July 2021
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I'm in the market to get a new Honda CR-V after our one was written of a month ago :(... Read more
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I'm guessing that if a HGV / Van / Car hits you from behind at 70mph while you are in the car and stationery, your chances of survival are nil. Can't see what could be done to car designs to protect the occupants.
Hardly!. If an HGV hits a small car, or a 7 seater with the rear row occupied, your chances wouldn't be great. But from there on, the severity of injury is going to change depending on the size and weight of the stationary vehicle compared to the size and weight of whatever hits it. For example, if the stationary vehicle was an S Class Mercedes with only front seat occupants, I very much doubt even an HGV would cause serious injury (unless the HGV ended up on the roof of the car) to them. And if our Suzuki Ignis were to hit the back of that S Class doing 70mph, it would probably just bounce off!.
We are going to replace our driveway gates. There is a mature sycamore on each side.
Parts of the gates become sticky with goo from the trees.... Read more
BBC South is my local region and this record attempt has been covered a little on the local news although I'd be interested to see a proper dedicated programme. Not covered in the clip below was the faulty charger at Gretna which nearly scuppered the attempt.
So slightly better than a horse, but not that much better. Yeah that's progress. The horse would of course be even greener.
The horse most definitely would not be better. We know this as an absolute fact because we have been there before. In the late 1800's most big cities were literally drowning in manure, there were huge environmental and health problems as a direct result. ...
Is a high mileage BMW a money pit or can they go the distance if properly and religiously serviced: auto gear box service say at 70k, regular oil changes say every 10k etc etc. A full BMW service history in my opinion is worthless as so little is done and what is done is done at length service intervals. YTOu could buy a BMW at a dealer with FSN at 45k miles and its only had two oil changes - ridiculous. Some independent specialists religiously follow BMW service schedules and some do not, so even quality varies amongst independents. As HJ repeats so often every car needs an oil and filter change at 10k or once a year.
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Despite my advice, oldest son bought 57k miles BMW series 3 saloon full BMWSH
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Need two new tyres. Looked at tyre reviews was thinking of investing in all season tyres, though it would mean replacing all four. Only need two replacing, so at this time i won't invest in all season tyres. It's a minefield so many tires to choose from, i'm low mileage user. School runs, and around town.
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I've merged the threads in this forum.
Got a monitored alarm and just got the renewal price of the contract of £598 which struck me as steep. Never thought to shop around and can't seem to find any comparison sites for this. Anyone swapped their monitoring company for a better price?
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would have expected some systems to be more generic and to be able to interface with smart phones via the internet and an app, so end users like you can monitor them, as long as the phone is on.
Many systems come with a SIM inside which can dial designated phone numbers if intrusion is detected. Of course, you have to make sure there is enough credit in the SIM to be able to dial you. ...
I’m looking to buy a last of the X250 XF 3.0 Diesel. I searched through the MoT history of one car and saw that it had an advisory for: "Fluid leak, but not excessive rear differential (8.4.1 (a) (i)) on its first MoT 3 years ago at only 20,000 miles. This advisory is not mentioned again on future MoTs. The car has a full Jaguar service history and has been serviced 3 times at the main dealer since this advisory.
I was just wondering if there is a known problem with the rear differential on the 2015 XF? I understand that there was a problem with the 2009 XF but am I right in assuming this would have been resolved by 2015? ... Read more
I think its a common issue. My late 2014 XF had the same issue and the whole diff unit was replaced under warranty. This was a few years ago now when it was in warranty.
Spun bearings seems to be more of a worry on those engines!
Hi. My car is Honda Jazz Automatic 2010 year model.
Back in July 2019, the car passed the MOT at Honda garage with advisory saying:... Read more
Not really sure what your point is?.
2019 it needed the nearside one done, 2 years later it needs the offside one done. What is the problem?. ...
Hypermilers in the USA with their ubiquitous automatics have long been familiar with this technique which I have used for many years. Here is an extract from one of their forums dated June 2008....
Here is a little tid bit on a technique that was taught to me while I was in the military (ARMY) for all of 14 years. The technique pulse and glide was born during WORLD WAR II when the greatest effective method in a war is to ambush fuel and ration supply convoys i.e trucks that was sent to refuel tanks,armored vehicles and troop transport vehicles.
Soldiers improvised and learned to use techniques the lead to fuel rationing and effectively increasing the Mpg's.
I was taught a modified version of pulse and glide
technique. and I have using pulse and glide ever sense 1996.
Which is PULSE= steady footing on that gas pedal and never I never repeat going above 2000 rpms ( keep your cool) GLIDE= coasting in neutral on all declines...... Read more
<< My longest downhill run in neutral would have been in 1964, in my Morris 1100, on holiday in the western States. Americans are very good at engineering long steady gradients, and we trundled for 11 miles down one somewhere in Utah.
Morris 1100 must have been a pretty unusual car in the US even then. Not Citroen DS "starship" advanced, but quite far out compared to the local product. >>...
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I have a real hankering for a 190. Weirdly though, the specific version I'd like is the 2.5D!. ...