November 2022
Back in Edinburgh for a few weeks. Wandering through a Halfords, noticed some of these. Single hose and gauge, latter in either digital or analogue, with a bit of an "expert system" diagnostic thing apparently going on with the more expensive of the digitals.
They apparently had two .types of refrigerant refill cylinders available, but there werent any on the shelf.... Read more
My car touched the rearview mirror of the white car on the left , but the other white car driver removed the cover of the right rearview mirror, claiming that I damaged it, but judging from the video (15th-40th seconds), after touching it, his rearview mirror was not broken. The white cover is clearly still there. Later, when he got out of the car to check his car with me, I found that his left rearview mirror also had no cover. I felt that his right rearview mirror was originally broken with cover removable, and then he used this opportunity to ask me to replace it with a new one. At present, he wrote down my license plate number and said it was private, but I think that although I touched his right rearview mirror, no actual damage was materialized, because his right rearview mirror was originally broken. He said to send me invoice to replace his right rear car mirror. Do I need to pay or what should i do please?
In fairness, that particular tunnel is extremely narrow.
Since when hasn`t there been an accident in that Tunnel, you still get i****s trying to get through there asap, and being narrow lanes they misjudge the bends which imo are treacherous for some drivers anyway...
The motor industry seems to be in a state of shock to learn the announcement that Euro 7 will be introduced As early as 2025.
Even PHEV s will be affected and will be restricted in their use of EV power to extend the use of their batteries.... Read more
"~2040 expect to see ICE ownership become increasingly marginalised, by which time the newest ICE will be 10 years old"
And will be a niche product priced accordingly....
Knowing that E10 petrol has an adverse effect on fuel consumption and in my case performance is there a case for swapping to E5 petrol ? Read more
I've honestly noticed no difference between E5 and E10 in any respect.
Ditto with my 16yo Mazda3 1.6 petrol. But then the difference between E5 standard and E5 super unleaded was not much noticeable (about 2-3mpg tops) either....
Elon Musk once called the hydrogen car principle the “Fool Cell”.
Is he now planning to manufacture a Tesla hydrogen car from 2024 ?... Read more
It's called green hydrogen because presumably it comes from a non carbon releasing source. Normally hydrogen is produced by splitting methane which releases CO2.
Sure he hasn't. He and the Treasury officials that prepared the statement hoped no-one would bother reading the hefty tome in its entirety or do a word search (if an electronic copy was available).
Fortunately, a FEW good journalists still exist. Thanks Liam (Halligan). Read more
That's because our politicians (of all hues) and officials only like giving subsidies that the well off can make use of.
All the government grants for EVs, so-called 'green' home heating systems and PV panels neve cover anywhere near the full cost to change, and only apply to new products (e.g. cars), when there still is a huge disparity in the purchase cost of second hand EVs, whereby potential buyers couldn't / cannot get grants for home EVs chargers, assuming they had the capacity or space to have one installed at all, which most less well of people don't (live in a flat, etc)....
There is no evidence of a fuel filter change on my 2003 Verso.
is it worth including this on my service due in a few weeks and is it a complex job ? Read more
Thanks for that Doc. I’ll certainly take your advice and just ask my indie to stick to the basics.
I wonder why, in this age of comfortable durable fabrics, the expensive preparation and treatment of cattleskin is widely used for car seats and surroundings. Very few would choose it for chairs in the home - why in cars? I much preferred the fabric of my old cars to the leather of my current one - on which I use a thin cushion.
If it was a cheap way of using a waste product from an edible animal it might make sense....but it isn't cheap. Perhaps I am biased; I remember the petrol fume and tobacco smoke laden stench of old leather invoking a Pavlovian retch response - an associated memory of childhood carsickness. Read more
We are quite often covered in mud at the weekends. Leather seats wipe clean. Works for us.
£20 instead of £0 is hardly a major problem… Read more
advised you wrong all vehicles on public highway must be taxed insured and a valid mot
EV to pay VED - about b***** time too
Why wait until 2025?... Read more
The running cost benefit of electric vehicles is becoming marginal. For instance electricity at a price of 38p per kWh and a real world 3 miles per kWh equals £5.70 to do 45 miles.
My petrol 1.4 litre Fiat does a genuine 45 miles per gallon. Petrol costs me £1.459 per litre, therefore 1.459 x 4.546 (litres in a gallon) equals £6.63 to do 45 miles.
Then take into account electricity prices rising further in April '23 and the economic incentive is definitely under question.
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Liquefaction pressure of CO2 at room temperature is about 850 PSI, I believe.
CO2 powered airguns are therefore lower powered than those powered by springs/gas rams or diver's bottles.