November 2003
I see many every day...
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This is further to another post regarding a court appearance for \"road tax dodging\".
I\'m representing myself in court (solicitors don\'t seem to want the business)and to help with my confidence on the day I\'ve produced two documents to assist me. One is a graphical representation of the timeline and the other is what I intend to read out from.
If anyone would like to have a look I would really appreciate some feedback. I went to havering court on friday to sit in the public gallery but the court was closed (another days leave wasted)
Anyway the only easy way I could think of sharing the docs was to setup a temporary email account.
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You can then read the email and download the docs (they are virus checked by hotmail as you download)
If anyone knows a better way to share excel and word docs please let me know.
Thanks
Nervous and worried John
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The email account only has a copy of the docs, the originals are on my PC. Thanks for taking the time to look at the docs. You've done exactly what I was hoping someone would - take the role of the cynic and try pick holes in my account. This should help me be more prepared for 'awkward' questions.
None of the 'evidence' that I have can prove it was never used on the road - as someone else pointed out "unless the car was under 24hr surveilance"
Maybe the lack of parts receipts shows that it wasn't being used and therefore didn't wear out and needed no new parts?
It was the cambelt failure that prompted me to take it off the road, the car was already in good condition and just needed tidying up. Once the cambelt was fixed I then moved on to the comestic work. That's why I was able to get it 'up and running' in a matter of days. In fact to get it on the road I didn't have to anything other than take it for the MOT.
The fact that I used for the car show does imply that I may have been tempted to use the car before. The difference is that I used it without road tax, if I used it before it would have been without tax, mot and insurance - which is more serious? I think MOT and insurance is FAR more important than road tax - although it seems the courts don't see it that way.
I don't have any record of the mileage when I took the car off the road, all I can prove is the mileage covered in that period and I have no way to prove that the mileage was clocked up when the car was taxed. Although I would hope that common sense would apply.
Thanks for reveiwing my notes, I think you came up with some great questions.
J
Hi, A friend of mine has a 1995 C Merecedes but his radio cassette has broken.He has been told its not worth mending.
The dealer wants too much to provide & fit another.
What are good reliable radio makes Please?
What points should he note when replacing it.?
He has the fitting removal keys.
Lucy T.
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thank you very much for the helpful suggestions & advice.
Have got all information required now, so old Blaupunkt will be changed.
Lucy T.
I have a 3 month old MX5 Nevada that I bought from new. With the onset of cold weather it has been having problems starting in the mornings. Some times it is fine, other times it will reluctantly chug to life and sometimes turn over 10-15 times before firing. This seems to happen more when it is on a slight slope....any ideas anyone? It's almost as if petrol is not getting through....It's been to one dealer who said that they couldnt find any problems!
Additionally to this, when I pull up and stop (say traffic lights) the revs dip so low that it almost stalls and then evens out...ideas?
And to top it all off, the roof is starting to sag noticeably....
Any help/guidelines much appreciated!
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HI
I had loads of similar problems with my nevada also three new clutch plates to boot! It needs very high revs to pull off and not to judder In the end I gave the car back It was my third mx5 All I can say what happened to great car they they used to make
alan
is the fuel filter ? It's an old style 1.3 push-rod engine.
Thanks
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Sorry, that should have been "run the engine with the fuel pump fuse removed"
I have bought a replacement bumper for my '98 Honda Prelude but as it is only supplied by Honda UK unpainted I need to get it sprayed. Does anyone have any recommendations for sprayshops in the Kingston, Surrey or Plymouth area (my job takes me to both places) that would take the time to do a quality job (it is silver metallic). I think Honest John mentioned somewhere called Coloursmart or something a while back but I can't remember the exact name.
Many thanks in advance for any advice given.
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Isn't it time that we had a nationwide (and logical) standard for road signs and markings? Some speed limit signs are quite small, some are garish, some have pre-warning signs etc. Road markings sometimes make no sense whatsoever ~ when they extend right across the road it's sometimes not apparent which direction of travel they apply to. And some cross-hatched markings appear to be quite irrational. One I've come appears to be intended to discourage you from getting close to the edge of the road at a left turn ~ what is that all about?
