July 2012
(This was originally entitled 'Epic Fail', which told nobody what it was about.)
A conference on Parking for (Private and Council Parking) invited Martin Cutts of the Plain Language Commission to give a speach, bearing in mind Martin has had a few run ins with the Private Parking Industry and especially their trade organisation the BPA his choice was a little odd. They asked for a copy of his speach in advance but he refused and they still allowed him to speak...
Here is a link to his speach, well worth a read especially bearing in mind it was given to an audiance predominantly from the private parking businesses and a couple of BPA executives were seated at the top table having also given speaches. They're going all out for PR at the moment as the law changes later this year giving the BPA a bit of authority...
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/plcdev/files/138/original/CuttsTalk10July2012copy.pdf
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A conference on Parking for (Private and Council Parking) invited Martin Cutts of the Plain Language Commission to give a speach, bearing in mind Martin has had a few run ins with the Private Parking Industry and especially their trade organisation the BPA his choice was a little odd. They asked for a copy of his speach in advance but he refused and they still allowed him to speak...
Here is a link to his speach, well worth a read especially bearing in mind it was given to an audiance predominantly from the private parking businesses and a couple of BPA executives were seated at the top table having also given speaches. They're going all out for PR at the moment as the law changes later this year giving the BPA a bit of authority...
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/plcdev/files/138/original/CuttsTalk10July2012copy.pdf
Enjoy! Read more
Duplicate thread.
Hello
I have had my pre reg 61 plate Ford Fiesta Titanium 1.4 TDCI for 3 months (3500miles) and the economy is fine despite the label saying 68.9mpg (107g/km). I am very happy with it and my driving style means that 70ps is more than enough for me! I notice many people on here have cars with this unit and say its underpowered and thirsty lol
I notice in some literature that there is a latest version that is rated at 104g/km which equates to 70.6mpg - not a huge leap and still falls short of the magic tax exempt point.
Cars advertised with such amazing claimed fuel economy do not deliver at all eg the latest 1.6 TDCI econetic that offers 86 mpg and the Kia Rio certinaly does not return 88 either.
I was wondering what improvements does the latest 1.4 version have over mine not that I’m bothered the latest version is going to be replaced again later this year when the revamped version comes up.
I doubt very much it will have stop start and brake regeneration otherwise the claimed figures would be much bigger. I get between 57-61mpg and the engine has yet to be run in.
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Fiesta TDCi's carry high discounts, see examples of actual OTR prices below :
(standard spec.)
1.4 TDCi Edge 5 door - £10381
1.4 TDCi Titanium 5 door - £11950
1.6 TDCi Edge ECOnetic 5 door - £11480
1.6 TDCi Titanium ECOnetic 5 door - £12950
My current VW 2003 Passat estate provide loads of head rooms to the dogs residing in the boot space (very large breeds), I remember when I bought the car eight years ago or so most estates we looked at had a ‘big tall’ room in the back. As we are looking to get a new estate we noticed that all the current crop of estates got a slopping or slightly slopping roof at the back.
When we tested the A4 avant and the Volvo V60 both of our dogs couldn’t sit upright without touching the hatch glass above them.... Read more
The downside of a near-vertical tailgate is that the aperture is narrower top-to-bottom. Years ago I managed to get a large kettledrum into my Renault 20: it wouldn't fit through the tailgate of a Volvo 240 estate.
But in some cases the stylist has been allowed to have his head too much: rear visibility is compromised as well as space because of the need to look trendy.
Hi.
The cabel within my Land Rover Freelander drivers side window has broken. Is there a way it can be fixed without specalist tools or needing expensive parts? I have removed the door cover but it looks asif the pannel is a fixed unit and i dont know how to remove it. Any advice appreciated. Read more
Try these people
www.pca1.co.uk/index.htm
I have a 2008 facelift model X-type 2.0D with 89,000 miles. The extended manufacturer's warranty expired a few days ago so I had the car checked out by the main dealer and no faults were found.
