April 2007
Hi guys, just wondering if I could have some advice?
Basically I've got a bit of a problem with my car. Whenever I go over a hole in the road I hear this tremendous bang from the rear of the car. WHat side generally depends on which wheel has gone in the hole, but it does tend to happen more on the nearside-rear. Any ideas? Read more
I have a 1991 Mini that has a caput wiper motor in that it does nothing in low speed and moves very slowly in high speed. It also doesn't self park the wipers. Are these servicable as even secondhand ones seem to command upwards of £30 on ebay.
Cheers
Stuart Read more
these used to run in cables and they could get seized up
i used to take the top off the motor take the cog off and then pull the wipers manually to see if they were stiff
i also seem to remember that because they seized they burnt the park brush out
was a long time ago mind so i might have dreamt it all
Hi
My car was hit in the car park today at work by an employee. It has dinted the wing, alloy and passenger door. The lady obviously came into the space a bit tight and side swiped my car. She admitted it and came and found me.
BTW the car is an 52 reg Audi A4. I took it into local Audi dealer tonight who said they would take care of everything and give me an A4 in its place whilst mine is being fixed.
Do I need to call my insurance company? or her insurance? or just ring Audi tomorrow and let them sort it. She is going to call her insurance company tonight as she isnt interested in getting it fixed without them involved (Audi estimate over 1.5K) so probably just as well.
I have 5 years non protected no claims so dont want to loose them either, however have an email from her admitting liability and also she contacted the office reception to own up as well.
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Yes, it does seem unfair if they said they WOULD give like for like hire replacement, and then they DON'T. Insurance companies seem very upset when people use these "claim plus" services (which, of course, make a healthy living out of them) but if they don't meet commitments made, they shouldn't be surprised! Did they tell you in writing they would give you like for like replacement hire car? If so, they're in breach of a contractural obligation. In my case of a short commute a Kia Piccanto should suffice, but I agree with you, I wouldn't like to have to do 100 miles a day in one for very long...
Tim{P}
I want to change the oil in my Golf MkV GT 2.0TDI early as I don't think it should stay in for 20k miles/ 2 years. Dealer charge is £60 for long life oil. National Tyres offer Visco 7000 (Duckhams I think) fully synthetic oil and filter change for £25 is this ok for my car? I've done 5k miles in the last year Read more
Unless its changed (VW UK haven't updated for the newer extended service oils- typical!) the advice by VW is to use time/distance regime for shorter journeys, or, other side of coin, flat-out driving. All in this link: www.volkswagen.co.uk/assets/Longlife_servicing.pdf As previously stated, you need to use a suitable oil - VW have various tests they have to pass, and only those that pass will get recognition for warranty. So, if your Golf has a PDF (filter for particulates) then you require an oil listed as a VW 507 grade. If no PDF, then you could use a 505.01 oil. Check with your dealer first though in case there is something more up to date - the pdf is dated 2003!
Well you think youve seen it all then something caps it-
Driving down the M1 today nice steady 60 watching the world sail by and a motorbike comes flying up the side of me and then levels off at my transit door
I didnt understand why he was staying there ,so looked down at him and wo and behold he had taken his phone out from under his groin area and was busily texting.
I stayed at 60 he dropped back to about 48 mph in the middle lane, i watched as he finished his message, put his phone back in the same place, (obviously uses the rumble in his phone to alert him) cars having to slow down and make quick manouvers to get past him
,he then throttes back up and passed me.
unbelievable............... Read more
>>>It's not as easy as it looks, I dropped the phone and the ice cream went everywhere. Not doing >>>that again.
Serves you right, David!
Clk Sec
Hi,
In the process of adapting a European Passat so it's legit for UK roads. I need to get the speedo changed so that it displays MPH. Is it possible to buy a simple dial so I can do a straight swap, without the need to buy something like this...
tinyurl.com/3clrcy
Cheers! Read more
Wouldnt that fail the MOT?
