hi lads
i have a 306 xsi....when i brought this car the main dealer told me it just had the clock replaced.....now the rev counter and the oil gauge is died out on me.....can anyone tell me whys its dieing out on me.......


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They are filming a movie in Cape Town at present, and I was on the set today, interviewing none other than Vinnie "Nutcracker" Jones. [when I don't scribble here, I'm a football writer]
Anyways, they had a whole street scene laid out on a disused site, with plenty of LHD American cars*, police vehicles, burnt out vans, SWAT team vehicles, etc. All the vehicles were RHD, except for the Greyhound-type bus, which was filmed as being 'held' by Vinnie, and his tribe of bankrobbers.
Now, as the part we saw was filmed at the bus door (Man with gun holding fat bearded bus driver hostage), it will really mess their continuity if the bus is a RHD... or will it?
Are US busses LHD or RHD? And if they are RHD, why?

*US cars? Looked at some of them on set, and they are UGLY! Even the Volvos and Mercs look almost like Muppets compared to the EU or SA versions... Read more

Someone has sent me one of those stupid excel based quizzes, this one on logos. There's one I'm convinced is a car company (possibly yank), but I'm struggling to think of it! It is essentially a shield, elongated to a point at the top. The bottom 90% of it is red and yellow diamonds (elongated horizontally), with a blue bar at the very top, with some kind of yellow detail at the centre. Anyone help??
Another one I' struggling on: a blue crown with a lion's head atop. I think it's something to do with cricket, but I'm not sure.

TIA,

Alex.
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Dr Alex Mears
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I've recently bought a range rover with a thin "coach line" style pin stripe along both sides (stuck on) and a glass mounted mobile antenna. what is the safest way to remove both of these offending objects. I was thinking hair dryers or mild tickling with a heat gun !? Read more

morning all,
questions:
how many of you out there own and use a caravan?
how many of you have seen just how ferociously they burn?

the story!
last night,about 21:15hrs,i was alerted to the fact that *something*was going on in the parking area behind my house,(where i keep my boat,and near-neiboughs keep their 2-berth touring caravan).thinking that they were "messing"with the boat, i went out the back,whereby a gang of early teenagers, having seen me,ran away laughing and shouting abuse.the *neiboughs*had only been cleaning and tidying the van that afternoon,and had invertently left a window slightly open(to air it?).after a couple of seconds i noticed an orange glow showing in the caravan windows,realising it was on fire, i shouted to missus to phone fire brigade, they promptly arrived 12mins later(our brigade are part-timers who have to be summoned from home),by which time it was too late! all that was left were a couple of bits of burning tyre,and smouldering chassis.
i have never seen something burn as quickly or as ferociously as that,at one stage the flames were higher than the houses,and the aluminium panels were literally melting away before my eyes.
just made me wonder at the time how many people that use them alot realise that should they have a fire in one,just how little time they really have to get themselves and family to safety.
i have a couple of photo's that i think BR'S should see to help etch this point in their minds,and will post them (if somebody can tell me where/how on this site)

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