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Northbound on the M5 just south of Birmingham is a single 50mph sign. It occurs just before a shallow bend, I've always assumed it is a leftover from when they rebuilt the motorway in the 80's.
There is of course no derestriction sign to end the 50.
The recorded time of posts reveals the Backroomers who either (a)can't sleep, (b)work unsocial hours, or (c)live in a different time zone. Just something I spotted when I couldn't sleep one night ~ I'm not expecting too many comments!
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(a)can't sleep, (b)work unsocial hours, or (c)live in a different time zone.
Or all of the above ;-) (but posting at a sensible time today)
I recently bought a a 1992 vw polo genesis. I noticed that the warm air ducting has been removed and the manifold changed so a pipe can no longer be connected to the manifold. Will this effect the car in anyway? Read more
Hi Steve,
Yes, the warm air ducting is quite important on this engine, as I have seen several cars suffering icing around the throttle butterfly without it. Wonder why the manifold has been changed ? In the absence of anything on the manifold to connect the ducting to I would simply try to fix it as close as possible to the manifold, and at least by taking it around the back of the engine it is going to be a lot warmer that it is at present.
Some of these also have an electric manifold heater immediately below the throttle body, which can be checked for resistance and supply, or simply be seeing if it is getting hot. But be careful, it does get b****y hot.
Regards, Adam
Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble.
Below is a copy of an e-mail passed on to me earlier.
for all the women in your families
> Subject: FW: Warwickshire Police Community Safety Liaison Warwick
> District Warning
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> This is a real incident, pass it on to others,please pass it on.
> About a month ago a woman was standing by the entrance to a shopping
> centre in Nottingham, passing out flyers to all the women going in.
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> The woman had written the flyer herself to tell about an experience she
> had so that she might warn other women
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> The previous day, this woman had finished shopping and went out to her car
> and discovered that she had a flat tyre. She got the jack out of the boot
> and began to change the flat. A nice man dressed in a business suit and
> carrying a briefcase walked up to her and said, "I noticed you're changing
> a flat tyre, would you like me to take care of it for you?" the woman was
> grateful for his offer and accepted his help.
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> They chatted amicably while the man changed the tyre, and then put the
> flat and jack in the boot, shut it and dusted off his hands. The woman
> thanked him profusely, and as she was about to get in her car the mn told
> her he had left his car around the other side of the shopping centre and
> asked if she would mind giving him lift to his car. She was a little
> surprised and asked why his car was the other side. He explained that he
> had seen an old friend in the centre that he hadn't seen for some time and
> they'd had a bite to eat and a look around the shops for a while. He got
> turned round in the shopping centre and came out the wrong exit and now he
> was running late and his car was round the other side of the centre.
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> The woman hated to tell him no because he had just rescued her from having
> to change the wheel all by herself, but she felt uneasy, then she
> remembers seeing the man put his briefcase in her boot before shutting it
> and before he asked her for a ride to his car.
>
> So she made an excuse and said but she had remembered just one last thing
> she needed to buy. She said she would only be a few minutes, he could sit
> down in her car and wait for her, and she would be as quick as she could
> be. She hurried into the shopping centre and told a security guard what
> had happened, the guard came out to the car with her, but the man had
> left, she unlocked the boot, took his locked briefcase to the police
> station.
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> The police opened it {ostensibly to look for ID so that they could return
> it to the man}, what they found was Rope, Duct tape and Knives, when the
> police checked the tyre, there was nothing wrong with it, the air had
> simply been let out. Its obvious what the mans intentions were and had
> carefully thought them out in advance. The woman was blessed to have
> escaped harm. How much worse could it have been if she had children with
> her and got them to wait in the car or had a baby in a car seat? This
> woman told this experience on the flyer she was passing out so that other
> women could be warned.
>
> PLEASE forward this on, it may save a life, he could be in any shopping
> centre. John Farren PC 769,
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> Warwickshire Police Community Safety Liaison Warwick District.
> Tel: 01926 415000 Ext: 4395
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I first saw this some eight years ago.
Surly everybody has seen it by now!
Browse
To give evidence of something that can be confirmed by DVLA records and a quick visit/drive/walk past by local police?
As mentioned above, a police officer gets paid to attend court, the public rarely do at a rate that reflects their actual income.
Ah, British justice...... Procedure before common sense every time.