June 2006
one of these for sale dirt cheap insurance write off cat x.
The insurance angle is of no concern to me because i am considering the pickup for myself because
(a) its less than 3 grand and 5000 miles 05 plate
(b) its different
(c) its got the goody chrome roll bar fitted
ive looked at the car by car breakdown but no feedback,my question is anyone got one?.........do they like it?......is it economic?.....would you have another? etc etc,ive got until monday 26th to buy it.
anybody ???????any reasonable comments welcome but please note i dont need this vehicle its just available so please dont suggest i buy a vw and chop the roof off the back to make my own more reliable pickup,as i went that route years ago and the doors wouldnt open after the deed was done.
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Hi
I am new to the forum and would appreciate some advice. I foolishly moved a car which is registered as SORN off my drive in order to get another vehicle off the drive.
I had the car parked out my house and had a knock at the door from a policeman asking who the car belonged to etc. He has given me a producer to take my MOT and insurance documents to my local Police station.
The car in question does not have a valid MOT or Insurance as it hasn't been used other than to move a few metres off my drive.I appreciate that I am whole heartedly responsible for this and am prepared to face the consequences.
I acknowledge I am in the wrong for having the vehicle on the road without tax and am fully prepared to pay a fine.
Can anyone clarify what penalties I may get for this and will I have to go to court and ultimately end up with a criminal record?Up until now I have a clean licence and no criminal record.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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i think the reason turbo965 is sensitive about the discussion drifting
to insurance is because that is exactly what hapened to him
on the other forum mentioned. he brushed it off at first
saying that "he was covered by doc extension" until it was
pointed out to him that doc usually excluded your own other
cars.
turbo965 was also warned on the forum for not following their
policy on starting new threads.
the bit that i would like to find out more is
about the car that he had blocked in. i am intrigued
to know whether that car was also sorned or whether he
had blocked it in behind his sorned car for all that
time. also, if he was only moving the sorned car out
to let the other car out, why did he then leave
the sorned car out on the road long enough for someone
to complain about it. as peter says it seems that the
odds were conspiring against turbo965 on that day for a passerby
to spot his sorned car on the road while it was
parked there for a few minutes, and just when a policeman
happened to be passing. there may well be more to this
story than is obvious at first glance.
I couldnt care less where else hes been and what has been said. As I see it him the most serious breach is no insurance on a public highway, the other two will be small fines and back tax. I hope he manages to keep his cool with the police and the courts and not go off on a rant like he did here!
2 Dirty VW diesels and a Honda with an 18 inch blade
on monday i move to NZ with my wife and 2 kids. I need to buy a good sized 2nd hand estate/MPV. During my last trip saw loads of very reasonable examples of the following:
toyota camry
subaru legacy
toyota avensis
honda CRV
HJ's camry summary looked pretty good - very little wrong with it.
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Some of my family are in Auckland. Nice old MG's are available, they have two in perfect condition and a Mini 1275 GT. Cars don't seem to rust so badly.
iv got this old atco standard mower it started for about 5mins and then it stoped and dose not start up agine? its a handle start.
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thanks for all the info. i will see if i can get it started this weekend
We all know that tyre pressures should be checked when tyres are cold, but I would like to know how long it takes for my tyres to cool down after a 50 mile motorway run (175/70R13 tyres on a Honda Civic)
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
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"So to raise the pressure by 20% .."
I am well aware of the gas laws, but am still rather surprised by how much my tyre pressure varies with changes in the ambient temperature (i.e. 'cold' tyres). After setting them during a cold spell, the pressure can rise by 2 psi when the weather warms up.
Greetings one and all.
I am soon to be moving to the middle of nowhere and am considering producing my own bio fuel through veg oil etc.
I have a renault clio DCi 65, anyone know if there are any problems with conversion of the car? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Check this out and have a browse round the rest of the site:
www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum/viewthread.php?...6
Even if you did decide to try it in your Clio, it would be advisable to use the best quality biodiesel you can find, made to the EU standard. If making it yourself, can you guarantee it is top quality stuff and thoroughly washed and dried?
