January 2007
Found this site, seems like we all have a voice on it.
Small minorites having there say.
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After being shafted by my local Peugeot dealer, I e-mailed other dealers about cars in stock (and advertised) and for info on a new car purchase. I don't think you could get a more serious buyer than myself and I've clearly stated I'm looking to buy. All the dealers have nice, shiney websites with big 'contact sales team' buttons for e-mails.
NOT ONE dealer has bothered to reply. Do these people ever read them? Are they consigned to the junk mail bin? It turns me off buying on the basis that if they can't be bothered to put some effort into selling, what's their post-sales performance going to be like!
I'm getting quite depressed. Isn't car buying supposed to be pleasurable! Read more
If that is the case then tell them you will be speaking to trading standards and the asa.
for all you people who are wondering about your car. this is a very useful link. caters for all vehicles classes inc. HGV & PCV. www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/default.asp Read more
Good link.
Just the one recall on the Mondy which was done last year (handbrake ratchet).
Cheers
DP
Got stuck on the A34 southbound approaching the Whitchurch roadworks on Friday evg around 1930. Five car accident plus the single-lane delayed me for 90 minutes. The Chilton roadworks are also bad at peak hours with 30 mins being common.
Both sets of work are due to last another nine weeks. Read more
I can sympathize - I worked in Bas from 1989 to 1995, so the A34 was my escape route at weekends. That section between Oxford and the M40 is about my least-favourite stretch of road anywhere. Horrible surface too, so these days I just put myself in Calm mode and trundle along at HGV speed rather than join the queue of dodgems in the right-hand lane. Think of me tomorrow morning!
The mileometer on a 1953 Daimler Conquest I own isn't working although the speedo works perfectly. It doesn't bother me much but obviously Mr. MOT man is going to notice I have done zero miles in a year including driving to and from the MOT station. Is it legal requirement to have a working mileometer?
Also, does anyone have any experience of fixing old speedos or know of any companies that can do it? I could always swap it for a secondhand one I suppose if it was too expensive. Read more
Many thanks for the advice one and all.
Understand that of 1st January, new regs have come into force re insistance on the use of water based paints and the eventual phasing out of other types.
Having been unable to get any sense from people in my home area, I would wish to ask here, -----
Can anyone please advise on the ramifications of this change to the DIY home owner and small spray shops ?
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Thanks Mr Farrow. Much appreciated.
I test drove a 2004 Passat TDI (86,000 miles) todat and want to buy it, however I am concerned that I can feel a vibration through the clutch pedal.
It appears to be at any speed but is much more noticable when manouvering slowly.
Additionally there is also a small amout of clutch judder (even when warmed up).
Are these issues I need to be concerned about?
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there is a similar thread on here recently about a vibration from the clutch . the DM flywheels are suspect on many of the VAG vehicles. VW, AUDI, SEAT, SKoda. be wary. ask the dealer to have it checked out as they are expensive to replace!
Mostly motorcycle related but the first picture of a car front disk really scares me. Assuming the car passed an MoT no more than 12 months ago, can the disk surface really disappear like that in a year? Blimey, strewth and other forum-permitted expletives.
www.sidcupmotorcycletyres.co.uk/shame.htm
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>>.... the first picture of a car front disk really scares me.
Assuming the car passed an MoT no more than 12 months ago,
can the disk surface really disappear like that in a year?
>>Blimey, strewth and other forum-permitted expletives.
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I can assure you this is not unique !!!!
A guy I worked with complained about his noisy brakes.
A few days later he came in to show me a very large shim thick washer.
Yes it was the disk but just the swept area which had completely detached from the hub.
No expletives, just a cold shudder.
He too was legal re Tax insurance etc.
It makes you wonder what is on the road! :-((
Can anyone please advise if there is an ongoing problem with the latest ( this one is 06 ) Skoda Diesel cars, which would cause the engine to stop without warning and then have to be restarted? Car is still under dealer warranty but dealer claims there is no problem. Car is a disabled taxi and its being out of order is causing major problems.
Any input much appreciated.
Thank you.
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Wayne, many thanks for what should be a very useful link.
Rgds.
I'm surprised this has not already been mentioned. Mr. Loophole - aka Nick Freedom - was in the Sat. Telegraph today. As most people know, he is a lawyer who gets people off speeding convictions with excuses that sometimes sound far fetched. Anyway, the newspaper recounts the story of a serial drink driver. He had been a police officer but left the force in disgrace after a drink driving conviction. He subsequently got a job as an ASBO officer. When he turned up to a police station smelling of drink, he was breathalysed and arrested for drink driving. His keys were in his pocket. His car was outside. Mr. Loophole got him off. The police failed to prove that he had used his car to get to the station, and that the keys in his possession belonged to his car. Hohum. Can anyone seriously doubt that this lawyer does not think that the man drove to the police station while intoxicated? But he got him off on a technicality. This man is a serial offender, is a menace to society, and he might well have a drink problem that needs addressing. Getting him banned would have protected other road users. I suspect that most lawyers in that situation would not try to get him off, but would encourage him to plead guilty, and face up to his problem. Or am I naive?
They do say we have the best legal system you can buy.
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the best comment i've seen on this thread is that of replacing the volunteer magistrates (three members of the public with no legal training and sometimes very little knowledge of what is really happening on our streets...)....
with....
a professional paid magistrate (sits on their own, used to be called a Stipendiary Magistrate, now called a District Judge)...... the obvious problem here being the 'paid' bit presumably.
It's a lot harder to get an implausible story past a stipe, whereas the magistrates have to rely on the clerk of the court to advise them on most aspects.
With drink/driving there is a stated case whereby magistrates are allowed to presume that if the defendants car was present and there was no other plausible explanation provided (e.g. someone else was driving) then they can presume the defendant drove it there...(bit brief, but covers the bare bones)
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What I meant was, if the channel had a camber that was less than the curve of the road, or was almost level, water would flow out to the side of the road and it wouldn't fill up.
The advantage would be buses would be less affected, and motor bikes could use the side of the road where the dip was almost nil. Cars would feel the bump, but wouldn't bottom on the exhaust.