June 2023
Some one near us went on a continental road trip on his motorbike with some pals. He had a nasty accident requiring a hospital stay and an operation. Thing is the insurance company won't pay out as the CC of the bike was higher than covered. £25K, maybe there is a a way out of this but shows us all to be very careful that insurance covers all aspects of a foreign trip. Read more
I don't know what they're complaint about - I got a Renault Kadjar once.
I’ve seen a 66 plate 30kw Mk I Nissan Leaf for sale locally(ish) for £8,200 - before I kick him with my size 9’s. Say I get it for £8,000 tops (I’d be aiming for £7,700) that works out at around £150 a month for a bank loan. Now, currently I spend around £160 a month on fuel for old Terrance the Toyota plus £250 a year to tax him and he’s getting old and probably will need some money spending over the next 4/5yrs.
On paper it makes complete sense to flog the Avensis and to buy this cheap Leaf. It more than covers itself on fuel and tax savings alone and that’s without me factoring in the money I’d get from flogging my current car, as I’ll probably spend what it gives me on something a bit retro to play with.
I do go hill walking and use the car occasionally to transport my mountain bike but these are rare occasions and I usually go in the someone else’s car and chip in for fuel. These are the only occasions where the 90/100 mile real world range of the older gen 30kw Leaf wouldn’t manage in my lifestyle. It would offer free travel to and from my work and mean effectively a free car purely from fuel savings.
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I hanker for something I wanted as a teenager. A nice mild/hot hatch from the 80’s or 90’s would be grand, ditto a rep mobile from the same era.
I got myself a present last Christmas : a Pug 205 GR 1.4 with 77K on the clock, complete service history and one lady owner from new (31 years - not many like that) .... It's had some fettling and looks pretty good for its age. Cost a bit over a grand.
Sorry I could not understand correctly. You mean to say a salvage car exporter from UK to Japan and the same vehicle imported back to UK?
No The car was made in Germany but had a damaged panel so never made it to Japan but was sold to me in the UK by a salvage company. The car was never salvage and I registered it new having repaired it. It was a 1.8t petrol in metallic silver. I expect it ended up in the UK as it is right hand drive as is Japan
The school cat is no longer a mouse catcher, it has morphed into something that sits at a scool desk ( ignored spell check ) and gives the teacher a hard time A senior head has described the current situation in our scools as ""adult authority long gone"" This is probably only going on in relatively few schools but it does make you wonder what they are feeding them on in the school canteen. This country has lots of problems and most start at a very young age. It is time to exclude the few from our classrooms and let those who want to be educated get on with it. Society should not allow all these minority fractions young and OLD to dictate to the majority Read more
This reminds me of the time I had a date witn a girl who identified as a wheelie bin....
I have some sympathy for him, though no doubt some would call him thin skinned.
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The whole business is a chef trying to make a name for himself and get free publicity. He has now attracted the attention of a militant animal liberationist and the pair of them have been in and out of the media and the courts thus getting both of them the attention they crave.
A unresolved dilemma was hinted at in the recent tyre replacement/repair thread, mercifully shut down before someone told us tyres were our only contact with the road,
Its long been the official advice, from many authoritative sources, that the “best tyres go on the back” lets assume that this refers to somewhere wet, so that “best” can reasonably be taken to mean newest, with most tread.
Although this seemed to be discounted by all other posters in the thread, I find this advice convincing, having “lost the back end” of a couple of FWD cars due, I THINK, to lift off engine braking in slippery conditions.
I THINK the official advice is also that a blowout on a rear tyre is MORE dangerous than one on the front, and here Im less convinced, partly because it seems counter intuitive, and partly because I was once a passenger in a Commer van (not the most stable looking vehicle) that bust a rear tyre on the A1and no one noticed until the remains caught fire. Quite difficult to put out.
This is awkward because better bust on the back (IF valid) conflicts with best tyres on the back (which is valid) complicating a decision.
Mods please note: I am NOT trying to bypass your lockdown and revive the Recieved Opinion fest on new v used or repaired, etc, where Im happy in my heresy. Im raising a specific point im unsure of.
Opinion is of some interest
Experience is of more interest
Reference to authoritative sources would be the Gold Standard
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If needed brake hard and let the ABS kick in.
Seems likely that, in the case of a blowout, that would get you dead, since braking is VERY well known to be the worst thing you can do, and braking with ABS is still braking....
Can anyone recommend how to approach the council or other ways to avoid the danger of pulling out of a driveway when there're cars or worse vans parked either side? We've had a close call once too many times. I know some people put concave mirrors up, but is there any other way? The Council weren't helpful, but this time I can send pictures. It's not the neighbours fault as they can park there, and if not them, some other people just park. I'm at my wits end and with 2 small children in the back, my heart nearly stops edging out. Plus any car that does wait then get impatient and suddenly zooms past. Thank you for your thoughts - please! Read more
If you reverse into a Supermarket parking space you then leave no access for putting your shopping in the boot!
Local LIDL have a central pathway. I reverse up to it and unload the trolley....
Hi guys,
I have received NIP today. It is for my old car that i have not driven for about three weeks now. Currently trying to sell that car. Date of the speeding offence is 17/06/23. I was not driving that car on that date or even my new car on that road on that date. I was driving my new car around that date, close to that road. Is it possible I was speeding near by on different date (which I can't recall) driving my new car, but NIP arrived for my old car, different date and road? I am very confused. NIP says I was driving 58mph in 40 zone. I am very confused! Read more
I had a similar incident where a speeding ticket turned up for my BMW 5 series which was immobile no battery fitted to car, on my private driveway and had been for 6 months.
I found the nearest police station in London to where the offence was committed, reported it as a crime and got a crime number. Replied to the speeding ticket with the crime number, never heard another word.
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I fail to see how it is the lorry's fault if there was a sign already laid down on the carriageway.
Whilst i agree with you (the sign could have been spat out from under the vehicle in front of him, its not as if the thing fell off the lorry through being insecured), if the lorry operator is anything like the company i work for, if you submit the footage to the transport manager with photos of your damage i think as does Gibbo there's a good chance they will stump up so long as you mitigate the claim...ie not expecting a brand new X5 credit hire courtesy car whilst the bodyshop park your car in a corner for 3 months.
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They would only have had to pay the 'board and lodging' costs - around €20/day, if I remember correctly.