Totally agree with Cockle - there can be unforseen downsides with such things. Residents sometimes like to jump of the bandwagon to deter non-residential parking in their streets and then whinge when they get caught out bending the rules. It happened where my sister lives. They campaigned long/loud for a restriction and then started whingeing when residents with more than one car found themselves falling foul of the rulesand geting fines. I really think they believed the rules would only really affect non-residents.

People do seem to think they own the space outside their homes and it's not uncommon for people to have driveways constructed just to ensure nobody else parks outside their house. Ironically, these people often choose not to use their own drives but park outside someone else's property thereby selfishly adding to the overall parking problem. This has happened in several streets nearby and is causing all sorts of knock on effects. What really annoys me though is that those who had the foresight to move a bit further away from the station, town centre etc. and shouldn't really expect serious parking problems, wind up inheriting them because those who chose to live closest to the amenities then complain about the parking and traffic problems associated with such amenities. The result in Bromley is
that all the congestion and parking problems have been shifted to the area just outside the controlled zone. IMO this is hardly fair on those residents.

As for forcing everyone to park off-road. I can see that having a serious impact on property prices for anyone who lives in a property where no such provision is possible. Also, on a more environmental note, I'd hate to see all our front gardens paved over, there's little enough greenery around as it is without turning gardens into car parks.

MEMS are useful for many applications, and if a form of bluetooth or similar single chip radio ever becomes cost effective and easy to design in then there are definate possibilities for many more applications using MEMS sensors.
A MEMS sensor is just a simple switch. Unfortunately the contacts are rarely more than a micron apart so any ingress will cause failure. The other problem is that unless the switch is operated regularly it will seize. This tends to make them unsuitable for critical applications. I was very surprised to see them used for an airbag deployment system.
The problem that everyone but a very few experts forget to mention about MEMS is that unless they are in a hermetic package to keep out all possible ingress then problems will occur with reliability. Hermetic packaging is expensive and due to its nature, I can't see prices falling that much in teh future.
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Yep, another common Pug / Cit failing! The blower and HRW pull their current across the ignition switch which is not man enough for the job and burns out. The solution is to put a relay in, switched by the igition switch, to carry the current. Even a partially burnt switch should provide enough voltage to throw a relay. Not sure of the exact details for the 306, but on the Xantia there is a separate plug under the steering column you can unplug and wire in the relay - possibly the same on the 306.


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Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....

Agree with biffo.what happens is the screws that hold the points to the distributer base plate stretch to the point that they only hold for a short space of time.replacing with the electronic version replaces the points with with a unit that is infra red controlled (I think) an adapter is used beneath the rotor arm that crosses the points of infra red transmision and caused the coil to fire.it works I have used the system on 4 toyota vans.all still going

Plus about £200... ;)