Personally I would not want to risk it in a CR engine, until more is known about compatibility. I agree with Greg, if you want to make your own fuel, buy an old pre- CR or PD car, so if it goes wrong it won't cost thousands to repair.
It seems like not many months ago I came on here asking for advice about choosing some grippy day-to-day tyres for my Volvo S60. I settled on Goodyear Eagles to replace the Pirelli P6000's I have had both on the Volvo and my previous Mondeo estate.
Well, the Goodyears were certainly very grippy - much much better than the P6000's which was what I wanted. But after 10,000 miles they are knackered and on the legal limit.
Compared to 25,000 I got on the P6000's this looks dreadful.
I have always prefered traction to wear as I feel that if I am less likely to loose control of the car (or it's place on the road) for the sake of a few quid replacing tyres sooner, then that seems obviously sensible.
But having to replace them after such short mileage makes me look like I must drive like a lunatic to our finance director and I am looking for a compromise.
I have read a few times in the Honest John section of the newspaper that Michelin Primacy are good and have the added advantage of being quiet.
Did I read this correctly? I am sure there was a question in the paper about this in the past month or so. Normally I clip out articles like this, but I had not expected to have to buy new tyres so soon so did not think about it this time!!!
The size is 205/55 ZR16 if that makes any difference.
Your help is appreciated!
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Good point Peter. It does have traction and stability control but I am not certain that they kick in immediately enough (on a country lane for example) to help keep me safe - if I hit a patch of diesel or slippery road for example.
The car is diesel and has a lot of grunt and I expect it is the high torque that doesn't help things as I tend to accelerate to cruising speed quite quickly.
I put 30% of the problem down to my driving style.
With the P6000's though I never felt as confident as I have with the Goodyears.
Hello
Havs anyone had there Astra (or any other car) converted to LPG.
If so, would should I look out for?
I have a quote of about £1900 to do the work. This is reasonable?
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Cushed,,,,,,,I have asked a few "experts" and they seem to think that a 30%mix is fine as it would pass as "bio fuel".its only the dyed agricultural diesel that will get you in trouble??
Mrs P's car was hit by a juggernaut yesterday - who also failed to stop. Anyway, she reported it last night and was of course presented with a producer (HORT2 - requirement to produce driving docs).
The paperwork doesn't say what the deadline is. Can anyonelet me know? Also, is it ok for me to attend the police station with the form and her documents, or does it have to be her?
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If nothing else you can mention the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Motorists tend to forget that haulage companies, indeed all companies or businesses etc have a duty of care to the general public, as they do their employees, persons on site, young persons etc etc. I'm not sure off hand whether it would be the HSE or Environmental Health (probably HSE) that would have effective control. Why not contact them and ask?
Bad driving in any company IMO is usually a symptom of lack of safe systems of work.
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I ordered my new Astra Sport hatch through a broker and have to say the service was very good. On my order form I asked for the CDC40 stereo upgrade, and was charged accordingly.
When the car arrived sevral weeks later, I had the standard CD30 stereo, but had the CDC suspension instead. The supplying dealer had read the options wrong.
I've now been told it is not possible to retro fit the CDC40, and their solution was to offer me a completely new Vauxhall aftermarket head unit and CD autochager. All good then except that it won't work with the separate display on the dash, and it will look like an aftermarket unit and that has probs with thieves etc. Also if I get the aftermarket unit I will lose the trip computer as this is part of the stereo.
So people what are my options? I want my CD autochanger, and everything else that I SHOULD have? Is it really not possible to retro fit the CDC40 (any Vaux experts on here?).
Your thoughts/comments please?
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Why not just phone up the local Vx dealer and ask the question? I'd be very suprised if the upgrade is not possible; I wouldn't want to go the aftermarlet route for the reasons mentioned.
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ive talked myself out of it now but thanks anyway.