May 2007
Apparently the Federation of Police Officers are urging the government to scrap arrest targets as some pretty benign offences are being dealt with by arrest.
Does it take a genious to work out that the same could be happening with motoring related offences? If so, do Whitehall employ geneuses (or geneii)?
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hi im thinking about trading my car in for a '04 plate vectra c 2.2lt diesel with auto tipronic gearbox, its done 50k. is this a wise move?
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Doesn't it depend on what your old car is and how much it's costing you.
In principle, there's nothing wrong with the deal but money matters.
I dont know if anyone can shed any light but picked my A4 up from its service yesterday and this morning when I went out I noticed the distance and days to next service were ----- . Normally this would show the distance etc as its on longlife and therefore not set intervals. I took it back to the garage (local independant with good rep) and I watched as he plugged vagcom in and reset again on longlife for the correct engine etc.
The same thing is happening and it wont go back to the 20000 miles and 700 odd days that it should. It appears that they reset it yesterday as there were over 400 days and 200 miles remaining before i took it in.
Anyone have any suggestions as the mechanic said to take it back next week if its still the same (I cant see why it will just fix itself!) Pressing the spanner on the dash displays the same results as on start up.
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thanks for your quick replys. Has prompted me to check my handbook and indeed it needs 500km before it will start to count down.. Should have checked there first!
Hi,can anyone advise a web site containing service requirements for my corsa 04 sxi,as in whats included in the 1st/2nd/3rd service etc.
Seem to have lost the original service manual.
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Assume a petrol & not ECOService. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sevices on our 02 Corsa (petrol) show that whilst the VX dealer has the option to change: Remote battery, Brake Fluid, Spark Plugs, Air Filter, Fuel Filter, Pollen Filter, Cam Belt nothing has been changed except the oil & filter & top up the washer fluid. Beyond checking the brakes & de-dusting, tyre pressures, plus greasing the door hinges & straps most of the service appears to be visual checks. Car is low mileage. However they only charge £86 all in so pretty cheap for a main dealer.
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Yes!, I had looked the data up in order to refresh my memory about the relative properties, particularly the elongation, and when I came back to the thread, I saw your post asking for numbers!
What I do know is that to make production alloy wheels safe enough to use, they need to be beefed up to the point where there is no weight saving to speak of. For wheels specified and fitted by a manufacturer, there is extensive calculation and modelling work during design, and then development testing, which is used to make sure that fatigue failures aren't a big practical problem. One of the students with whom I studied left to work for a company who did this work on a sub-contract basis for Rover. As for aftermarket junk, I've no idea if the calcs ever go further than the back of a packet of No. 6!
In our household have one car with steel wheels, and one with alloys. I don't worry a great deal about the alloy wheels, but I do take a lot more care in giving them a thorough visual inspection when I remove them than I would with a steel wheel. If I were specifying a car, I wouldn't have them, and I certainly wouldn't pay extra for them!, but I don't think they are so dangerous that they are going to decimate the motoring population either!
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hi all,
a friend of mine has just had his car mot'd. the garage is quite good but he failed it for brakes and a wiper. no worries. so they gave the brakes a tidy then retested it. it has now passed the brake test and therefore the mot but they are saying the pedal is still quite long. the car in question is a 2002 honda civic 1.7 coupe. its the one with a big boot>
users.autoexposure.co.uk/externaldrilldown.cfm?Acc...e
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I raised the question of excessive brake travel on my 2005 Honda CRV, when, on collecting it on a hot day after annual servicing at my Honda dealership, the pedal sank right to the floor. Bang!!! Admittedly, as soon as I started the engine, the pedal distance returned to more or less normal.
However, I took it back the next day and they bled it for me but the travel was about the same. After a couple of days,though, I really didn't notice any difference from normal.
The moral of this story, however, is that the mechanic who looked at my brakes on day two, commented that their servicing department regularly received calls from independent garages carrying out MOT's asking if long brake travel was normal on Honda vehicles, regardless of the model!!!
Can anyone tell me where the paint code is on my 99 T reg GLS 1.0L Corsa(3 cylinder)
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Well done D.D. ......Found it, and found the additional info' from the website you mentioned.Many Thanks ! mally434
Am starting to wonder if i have been too narrow minded in my search - if anyone has any alternative suggestions i would be grateful - this is what i'm after
1.4 - 5 door - petrol
Nice looking -both inside and out- i am a girl and this matters a lot
Plenty of boot space for my shopping bags
Suitable for motorway, town and country driving
No more than 13k
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As an alternative to the Focus there is always the Mazda 3 -- based on the Focus but with better build quality and cheaper. It's a bit of a Marmite car looks-wise but ticks all the other boxes. The 1.8 is really a rather quick little car, and not too bad on the insurance either (0-60 in 8.5 seconds, insurance group 8).
I wouldn't bother with the 1.6 Focus/Mazda diesel though -- the usual diesel turbo problems apply; a friend's '3 just had its turbo let go at 2 years old/38,000 miles. Peugeot unit, personally wouldn't trust it.
Hi all,
I am selling my car on the net and have recieved an e-mail from a company who have seen my add and want me to use them to sell it. The e-mail reads:
Advertise your Volkswagen for sale for only £7.50 at ******************
Your Advert will stay active until you have sold your car and the price includes a photo if required. You can also change the Selling Price online as often as you want.
We noticed your Advertisement on the Internet (we do not use mailing lists) and we are writing to let you know about an offer we are running for people selling Cars like yours.
Our Website has been open since 1999 and we are listed on over 1500 Search Engines World-Wide.
The site is interactive which enables you to create the best Advertisement for your Car and change your Selling Price whenever you want.
If you respond to this e-mail we will discount our normal Advertising fee to £7.50. To claim your discounted Advertisement please change the amount in the payable box to £7.50 on the page where you enter your Card details. We will then activate your Advertisement as soon as your details are received.
We apologise if this e-mail has caused any inconvenience or offence, but please be assured that we do not buy or sell e-mail lists, and you will not be contacted again.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Has anyone got any experience from using these companies - is it worth it?
Does this have scam written all over it??
Cheers
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Have changed it again, hopefully for the last time! Thanks again,
Jon
how do you find it to drive on motorways ? have read mixed reports about its performance and was hopeing to get some more feedback Read more
it would be the new design with a 1.4 petrol engine
police get given targets e.g. reduce street crime by x% or solve x% of crime (aka 'clear ups')
doesn't matter whether or not a specific area has an actual street crime problem, they've still got to reduce it by the x%.
very senior police officers get performance related pay and are required to police to the requirements of politicians via the Home Office....that means everyone else in the system has to work to this as well.
Everyone knows of course that policing has a multitude of things to worry about e.g. motoring and motoring issues......but if they're not priorities...forget it
The reason why there are minimal traffic cops, why motoring offences soar, why 999 call answering is getting worse (check your local figures, they'll be appalling) and why some cops go for the easy option to keep their managers off their back....(the figures are more important than the bigger picture).
in the old days the Chief Constable decided on priorities and everything was considered, not as at present where some things get resources thrown at them, whether it's needed or not and some things get ignored when they shouldn't be
get your pens out and A, vote and B, write to your MP to complain....can't see anything changing otherwise