I took it for a drive yesterday and I noticed when braking at the end of the road there was a banging noise from the back of the car - almost the sound of something like a worn bush (I had a similar 'tapping on a biscuit tin' like sound from the back of my 1995 XJ6 X300 many years ago). However this noise is not present at all when driving without braking so I guess this must be some issue with the brakes. It is very strange as the car was fine before. The only thing I noticed when reversing the car out the drive was that it felt as though a brake was sticking when I tried to move it. I hadn't used the car for a week or so before and I've had this issue before on my previous 2002 X-type 2.5. ... Read more
Moved to Technical.
My wife has recently bought a new car and has taken out insurance (using her NCB) with a different company from which we used on her old car.We are in the process of selling her old car and having paid for the insurance in a lump sum on the old car presume we are effectively still insured for both cars.Is this the case ? I have heard you cant have two policies or use NCB on different policies ? I suspect if i rang the old cars insurance company there would be some sort of charge which I dont really want to incur on a car that I am hoping to sell soon. Read more
>>How much more knowledge and prior intend do you want for gods sake
I don't anything thanks. Nor do I care overly.
I want to try and save on getting engine oil, oil/air filters and plugs changed. I wanted to find out how I could do that and what tools I would need.
I believe the oil filter is right at the front of the engine behind the radiator and the air filter is to the left side of the engine, however I cannot figure out the way for changing oil. Plus I also could not see where the plugs were and how to get to them.
I would greatly appreciate if I could be advised on the above and tools I would need, as that would save me around £180 every year and change my oil more often without having to spend to much.
Thanks and regards,
Abid Ghufran. Read more
Hi Abid,
These jobs are fairly easy with a reasonable tool kit. The 406 does have a large plastic engine bay cover theat covers the underside of the sump etc. It has to be removed when you change the oil & filter. You will need a special socket for the sump plug and a good motorist shop will sell you one along with a strap type filter removing tool. A good purchase would be a Haynes manual which will help guide you through these tasks and will be a sound investment for you....
Hi Guys,
Recently purchased the golf in the title as my first car, the engine runs really nicely on it but i have some issues on start up.
it has started everytime first time but sometimes the car decides sounds a little like it is struggling with lower toned "wurr wurr" kinda noise, and as soon as the engine first turns over sometimes there is a higher pitched short and sharp noise, that sounds kinda maybe like rubber catching against metal at a guess?
i have had one person suggest the higher pitch noise is the starter motor and that its not really anything to worry about apart from it being an annoying noise
im just wondering whether i should pay to have the car checked out and potentially look at having the starter motor replaced? or is there soemthing i am missing that is perhaps more likely responisble for the issues
am very much a car novice so would appreciate any advice, just dont wanna get caught out with a car that wont go anywhere
on a different topic, i drove to work the other day and the interior light decided to flick on and off which was seemingly dependant upon how much i accelerated.. couldnt turn it off, but it has not done this again yet... that more likely going to be the door switch issue?
thanks,
joe Read more
Hello beackroom
Is there a method whereby a vehicle is converted to run on LPG, and this system can be used to bring air conditioning to the vehicle itself. I have noticed that LPG is very cold as a liquid and it would be good to use this for the cabin.... Read more
The issue you have is the massive range of fuel flow rates from idle to peak power. This makes it difficult to size the heat exchanger. If you size it get a decent temperature drop at idle then it would be swamped at full power and would ice up. If you size it to cope with full power then you don't get a decent temperature drop at low fuel flow rates.
The air conditioning tends to work hardest when the car is started from rest-when it is usually running on petrol...
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Private parking conference seem new to me in fact i never been went to any conference like that but in Finland i seen a private parking at http://www.parkkikontrolli.fi/ where they are really doing well about it.But i think it is better if they are going to attend some conference like this in order to learn more about private parking stuff.