November 2003
I have a ninety day notice period in my employment contract. If I was to give notice and seek to terminate my employment before ninety days had elapsed does anyone know what would happen. The contract simply states that each party shall give ninety days notice for termination and does not go further.
Thanks,
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My gf's BMW Compact 1.6 1996 has Park Distance Control which has just stopped working. Anyone got any ideas? Read more
From another forum - fair chance yours will have the same connections, which might be worth checking before you get a dealer to read the fault code. My understanding is that a faulty, dirty or missing sensor will activate the continuous tone....
I've recently been playing with the PDC kit from a 98 E36. The unit has two looms, one for the sensors, one for connecting to the rest of the car.
The 2nd loom had seven connections which were:
12v (switched igntion)
1 x Connection from reversing light
2 x 0v
2 x Data connections (for the diagnostic plug in)
1 x Output to under dash chime unit
In last night's Traffic Cops on the BBC, I noted that the un-taxed J reg Cavalier and the H reg VW (Polo?) which were confiscated by the police were said to have been sent to be crushed. Both vehicles appeared to be in reasonable condition. Are all confiscated cars crushed as a matter of course, or was this used for dramatic effect in the programme and in fact only unsafe cars are crushed? Read more
And believe you me 200 is only the tip of the iceberg!!!!!!!!
Terryb loved the comment about the shared braincell!!!!!! Wasnt the truth cell though was it?
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I sold my Golf 1.6 mk3 to my sister who when coming to drive it away found that the battery was completely flat. The AA man said that it was probably the Clifford alarm that I had installed that had drained it, but after 10 days being laid up, my personal feelings is that this is rubbish.
A few months ago the battery was drained and Green Flag said that this could have been the cooling fan draining it after the engine was switched off. (this was during the hot spell).
Is it a question of getting a new battery as this one doesn't seem to be able to hold its charge? Or does it sound like I have a short circuit somewhere? Or would it be possible for the alarm to drain it?
Is it possible to test whether the battery can keep a charge or whether there is a short circuit somewhere?
I feel I need to sort this out for my little sis so any advice would be welcome. Read more
Thanks all for the info. My sister took her car in and the result was that a new battery was needed as the one in the car couldn't hold its charge.
Is the Honda Insight the most economical car (in mpg terms) on the market?
comments appreciated
ravster
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Cheers TLucas -I was quite surprised at the drive on the Insight - not too bad and agree that the technology in both cars is awesome. It looks like I'm going to ave to do a lot of long distances of my own bat as well as driving into central london so have worked out that this is quite an economical way of doing it.
How meaingless is this?
According to the London Evening Standard, Fiat have won this more times than anyone else. Says it all really......
I don't know much about the new Panda (or the old one), but last year's (?) award to the 307 was pretty daft. It's an OK car, but not the best in its class and arguably not as good as the now-quite-elderly Focus! Read more
Ahh, but what's really the best car on the list - the most interesting; something different yet suitable for a family - yes the NSU Ro80. Dad had 5 yes five of these, one converted to Ford V4, two for canibalisation and two that ran and if serviced and driven properly ran and ran and ran....until the rotor tips went!
Loads of internal room, dead quiet and would still be modern if launched today with the Audi 2.5V6 TDi. Bring it back!!
Have I missed discussions on Electronic Vehicle Identification within these forums? I have just read the articles at www.safespeed.org.uk/evi.html and I have suddenly had a terrible vision of how the future is going to be. Think I had better consider a career in politics so that I can be one of the controllers rather than the controlled. Read more
Oh yes Pdc it is coming along with other goodies.
Why am I so certain?
Because Brussels says so.
www.tinyurl.com/voek for European Commission on Transport reports make interesting reading.
What happened to the independent British Isle pray?
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The Merc SLK McLaren supercar is having its press launch here in sunny Cape Town. Yesterday, one day into the launch, one of the 8 was t-boned by a VW Golf, which had shot through a red light!!!! Oops. VW trashed, carbon-fibre-bodied SLK slightly dinged, but nothing requiring a lengthy [and ultra-expensive] trip to the panel shop!
Traffic Police are 'investigating' the matter!
Another nail in the coffin of SA tourism!
[HJ, the reports say that 140 Journalists from round the world are here - if you are one of the lucky ones, give us a shout!] Read more
shame. I could have organised you a shark cage-diving trip as well ...
They've just had the DaimlerChrysler bloke on the radio - he's trying very hard not to laugh as he says, in that gruff Teutonic voice: "Vel, ve did tell zer journalists that Cape Town is a very different city with its traffic rules and zer vay people are driving here..."
It is now in the public domain. Humberside Police have announced that it no longer has a pursuit policy - they will no longer become involved in any pursuit. Discuss.
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"btw it is noticeable that in many MANY of the high speed chases on TV which end in a serious looking accident, the driver and his passengers usually escape with minimal or zero injuries..."
Seems to me that will be because those making the ghastly TV programs, which are after all just for "entertainment", will edit out the deaths, by and large. I'd love to think that would be for self censorship rather than imposed regulatory reasons.
I am attempting to get a heater fan going for the son of a friend. Apparently went intermintely faulty (requiring switch to be flicked back and forward) before failing completely. Facia removed a few months back to replace the heater matrix.
I have the Haynes manual, and have checked the relay and resistor pack. I checked across the motor, and the multimeter showed 12v on both sides, but when I removed the motor one wire was 12v and the other open circuit. Motor OK when supplied with 12v and earth.
By my reading of the circuitry this means either a faulty switch (next job), resistor pack (only did a visual), wiring or earth.
Next plan is to check the switch, and see what happens when I supply it with an earth via a jumper.
Does anyone know where the earth for the motor is? I could only find one under the facia on the drivers side, and that was OK.
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Sorry Geoff, but after doing the same job on my own 405 a couple of years ago I declined the job of replacing the matrix, and the job was done by a local garage.
The 405 was probably similar, and the job was just lengthy and complicated because of the number of things (steering wheel, instruements, fascia) which had to be removed to do the 10 minute job of swopping over the matrix for the new one. I think there was a thread about this job recently, but I suspect you will have to strip out a lot more than the immobiliser and vacuum hose to get at the matrix. I think the fascia needs to come out.
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Hi,
Thanks for all the replies - sorry, I seem to have missed some of them over the weekend.
I have a list of various checks and steps to take, kindly provided by a BR member, which I am slowly going through. Also, I will follow Smokie's and Richard's advice re backing up emails and files, although I have no idea how to make a spreadsheet or database. It's about time I learned, so I will make the time to sit down and RTFM.
In the meantime, I am now writing this from AOL 8.0 with no problems, so I think things may be on their way to being sorted out.
Thanks again.
HF