July 2008
Hi all
Oil light seems to take a while (~3 seconds?) to come off on a cold start.
My question is should there be a non-return valve somewhere that isn't working or am I doing anything wrong with the oil filter (paper element only)?
Anyone with same engine or Y17DT: what's your experience?
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Can someone please give me some advice about a claim I am making that seems to be going nowhere.
Last week I was driving down a dual carriageway when a car on the opposite carriageway spun round and ended up on their hard shoulder facing the wrong way. On the way their rear wheels skidded over the gravel on the central reservation kicking it up onto my carriageway so that it sprayed my car.
I now have various dents, scratches, broken wing mirror, etc on the bonnet, windscreen, drivers door and pillar. It is all fairly cosmetic, but very extensive and I am expecting a fairly hefty bill for repair. (My car is only a year old, so to maintain my warranty for rust, it needs to be repaird properly).
The police were in attendance and we swapped insurance details via the police officer. Luckily there was no injury on either side, and as far as I could tell, no major damage to anyone. No one else was involved.
I have made my claim through my insurance company, and it now seems that the other party have decided not made a claim. So my insurance company now say that they are unlikely to be able to recover the cost as the other insurance company don't have a record of any incident and therefore no record of responsibility being accepted. So if I want to get repairs done I will have to pay my excess, lose my no claims, etc.
Surely as we all have details of the other driver, someone should be contacting them and at least asking for their side of the story as a claim has been made against them. As I understand it, you are obliged to report any accident you are involved in to your insurance company even if you don't want to claim, as someone else might need to. The police can confirm what happened.
I'm not sure where to go from here. Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks for reading this, I'd really appreciate any suggestions.
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Westpig - I drive a Vauxhall Astra. Does that help?!
To the devil's advocates - Yes I understand there may be other circumstances, but as the police were there, they should have all the stated facts. I need to try and get their report. That would also mean the other people would have to deny liability, but that's not happened yet and is a bridge to cross if or when it happens.
I also understand that it's only my word as to the state of my car before the incident. There's not much I can do about that, but it would be pretty convenient to stumble across a situation that would cause this damage twice, and only choose the second time to claim!! I think it's pretty easy to confirm that the damage is consistent with what happened.
Thanks everyone again. Really appreciate your time.
Just been reading a report of a drink driving offence and was struck by this which I've copied:
"Assistant Chief Constable Jim Green of Strathclyde Police, who is secretary of the Association of Chief Police Officers road policing business area said"
I think I know what each of the individual words "road", "policing", "business" and "area" mean, but put together like this I don't understand them.
In what sense is road policing a business? Is this just more evidence of how comprehensively the plot has been lost? Read more
With all due respect, NC, and even a bit more than that, how can I put it? Er, it's a society, not a machine.
For those in positions of executive authority, political influence or honest basic functioning, the best analogy is that of making a working model of a Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine out of plasticine during a riot in a madhouse at the height of a heat wave.
That sort of thing often involves a bit of swimming against the tide. Not that it's any use of course. But it may well be better than the other thing.
I have recently returned from Prague and was impressed with the way that trams and road vheicles integrated on city centre streets. Can anyone explain how the introduction of trams has gone anywhere? When the trams start running in Edinburgh I suspect the bodyshop owners will be rubbing their hands with glee at the expected increase in work. Read more
Aha, Lud. Presumably that's why my father always referred to the tram as "the rattler". Given that the tram that was the victim of this description was Metrolink's finest...
I have just seen QR stop tail light bulbs in Halfords. What the QR means is not specified, but packaging states "Drivers behind can react up to 50% quicker*.
*Based on 62mph in poor visability. The bulbs are E marked and 21/5w, anyone know what the magic property is to justify the extra cost? Cant be the packaging its only a different colour. Read more
the human eye can see a lit candle from about 12 miles away, how close do we need to see a brake light from?
I caught the tail-end of a programme last night discussing the manufacture of golf balls. I knew that the dimples were there for aerodynamic reasons, but hadn't really thought any further on it, and was surprised to learn that a dimpled ball will fly twice the distance of a smooth one because of boundary layer effects.
If this is so, does it not apply to aircraft and cars (trains, even), or am I missing something obvious? (And if not, I claim intellectual property!) Read more
Sorry JBJ, I meant style as a verb.
Hi,
I have a mercrury cougar (ford) car that is less 10 years old. I have a faulty Computer.
The dealership said that the spare part is not available anymore!!!! and I can't find it in the scrappers!!!
Does car companies has any commitement to insure sparepart avaiilability?
what can I do?
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There's bound to loads of similar places in the US.
Like:-
BBA Remanufacturing Inc
300 Myles Standish Blvd
Taunton, MA 02780
United States
+1 508 822 4490
Fax +1 508 822 4491
us-sales@bba-reman.com
Afternoon Back Roomers!
Hoep you are all well.
Some of you might remember me posting around this time last year, asking for advice regarding what car we should take on the Student version of the Gumball Rally (www.studentbrakeaway.com). we ended up with a J reg BMW 730i, which until the engine gave up, was ideal for the job.
Its that time of year where we are requiring another car for this years rally, which involves us driving to Croatia, via belguim, Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia, and i thought who better to ask for advice than you fine people.
Shortlist so far is;
Lexus LS400
Volvo 960 (3.0 24v)
Mercedes S-Class
BMW 7 Series (again)
Volvo 850 T5
Honda Legend
W124 E Class estate
Please feel free to suggest any others though, bearing in mind our max budget is £1k
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dunno id go for an old hot hatch
something thats been treasured and not been thrashed, hard i know but they are out there
suzuki swift gti or similar would be my choice
I ordered a vehicle approximately 4 weeks back and have since had a change in circumstances which means I want to back out of the deal.. I have yet to sign any financial agreements to my knowledge, only a new car order form which did have some details of montly cost and p/x value. I paid a deposit of £100 which I am pretty sure I'll lose but I can live with that.
Can I expect the dealer to charge me more if I choose to pull out? If so how much?
Or is the new car order form pretty much a financial agreement too? They did mention I would be invited back before the purchase to complete further financial information. Read more
Oh well there's my answer... The company would be looking to charge around £500 for
a cancellation.
You will loose your deposit and tell them to whistle if they ask for the 500
I don't stray too far from home these days (Reading), but I might have to drive to Leicester and back on Friday afternoon this week.
I'm thinking M4/A404M/M40/A43/M1, but I'm a bit concerned about congestion on that route, particulary the A43/M1 bit.
Is it better (i.e. quicker) to stay on the M40 to Warwick and then use the A46/M69 route? Is that going to be lighter traffic on a Friday afternoon?
I'll be leaving about 12, and want to get back home by 6 - I'll be picking up a new car I'm buying there so there will be a bit of faffing about at the dealer. Does this sound a practical round trip in 6 hours?
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Those in the know leave Reading through Emmer Green ......
Actually, those in the know left Reading 6 years ago, after 28 years spent in the hell hole!!!!
Browse
I would not be happy with that.despite preveious repondant's.Implication is the bore's are dry!something akin to doing a wet compression test to check for worn ring's/bore's.Once pressure is reestablished lube reaches pistons and creates a seal.Cannot possibly see how that can be good for bore wear.I think I would be looking for a lubrication schematic for possible flaws/faults.if as respondants say,is normal.then everytime u start u will be massivly accelerating engine wear.if this is norm and designed in i would'nt give the engine much of a life span.