June 2005
I've been looking into this but can't get a good answer, so can someone tell me:
Is it legal to use biodiesel in a car? (Once all duty is paid)
Is it cheaper to use biodiesel in a car? (Once all duty is paid)
Is it 'safe' to use biodiesel in a car? (Most likely Pug 306 HDI)
Is it possible to buy biodiesel as a member of 'Joe Public'?
Anything to save a few pennies - and I've heard it's better for the engine than 'Dino Diesel' although I don't know if it needs preheating like veggie oil does.
No doubt the good old Government will have made it a mission and not worth while to use it, but I'd like to try - I like diesels, just not the fact that it's more expensive than petrol! (Which is a joke given that it is a 'waste product', technically) Read more
Previously posted:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=21860
Tom, I've also removed the clickable link to your post as video click throughs from this site use up a lot of server space. DD.
Has anyone had any problems with the suspension (front) on these jeeps, the thing seems to dance all over the road, it's the amazon model. Read more
The front shockers are hydraulic, the jeep rises and lowers ok, it has done about 110,000 miles, could it be the spheres, has anyone ever changed them on a landcruiser amazon?
gona renew my head gasket,is it very hard in this motor?any help would be great .....cheers john engine is a 3ct not the e model ... Read more
A pal had one of these to do. Finished up quicker to drop the engine and transmission out and do it on the floor. Put a new clutch in it if its a manual, dont forget the belt and fit a new waterpump and everything else that is a pain to do on these with the engine in.
Andrew
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Simplicate and add lightness!!
Just had my insurance renewal through.
Going from 1 year to 2 years' NCD and being 27 instead of 26, the premium has come down by £100 and - get this - my insurer's renewal is still significantly cheaper than anywhere else so far, including their own online quote.
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The thing is they will beat it, by say £1.
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the amount they gave me was 5% off.
The below article was taken from Brighton's Argus newspaper.
Personally, i have the upmost respect for the perpertrators, and perhaps we'll see more of this behaviour in other areas...
Opinions???
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Guerrilla war on parking charges
by Miriam Wells
Frustrated motorists are defacing signs displaying parking restrictions Frustrated drivers are resorting to guerrilla tactics to avoid heavy parking charges.
Armed with a spray can or marker pen, motorists are defacing signs displaying parking restrictions to leave their parked vehicles free from the risk of penalty notices in Brighton and Hove.
By law, parking attendants can only issue tickets if the parking restrictions are clearly visible.
If a motorist makes the sign nearest their car unreadable, they cannot be given a ticket.
Brighton and Hove City Council condemned the vandalism, prevalent in the Seven Dials area, and warned that culprits would be prosecuted.
The Argus found a vandalised sign at the end of Compton Avenue, near the railway station, at 3pm on Friday. Information stating the parking spaces were for permit holders only had been blacked out.
Philip Anthony, who lives opposite the obscured sign, said it was little wonder motorists were resorting to desperate measures in order to park their cars.
The sixth-form teacher said: "I have lived here for almost two years and I still can't get a parking permit from the council.
"The parking regulations are outrageous.
"Luckily, I have a parking space at my work nearby and I leave my car there most of the time.
"But at the weekend when I have to leave my car here I have to remember to come back every two hours to move it."
Mr Anthony, 52, said the council must respond to residents' growing anger.
He said: "The council needs to see that people are unhappy and change the regulations, at least by allowing more residents to have permits or longer stays."
Mr Anthony stopped short of praising the law-breaking tactics of the sign-sprayer but said: "I understand his frustration. If it makes the council take notice then all power to him."
A council spokeswoman said: "If the signs are missing or obscured then the restriction cannot be enforced but, of course, to spray over a sign is criminal damage and if the culprit is caught, he will face prosecution by the council.
"It is a selfish way to dodge parking charges and causes problems for other law-abiding road users as well as forming part of the quarter of a million pounds which graffiti removal costs the city taxpayer every year."
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I read an article last year that gave the figures that showed how in recent years,many shops in Oxford city centre have reduced turnover directly related to the councils anti-car polcies (£2 an hour car park).I beleive that the latest plans for re-developing the west-gate centre will do away with the car park.
My wife and I never go to Oxford.We prefer the MK centre even though its further away.Easy to get to,far cheaper and easier to park.
I've read on here before about Ford Ka's rusting at the bottom of the doors and in the sills- but when I was in ASDA carpark I parked next to a Ka that was not only rusty there but also all round the fule filler cap, just like fiestas used to go. It wasn't just a bit of surface rust, I'm sure if you poked it your finger would have gone straight through. It was a P-reg one so must have been one of the first. SWMBO wants one so I am wondering if there any other rust traps on these, and when Ford finally got round to sorting the problem. Plus, I've never seen fiestas of that age rusting, so why the Ka? Read more
AFAIK, techincally, yes it does.
In practice if the car has a full Ford service history I don't think it matters too much, depends how picky they want to get.
I wasn't aware that they charged to do the body and paint check though, I was always under the impression that it was part of the service but that they just plain forgot to stamp the book. I don't think I would be paying my local franchise to do the paint check if they had just done a service, I'd be insisting on it being done FOC.
Blue
Hello All,
I guess this might be "technical", I will leave it to the mods to move if requ.
The centre section of the rear brake disc on my motorcycle was originally painted gold, much of the gold paint has come away over time leaving clean stainless underneath however there are a few patches of stubbon gold paint that I would like to remove without taking the disc of the wheel. I have tried rubbing with a little cellulose thinners though to no avail.
Any ideas?
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Thanks for all replies, might (carefully) try Nitromors.
Regards.
Sign at junction 12 of the M11 (the Sandy turn) states closed southbound night-time 4-13 July (forgive me if those dates are not quite right).
OK.
So, which junctions? What is night-time?
Is this going to be a big issue for me, or not?
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Thanks AS. I suspect that it might be. I'll let you all know tomorrow night...
If that's the case, why the melodramatic notice implying complete closure of the whole motorway... when the diversion is merely a 2 mile trip north & 2 miles back again south.
A friend of mine went biking at the weekend on his brother's Moto Guzzi (sp?) 850, which broke down badly at Ross on Wye, suspected HGF, so he can't ride it. He needs to get it back to London (don't know where specifically, London as in within M25) where he's left his car at his brother's.
Any bright ideas for getting bike from Ross to London at minimum cost (he's broke until payday).
He's not in the AA or the like, so that's out. He's not keen on the bike in the back of a transit idea either (which was my best shot)
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He's joined the AA and bunged it on the credit card. Now he's just got to get back to Ross and wait.
Thanks for the ideas
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The problem is that "biodiesel" can mean anything from 100% to 5% acutal biodiesel content, hence be wary how "green" it is when buying.