January 2010
Under the cover of 'elf and safety, a large company has instructed its employees to reverse in to parking places or face disciplinary procedures.
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Hi,
I had a small accident, it got repaired by authorised repairers etc so is pristine etc
Do i declare this when selling the car? Im trying to sell privately and seeing what dealers can offer too...
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i want to get my spent indorsments removed from my licence but my photo is due renewel in just over a year .
can i send a new photo with the form and get both done at the same time?
and do i need to get the back of the new photo signed by a witness or is that for first time applicants only? thanks zoo Read more
AE
I think you meant to say you misplaced your licence.
Losing your licence is a lot more serious!
I have a Mercedes C Class ('Spirit') R-reg (1998). The problem I am experiencing is with the windscreen wipers:
On the 'intermittent' mode, it begins and stops in the middle of the windscreen as oppose to covering the whole windscreen. On the 'half speed' and 'full speed' it operates normally i.e. covering the whole windscreen.
Question: On the intermittent mode when it stops in the middle of the screen, are there any adjustments I can make so that it operates normally?
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When my old Cavalier suffered this sort of fault only on intermittent wipe it was the wiper relay in the fuse box that needed replacing.
I can think of a few!
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Exceptional exceptions excepted old boy.
Will this work?
Assuming I can identify a vehicle with a 15 week delivery
Probably NOT a Buggati Veryon though
Kia Ceed more like Read more
Not sure what the question is here? Can you elaborate?
I?m planning to drive to Lake Maggiore (Italy) in the last week of June. I?ve driven to Northern Italy before a couple of times ? Lake Garda and Venice ?via the Mont Blanc tunnel (before the fire) and more recently to Venice via Austria, and the Brenner Pass into Italy. However the Innsbruck/Brennerpass route is too far east for L.Maggiore and I?m not keen to use the Mont Blanc tunnel due to the weekend delays. One of the apartment owners suggested a route using the Lotschberg Car transport tunnel. I?ve never heard of this tunnel but it does avoid Mont Blanc tunnel.
www.bls.ch/e/autoverlad/goppenstein.php
This is a drive on (similar to Eurotunnel but with open trucks) car transporter train that costs 16euros e/w and takes 15 minutes and runs from Kandersteg to Goppenstein where you drive off and complete your route into Italy via the Simplon Pass.
So ? has anyone used this? Or the Simplon Pass? I?m assuming the pass road will be fine in June.
Does anyone drive to Italy and have a favourite route?
At the moment I?m favouring going Calais?Lille-Mons-Namur-Luxembourg- Metz-Mulhouse (toll free so far), paying the 40 CHF Swiss m/way tax and continue via Basel-Bern-Thun-Kandersteg-Lotschberg Tunnel-Simplon Pass- and autostrada S33 to L.Maggiore. I?ll probably take a slow drive down taking 2 overnight stops but just one on the return..
I?d welcome any comment from anyone with recent experience or route suggestions.
Jacks
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I went through it southwards on a motorbike in 1987. Great experience, although you sit in a small passenger compartment not actually "in the open" on the bike! Great view when you come out on the Vallais side and ride down to the valley floor.
I've also been through it several time more recently as a normal passenger when travelling to Italy from Switzerland and back on the "Transalpino". This is the Italian tilting train that runs from Basel to Milan. You may remember us Brits invented this technology back in the seventies, but as is often the story in too many cases, we didn't have the guts to finance the job properly and sold the technology to our European cousins. We now buy these trains back from Europe, (but that's not motoring related)!!!
As the title I am booked to go on a ski holiday to the Chamonix / Argentiere area first week in March. I understand I will need snow tyres as it is a legal requirement. My car handbook (Fiat Bravo Sport 2007) says wheels unsuitable for chains however all advice seems to point to "micro" chains being ok (they are 9mm thick).
Has anyone ever used them? Also, I understand that they tend to be very good at keeping the roads clear in and around the resorts, anyone had any experiences around there? Thanks Read more
Have to agree with Peter Steele's sentiments. I've done a fair amount of driving up into ski resorts over the last few years.
What I've found it that although the signs say you must be carrying chains to go up the mountain, in reality few people (and crucially, the locals) actually carry them. Putting them on is very tricky and time consuming, and you just end up having to take them off again as soon as you come to a ploughed stretch....
Hi all,
I have a Laguna 1.9 DTI alize, the temperature light on the dash is coming
on intermittently and the footwell in the passenger side is wet, i have to keep
putting the heater on to clear the windows as they keep steaming up. however
the engine temperature is normal (halfway) and i am not losing any any
coolant from the expansion tank, it always seems to be full to the max line.
It is an air con model but it has never worked since i had the car (2yrs)
any advice much appreciated
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many thanks peter for your advice, i will continue to drive it then as it
doesn't smell too bad and there are no engine temperature issues at the moment
Ie my ould Galaxy
was going powerful well
Just the stopping was a bit ............non existent
So £156.00 later we are good to go & stop again
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I don't believe any motoring is cheap unless you do all servicing and repairs yourself, but then you still have the cost of an MOT, road tax, insurance, fuel, ... I believe no matter what car you buy, you should add £1000 to your budget to compensate for unexpected problems (more if its an old luxury car like old 7 series, old s class, etc). Then it's not so much of a worry when things need repairing, since you've already budgeted for it.
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The company should have a "dont employ stupid techies" rule.
and a
"Business continuity and recovery rule"