October 2006
Help appreciated from you knowlegable people.
Our family car was involved in a road traffic accident, insurance details exchanged ect without any problems. However several weeks after the event we have been contacted by several different solicitors from various parts of the country claiming to be acting on behalfe of the other driver Mr XXX.
The letters are all worded along the lines of Dear Mr YYY we represent Mr XXX then gives brief description of accident, goes on to blame us for the accident then requests or could we confirm insurance details within 7 days or court proceeding will follow as they wish to persue losses incurred and personal injury to Mr XXX.
I have spoken to Mr XXX and he seems a genuine guy and confirms that he instructed no solicitor, indeed he is not injured but will be at a loss.At the advice of our insurance company we will acknowlege there letters and forward them to our insurance company to deal with.
Has anybody come across this type of behaviour before,it seems these solictors are trawling some kind of data base of accident trying to drum up businees.When you recieve this type of letter which is rather to the point and I consider threatening what can be done about it?have we sunk as low as the USA in that we have solicitors after blood money?
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rustbucket (the original) Read more
on following the advice of many previous threads, about faulty sensors i bought a new one and a reatining pin from ford for £26
having eventually removing the retaining pin which many people had described as a pig of job ( i agree) the sensor is meant to pull out of its housing in the top off the gear box.
however mine did not, in my efforts to free it, it has sheared off half way, leaving the bottom half still in it location on the top of my gear box!
any advice how to get this out!!!!!
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"If you look on focusowners i think there is someone on there that says he put some grips on the part of the pin what was showing while his mate gave the grips a tap wih a hammer."
Yep - that was me originally - details can be found on a post in these forums a while back.
It was the retaining pin that needed gripping with mole grips and tapping with a hammer to get it out, not the sensor - the sensor itself came out fairly easily. It sounds like the OP has had a bit of bad luck with the sensor itself, rather than the retaining pin.
It does seem odd that it should break in half though. It does have quite a tight-fitting rubber o-ring but doesn't take too much force to tap into place. The self-tapping screw idea sounds like a good one, but I guess it's at what stage do you admit defeat and take it to a garage ?
For those people who might be interested. My Accord Diesel Tourer, (April 2004) with 57k miles suffered a fuel pump fault which required a new pump. The new pump was supplied under warranty, (lease car). Dealer service was excellent but the price of the replacement pump was over GBP1,000.00 + VAT and fitting. No something I would like to have to pay myself!! As other people have said these new common rail high pressure systems are very expensive when something goes wrong.
I did look to see where the new pump is. It looks like it is a BOSCH pump attached the bulkhead engine firewall. Anybody else had their Accord diesel need a new pump?
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In that situation is there a cheaper solution or is a
new pump from the dealer really the only option?
AFAIK the only solution is brand new from agent/distributor, or a secondhand item - which is a bit risky IMHO. Also they are not ideal for DIY work (to say the least) so you need to allow for some expert labour on top.
Interesting to see how drivers react when skidding towards an accident. Most freeze but some actually get out!
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Obviously the best thing to do would be to release the brakes giving more chance to steer out. I feel smug knowing I would have done that because I did on two occasions but I was still lucky that the space I steered towards didn't have another vehicle there. Read more
Quite a good way of knocking most of the snow off yr car too.
In 24 years of driving I've been pulled over four times, twice resulted in SP30'S- fair do's.
The other occasions were
1; driving down the M40 @ 23.00, 2 weeks before xmas, fortunately it was deserted, I spotted the cop car coming down the slip road and moved to the middle lane to ease their access. After a short while I got pulled up, for doing just 80mph, which she pointed out was above the speed limit- I thought, thank god I'd slowed down from the 90 mph I had been doing- no ticket
2 On a road leading towards my house one Sunday I had to mount the kerb to avoid the temporary bollards in place with ACCESS ONLY sign.
Got pulled up for mounting the pavement,which he pointed out that if there had been a pedestrian there I would have hit them!! - I'd have loved to have pointed out that if there had been a jumbo jet landing there also I wouldn't have mounted the pavement either, but refrained.
what plainly stupid statements have other BR'S been notified about Read more
Not strictly pulled over, but 2 Xmases ago we were returning from a pre Xmas party, and were stopped at a police road block doing their drink driving checks.
Officer comes to driver's window, and wife opens it
"Good evening madam, have you been drinking this evening"
"No"
I lean across from passenger seat and - very cheerfully - call out "She never drinks that's why she's driving!"
Officer
"Where have you been all my life? I've been looking for a wife like you" and waves us on.
They do have a sense of humour
A colleague has recently taken delivery of a new C4 'Cool' special edition. I saw him and the car today for the first time and asked him how he was getting on. Car is excellent but has one flaw.
The car has the speedo and other info on a central binnacle, it also has a height adjustable seat. When he sets the seat so he is comfortable the angle between his eyes and the speedo binnacle means the binnacle shroud obscures the top of the LCD speedo readout. If he sets the seat to its maximum height he can only see the bottom quarter of the speed readout, for his purposes the height adjustable seat is virtually useless as he can only use it over less than half of it's travel if he wants to see how fast he's going. He's of average height too so it could affect other purchasers. Read more
Its a five door. Best description is the binnacle is like a peak on a cap, I presume to reduce glare. If someone is wearing a baseball cap and you raise your seating position in relation to them, at some point you won't see their eyes. This is the effect he encountered.
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF > Read more
Ur quite correct tintin, meant to state Columbo's car was pictured in 1974
Hi, I have a 306 d turbo, 1995, and I want to know which relay does what. The haynes manual has good fuse diagrams but nothing about relays. Does anyone know off-hand, or has anyone got a relay diagram that shows which one is which? Thanks! Read more
In a similar vein to the lack of indication by selfish drivers, I am astonished by the amount of drivers that sit with their foot on the brake pedal when stationary at traffic lights, level crossings etc, usually dazzling the person behind if their car has LED type high level lights.
I used to think it was confined to drivers of automatic cars but it's too widespread nowadays. Unfortunately I've even witnessed learners doing it in driving school cars so what hope is there if proper technique isn't even being taught these days?
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not common below 55 to 60 years of age.
Fortunately, still some 13 years to go before reaching that particular milestone;-)
National Tyres sell Millenium Tyres, made by Cooper Avon, considerably cheaper than known brands.
The thing that grabs my attention is that they rate it very highly under all their criteria.
Is it really such a fabulous marque?
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I wasna fu but just had plenty. Read more
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An update
Have received yet another solicitors letter this one is worded similar to the others but asked to sign if the information is correct and ammend if necessary the sting seems to be that you are unwittinly signing to say you agree with the whole letter declaring that we were to blame due to negligent driving.Have forwarded all to our insurance company so that they can deal with these parasites.
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rustbucket (the original)