June 2022
Car has been left for 3 days. Was unexpectedly totally flat today, no power at all. I have not experienced any recent problems.
Battery is 5 years old, reads only 3V on a multimeter. Is this battery worth trickle charging or jump starting? Read more
I was driving on a 60 stretch of road the driver in front of me was doing 50 ish I was a safe distance behind the car. Then he slowed down to 30 for no reason I waited for a while the road was clear and I over took the car a seat Ibiza fr. As I over took him, he then accelerated sharply as looked tover my shoulder ( life saver) he was there so I could not move back into my lane. I floored my car to make some space so I could move back in safety but he cept on accelerating. I saw a gap behind him so I braked hard but so I could move back in, but he braked just after me matching my cars speed. I was still on the wrong side of the road for what seemed way to long. I was keeping an eye in the drive who was now laughing. I was becoming more scared by the second. I floored my car again to around to try and get passed him. But he was still there so I braked again but so did he but I was ready for it. I had to floor my car again and I eventually got passed but I was pushing 90 95 to make a space. He was an i****.
Hopefully I haven't got a ticket. I have no points on my license. I like to keep it that way. What can you do in that case. Luckly the road was clear both ways. Between Bala and Dolgellau... Read more
... simply pull over, take a side turn at the earliest opportunity and have 5 minutes break.
I do this when I find myself behind a few cars trundling along several mph below the posted limit. After a minute or two I can continue at my preferred speed and enjoy the drive a bit more (until I catch them up again) :-)
Fair enough. Will they also fine cyclists who don't use cycle lanes and hog the road? Read more
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I have a vivaro van put fuel in it yesterday all good but started and drove off then noticed no panel lights came up when starting engine also speedo and reve counter not working ?... Read more
I would start by disconnecting the battery for 10 minutes. This may reset the system.
The law seems pretty straightforward and the council appear to have made a mistake (or several), but it seems truly surreal to wave a 20 year old 5 litre car into a Clean Air Zone!
(Real World consumption from HJ for a 2006 "Blue Efficiency" model quotes official mpg of 30.1, which I believe may not be achievable in an urban environment, ahem.)
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As far as I can tell, the size of the engine makes little difference, only that it be at least euro 4 compliant. This covers petrol cars from 2006 onwards, but presumably the Merc's engine also complies despite being older. Admittedly it does seem counter intuitive, but various classic cars will undoubtably be much dirtier and thirstier than a 5 litre V8 Merc, and they will also be exempt from the charges.
Indeed so. My dirty old 'historic' TR7 is ULEZ exempt, as is my thirsty eventual classic 2005 6litre Audi. But the well engineered W12 is one of the cleanest engines around - the emissions test at 71,013 miles reads... CO (<0.20%) 0.00, HC (<200ppm) 1. ...
Good morning, last week my wife's car was hit by a car transporter, the car was parked legally and she was not in it. The vehicle has been taken away to be assessed by the insurance company. If it is repaired and then becomes a Cat D, and we get the car back do they recompense the difference in car value, as a 12k car becomes instantly devalued by no fault of our own. If I wanted to trade it in a dealer wouldn't want to know.
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If your insurer decides the car is a write-off, but you choose to have it repaired, they will have lost the salvage value of the car so will pay you less than full write-off value. But if you make that choice early, 'salvagers' are not involved as the car will stay with you. I did this about 5 years ago for the car which remains parked outside (in full running order). You just need to keep your options open, including choice of repairer instead of one chosen by your insurer.
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Last week I managed to drive my car 5 miles with the oil filler cap not attached. There was no oil spray on my engine or under the bonnet, but the engine did start to falter and then there was a huge (and I do mean HUGE) amount of white smoke that exploded out of the exhaust. I stopped, waited 10 minutes after replacing the oil cap, started the engine, and the smoke was still evident. Another 10 minute wait and everything was OK, and has been ever since. Car feels normal again.... Read more
Leaving the oil cap off allows excess air to enter the engine. The injection management system will throw a wobbly and try to compensate for this and over adjust. Can’t see it being a problem in the future.
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We are awaiting our new arrival in November and would like to up our car size. I'm not a car expert or enthusiast by any means, I have been looking at some SUVs tiguan/mg hs/seat 19-20 plate, max 30000 miles, around 20-25k cost. ... Read more
BTL Is it a good idea with bank rate rising, Houses probably at their peak prices for quite a while and GOV now appears to be against multiple house ownership. Need to research responsibilities as a landlord and there are some iffy tenants around that make a hole in any paper profit you may see
Petrol for any car given your stated use, research running costs in view of current fuel prices depreciation etc. If you have the cash buy it, when handing leased cars back you can get stung on things like tyres minor body damage and wear and tear
I'm seriously thinking of buying a mid Life Crisis convertible as I've always wanted one and it's likely to be now or never.
I have a budget of £12k and have narrowed my search down to a few models which I would like some ideas on.... Read more
<< This is the case with the 205 so very little, if any, space is robbed from the rear seat by the hood and mechanism. Same for the MK1 Golf, >>
None at all - even with a power hood the mechanism was tucked away behind the boot trim, in front of the rear wheel arch. Personally I preferred the manual hood as it needed careful folding for a tidy result. IIRC the Golf had a glass screen while the Pug's was plastic, which didn't always last as well ?...
Boris is getting worried about how much acreage is being giving over in the UK to the process of growing grain to produce Biofuel . With the ongoing war in Ukraine there will be a serious shortage of grain to supply the worlds populations. He apparently will bring the the subject up with world leaders ASAP.
So it seems some sort of sensible argument on burning food to burn to give less energy may be about to happen. Read more
Based on 2019 figures to avoid Covid distortions:
- 68m tons total oil use in UK
- 12m aviation
- 36m road transport
- 9m tons to industry, domestic, agriculture, commercial
- 7m tons non-energy uses - I assume plastics, chemicals etc
- 4m tons for refining
HGVs and buses take ~7-8m tons of the road transport - the balance is cars....
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I got a cheapo Chinese pulse charger quite similar to this one except it doesn't do 24V. Was 400NT (about a tenner).
Seems to work....