On my last post, 8/9 should read mph/kph, not mph/mph! {Now edited - DD}
About a week ago the car started judder when idling, then on start up it sounded like a deisel, it's since got worse, the car has a FVSH 61k miles, and I have just been told it needs and new timing chain and injectors £1100 from a Vauxhall Dealer. Any other ideas? Read more
cheers
Hi,
My last three cars have all had fuel computers and they have all been quite accurate. Although I haven't got a great deal of data to go on , I have just got a new 1.8 TDCi S-Max and it does appear to flatter your ego a bit.
My last two fill ups it told me I was getting 51 and 49.8 MPG respectively - LIES. Below is a table of my actual consumption worked out brim to brim. Of course no data for first fill as that wasn't a brim to brim job.
Don't get me wrong, I think 43 - 44 MPG is great for a car of this size that's only done 2000 miles and still has a lot of loosening up to do. I just don't want my ego flattered that's all.
Claimed MPG 46.7 Actual MPG 42.1
Claimed MPG 51.0 Actual MPG 44.4
Claimed MPG 49.8 Actual MPG 42.8
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I don't know how it works on our C5 but it
is always optimistic. As the fuel gauge seems pretty accurate isn't
the easiest way to compute mpg simply to marry the odometer
reading to the amount of fuel in the tank or is
this too simplistic?
No. It seems like most fuel gauges go:
Full
Full
Full
A bit under full
Half way
Empty
I doubt if Westminster Council is capable of feeling shame, so I name it. A couple of weeks ago in the early afternoon I waited on a single yellow line in Wardour Street for about 10 minutes while my passenger did some errand, then left the keys with him while I nipped round the corner, 2 minutes at most, to deliver a text to a publisher for my wife. The car was occupied at all times with the key in it. No obstruction was caused. No parking attendant spoke to either of us or stood nearby looking threatening.
Today I received by post a PCN including a moody colour photo of the car's rear number plate, of such good quality that filth is clearly visible on the bumper and rear door. It says that 'The alleged contravention was observed by camera operator number ******** '.
Does waiting while deliveries are made constitute parking? And isn't a PCN supposed to be illegal unless stuck on the car or handed to the driver at the time?
Apart from oaths and insults, does anyone have a suggestion as to how my letter of refusal should be phrased?
Please don't tell me I was blocking a street and ought to pay up. It may make me cry. Read more
Hi Lud, I got one of these PCN things about a year ago from the same council with a photo on it showing my number plate, although not crystal clear as it was a small photo. At first I thought that some one was driving about with the same number plate as me, what the hell where they up to? Anyway i contacted my local police station and explained the situation, and guess what, not in the slightest bit interested. Amazing dont you think. Anyway, after worring about it for a while, knowing that is was not me I got a powerfull mag glass on the photo, and they had one letter wrong, an O instead of the letter D. I phoned them at cost to me, and eventually convinced them they had the wrong number plate, and wrong person. Right sir, thanks for ringing, good-bye. Damn idiots.Cheers, Graham.
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As usual you cannot trust a word or a number issued by Gov't departments.. (quote from middle of report)
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Dr Linda Mountain, an engineering academic from the University of Liverpool isn't convinced by these (road deaths and injuries) statistics. She has spent three years investigating an effect which blows a hole in the government's statistics on speed cameras. It's a statistical phenomenon known as "regression to mean".
In simple English, it refers to the fact that any extreme score - high or low - at one point in time will probably be less extreme the next time it's tested for purely statistical reasons. This is because scores always involve a little bit of randomness - which can go for or against you.
When applied to accident road safety, it's the idea that if nothing was done at an accident hotspot, the number of accidents might fall naturally anyway, with or without a speed camera. Basically, if you are at the top of a list of accident hotspots, there's only way to go and that's down.
Dr Mountain tried to factor this into the government statistics. Her figures were significantly different to the official ones. She found by including "regression to mean", the number of people killed or seriously injured at camera sites fell by just over 20%, half the government's estimate.
Her report was tucked away in an appendix in the last major evaluation, although the government does accept that "regression to mean" has a significant effect.
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6571257.stm
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There are also suggestions that pressure is being applied to reclassify serious injuries as minor, so as to achieve targets.
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get the mot check done sooner
that way you can spend the minimum to getting it repaired as opposed to fishing in the dark
car may be scrap remember bro ,so you win twice,or lose depending on your outlook