at you yet :)
Let me know
if this post has any other weird tiredness related bits in
it! :)
No, all made perfect sense to me! :)
HF
Many thanks to Stuart and Crombster for their help, Decided to bite the bullit and change the cam cover seals - they are expensive for a bit of rubber. Glad I did though because there was quite a lot of oil in the spark plug trench between the cams particularly on the drivers side bank. Replacing the seals on the passengers side was more difficult - patiently working to position the cables and pipes away from the cam cover enables the cam cover to go underneath reasonably easily when you have done so. By the way the screw in the plastic breather unit was covered by a plastic tray with the ecotec symbol on it - you can use a screw driver to lever it off to expose the screw. Soaking the breather unit in petrol removed the gunge. I found removing and replacing the fuel rail quite tricky - very nervous of dropping a bolt on removal and refitting. I would be interested in how Crombster or anyone else did it. You were right it is quite a time consuming but ultimately a very rewarding job. Any one know what a main dealer would charge.
Many thanks again
Kind Regards
Ian Read more
Thanks for that. The four pipes seem held on with small clips - it looks easy enough to get them off but there isn't much length to play with for cleaning out the insides if they are blocked up.
My car has done 84k so its something I have been thinking of doing for a while now & havn't got round to it yet.
regards ,,,,,,,, Robert
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