August 2006
Is there a simple explanation of the various channels one can go through to pay one's toll. Which is the quickest? what is telepeage? I recently spent 17 minutes waiting to go through a channel with a green arrow and cars sailed past me into other channels with few cars waiting. Read more
I was wondering if the toyota camry 2.4 litre petrol vvti 2003 model is a chain or belt driven motor. The FAQs just says the toyota avensis 2.4 litre is, but has no mention of the camry?
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Greg Read more
The Camry 2.4 is the '2AZ' engine - basically the big brother to the 2.0 '1AZ' used in the Avensis. Essentially the same design - so its a chain. They are very fine cars too....
Hi
I have heard that a lot of companies seem to provide company cars to their staff.
My question is, do employees have to generally be employed for a set number of years?
Also, what kind of jobs offer this. Do you need a high level of education and good work experience history?
It is just a friend interested in this wanted to know.
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Greg Read more
Do you really not get the company to pay for fuel?
I would have thought that was one of the main
advantages, especially if you don?t do many business miles.
Like the way you did a tax calculation at 22%!
Hi Bill Payer
No Bill Payer, I pay for all of the private fuel myself. If the company was to pay for it I'd be liable to a tax charge of either 22 % or 40% on £4752. Which would be either £10.45, or £36.55 per week depending on the appliicable tax band.
For my earlier post I used both 22% or 40% throughout, except for where I used the final figure of £5.14 for the daily charge, which as you say was at 22%.
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www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/29/ebay_scam_robbery/
A gang which set up a fake eBay car auction robbed the would-be buyer at gunpoint when he met to close the deal, The Daily Mirror reports.
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As mentioned before, the feedback has been rapidly engineered to look at first glance like the seller is pukka when he has little or no Ebay status, and one negative comment. Alarm bells should have started ringing. However, just because this has been done, doesn't mean it's dodgy - if I wanted to sell something valuable on Ebay and had bad feedback or no feedback I'd perhaps do the same thing myself, even for a legitimate sale.
However, the photos were taken at what looks like a car park based hand-car-wash. You know, where you give your car and your keys to someone you've never met so they can clean it, take photos of the exterior and interior, put it up for sale on Ebay... that sort of thing.
Here's another thing... If the car was registered on 1 Sep 2002 why does the MOT run out in Jan 2007? It would have been due for its first MOT by 1 Sep 2005 and that would be valid until this Thursday. There are no previous owners (ie, no case of it having had 12 months MOT slapped on it to aid a sale) so why was an MOT apparently done in Jan 2006?
Why does the seller not know the engine size?
So immediately it's all a bit fishy.
Quite why a high reserve was set I couldn't say. If our scammer was a bit clever it could have been a way of making the victim think he was getting an even better deal... "yeah, because I like you I'll take less than the reserve, but in cash, right?" But the data protection thing puzzled me too. Perhaps they want to be happy that it's the seller whodunnit before they go fishing through his accounts. All a little odd though.
I have a vauxhall zafira dti, i have bought the correct coolant and amount , i have all the tools to complete the job, the question i have is, do i let the engine get up to temperature with the interior heater fans on then drain and replace with coolant or do i replace the coolant when cold and flush using cold water.
Your thought please
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Nick. Read more
I always start this job with a cold engine. Drop the old coolant out, refill with new. I flush out only if the old coolant is really filthy. If you put new cold coolant straight into a hot engine it could cause metal to crack as it contracts quickly. You don't want a cracked block.
Ron
A recent thread has been closed by HJ because it turned nasty. I posted to try to calm things down, and got called Hitler & a crybaby for my pains (nice that, especially to any Jewish readers). I did not get a chance to respond (thread was closed at that point), and won't specifially address that remark, although I found it very offensive.
