November 2007
Have had to help out one of my kids again because she's had a puncture. I'm the only one who notices because I check their tyre pressures and one tyre had lost 10psi. Found 3 nails, one penetrating, but too near the sidewall to repair.
Anyhow, to the point, I find that punctures are much more likely on new tyres. My theory is that deep tread traps and retains the sharp object allowing it to penetrate the tyre. Worn tyres allow the object to be thrown off before it does any serious damage.
Is this the experience of others here? Is my theory valid? Read more
Anyone bought GAP insurance on liine, if so any recommendations ? Read more
The policy we have is from www.cargapinsurance.co.uk/home/index.asp
No issues with them but have not tested the claim process, hope not to!
Need to replace goodyear gt2 165/65 13 is the duragrip ok on same axle , replace as a pair or all 4 ?
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The only motoring link is that we all depend on them should we be involved in a serious accident.
Just spare a thought for the families of the dead and missing Fire-fighters from the fire last night. Read more
Just to add the guy who said thumbs up to the firefighters when you see them out is a great idea.
There was a time when many wider roads were divided into three lanes - with a free for all 'killer' lane down the middle. There were no solid white lines to control which direction had use of the centre lane.
I can't remember the last time I encountered this type of road - have they all been eliminated in favour of the 'solid white' kind? Read more
oh and I forgot the Falmouth to Helston road - two or three 'interesting' three lane sections too...
How dare they sell it here with a passenger door on wrong side??
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I don't feel insulted by it, it's just irrelevant to me. And it might turn out to be bad marketing, or not. I might feel differently if I had been waiting anxiously for the 'Traveller' to come out, as perhaps some MINI fans were - it certainly needed more space.
It's such an anachronism that I can only think it was one of those ideas that didn't quite work but they were too seized with it to discard it, so they just executed it badly.
Time will tell - I'm amazed at what people will buy. I hope they do - it's jobs in Oxford.
I think my HG has gone on my 420 diesel. Water is disappearing at an alarming rate, even when the car isnt moving and gettin the mayo in oil filler cap. Temp is steady but Ive heard that it depends on where it goes as to whether it overheats as per the gauge?
Can anyone tell me how long the change takes and roughly how much it should cost? Read more
Legacy Tourer 3.0RN (car A) v Outback 3.0 RN (car B) v Legacy Tourer type B (car C)
Car A yes, because it's a decent compromise between performance and comfort. No, because it's not SO different from my current 2.5 auto, and I really don't like the auto box on my current car but the 3.0 is 5 gears not 4
Car B yes, because it's suited to where I live ie half mile up a potholed track, no because I do like to chuck my car about a bit, but it's not that bad in that department
Car C, yes because I've never really had a Q car and the performance is pretty amazing, no because it's on 18" wheels with low profiles and sports suspension and I live half a mile up a potholed track
Over to you.
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The Legacy STi, saloon and estate, is available from Litchfield as an import with 320bhp and has a choice of manual or automatic.
To make an Outback handle, an enthusiast would need to fit a lowering kit so would be better starting from a Legacy estate.
My Chrysler pacifica has one of those built in stereo systems with CD and DVD player
My 2 year old son pushed some coins in the CD player
Now you can hear the mechanism constantly whirring etc.
Does anyone have any clever ideas how to get the coins out of the slot? I'm at a loss Read more
I'd assumed from his online name and driving a Chrysler Pacifica that he's in the USA...
Cannot comment on magnetic properties of the USA currency but I know they are thinking of using cheaper metal now it's worth nowt.
From the Daily Record:
TWO English police motorcyclists were let off for speeding at up to 130mph through a Scottish accident blackspot.
The Northumbria Police officers were snapped by Lothian and Borders Police cameras on the A68, near Jedburgh, at 123mph and 130mph on the same day.
Lothian and Borders Police served notice they intended to prosecute but the action was dropped when it was explained the officers were engaged in "training exercises".
Full story here:
tinyurl.com/2np64d
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Patronising codswallop, .......well actually no.....if you'd taken the time to read and attempt to understand what was said you might realise the comments are based upon experience, and are in no way patronising. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and say, hence yor comments and my replies. You miss the point, would you tell, a heart surgeon he was doing something wrong, well no, because I guess youre not so qualified.
You may have an opinion if he is doing something right or wrong but my money would be on the trained guy to be right.........oh and before you say it, I'm not suggesting advanced driving requires the skill of a surgeon.
Understand some facts.
Police Forces regularly train in other forces areas it happens every working day and there was never as far as I'm aware the requirement to inform the other force.
Training might take in 3 or 4 different force areas or more. Its common nationwide practice.
If the police in quetsion were caught on a speed camera chances are it recorded their speed in less than 0.3 second. That proves that in that 0.3 second they were doing 130 mph. The speed check will have been on a relatively straight section of road due to the guidelines set down. Most performance bikes can go from 0 to 100mph and back to zero again before the average car has even reached 60mph.
Bikes can therefore acheive very fast speeds on straights and still brake safely for safe cornering ahead and no doubt it was on one of these straights the speed was recorded.
To suggest that the road was twisty doesn't mean that this speed was necessarily dangerous.
You state you dont need advanced training because you dont drive at a level that requires it............Thats exactly why you do, in other words youre blinkered enough to think you cannot benefit from training. Adavanced driving is not about speed- it's probably 85% correct observation. Lack of correct observation at any speed is dangerous and every driver on the uk roads would benefit from adavnced training. Especially those people who think they have nothing to learn.. .....
Police advanced training starts with a standard course that is approximately equivalent to the civilian advanced course and sticks rigidly to speed limits. Why does the course exist ?? well because there is lots to be learnt over and above what you think you know before you undergo such training.....but there again you wouldnt appreciate that, unless you'd attended such a course.
Police are the creme de la creme of drivers........did I say that......No didnt think I did !
Like it or not...Police work sometimes requires High Speed Driving....that requires a high level of training.....or maybe you'd prefer them not to train and hope that if they do have to venture over 70mph everything will be OK touch wood.
Why not Challenge yourself......take the advanced course....then come back and see if you can honestly say 'I didnt learn anything useful and become a better driver'
I doubt you will take the challenge, may be you're the first driver, ever to know it all ?!
Browse
Dangerous ground here and i can hear the groans as i write.
The only (touching wood) punctures i have encountered within the last 10 years have been with 2 almost new Chinese tyres, not on my cars thankyou.
There i've said the word i'll keep me head down till the storm blows over.