October 2009
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'Seduced by speed' - now eating prison porridge.
Hope he thinks it was worth it. Read more
..... is it on the increase??
Can't say I've measured it, but I reckon it is.
(Please don't tell me its not wrong!!)
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L'escargot, I have seen plenty of hand signals these days, just not the sort to indicate which direction they are travelling in !
more like the direction other drivers should go ....
my injectors have the numbers EJDR00101Z, and 2S7Q-9K546AH. I need a new set, breakers on Ebay are using the EJD number as the part number, but breakers on partsgateway.com say the 2S7Q number is the part number, and that the numbers must be identical or they wont work in my mondeo! Wont any injectors work, provided they are from a MK3 TDCI and are coded after installation, or do i have to wait and hope that a breaker somewhere will find a mondeo with exactly the same part numbers? Which number is the actual part number anyway, and what is the purpose of the other number?
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If you want to bin your old lid. Read more
I use one of their R1 helmets.
Cracking piece of kit for touring with the flip down tinted visor inside. Very quiet and light too.
My other helmet is an Arai and is quite heavy in comparison but gives the impression (possibly wrongly) it is more substantial due to the extra weight.
Just thinking of changing my car. In a fit of madness, I bought a 3 door 2005 Polo Twist SDI in 2006 from a car supermarket with the idea that I was going to be frugal, saving a fortune in fuel and tax but ended up buying a barge that can be easily overtaken by a milk float.
I'm not a petrol head, but i supposed I was slightly swayed at the time by the the fact that it was the 'newest' car I had ever bought and the reputation of german reliability.
But with the 15,000 miles a year I do on the motorway is terrifying when you are trying to overtake in a car that does 0-60 in about 16 seconds.
I'm upto 63,000 miles and it's time for a cambelt change, probably £350. I've already spent £250 on new Pirelli tyres 6 months ago. Last week, some charming individual decided to kick a side panel with no motive causing £350 worth of dent damage (£100 excess, but no protected NCB).
I can't say for sure what the car is worth, but I might get £3500 for it, more if the damage is repaired. I'm not sure what the part-exchange value is.
My previous cars have all been Mondeos (circa 1995) and an Accord that I owned for years that was deadly dull but oh so very reliable.
I would like 5 doors, size not important but I have no kids, no need to lug anything around. No desire for a convertible, MPV or four wheel drive. I want to buy second hand as I don't really have a large budget to finance the replacement, maybe £2,000-£3,000 max. I really dislike mini-mpvs, especially a hire car Vauxhall that leaked oil over the new drive a couple of years ago.
Before I get the chequebook out for the cam belt, I would welcome any wisdom you might share in choosing a replacement car, should I go down that path. Alternatively, I could drive it into the ground and hand it to the nephew for his university transport.
Here's my criteria (in order of importance) for a car:
1. Has a turn of speed when you need it (overtaking, getting into gaps on roundabouts - that sort of thing)
2. 5 doors
3. Very reliable
4. Not too costly for tax and repairs, nothing too old 4years + (but this is flexible if the car warrants it)
What would you choose, would you private sale, part-ex, buy from a dealer?
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if you want to sell your car, motorhouse 2K in Cannock.
they have a new website just opened a month a go - wewantanycar
they will buy your car cash, leaving you with readies to go purchase another private sold motor and knock them down a little.
you really want a solid motor driving on motorway.
something with a good protective shell around you.
old volvo T5?
Makes you wonder how some people get a driving licence or maybe they're all drunk...
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I am not much better but then I simply park in the furthest most easiest space :D
Hi All
Tomorrow im travelling to Edinburgh for the weekend.
Im Travelling from Darlington so my thoughts where just to nip up the A1 past Newcastle etc - however my dad seems to reckon that its better to go along the A66 (W) up the M6, that way, what do you guys reckon is better ( i have been to Stirling going that way before and i really enjoy the drive, and my dad reckons that there is no point going up the a1 because its single carriageway past Newcastle (more or less) and you will just get stuck behind lorries and it will take just as long
If we where to go up the M6, can anyone recommend somewhere nice to stop and eat ( i dont think i will be taking the "tourist route" that is signposted unless someone could really recommend it
As always Thankyou in advance, and i really apreciate it
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We seem to have gone full circle, Humph, I wont be around long enough to see what will replace the trams when these new tracks are eventually ripped up. Our planners are really on the ball, as usual. Will be interesting to watch the car / tram interaction in the early days of the trams. At least I have easy public transport, (wash your mouth out), links to central Edinburgh.
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They're still going; I've got a friend who works for them. I think they're concentrating on heavy vehicles rather than the smaller private vehicle market.
I have an air noise sometimes coming from the brake pedal, but it goes if I gently "TAP" the pedal.
It doesn't seem dangerous, what is the problem and is it expensive to cure, please.
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At least one of the two internal valves which control the operation of your brake servo is sticking. Modern servos aren't repairable, so, you need to replace the servo.
Sometimes, servos can be damaged by leaking master cylinders, so, check for the presence of brake fluid in the brake cylinder "side" of the servo's diaphragm chamber, and, if any is found, renew the master cylinder too.
Why?
Are they deemed to be an excuse for inattentive driving
Am I meant to crash into someone else instead?
I feel like getting a "six million active sperm on board, please drive into someone else" sign made up.
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Most vehicles with "Dogs in Transit" signs aren't Transits!
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Someone slightly faster than you beat you to it:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=79109&...e
Continue discussion there please. DD