March 2006
the whole system crashed this monday at 3.00pm across the country ,the crashes seem to be getting more frequent the more stations that come online.
Where i take my cars they are now experiancing delays twice a week .
I shall pass the above link to them seing as their income and future is being jeperdised ........thank you.
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Has anyone heard the new safe driving ads running on Virgin radio? I'm a bit tired of hearing heads smash into each other in the seatbelts ad because I wear my seatbelt and don't drink drive, and the "Don't drive tired" one has a man talking in the most sleep inducing way he can, which is probably a tiny bit irresponsible if someone is tired!
They're probably on the internet somewhere.
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CFM out of Carlisle has a good one along the lines of...
"Mrs Jones was 5 minutes late for a meeting." Lots of tyre screaching and a crashing sound. "She's now the late Mrs Jones. Kill your speed. Not yourself!"
There's a range of them, but with essentially the same message. Short and to the point. Very good ads if you ask me.
Entirely my fault, but I knocked one of my wheels on a pavement whilst trying to avoid oncoming vehicle. The silver thing that makes the wheel look nice (is it called a trimming?) fell off. The woman that had forced me out of the way kindly pointed this out.
I was very embarrassed, and went and grabbed the metal thing, and tried to fit it back on, thought I'd done it but by the time I got back home it wasn't there anymore. Didn't find it on my way back either.
Can I get one of these, I presume cheapy, things readily (only want one) or do I have to get 4?
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I was in my local Ford dealer this morning and he has a poster with pictures of 60+ trims on it;no prices but I've always found him to be as good if not better then local auto parts shops on prices.
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Hi Ted,
I see that you're new here. It appears you've upset the swear filter. You're welcome to try again, but this time with no profanities please.
Many thanks, DD, BR Moderator.
I have just bought a new diesel but was wondering if there is there much difference between the diesel supplied by BP and Shell?
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Shell, Texaco (IIRC same stuff) and BP Ultimate are the best, the latter is clearly a different formula from the smell, it smells like Millers Diesel Plus so probaly has cetane boosters added, worth the 5% premium IMO.
Went to fill up at a Shell station on the A38 south of Saltash/Landrake yesterday though the pumps were U/S, I noticed the price was 95.9p/ltr, carried on to the Shell station near Ashburton where it was only 91.9p/ltr, those U/S pumps saved me a couple of quid.
My Rav4 owning friend has become tired of it for one reason and another. She likes vans and is thinking of ordering a Renault Kangoo, 1.6 petrol auto with a/c, which she thinks will cost about £15k.
Sounds a lot to me for a smallish ven. I thought the most powerful diesel variant would probably be better, but apparently it isn't available with auto (essential for this person).
Does anyone know anything about the model, and whether any discounts would be available anywhere? And have I gathered from the execration heaped by most people on the Laguna that Renault autoboxes are no good? Read more
Some friends who started a courier business also needed a small automatic van - only choice a couple of years ago was the Kangoo. It's done well over 100,000 miles and running well.
Today i tried to start the car and no responce, lights on dash all work but when i engage ignition it just clicks, i tried to jump the car with jump leads with a donar car but this did not work, at one stage it did crank over but then stopped again.
any ideas?
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wack a good known battery on it and try again
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>>I'm not up to date with automotive electronics but having the engine controller on the same bus as the ancilliaries sounds like careless design to me.
On the later Vauxhalls, there are, IIRC, three CAN buses for high speed devices, intermediate, and low speed devices - data can be passed between the buses at the point where they all meet, the so-called column integration module.
The high speed bus is particularly prone to problems caused by poor or corroded connectors, and incorrect termination, which can cause unwanted reflections along the bus.
I think that CAN is a bit of bodge in the way that it has been implemented, I have seen that the error rate for signal transmission is not small.
As I've already seen some dealers really struggle fault finding with these systems, I dread to think how the independent sector is going to deal with them, without manufacturer's information or tools.
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Anyone else watch this programme on Discovery Real Time?. A recent episode showed the main farmer (an ecology minded downsizer) converting his Citroen van to run on neat Veg oil. Nothing new there, even if he seemed pleased with himself to have discovered a way to save the earth, but I noticed that during and after the show there was no mention of the need to pay tax on the Veg oil used.
There was no disclaimer stating that the van was only to be used on the farm as it is road registered and you do see them driving it off the farm.
Just wondered if the producers of the show a) realized that not paying duty on the veg oil was illegal and b) would they have any responsibility if someone watched the show, used veg oil and got caught naming the show as the source of their information. Read more
Sure I did, I was always proud of my imaginative essays. What that has to do with the programme I mentioned and my comments about it, well, I have no clue.
My wife and I are shortly off to Cape town for two weeks - have Backroomers any advice/warnings about the driving dangers? I've booked a group 2 car(Corolla)from the local Avis branch. I've read the broad hints from the Rough Guide- keep all the doors locked etc. but wondered if anyone who's been there recently could advise.
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You will have a great time! I've spent the last 2 years spending a week a month in Joburg with my job and occasionally manage to span a weekend and when I'm lucky enough its straight down to CT. I love the place.
Driving wise - have always rented with Avis and echo the comments about the queues. Upgraded to a wizard account so didn't have to fill in any paperwork with each rental - still queues.
My office only books group Bs and you usually get a Polo saloon or Corolla saloon - both fine in CT but the altitude in Joburg makes for slow progress in either - espeically the 1.4 :-(
I'd also agree about not driving out of the city at night - I've personally never felt threatened in either CT or Joburg and I've driven a lot. Generally I quite enjoy the locals selling items at the traffic lights and always make conversation during daylight hours. Often bought fruit or even a cellphone charger from them.
Let us know how you get on!!
Browse
...and nobody has yet mentioned the Air Traffic Control fiasco.....
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