August 2009
sorry if i'm asking a stupid question but where is she?
she is on the list of mods.
i was looking in help at the list of mods as i had noticed rtj70 had edited one of my posts but you aren't on the list.
how many mods are there?
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Earlier this year on a windy January afternoon I was side swiped swiped by a mini bus on a duel carriageway. I was overtaking the mini bus and as I came level with the bus the road bent to the right and it cut the corner
The Driver claimed she was pushed off course by a gust of wind
Now the insurance company wants me to accept that the bus driver was not to blame and to accept that I should be liable for the damage to my car - about £1200 to my RX8 - which will result in my loosing no claims discount of 20%.
Has anyone else have had weather related claims experience
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Presumably if it wasn't a windy day the bus might have hit a pot hole with similar unfortunate results instead..the excuse is rubbish.
The driver is supposed to be in control of the vehicle, especially applicable to a professional carrying passengers, and countering such things as side winds is part of the job.
If you hopefully have a witness that the bus suddenly cut the corner into your lane then i can't see the insurers problem.
By the way PS did i misread your post above, are you claiming from your own insurance company, if so why?
Hello.
Some may be aware that i bought an expensive personal reg for my modest Mercedes. That issue has been resolved, however, I've had second thought re getting this reg on to my car.
Reason for this, the reg is very easily memorable, so any close encounter with one or more of todays road rage experts could easily result in your car being easily recognise at a later date by these easily wound up lot. So before you are any the wiser, a fist through your window?
I'm seriously considering getting my drivers side window fitted with a clear security film.
Dopeople think I'm a bit OOT in my thoughts?
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And if makes it more difficult for the neds to break your window, then it will be the same for the Fire & Rescue Service. The difference will be that the neds will want to take your life from you, whereas the Fire & Rescue wll be trying to save it.
Occasionally on the TV I see someone getting into the back of a chauffeur driven car and I think: now I would like that.
Obviously, you'd need the appropriate car to make it worthwhile, and I'm not ruling out taking the wheel myself from time to time, but if money were no object would you enjoy being driven around?
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In my market research days in the sixties I nearly started a company with a friend who was significantly madder than I was. I felt we could do really well testing advertising if our company car was a white Edsel driven by a cool black chauffeuse. I knew that advertising men would get the joke and find it irresistible. Unfortunately my friend didn't really get it. The poor fellow was from Cheshire after all.
In my childhood I went sometimes in cars driven by military drivers or chauffeurs with peaked caps. The former could be rough but the latter were always good drivers, discreet, smooth and brisk. When I was a nipper and we lived abroad my father had a local driver for his service car. His driving must have been all right because my father sometimes let him drive. He also made him climb trees for rare orchids and shovel elephand dung into sacks for the garden. He didn't seem to mind so I suppose bungs were involved.
Tycoons' chauffeurs lead a pretty boring life. They often have to sit in the car doing nothing for hours at a time.
...that it is easy to see you.
So put your headlights on in the heavy rain, please. The spray on the A38 earlier today was fog light worthy.
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How about mandatory auto lights,
I believe that they are already their way. Daytime running lights will be mandatory in EU in 2011
Now, call me sad............but there was a really interesting prog on Radio 4 Thursday evening re WD40. Worth listening to on iPlayer.
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It is good for joint pains. I would use it more but fear dermatitis.
Are their any catches when buying from them and what percentage above the average price would you expect to pay for the extra service level they are offering ?
I have gleaned the following over the phone this evening, not had a chance to inspect vehicle yet.
They say they have just given the vehicle a full 40k service, issued a new mot and it has 6 mths tax to run. Mileage is 10k under the average for a 5 yr old car and I am told it is in excellent condition. Two previous owners, full service history, they sold it to last owner, who has sold it back to them.
They say they give a no quibble 12 month guarantee for parts and labour (except for perishables) and that they don't exclude repairing or replacing parts on the basis that they would be deemed to have worn out on an average vehicle of that age and mileage.
I don't mind paying a bit over the odds if they do what it says on their tin.
However I have a suspicious mind after previous experiences in buying fromback street independents whose guarantees aren't worth the paper they are written on once you return to them and they
invoke the small print.
Is there any real way to ascertain the full service and should I press to speak to previous owner? (mainly to ascertain that their story of respectable retired golf playing gentleman is true)
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Assuming you're talking about a franchised dealer, then I'm sure they will have to have met a list of the car manufacturer's requirements to obtain the franchise.
Just bought a Old Cherokee 155k But full jeep SH Some times it appears to jerk & make a noise whilst on full lock any ideas? Read more
ps pump goosed?
Why dont people accept these days that mechanical components wear out just like they always have
Its seems that many people think that a code read can replace worn metal bits
Strange times
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or have proper professional tyre fitters now gone the way of most things?
I think they must have, thats how I sussed it after a tyre shop removed the tyre claiming bead leak, but put the original (duff) valve core back in!
The original problem was that the heater/aircon fan continued running after the engine was switched off, eventually flattening the battery. The garage's (Vauxhall dealer) reponse was to replace the air conditioning control unit. This did not cure the problem and introduced a new fault - the airflow is now wrongly directed, for example I have to select the windscreen vents to get air to come out of the fascia vents.
The car is back in the garage. They have replaced a resitor but now seem to have no idea what to try next.
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Sorry the list needs updating will sort it now.
The list was updated previously and is correct.