May 2008
Boris is determined to get rid of bendy buses and bring back a Routemaster style bus.
Good for him if he wants a double-decker with an open rear entrance and a bus conductor as well as a driver.
Even better if these buses can be chassis-built and refurbished ad infinitum at somewhere like Aldenham works.
Almost makes me want to move back to London.
P.s. I'm a former bus spotter from the early 1970's. Read more
my 87k mile 120 engine management light came on this afternoon. Everything works well, can't see anything obvious. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers Read more
I have recently bought a tata loadbeta 4x4 and have found the gearbox to be very loose and sloppy,gear selection is not posative and it is difficult to select the correct gear.is there an adjustment that can be made to rectify this problem,i.e. linkage adjustment or new bushes etc. the vehical has only done 52k.do i need a replacement gearbox?does anyone have tecnical data or know where i can get a workshop manual for this motor?
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Hi there, second post this week!! My scenic is causing me more problems, YET AGAIN!!!
My N/S tyre is scrubbing on the outside edge, i'm guessing that there is a suspension mis-alignment, probably caused by me hitting a badger the other week. I was just wondering, is the camber angle adjustable on the scenic? or will it be new suspension bits??
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Maybe your local cattle farmers will contribute to your repairs. Hope your car doesn't develop TB from this accident.
But seriously, you may have bent something on the front suspension and a full geometry check, not just tracking, may be called for. Don't know where you live but a Google search should find a place to do this for you.
Passenger moons at speed camera...
One for the high moral finger waggers here to get hot under the collar about and also one for the anti-camera fraternity to applaud. Who will win out?
The attached has a very blurred image of the mooning taking place so if you think you might possibly throw a wobbly at this sight then don't click, but the BBC think it's OK
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7378695.stm
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Re the Naked Rambler; I've a feeling that the sadistic Scottish authorities are merely detaining him until the peak of the midgie season.
When one considers that just an exposed arm can receive 3,000 bites an hour......
[He'll be begging for clothes within ten miles...]
I have a 2001 1.9 dci megane diesel it is very underpowered and will only rev to 3000 rpm I have changed the mass air meter new filter, oil etc any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Jon
typo and shouting amended. Read more
ok thanks for your help
appreciate it
The worlds lowest car only 19 inches high.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/73807...m
Looks like fun to drive -provided other car uses spot you down this low.
I lot of drivers cannot spot even a bus these days Read more
www.flatmobile.co.uk/
More info here - it is road-legal and the jet-engine really works. Warning the website contains the inappropriate use of apostrophes and may cause distress !
Can anybody explain the meaning of direction signs that seem to be appearing with increasing frequency in this neck of the woods.
They are on yellow backgrounds, usually about 2ft wide and 1 ft deep and they display either a square, a triangle, a diamond or a circle accompanied by an arrow. The symbols are sometimes just outlines and sometimes solid black.
The Highway Code describes them as 'Direction Signs for Emergency Diversion Routes' but there seems to be no explanation as to what the various symbols represent.
Any ideas?
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Black circle
Directions to a tyre depot. ;-)
seeing that Honda are offering 7 year warranties on their motor mowers makes me wonder why car makers don't follow Hyundai and go for at least 5 years. Yes, I appreciate that mowers are must less complicated than motor vehicles but how measly are the 3 years that most makers/dealers give the buyer - doesn't display that much confidence in your product! Honda has a good name for reliability and could surely go to at least 5 years. It would be a very attractive reason for buying their cars.
Do I recall correctly reading here at some point that in the US car warranties are much longer than those in Europe? Read more
If everyone wants to get a long warranty, then other than Kia/Hyundai no one would have been in market by now.
Buyers balance warranty offerings with badge value and reliability perception (from friends/families/journos etc.)
Porsche offers 2-yr warranty, their reliability is not exemplary, repair is quite expensive - yet people buy their cars because their perceived value is much higher.
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Thanks.
Dave, Smokie, Pologirl and PU. Read more
Bump.
.....who, presumably, will be armed :-(