June 2005
Having watched TV cops on bbc1 tonight for the first time, i have to admit to having great satisfaction watching people getting nicked for speeding/tailgating on the motorway.
It's just a pity there aren't more unmarked police cars on the road to catch these potential killers.One guy was late for his girlfriends passing out ceremeny, this was his excuse for driving at nearly 100mph, and driving inches off the back of a police car, UNBELIEVABLE,.........the more they catch the better.I honestly don't know how these coppers keep there cool when dealing with these pink fluffy dice.
Every body caught speeding should have to pass there test again, and any reoffenders caught with-in say 12 months are banned for a year.
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Richard Hammonds maths is a little suspect. 27500 minus 15000 = 12500 in my house.
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Holy bejesus.
Got in late after going to the theatre and watched TG....
and I quote
"Go. Go, go, go, go, go, go"
"Slipstream, Mr Slipstream, I'm coming. Closer, closer, closer, closer."
"Yaaaaaa. Now it's working."
Much as I like JC, RH & JM, I will demand a refund of my licence fee if Sabine isn't added as a regular to TG. Or the news. Or the idents for BBC3.
VBH? Pah!!!!
-- Lee Having a Fabialous time.
I've been considering buying a car at auction due to the cheaper prices, but I'm not sure I'm spending enough to really benefit with much savings or to be in a position to buy from the companies with a good reputation like Motability seem to have.
I was hoping to spend a maximum of £1,000 or if possible a bit lower for a smallish cheap insurance car, but I'm wondering if the ex motability cars go for that kind of price. In fact do any of the ex police, ex Motability etc. go for around that price?
Also, the only info I could find on auction fees was for Classic cars which seemed to be a minmum fee of £150. Is this the case for all BCA auctions? Read more
Well it was this site where I seen reports of cars at auction going for that price and lower.
Mercedes have them, BMW have them(i think) Now the Golf mk5 The new Passat (probably) New Seat Leon, Toledo and the new Octavia.. etc etc
What i'm talking about is throttle pedals that are firmly mounted to the floor.
What is this current trend all about?
I find them thoroughly irritating and uncomfortable to use and not to mention there was a safety issue a few years back with the Ford Explorer's pedal getting wrapped up in footwell mat and wedging open the throttle with disasterous concequences.
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My hot tip for readers of this thread; if
your gas pedal has a rubber pad on it, remove it
and keep it for when you sell the car on.
Most i've seen tend to be a solid one piece item, like my Mondeo.
I am trying to find out the cost of running a used Bentley.
Obviously I would expect my fuel bill to just about double, based on getting around 30-35 MPG at present. Insurance would also be a bit more.
What I'm interested in are the servicing costs more than anything.
As an example, a 1992 Bentley Turbo R for 19K:
...76,000 miles from new with main dealer service history...A new engine was fitted 10,000 miles ago (due to flood damage) by Hanwells of London costing £19,700.
I realise they are a tank of a car but really nice to drive.
Comparing this car to a NEW Vectra / Mondeo I would expect it to depreciate but even if it dropped in price as fast, after another five years of ownership It would still be a nice car to have.
What I'm driving at is the idea of buying a car that I would be happy to own for a decade or so and how this would compare to your average buy. In other words, breaking the depreciation cycle of newer car ownership. This would be a car that would be as far as possible maintained by an independant specialist (that I may be able to locate).
What are your thoughts?
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I have found the Bentley Drivers Club Bulletin Board at:
www.bdcl.org/forum/
Which is quite useful. One thing I did dig up though was a topic about the "Skoda Continental GT?" and couple of pics at:
www.autointell.com/european_companies/volkswagen/s...m
Makes me wonder about the newer RR and Bentley cars. I would have thought that pre BMW / VAG cars would be holding their value nicely now, even though the later cars are probably better.
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If you want to get ahead - get a Van!
Is it less harmful to redline a diesel than a petrol?
