Does anyone know of the total number of jobs that are dependant on motor vehicles? Not just in manufacturing, but everything from servicing, making tax disc holders, valeting, and all the other countless industries and professions that would disappear if the car did.

I am trying to show an eco warrior that his assertion that motoring is subsidised to the tune of £1000 per annum per vehicle by taxpayers is a tad looney.
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Website hasnt been updated for some time. Are they still importing to the UK? I thought the Myii would have been a bigger sales success with the current climate for fuel efficent petrol cars.

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Have a fluid leak in my engine bay, where pipes going into the top of black cylinder type object at front of engine bay, just under plastic engine cover. Fluid collects on the top of here and drips down the front onto the pipes at the front of the engine and onto the botton sill plate behind the radiator.

Could this be caused by a loose pipe, all seem very secure? or something else.

Sorry but i do not know what the bleck part is called - think it is oil that is leaking as it is slightly staining the ground whenever I do a liongish journey and park, doesn't seem to do it after a short journey so fluid temperatuire may have something to do with it.

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OK, those looking for serious and informative motoring-related discussion can leave now. I was bored on the M40 the other day and got to thinking about rear wipers. When they became commonplace in the late 70s, most described an arc of 90 degrees or a little more. In the 80s and 90s, a few designs used a down-up sweep - parked in the vertical position - perhaps to make them less likely to get trapped by snow. Range Rovers had the pivot at the top. Big Toyota estates had two of the things. But the 90-degree sweep was pretty well universal.

These days, rear wipers all seem to be mounted centrally and to sweep almost 180 degrees - many leaving quite a lot of unswept muck at the edges and corners. Does anyone still fit an old-school 90-degree wiper to the back of a current car? Read more

220 Coupe. Dip beam is not working. Car has 60/55W H4 and 55W H1 bulbs fitted ie 2 main beams. Fuses and bulbs tested OK. Side lights and main beam working OK ( both main beams work in each headlight ). Continuity between dip beam bulb and fuses 10 & 11 (dip beam left & right ) is OK. Battery voltage measured when dip beam switch is on, between blue wire at switch and earth. No voltage measured at fuses 10 & 11 with switch on. Are there any relays for dip beam or is it controlled by Multi-function unit?

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