May 2006
Local area Ceefax story tonight about Rossendale bus operators and a collabortion with the local council.
Seems the bus operators have finally tired of motorists, van drivers and others illegally blocking bus stops, so have taken action to curb the transgressors.
They asked the council to allow traffic wardens to travel by bus arund the area and, if a warden comes across a vehicle or vehicles blocking a bus stop (it's difficult, apparently, for the disabled and elderly in particular to get on or off buses because of the problem), the warden nips off the bus, issues a ticket or tickets, and then nips back on the bus...:-)
So neat and simple and saves traffic wardens all that walking...:-)
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You bump started a car wrong? IE, put it in reverse by mistake, rolled forward to a reasonable speed, and let up the clutch?
Could you potentially get the engine going backwards? Read more
Thanks Sman - I did realise after my first posting, hence my request for a delete button!! I can only put it down to
a) Lack of thought before posting
b) My difficulty in "seeing" these things.
c) That rather swiggable red that I was sampling
d) I'm a bit thick sometimes!
Regards
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Phil
I see the International Engine Awards have been announced for 2006 (usually these are dominated by BMW and Honda but VW have done well this year):-
Best Overall Engine = BMW 5l V10 (M5)
Best New Engine = VW 1.4l TSI
Best Fueal Efficient Engine = Toyota 1.5 hybrid (Prius)
Best Performance Engines = BMW 5l V10
Best Sub 1 litre = Honda 1.0 hybrid (Insight)
Best 1.0 -1.4 = VW 1.4l TSI
Best 1.4 - 1.8 = Toyota 1.5 hybrid (Prius)
Best 1.8 - 2.0 = VW 2.0l FSI Turbo (Golf GTI)
Best 2.0 - 2.5 = Subaru 2.5 Turbo
Best 2.5 - 3.0 = BMW 3.0l twin turbo diesel (535d)
Best 3.0 - 4.0 = BMW 3.2l (M3)
Best 4.0 + = yes you guessed it the 5.-l V10 in the M5. Read more
I maybe asking a daft question but why is the 5l v10 so good? Due to 500bhp without forced induction?
due to the design fault where the wing rubs against metal where it meets the bottom of the windscreen? Read more
Therein lieith the answer.
The chrome trim is an after thought!
Can they really be that bad, especially the JTD's? Only I noticed how cheap a 3-door JTD Dynamic was today passing the local dealers - £5,000 - 03-reg. It looked really nice, so what is wrong with them, really?
(I mean a Focus TDCi of similar vintage would cost £7,000+) Read more
ford dealers (a few now) are doing brand new ka's (must be reg before end of august - eg. 06 plate)
£3995 if you take out finance.
beauty is - you can pay of the finance after 6 months in a lump sum
car will only cost £4280
quite a few for dealers are offering it.
get your local one to price match.
Thinking of buying a Saab 9-3s or 9-5 2.2 Tid with the Vauxhall 2.2 diesel engine.
Any info would be great. Does any one own or driven a 9-5 diesel auto I would like to hear your views, Thanks.
Also I would like to know apart from being a bit noisey at tickover is it pretty reliable & economical? Any info would be great! Read more
Have driven a Vectra SRi with the 2.2 DTi engine. Very impressed. Torquey, relatively refined (although not as quiet as the new common rail engines) and very economical. It's owner told me he averages high 40's MPG with mostly motorway use.
I've copied this out of another thread to see if there is any more advice out there from those with expertise in, or experience of, turbos. [Thanks for responding on that thread, mss1tw.]
I picked up an MB turbo today, hence I've recently been trying to learn a bit about turbos. I assume that three fundamental things apply equally to turbos fitted to diesels and petrol engines:
* In the words of one MB expert, "anyone with a turbo engine should never consider using a non-synthetic oil".
* Frequent oil changes are essential (i.e. 5000 miles max with fully synthetic; oh, alright, 7500 miles then).
* Letting the engine idle for at least 30 seconds before switching off is equally essential, to allow the turbo to spin down from tens of thousands of RPM under lubricated power (cf. allow 20 seconds before repowering a computer).
That is, if you are interested in prolonging the life of a turbo.
I welcome additions and corrections to that list. Read more
Thanks, BB. As long as there are clear warning signs, that's good. HJ's Car-by-Car breakdown warns of the problem at around 90k, and I've seen other references to it between 70 and 90k. If it cost you £580 at a main dealer, I guess it's a five-hour job, so shouldn't be too much of a shock to my car's new owner if he takes my advice and makes a priority of finding a good independent with plenty of VR6 experience.
[As I tried to post this, the system couldn't find the message to which I was responding. A nippy mod has obviously stepped in and transferred your correction into your main message, as happened to a correction of mine recently. Hope this works now.]
Hi,
I've just secured an industrial placement (unix/solaris/oracle/db2 database stuff, not much MS :-) ).
However, its based just 1/2mile from the city center in Durham, about 40 mile roundtrip overall.
Sat Nav (tomtom)takes me on A1 for a while then another A road which seems ok during the day and evening. I live about 1 mile from a1.
I'm from Coventry originally, so I was wondering does anyone do this route and are there any suggestions? Best I set off at 7am?
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Thanks for making that clear. I dont mind .net although VB is a no no :-)
Most likely wont find traffic light, going to make it realistic and do a practise run in the morning. Yes, this student does get up before 1pm :-p
I'm taking a look at a 95 Uno diesel for sale, it's due for a timing belt change. For a garage to do the job, is it a short job, 3-4hrs or a long job? Read more
2 hours taken to do a 1.6 petrol from driving in to driving out.
I'm sure this has been done before but I can't find a thread so I'll ask the question again and risk a deluge of abuse for being dull...
I have a budget of £7-8000. I want a nippy, 5 door hatchback, nothing too old with decent mileage - how unique does that make me??!
I know I can get 4 -5 year old Golf GTi for that - wondering what else I may be overlooking? A Leon Cupra has been vetoed by my 'better half' on account of it having six gears (yeah, I know..)
Any suggestions? Read more
Octavia vRS is rated at 180bhp.
There is a cracking Octavia 4x4 Turbo rated at 150bhp (although one guy on the Briskoda site is currently modding his to 450BHP+)
Laurin Klement version of the Octavia is highly specced and quite rare - well worth a look if you can find one.
>>but it seems a little unfair to book them just for that.>>
LOL
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