July 2019
An all-party political group is recommending that bioethanol (E10) fuel should be introduced to replace the current lower bioethanol (E5) at present allowed.
The motivation appears to be two-fold: to safeguard jobs in the bioethanol sector, and to reduce carbon emissions... Read more
The collection of cars and spares amassed by a former garage owner in Louth are the subject of an online auction today/tomorrow. It shows you can have too many projects. I am down to one motorcycle and one car which is probably enough!
Here's a link to the auction:... Read more
The registration no. itself might account for most of that, perhaps if someone with those initials wanted it. JFW was also a local Lincolnshire registration.
Looked the registration number up on the vehicle enquiry website. The number isn't recognised....
SP: Hourly rates, the excesive hourly rates are to provide the rubber plant, comfortable seating, free coffee, papers and many staff that main agents have. I used to go to France to have my MB serviced at a dealer there, less than half the price of my local Kent based MB, and I got to go shopping as well! Read more
The info I got from my local VAG dealer is anything registered before 2009 is a 4 year change and anything after is 5 years (on my 15 Passat it's 5 years/150,000 miles). If you let VAG change the belt/tensioners etc they give you a 5year warranty on the work. I have seen some motoring sites imply that it is 4 years across the board for a change but VAG were quite definite that that only applies to the pre '09 vehicles.
It is a very simple matter to fit a temperature warning system to show a driver that his/her DPF was actively regenerating, so best not to switch off the engine, but that would not go down too well with harassed mums delivering their little darlings to the prep-school.
Is that really the best answer you could think of for them not fitting a warning system? Read more
Re : Scratching the surface That question sounds a bit fishy, do police normally send cars and officers to houses after minor bumps in supermarket car parks? I thought the police were underfunded and understaffed. I agree with your advice, which sounds sensible, but it also sounds like there is more to this story. I would just that if you engage a solicitor, it might be worth asking ASDA (or the car park owner) if they have CCTV coverage of the area.
I read council offer MOT services. Can people say why?
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I work for the Local authority and they do the MOT for our fleet and all maintenance at our depot.
The also do the MOT for bus garages in the area a few local haulage firms minicab and the general public. ...
Not motoring related but the above are pretty much the same whatever you buy.
Bought a new watch 29 December 2018, Tissot Powermatic 80, £361 in the sale. Well respected seller with a well known web site but they do have a few branches one of which is only about 15 miles away thus I collected on 03 January 2019.... Read more
Items bought in a sale are still covered by consumer law: the customer is entitled to a refund or compensation EXCEPT if the item has an obvious defect that was pointed out at the time of sale (for example, if you buy an item like an ex-display TV that has a large scratch or chip on the casing which was pointed out at purchase, you can't later try and get a refund because of the scratch / chip. But if the same TV develops another fault, you can get redress.)
2009 we bough a brand new Sony TV for Tesco in their sale. The model had recently been superseded but it had received tops reviews and at the price it was too good to miss. Add to that they gave us £100 PX for an old black and white set out of M & D's loft, no idea if it worked, they bought it in the 70's....
My in-laws are looking to buy a seven seater auto as a family runaround. The choices are Toyota Innova, Rush or Avanza.
Favourite is the Innova 2.8 Diesel auto. Bearing in mind there are no motorways where they live, although it’ll probably have a couple of 60Km round trips every week, are they likely to have DPF problems. I believe all new cars there now conform to Euro 4.
I have posted this question on “The largest motoring forum in the Philippines” but gassing on forums doesn’t seem to be much of a thing over there. You can almost see the tumbleweed blowing through most forums, so I’m not holding my breath waiting for any replies.
Thanks for any advice
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Thanks for all the replies.
So in the end he decided to go for the Avanza with a 1.5 petrol engine. Probably just as well really.
I have just got an email to say my account balance has dropped below the minimum account balance threshold. It does not say what this actually is but I suspect it is £10 as I am a few pence under. Whilst I have used the Dartford Crossing half-a-dozen times this year I did not use it at all in 2017/2018 so do not feel like topping it up until I have only one or two crossings left. To me it seems a ploy to make money from the motorist! What are your thoughts? Read more
Fair enough but you do get 24 hours grace to pay up .
So I put some pads on my car as the brakes were juddering when breaking hard and the pads that were on were worn down to the metal. Drove it about 500 miles to bed the new pads in and obviously as I hadn't slammed on the brakes during the bedding in period, it was then that I noticed they were still juddering. I've since replaced the discs but I'm currently using the same pads.
The drivers side is fine, but the passenger side, only some of the pad is actually being used which I'm assuming is down to uneven wear caused by rubbing against the warped disc. Will this unever wear go away as the brakes are used or would it be best to put new pads on? Like I say, I only did about 500 miles on the pads before changing the discs, Read more
New discs are cheap these days, if you can wait and take advantage of special deals you can get really good quality parts like Brembo/Apec for the same price as unheard of job lots from the usual auction sales sites.
If there's an appreciable wear ridge or a number of wear grooves in the disc then i will always renew the discs at the same time....
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