September 2006
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5315890.stm
Fuel bills drive up motoring cost.
Higher fuel prices mean the cost of keeping a car on the road rose by 7.2% in the past year, research suggests.
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The Freight Transport Association is trying to persuade the Government to include new powers in the Road Safety Bill to track rogue foreign road haulage firms.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/20...l
Many times in the backroom the subject of foreign lorry drivers comes up and this does seem like a good idea. If the figures provided in the article are correct about unroadworthy foreign lorries and drivers exceeding hours, then this is long overdue.
I still have to ask why LHD lorries are not fitted with mirrors to remove their blind spot that has caused so many accidents.
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Roger
I read frequently, but only post when I have something useful to say.
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I could not agree more use the German or Swedish testing
system and about half the trucks in Europe would disappear and
I think the UK would be one of the hardest hit.
Andy,
Where is your proof? Or are you just expressing an opinion?
Hi guys, I'm looking for a small diesel car and I don't really know what to buy. I'm on a very tight budget and I'm looking for something less than £1000. I do over 20000 miles a year, most of them locally so I ain't looking for a big car. I'm really set for Ibiza TDi and maybe Polo (if I'm lucky enough to find a decent one for less than a grand). What you think about these two models? Pros and Cons? Anything else you could suggest. Reliability and costs are the most important factors for me and I'm not bothered about image etc..Thanks! Read more
It's my intention to snap up a few more 205's if I can find nice ones. I have a habit of acquiring things and it annoys SWMBO which makes it all the more enjoyable. There will never be another car like the 205, it did so many things brilliantly but simply. Legislation has made small cars too big and heavy. I was looking again at the New Clio last week, you can no longer call it a small car. I read somewhere that it's the same size as the MK1 Focus!
I am sure when all these CR diesels are costing their 3rd and 4th owners a fortune to keep running, there will be a kick back to more sensible technology.
I have this spare Halfords 9005 bulb lying about if anyone wants it craig dot stephenson at ia.inchape.co.uk also fits Lexus I believe, loath to throw it out! Read more
when i change my clutch , is it worth roughing up the flywheel surface with sandpaper to de glaze it?
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Just changed the clutch on my pug 405TD. Just cleaned the flywheel with carb cleaner, it was quite shiny. Clutch is now lighter and very smooth on take up. And I thought cambelt changes were bad....
Steve.
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Xantia HDi.
Buy a Citroen and get to know the local GSF staff better...
There is much talk of personal carbon allowances, to quote BBC News:
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The "domestic tradable quotas" scheme could help the UK comply with the Kyoto Protocol, think tank the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research suggested. The plan would see people issued carbon units - each equivalent to 1kg of greenhouse gases - to use when buying products such as flights and petrol. >>
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I have been considering this in line with previous discssions on here about the relative efficienecy of air travel versus road travel, I have calculated previously that the average contemporary airliner compares well on a miles-per-gallon-per-passenger basis with a car carrying only the driver however I have come across the following quote on Wikepedia which supports this:
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Concorde burnt a reasonably large amount of fuel, but perhaps not as much might be expected; per passenger it works out at about 14 miles to the gallon. This is almost comparable to a Gulfstream G550 business jet (~16 passenger miles per gallon), but much larger than, say a Boeing 747-400 (about 66 mpg per passenger).
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Discussion points:
Do you agree with carbon quotas? To ensure a motoring theme - should business mileage come out of a personal quota or an employers quota? Lets say we are all given a carbon quota equal to 20,000 miles in a car, we then do an 8000 mile round business trip to the US, should this reduce our personal quota to 12,000 miles or would it be our employers burden? If the latter it will be an additional cost to business. How about a family trip to the US, two parents and three kids would cover a combined total of around 40,000 miles, would they have to buy a carbon quota to cover this? One assumes so, perhaps not a bad thing beacuse it drives home the cost and effect of energy use. Is paying for a carbon quota fairer than fuel tax, variable RFL and BiK etc? If so is a 10 mile commute in a 10mpg V12 Jagcedes as acceptable as a 50 mile commute in a 50mpg Skogeot or should we have a responsibility to reduce our need to travel as well as the means of travel?
Regards.
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As a footnote, the EU as a whole produces 4,500 million tonnes of CO2 from just 456 million people. 4.5 times the pollution of India from half the number of people.
Even if Britain alone isn't enough to make a difference, surely the EU can? We are an important member of the EU and do get a lot of influence, despite what some daily rags like to suggest...
How does Smokie morph into PoloGirl>
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=2&t=44...5
Only asking...:-)
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We're like a well oiled machine, that's how. Either that or someone didn't think to consider that we all appear to be nocturnal.
Anyway... even I can't squeeze a motoring link out of this.
Hi
Our Clio suffered a flat battery yesterday which has now been re-charged but the car will not now start. The engine turn freely for 1- 3 seconds before starter cuts out (immobilisor i suspect). How do I go about de-activiting this to allow the engine to start - is there a special system or must it go to the dealership for re-programming? Could it be something else. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thank for now.
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Hi does it only crank for a short time every time you try it.Clios have a fault which dealers know about but dont tell you.If starter motor cranks for a few seconds every time you try it,unlike a flat battery which will not keep on trying, leave ignition on for two minutes as this sometimes clears fault.
citroen 1.5 diesel,satrts first time,every time.but stop running after 4-6 seconds,disconnected fuel cut off-makes no difference-HELP PLS??? Read more
had a look-all appears well.will check with voltmeter though.Car idles for 4 seconds-no matter what,so not possible to check anything else-many thanks
So a dangerous driver was released from an open prison after serving less than a quarter of their original sentence and declares that "at least nobody died" the arrogance is beyond belief and shows no remorse. Surely the driver should personally be made to care for every need of the victim for at least the remainder of their original sentence. Read more
I think that the prison sentence was very harsh considering the circumstances. What good is looking up a dangrous driver? What drives me mad is that in 4 years he will be able to drive again. He should have recieved a lifetime ban.
However this is probably unfair. Prison is meant to punish people, in that case he has got off lightly. The lifetime ban I propose give him the boxer no chance for redemption, no chance to say what he did was a mistake and that he can live responibly at a later date.
My mind is that prison should be to keep people off the streets that are dangours, if punisment can be extended to other curtailments of freedom, then so be it.
After seeing my very physically active father be taken ill and though a slip up at the hospital causing a stroke, that ended his carrer, my mothers carrer and has confined him to a wheel chair for the rest of his days. My heart goes out the inocent people in this crash, who got away with their live's but little more. The person resposible for the couples loss of earnings and quality of life should pay the full price.
Having paid the full price however if the boxer can still be taken away in a stretched Rolls he should be. It is his money to spend as he pleases. This however ingnores the differing value of money to differing individuals of society. If a homeless person was ordered to pay a vast amount of money because he/she hurt someone would it be fair if a very rich person was ordered to pay the same amont for the same damage. The value of the money may be diffrent from for the homeless person and the rich person and therefore the punishment unequal in human terms if not in monetary terms. I do take onboard that prehapps his departure from court did not convey financial hardship on the part of the boxer.
Prehapps fines are therefore not a good yardstick for punishment. The curtailment of freedom is however a good yardstick.
Ban dangerouse drivers for a sensible period (not just 4 years). Make them bear the full cost of their actions (runs into rich/poor issues and therefore punishment issues). Get people out of prisons if their punishment can be overseen in ways that does not dent the public purse.
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Apologies, will remember in future.