November 2009
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It will be a long time before this guy attempts to show off his riding skills again -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyBk-NkjqG4&feature=related
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Good post Moonshine, good post.
honda crv 2.0 56 plate 34000 miles. has anyone heard of or had a problem with a clunking noise from the rear of car when applying the foot brake. this noise appeared after having the brake pads changed. and the noise was not picked up when at honda for service although it had been sitting for over a week before service and returned the week later. Read more
In view of the recent flooding, has any Back roomer experience of salvaging a submerged car? Was it possible to get them going again and if so what were the costs and problems involved? I am specifically asking about short duration immersion, not about a vehicle that has been underwater for more than a day.
Some quite nice cars must come into this category each year and I wonder if a bit of patience and TLC could resurrect what an Insurance company might have written-off.
Has anyone actually done this?
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Bell boy
I was using the term "insurance write off" loosely, you understand
cheers
M
Just seen a woman i know carrying 4 children in the back. 3 were wearing seatbelts. She had an adult in the front seat and a child in the footwell. She is also driving with 2 faulty brake lights. Only the middle one in the rear screen works.
So she is carry 2 children with no seat belts, for which i believe carries 3 points £60 fine each
for each faulty light carries ???
and carrying more people than intended ???
any idea what points/fine she will receive if stopped by the police?
wish to make her aware of her actions. They only live up the road so no reason why they can't walk.
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No idea but very often the police seem to go with what ever is the easiest conviction. I suspect in this case there is probably more faults with the car she could get points for too. If two brake lights are out you can guarantee at least one tyre is ilegal. Although I have known them to blow quite quickly after each other.
I took my Diesel LX600van to Citroen for the routine 80,000 mile service that includes cambelt change. They replaced the belt but not the tensioner and pully. and yes, 16 months and 17,000 miles later, the pulley seized, which broke the cam and I needed a replacement engine. When I told Citroen say they deny all responsibility, saying that they check the idler pulley and tensioner and only replace them if they are worn, (although they replace the cambelt whether it is worn or not.)
Can anyone please advise ....Should they have changed the whole cambelt kit at the time of the cambelt change, as otherwise the pulley and tensioner would have to last a total of 160,000 miles until the next cambelt service? Did they also have a duty of care to warn me of the consequences of not replacing the kit as I was blissfully unaware that there was a kit with the cambelt that had not been changed? Read more
My engine management light come on when I decellerate or brake from speeds above 60 mph, this does not occur every time nor does it happen at speeds below 60 mph.
My car is a Vauxhall Astra 1.6 GLS Automatic Read more
mine used to do that. didnt effect the driving though. does it smell a bit rich at tickover. get it code read . if your guessing id go for egr valve. o2 sensor
my c5 as done 272k now anti pollution fault always comes on when engine is running ,with engine management light and service light on , it does go off when dio has been done to find fault only to appear after a few mins down the road , any ideas would be helpful , thx . Read more
Not a tonneau, but a canvas type thing with a frame, as is usual with Land Rover defenders.
Anyone know who sells them in the UK?
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Thanks guys.
Yes Manatee, that's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. I think they're american, but can't find a listing for Isuzu or Chevy Colorado with the right size bed. I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they say.
do you think they'll achieve 1,000 mph?
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8374491.stm
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oops...sorry mods....that'll teach me to read them all before posting...you'd better disable this one
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Wholeheartedly agree AE - my thoughts exactly - it's like seeing a favourite uncle's slow decline.