I would just like to take this opportunity to appeal to everyone to think before you post. I have been part of communities that have degenerated into flame wars to the point that it's just no fun to be around- let's not let that happen here. It's easy to type and send when you're remote at a keyboard, not facing the person you are insulting- I doubt very much the individual that called me Hitler would have done so to my face (I noticed that their profile is hidden)! All credit to the mods for preventing these things as far as they do, but just thinking before hitting send prevents this from even beginning. Otherwise it does leave a bitter taste.
I fully expect to be flamed again, but hope that some of this has got through.
Best to all,
Alex.
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If you are in a hole stop digging...unless
you are a miner. Read more
Dave may have something more to say about this one when he sees it but seeing as people seem happy now (for a few minutes at least) I shall lock this one too.
There have been a few words and insults during these two threads which would have been best left unsaid, please think twice before pressing the Post This Message button.
Also, please use the Report to Moderator button to draw a moderator's attention to something which is grieving you. We can't be here all the time, but that button prompts an email to us which is more likely to come to our attention if we are busy. You won't always get our agreement but you will get a fair hearing.
smokie, BR Moderator
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How do,
Not been on for a while which is always good news, but i have a quick (but familiar) question for the diesel heads out there.
Winter is coming, which means starting problems for my Pug 2001 206. You may have already guessed that my car starts up no problem in the summer.
I just about managed through last winter without major starting problems (avarage two turns of the key), but got the glow plugs replaced in January by a Pug Dealer.
Anyway, is there an obvious solution to this problem, that would ease my winter worries (New battery perhaps), or should I expect the nightmare starts again. My fear being that the Pug will fair to start this year!!!
Car has over 100K mostly motorway miles on the clock.
A worried pug dealer, is there any other Kind?
Thanks,
Craig Read more
if the car has a heated fuel system, the 2 metal pipes that are the flow and return work loose and let in air, the unit is fitted just above the offside driveshaft, on the back of the engine, it bolts to the block with a couple of hoses and both fuel lines, if you look over the back of the engine where the fuel lines go, follow them down the back, if they go straight along the chassis to the fuel tank the heater system not fitted, have done loads of these, and i always araldite the metal pipes when changing engines etc, saves later probs
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Next Lassie film - `Lassie Drive Home´? Read more
Shanghai detectives said they were 'proud' to have made the collar. They are currently seeking new leads.
I went for a BMW 320D Touring Auto in the end. Not the one I'd first seen (was too late if you remember).
Picked it up last Thursday and left the Picasso behind (yayyy!)
Drove it from Hampshire to the Cotswolds and back over the weekend and apparently averaged 44mpg which will do me fine. The kids like it too (always a bonus) and this one has black leather - another bonus.
Job done. Thank you (as ever) for advice. Read more
Good result. And the kids like it too? Well done.
Feed the leather with the right stuff (i.e. the leather lotion from any of the leading car-cleaning products companies) every six months and it will either last a lifetime or be a big plus point when you sell the car. Keep sharp objects well away from it. When I sold it, the only damage in my nine-year-old Golf VR6 leather was a scratch caused by a dry cleaner's wire hanger hook. -- yup, a dangerous item.
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Having had my Sanef telepeage fail on me yesterday on my return from S of F, several words of advice......
The french were quite sympa when I had to reverse out of the T lane, altho I was waving the transponder out of the window and swearing at the same time.
The french autoroute network is regionalised, and the different operators issue different transponders. This is not a problem when they work, but if yours fails you cannot exchange it at a local operators office, outside the home region. If you spend your life in the south, and Sanef operate broadly to the North of Paris!
The only office that we were passing was the Boulogne office at the end of the journey (650miles), and like all French customer service operations they only work until 17.00 with a long lunch break. So do I wait til my next visit during office hours to Boulogne to exchange, or negotiate the french helpline on the telephone for a replacement unit?
The good news is that all manned peage toll booths at an exit point can use a bar code reader to read the account details from the back of the unit. A triumph for the use of old technology, and it allows you to get off the motorway without cas or CC.
And finally last night, the M25 reminded me why I prefer to live in France, but that can wait for another thread and some time to spare.
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pmh (was peter)