October 2007
hi guys,
just an idea.will it work?
mitsi evo 8 as a daily commute car for wife......she loves the looks on one.
driven daily from west yorkshire to manchester, round trip of 90 miles.
fuel is fully paid for via company fuel card.
running costs?
reliability?
our lass is no girl racer revving the guts off an engine
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www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/16/road_safety_vid/
That doesnt go straight to the vid which can be found here
www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/advertisingcampaigns...l Read more
I always make sure that I never exceed 30mph as I spin away from the lights in a cloud of smoke. If I find my speed is getting close to the posted limit I normally find that a quick application of the handbrake along with a sharp turn of the steering wheel brings my speed back to an acceptable limit. Spinning away from the lights (front wheel drive) is warming up the tyres and therefore improving grip and stopping distances.....
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Yes, absolutely, as usual the rest of the world seem to have the correct attitude. Meanwhile, back at the UK 31mph makes you an anti social monster.
This afternoon whilst picking up a passenger at a large airport, I was signalled to pull over by a PCSO. I was informed that I had comitted an offence by stopping on ziz zag markings at a crossing, and that she was going to issue a fixed penalty notice for £60 and three points!! She then proceeded to examine my cab, and recorded the details of my hackney carriage badge, whilst twice stating that I should have pulled into the correct zone (I Know!!)
After asking various questions such as my height, any tatoos etc, she passed me a green 'producer' slip requiring me to show my licence, insurance and MOT, even though I had offered her my licence already and pointed out to her that as a Hackney carriage, it doesn't require a MOT. She then muttered about how my offence merited three points but that would take too long to issue so she would give me a non-endorsable £30 ticket instead. At this point, she sealed the notice and literally threw it across me so as to land on the passenger seat.
My question is... Upon examining the green producer slip, She has spelt my address wrong, put down the wrong postcode, not asked for a signature when giving me the slip and also left the box which states where the documents are to be produced blank too, despite me twice asking where the docs were meant to be shown (and incidentally, ignoring my requests.)
I appreciate I was in the wrong and intend to pay the £30 but what should I do with regards to the producer?
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Surely PCSO 'Stoppy Pants' has put their ID number on the Producer. In which case wherever the documents are taken will be able to do a quick check on their IT system, find out where 'Stroppy pants' is based and stick the HO/RT2 in the internal mail. Thats providing its the same Force area.
As an aside I discussed this with one of my Student Officers who has come over to the Dark Side from PCSO land. He stated that our PCSOs could deal with both endorsable and non-endorsable tickets for static offences and likewise could give producers as they were given Traffic Warden powers after the yellow rats were privatised. Most of the Traffic Wardens transferred to the PCSOs and wear a little badge stating 'Traffic'.
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I'm just buying an 02 Mondeo diesel, how do I physially check under the bonnet that it is as claimed a TDci and not the TDdi? Read more
Just ring up a Ford dealer parts desk and give them your reg. or VIN.
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Mike Farrow
About twice a week my car will not start straight off. Turn on the ignition, warm up the glow plugs, turn the key to the start position and nothing happens - no cranking, no click and no dimming of the dash board display. After two or three minutes and half a dozen attempts the starter motor cranks and the engine runs. Until today the problem has only happened first thing in the morning. Today it happened first thing in the morning and then again in the afternoon when I wanted to set off home from work.
When the starter motor finally does work, there is a short delay between turning the key and the starter cranking. The headlamps are not dim. The relay system which cuts power to the headlights whilst the starter is being operated works, which would indicate that the problem probably does not lie in the ignition switch. Anybody got any suggestions?
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No, the switch can be changed independently of the lock.
The best way to test this is to wire a small pilot lamp (visible from the driver's seat) between terminal 50 on the switch and earth (31). Each time you crank the engine, observe the lamp.
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anyway I was about to arrange a test drive and hopefully sort a deal, when I noticed that I could also afford a Lexus RX300 SE-L on a 04 plate with all the toys ?
about the only thing I can find wrong with this car is the MPG but then I only do about 7K a year
what are your thoughts ??
many thanks
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mitchk, regarding the RX300, I see that you have been looking at the website of the Lexus Owners Club, and getting some useful thoughts over there. I take it you've also looked at the What Car? site.
The RX300 does well on satisfaction surveys like Top Gear and JD Power. Very well. In fact, I fancy having a shot at one myself, but would never own one because
1) they are costly to run,
2) people would get the impression that I was loaded :-)
3) it would attract the wrong type of attention from the less law-abiding members of society
4) I live too far from the nearest Lexus dealer
In the end of the day, if those things are not problems for you, and a test drive shows that you like it, then there is no reason I can think of not to buy one.
I'm currently playing about with some wiper system designs, and there's a type of wiper that I don't have any information about - wrap-over wiper systems.
These are the wipers which have spindles at the lower corners of the screen, and the wipers move from being parked nearly horizontally to being almost vertical at the screen edges. The area in the middle of the screen is wiped four times per cycle, twice by each wiper, while outside this "overlap" zone, only the twice as per a usual wiper.
The numbers I'm after are the distances;
1) between the 2 main spindles or pivots
2) between each main pivot and the wiper attachment point to the arm
3) the wiper length
and the model of car.
I'm not sure which cars have this type of wiper, and for a whole number of reasons, I'd rather not lurk around in public car parks with my tape measure! - if any backroomers have a car with this type of system, and are kind enough to post the numbers, they would be very helpful to me.
Many thanks,
Number_Cruncher
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I've not got as far as finishing the wrap-over wipers, but here's a screenshot of my code's simulation of a pantograph wiper as fitted to a train.
web2k.co.uk/fullsize.php?im=1193003229
Number_Cruncher
My Mother-in-law's trusty old Fiesta occasionally refuses to start for no apparent reason. This might be before setting out, or at the shops before going home. After waiting an hour it will restart, and runs perfectly until the next time. Neither the AA or the local garage can find any fault. Just recently she was driving along and the car began to slowly lose power, and eventually stopped. Again after a wait it restarted and ran normally. This is a new development, is the first time anything has happened on the move, and is worrying because it is potentially dangerous. Any suggestions? Read more
Ive never known an injector go on these personally,dead easy to check though as you can see them dribble when running a 1300 also substitutes an 1100 one, i used to mess with these trying to get these mk3"s through the cat tests after trying everything else known to man and beast (thankfully they are nearly all dead know ,no offence OP )
Recently an item was mentioned to deal with corrosion where electrics were involved. Can anyone help with the description please?
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Remember "There is no silicon in WD40"-it says so on the tin.
The revs surge between 1500 and 3000 rpm making driving tricky.
Local garage cleared the fault codes then re-read them, one for lambda sensor (which was renewed a few months ago and emissions are still fine), other is for temperature sensor which he says never manifests as erratic tickover. So he suspects the idle air control valve.
Does anyone have any experience of changing this on a VAG 1.8 petrol?
Is it an easy job? Where is the cheapest place to buy one? Would a secondhand one be OK to get the car running to sell?
Thanks for any advice
Stewart
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Good point about the air leak. When this exact symptom occured 3 months ago he fixed it by replacing a split emissions hose somewhere under the manifold. He claims that's still intact. Might try another garage...
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My wife has a 1997 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Estate (Legnum) as an everyday car. There are no problems with drivetrain roughness or whine. It's not quite as sporty as an EVO, but it's quick enough to see off almost anything. Steerable rear differential (AYC) makes it a real cornering expert, and is the best handling car I've driven. Its well regarded in the CBC guide here too. Worth considering for a 90 mile commute.