September 2005
A few weeks ago the M25 was shut for a long time because there was van with acetylene cylinders in it on fire; this seems like a smart move! Last night somebody was followed down the M1 by police cars, for some reason. The police fired a baton round at him and he then shot himself. As a result of this the M1 was closed, in both directions, for 7 hours. How can this be necessary or justified? I am sure that there is an explanation but what is it, please? Read more
can anybody help my pug 306 central lockin wont lock i press the button but it locks then unlocks right away ???????? Read more
Alternatively, you can use my bypass method...
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A few weeks ago I read that the Chinese had not made the payment to complete the deal for Rover. Since then I have not read or heard anything to do with Rover. What is the situation?
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Roger
I read frequently, but only post when I have something useful to add to the thread. Read more
chances of a nanging re-badged austin 25s built in china appearing in the UK?
20%?
surely a grey / budget market who would snap them up around the 6 grand mark.
if anything they would be more reliable, sourcing a different engine rather than the k series which is owned by there chinese rivals.
Anyone any ideas as to what to check with the ABS light staying on on my 1998 Seat Alhambra 1.9 TDI?
Or even any good garages in SW/W London
MOT's coming up soon and I know that it's a failure. Read more
I've had the on board computer interrogated by someone recommended on this web site, seems it's the left front wheel sensor. I tried gently to get it out but it didn't want to budge. I'll get a new one and then use a bit more force
In light of the current cost of diesel, I was considering using Biodiesel in my 1.9 TDI Touran. A quick look at the user manual suggests a modification may be required, but other than that not a problem. The dealer however looked on their technical documentation which said biodiesel should not be used in a Touran at all (and Golf V, Golf plus and New Passat). This he explained to due to the fuel filter being too fine and/or the particulate filter.
A couple of questions:
Anybody else heard that a fuel filter can be too fine?
Also, on the continent, in many contries all diesel is 5% bio. The dealer thinks that this is also a no-no! Any comments?
I think the dealer is getting confused :-(
Joe Read more
All diesel in France is not 5% bio it may be 5%of all diesel sold .And on the production line there is no difference between cars for mainland europe and the UK only the obvious,there is an option in Germany I think for a fuel line heater as the weather in parts of Germany and Switzerland are far colder than the UK in winter.
Not a subject line I ever thought I'd write...
www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/cats_fuel_diesel/ Read more
Not something I'd discuss in detail here as it's straying a little too far from motoring. Have you considered how much space is taken up in livestock production? Not just the pasture land but the fields and fields of cereal crops grown solely to feed the livestock.
If we switched a fraction of our protein intake to cereals/vegetables we would free up both livestock land and livestock dependancy land. Rearing animals for meat production provides just about the lowest nutrional value per acre you can get.
I'm not a veggie, far from it. I've tucked in to many a meal that I've personally killed. But the above argument is fairly compelling.
In a nutshell, we can produce biofuels without upsetting food production, it just requires a small adjustment to the foods we take in. Imagine if meat became a treat, not a daily meal of mediocrity due to the intensive farming techniques employed in its production. And in doing this we improve our living standards and become less open to external market forces (OPEC & Uncle Sam).
Now picture the savings if we import less foodstuffs. The resources that are consumed in importing those goods get freed up for industrial import and export and bring prices down.
Food for thought, if you'll pardon the pun.
Hi
My 2000 w reg Laguna has started with an intermittent problem,When i switch on the blowers for the windows it some times does not work,the first time it happenned and when it started working again i could smell a little burning smell butwhich did not last long.I have been told Renaults have dodgy heater matrix's but i don't know what one is or waht it does
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Just looking through my shed contents, a tin of copper grease big enough to last until year 3000, Simoniz Polish I bought before the children were born, Redex from about 1994 etc etc.
Come on - who's hoarding stuff from the fifties and sixties - 'just in case'? Read more
I still have the various spanners (and tyre levers!) that came in the toolkit of my first car - a 1949 Sunbeam Talbot (I bought it in 1968 - 19k on the clock). The (good quality)toolkit fitted in to a little compartment in front of the front drivers door, about next to your knee. Just next to this was a lever which opened a flap for ventilation - useful in summer but very cold in winter - no heater in those days - driving on a frosty/snowy morn meant several layers of clothes!!
I also have an old hydraulic jack which was my grandfather's - my dad said he remembered it from his schooldays in the 1930s - it still works!
Oh dont! combined with the jam from idiots trying to drain the last drop of juice from Tescos in addlestone, it caused complete gridlock yesterday.
And what are they doing? no-one seems to know
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You should have been reading the notice which would have been posted in the local paper and on the lampost in the road months ago and objected then.
At least SCC responded to you promptly and they have their reasons for working the way they are.
As I said previously I find this is the usually the case with any council or highway authority.
It seems to me that SCC cannot win. Work flat out and they upset the residents. Try and accommodate the residents and they upset the motorists.
Yes, he shot himself! Nobody did it for him and if his family are affected that is very sad but it is something he could have thought about before deciding to kill himself, nobody else involved, just a free, personal, and probably bad, choice