December 2007
haha...one of my favourite threads!
And I'm still amused by the fact that so many of the men felt obliged to put their age/height/weight in their post. That would never happen on a forum where the majority were female!
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The new Corsa was really very high on our new Supermini car list for a future purchase next year but unfortunately, after having sat in a few, we have discovered those awful reflections you get from the bling on the upper fascia in the overly raked windscreen.
What on earth are these so-called designers thinking of when they do this: does not anyone stop them at any stage and say 'no' that won't do?
Admittedly if one were to buy one of the models in the range (one of the sportier ones?)this effect is ameliorated somewhat as a black finish is used but I bet that under normal driving conditions one would be thoroughly irritated by those damned distracting reflections all the time, in the middle of the windscreen - a sort of large inverted U-shape. Such a shame for what is, ostensibly, a car with good dynamics.
My partner is now looking to find the old Corsa which at least, from the fascia aspect, does not suffer those absurdities of design.
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And to think that Carplan actually sell a product called Flash Dash!
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L\'escargot.
Believe me - this is the way it is in Johannesburg!
Wonder what it's like in Cape Town: (hello Ian!)
tinyurl.com/2ghuxk
Keep safe!
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Oh yeah, and they call traffic lights 'Robots' which is confusing when being given directions...
Avis girl: "drive on past 4 sets of robots..."
Puzzeled Vern: "Excuse me???" :o)
Also they drive on the proper side of the road out there which is nice.
I received a smiley face from one of those signs which flash up to tell you your speed if you are exceeding the limit. I was doing 35 mph in a 40 zone because it was dark and the road is tortuous. Has anyone else seen that lind of thing, and does anyone else agree that it's silly ? Read more
We have them in Darlington that tell you your speed IF you are going over the 30 limit usually really inacurate displys 36 when your doing 31/2
If the Backroomers were in charge of updating the Highway Code what extra rule/s would they include ?
Mine would be -
Upon completion of re-fuelling, immediately move the vehicle to a designated parking space at the filling station prior to going to pay.
If it is patently obvious that the vehicle in front of you is about to parallel park, do not drive up to their back bumper and prevent them from doing so.
Having a Taxi / mini cab does not automatically confer the right to sit on double yellow lines completely blocking the highway while you wait for a pre-booked fare or collect the money from the one you have just had. Read more
'That's why I keep two bricks in the boot!'
I think that the origin of the 'two bricks' allusion is the joke about the two British tourists in Egypt.-They stopped their Mercedes taxi(motoring link..)and enquired why a native gentleman was standing between the rear legs of a camel, holding two bricks. 'I.m castrating the camel' he replied. 'Doesn't that hurt terribly?' asked the woman tourist'.
'Only if you catch your thumbs between the bricks' he replied..
Boom boom!
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if you need more ammo , sign me up. my car (skoda superb 1.8t classic) just siezed up at 45,000 right after a service,2weeks. i don`t blame the garage i personally checked the oil when it went it was clean and plenty of it but we`ve had it 2 and a half years with skoda services until it was out of warranty and all it does is the school run and a bit of shopping surely it should`nt just die like that if i`d wanted to throw money away i`d have got into gambling. many thank`s if you can resolve this or shed some light or even point the way to something else. Read more
The private hire cowboys usually buy the TDI versions, although i do agree with your comments.
Flycog
A720 Edinburgh By-pass is not moving near the Calders Junction - my son has been more or less stationary for 150 minutes - 2.5hrs - anyway you measure it it is along time.
I have looked at Travel Scotland website and they have no mention of any problems - they are the people that organise these massive signs on main roads and motorways telling of problems or more likely - do not drink & drive - do not drive whilst under drugs
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FB, I can't see anything now but I remember hearing on Real Radio yesterday tea time that there was a "police incident" on the bypass and it was closed between Hermiston gait and Gogar roundabouts.
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2007 Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI (140) Stylance
2005 Skoda Fabia vrS
An old Elsan toilet just sprang to mind there.
But this super economy car (Autocar Road Test this week) "only" got 41mpg overall and 51.8mpg touring. The claimed figures urban/extra urban/combined are 55.4/83.1/70.6 mpg. I know these figures are for comparison only but such a wide discrepancy is ridiculous.
Many smaller diesels must be capable of getting 51 mpg without an official claim of 70mpg.
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HJ answers a couple of questions in his DT Letters Column on the Bluemotion.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1888268.0....p
Totally unbelievable but it also raises a couple of pertinent questions
1.Why when every inch of this motorway is covered by CCTV did no one notice this or recordings not pick it up?
2. Knowing that its not light here till about 7.30 is why did it take the highway authorities over 4 hours to remove them?
Obviously a cheap stunt by some arty folk!
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2007 Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI (140) Stylance
2005 Skoda Fabia vrS Read more
Lud - Listen to Ed Reardon's week on R4 I'm sure you'd enjoy it !
Browse
I'm 33, single, have short cropped hair through necessity rather than choice, have all my own teeth (except one that got removed unexpectedly when I fell over after drinking one too many port and lemons) am rather too short for my weight and live in Southport, Lancashire.
I work as a coach driver for a small local independent company and drive a 2000 Vectra 2.0CDX.
I tend to only post sporadically but when I do it is on an HP Pavilion ze5600 (so the little sticker thing under the screen says) in my front room. Handy for telly and music but not handy for beer. Must get a mini-fridge.
Cheers