Just an idea, but I know that petrols redline due to the fact you can only make bits of metal go so fast before things start to go wrong.
BUT I know the diesel combustion cycle takes longer...so to me, it seems that as diesels still use the same basic engine design (pistons, con rods etc), it seems that a diesel almost restricts itself. as the same sort of engine design (4 cylinder) can rev some 4000rpm higher when it's a petrol.
Obviously thrashing them from cold is still a no no.
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Further point 1800rpm in 4th on my TDCi 130 Mondeo is approx 40mph, thus acclerating to 4000 (well short of the redline) will take me to nearly 90!
A similar petrol engined car would have to be in 2nd or 3rd pulling approx 12mph/1000 to be near it's max torque peak and would need to rev to nearly 8000rpm to reach 90 in the same gear!
hi - my van's coming up to 100,000 and so needs the main belt changed -it's the isuzu engine. Do i really need to change the 2 tensioners as my local vauxhall dealer 'suggests' ?(he really was saying just to be safe) - i'm skint , and dont want to have to spend another 80 quid on 2 tensioners unless i have to - cant seem to get them anywhere else, so it's these or nothing.
anyone know how many hours this job should take? (by a mechanic, i dont think i can do it myself...)
any help most appreciated.
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toffyapple,
Perhaps you could come back, this time without the use of expletives, that are obviously upsetting the swearfilter.
FYI, this is a swear free forum, so also please don't try and get around it by either by deliberately mispelling a word, or replacing the middle letters with characters, stars, dots or anything else.
Thanks in advance.
DD. BR Mod.
I inherited a VW Golf S 1.4 recently with only 16000 miles on the clock. I thought it would sail through the MOT, but has failed on emissions level. (1.054 was the lowest it would go from memory).
I was told that the garage would be able to diagnose whether it was a faulty lambda sensor, or whether I'd need a new cat. I've taken it to a garage, who straight away replaced the lambda (no mention of cleaning it), and now say that this hasn't made any difference, and that I'll need to fork out £365 plus VAT for a VW cat.
Is this the only option? Is the fact that it has done a low mileage the problem? The car had not been driven for a fortnight when I took it to the MOT centre (a very short drive) - could this be a problem?
Many thanks for any suggestions - I feel like I might be being ripped off. Read more
Lambda is the Greek letter used to signify the excess air ratio. If Lambda is greater than 1, the engine is running weak. The Greek symbol for excess fuel ratio is phi, which is equal to the reciprocal of lambda, q.v., www.shef.ac.uk/mecheng/staff/fcgan/MEC345/MEC345-0...f
However, I suspect the OP was refering to the CO level when the figuew of 1.054 was quoted. If so, there is a good chance that a new cat will bring that down.
Number_Cruncher
Hi all
Is it possible to change the oil in ford focus gearbox (1.8TDi). When the cars cold gear changing is abit of a challenge but when the engines up to temperture gear changing is how it should be.
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If its the MTX75 'box then you need a very thin oil otherwise you will get terrible shift quality, especially in cold weather. You can buy Ford 'MT75' oil, or use an aftermarket alternative (e.g. Morris Lubricants Lodexol MT, suitable for these gearboxes - see the Morris Lubricants website).
My posh tinted rain sensitive windscreen has an 8 inch crack in it. The insurance policy says my excess is £50 but only if I use Autoglass or Auto Windscreen. If I don't use them, insurers only pay £150 towards the cost.
My question is, will Autoglass replace like-for-like, or will they just supply a windscreen minus the bells and whistles?
Also, if I go back to BMW, whats the likely cost for the full monty? Read more
I suspect that the market for fancy BMW screens to be replaced is so small as to put off anyone making pattern copies. It is not like knocking out brake pads or clutch parts, so even if not marked BMW it is likely to come out of the same factory.
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Another muppet who hasn't a clue.
Show me where it says the speed limits of HGVs is 56MPH? You can't, because it isn't.
I suggest you read the Highway Code.