September 2004
first off - WELL DONE HYUNDAI!
great result, all they need to rectify is the expensive parts list and first place will be a cert next year.
Renault looking appauling again, other of note is audi who look terrible.
And how do Seat make VW chassis better than VW?
Rover-Mg result was decent - room for improvement.
Fiat seemed to do well. Read more
I'm still thinking about a Seat Leon 150tdi Cupra and have tried to search for seat forums to get owners views. I've tried many combinations without a lot of success. Knowing this forum, someones bound to come up with the answer. Read more
A pedant writes:
"fora"
Unless he needs the vocative.
When motoring days are over, no nursing home for me! I'm checking into the Hilton. With the average cost for a nursing home per day reaching $188.00, there is a better way when we get old and feeble. I have already checked on reservations at the Hilton. For a combined long-term stay discount and senior discount, it's $49.23 per night. That leaves ....$138.77 a day for:
1. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner in any restaurant I want, or room service.
2. Laundry, gratuities, and special TV movies.
Plus, they provide a swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge, washer, dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. They treat you like a customer, not a patient. $5.00 worth of
tips a day will have the entire staff scrambling to help you. There is a city bus stop out front, and seniors ride free. The handicap bus will also pick you up (if you fake a decent limp). To meet other nice people, call a church bus on Sundays. For a change of scenery, take the airport shuttle bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants there. While you're at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise, the cash keeps building up.
It takes months to get into decent nursing homes. Hilton will take your reservation today. And you are not stuck in one place forever, you can move from Inn to Inn, or even from city to city.
Want to see Hawaii? They have a Hilton there, too. ..the wonderful Hilton Hawaiian Village and Spa.
TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem. They fix everything and apologize for the inconvenience. The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid
checks if you are OK If not, they will call the undertaker or an ambulance. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Hilton will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. And no worries about visits from family. They will always be glad to find you, and probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grand kids can use the pool. What more can you ask for? So, when I reach the golden age I'll face it with a grin. Just forward all my e-mails to the Hilton!" Upon telling this plan at a dinner with friends and too much red wine, we came up with even more benefits the Hilton provides to retirees: Most standard rooms have coffee makers, easy chairs with ottomans, and satellite TV -- all you need to enjoy a cozy afternoon. After a movie and a good nap, you can check on your children (free local phone calls), then
take a stroll to the lounge or restaurant where you meet new and exotic people every day. Many Hiltons even feature live entertainment on the weekends. Often they have special offers, too, like the Kids Eat Free Program. You can invite your grand kids over after school to have a free dinner with you. Just tell them not to bring more than three friends. If you want to travel, but are a bit skittish about unfamiliar surroundings, in a Hilton you'll always feel at home because wherever you go, the rooms all look the same. And if you're getting a little absent-minded in your old days, you never have to worry about not finding your room--your electronic key fits only one door and the helpful bellman or desk clerk is on duty 24/7.
I told Stephen Bollenback, CEO of Hilton this plan. I'm happy to report that he was positively ecstatic at the idea of us checking in for a year or more at one of their hotels. Stephen said we could have easily knocked them down to $40 a night! See you at the Hilton...and not just for a "Bounce Back Weekend"...but for the rest of our lives!
In the meantime...must motor...now, where did I put my flat cap:-)
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I have it on good auithority that the Bangkok Hilton is not to be recommended.
I collected my brand new Audi a month ago, checked it over and all was fine. A week later I found a nick (cut/deep scratch) around 15mm long at the bottom of the steering wheel on the side away from the driver. It's in a position that you can't see and your hands don't usually pass over. I only found it while fiddling about while in a traffic queue.
It was probably caused by a careless packer, fitter or delivery driver. It's not a manufacturing fault.
Anyway, dealer says OK we can fix it for you. We know a firm that can make it "as good as new".
I don't know of any such thing. Does anyone know?
I could hold out for a new wheel, but knowing main dealers they'll probably fit it wrongly, screw up the air bag or whatever.
I could just leave it alone, but being a brand new car I probably want it looking/feeling right.
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I've emailed the dealer with some questions about the proposed steering wheel repair and am waiting for his reply. Will report back.
Ladies and Gentlemen, BaseRSXmanual has left the building.
Permanently.
Mark. Read more
Don't forget your Tommy H baseball cap.
If you have 30 mins spare per programme.
BBC World Service
tinyurl.com/6nyqk
Ist prgramme of Death on the Roads Season.
The driving lesson.
1st programme
Montana. Learner Licence at 14, Full Licence at 15. V V easy test of 15 mins but NO traffic. Some places you need to drive 3 hours to find a traffic light.
Accident stats. 55mph, None, 75mph - no change except for nuts coming to the state to blast it when no limit.
Locals driving speeds did not change during these periods.
The Canadian test. BBC guy failed it.
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The "left your lights on" warning bleeper on my 97 Saxo has stopped working. I can faintly here an intermittant noise coming from the fusebox area which I assume means the fuse is ok?
Anyone any idea where the bleeper is and how to repair / replace? Read more
Hi
It should be in the fuse box on the passenger side of the dash.
Pull the little flap of & it should be behind there.
Its white in colour with some slits in the casing, has 3 terminals & is just a push fit.
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You didn\'t mean to write this, did you ? No, I thought not, nobody would seriously detail their intention to defraud on a website.
Lucky I was here to take it out for you, really.
Mark.
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Hello
Silly man bobby
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(iam not a mechanic)
Martin Winters
....up my way, are the static house prices starting to have a knock on effect? Read more
They've got to get rid of all those pre-reg's somewhere!
The Rover dealer that i work next to had a bumper september for registrations - shame all the cars they 'sold' are still sat on the forecourt but now they're advertised a pre-reg's with a grand knocked off the price!
I was travelling into the village on a narrow country road, just entering the built-up area. Right hand bend, speed limit sign 30mph. The ground is steep on both sides of the road and houses are just beyond the bend. The houses are built on a higher level with garden walls perhaps 8 to ten feet high, no footpath. The other side of the road has a stone wall. Cars are parked on the road in front of the houses. Most houses have multiple cars hence some people park on the bend. When leaving the village it is very difficult to see round the bend because of the parked cars, and you have to proceed cautiously, ready to pull over and slow down or stop to let the car entering through. Entering cars have right of way.
As I went around the bend, just entering the straight, I was confronted by a small white tradesman?s van bombing along on my side of the road. I pulled over as far to the verge as I could without hitting the wall. I saw the van swerve and skid at least a foot out of line. I was fully expecting him to hit us, but the driver recovered it and shot between me and the parked cars.
I admire his control and skid recovery, but I don?t think that it would have been necessary if he had been travelling at a normal speed for the situation.
Are ABS brakes fitted to tradesmen?s vans ?
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Not the slightest chance that the salesman couldn't get hold of
one with ABS in time to meet that month's sales target?
We'd already established that the vehicle we were after was a factory build.
With ABS chattering away like mad, the truck takes a fair bit longer to stop.
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Or Puegeot engines, as in the new diesels