August 2023
The moral of the story? Not quite sure.
Neigbours 18yr old son saved up, parents and gramps helped get a car, Passed on 2nd attempt,and used car for a few weeks, the 2 weeks on the Costas with family.... Read more
We had this a while back on the A12 near us. It is scary with the potential of a combined speed crash of 70 ish MPH meets 70+ MPH head on.
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>>what it should not be is directing a human being where to go,
I think that horse has bolted. I drove from west Herts to Cromer and back yesterday. I could have found my way there unaided, but I followed Waze for the most part because it knows where the congestion is.
I did overrule it a couple of times.
Of course a large goods vehicle or a caravan outfit is a different case.
I still see the technology as near-miraculous even without route planning. The amazing bit is having a map with a dot on it at your location! Pre-GPS, vast amounts of time were wasted trying to work out where we were.
Why the limit has to move from 30 MPH to 20 MPH and not to 25 MPH?
If we see numbers in km/h then... Read more
The only variance I’ve seen from the current convention is when there’s a coned off lane on a motorway and site traffic is limited to 11mph.
I’d assume that’s the critical speed at which truck/pedestrian interfaces become a whole bunch more serious.
We have at last a new car, one of the last of the previous generation Kia Sportage.
It's ok but Insurance for the car is £234 fully comp, with endless years of ncb, maximun discount.... Read more
We have two Westies - 8 & 15. Self insured. They're Westie number 4 & 5 for us. No. 3 was diagnosed diabetic @ 9. Lived for another 5 years with injections twice a day and after he pegged it I did a quick totting up of the cost - about £4,500, but it wasn't really noticeable at £50ish a month for insulin and needles. And the occasional day at the vet for blood sugar tests.
I can see why some owners like the reassurance of having insurance in place, but dogs are more likely to become ill (as opposed to accidents) as they age and that's the time premiums rocket, just as with humans. The 15 year old (16 next month) has probably cost us around £1k excluding routine servicing. A lot less than the insurance premiums would have been.
As Elekie Doc says, measure them yourself.
Worth the time removing the pads and stencil them by pressing both sides onto cardboard....
It looks as though the UK is going to end up with 3 plants Nissan Sunderland another on Teesside Freeport and the latest at Bridgewater. Here is a brief explanation of what goes into a battery from an Australian non political press.
Australian National Review - You Dig Up 500,000 Pounds of the Earth’s Crust for One EV Auto Battery!... Read more
It doesn't take long on the web to see this article is of questionable accuracy.
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Reading in this week’s AE, the report is asking the question, is ncap making our cars too safe? , new safety systems will require cars to be fitted with future updates that will include sensors that will call the police if sensors detect you’ve left your kids in the car!, a requirement that the doors and windows will still be able to be opened if the car is submerged in water, the next stage will be cameras to monitor the drivers face for distractions or tiredness,, AEB will have to include motorcycle detection, by 2026 more sensors will need to include the detection of fires and monitor drivers vital signs, isn’t it going a bit far….?, or is it a good thing? Read more
Accidents, injuries & fatalities are all showing the same underlying trend - all reducing (Covid skewed the 2020 & 2021 figures because road traffic was significantly down) since a peak in the 1960’s.
I’m not sure how a car (or any vehicle) can be deemed ‘too safe’.
I am not sure if this was discussed here, but for the last few years if you have library card it allows you to read thousands of publications like newspapers and magazines for free and in many languages using an app called Pressreader.
I couldn't believe my eyes how many automotive publications are still out there going strong!... Read more
I was given a Readly subscription as Xmas present from a son.
240 car magazines alone but they are not all in English....
Hi can anyone help please I had a service on my car and after a few weeks I put some engine cleaner to help ,but after a few days the spanner light along with the stop light saying call garage urgently, called the R A C out and he said dpf needed cleaning the done a regen on the car,but the spanner light and stop light are still on however the car drives fine without any issues been down the motorway at speeds of 68 ,70, 75 from Birmingham to Rugby and back again with no problem touch wood, any advice how to take the lights off or is there anything else causing this problem? Would much appreciate any help the car is 60 plate megan dci thanks Quinn you can email any response to cheers
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Probably best not to put your email on a public forum and in any case members who can help will post on the forum.
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I read that PCP has motivated more people to fiddle the mileage on their vehicles before swapping them out, so I'm curious if the mileage counter on the RAV4 is trustworthy or essentially meaningless? Read more
Hyundai & Kia seem to have it the best They centrally log all services and repair work carried out by main dealers, that way if there is ever a question about service history your local Hyundai dealer will share with you a basic print out of service history, My local didn’t provide a print out as the printer was broken but they gave me the service dates and mileages. I think Mazda take the same approach.
So do Toyota as long as it is done at a Toyota dealer/the garage uses Toyota's system. Allegedly this is one of the reasons why Arnold Clark & Toyota separated - AC used their own system & didn't share data.
I can access a very basic service history myself via Toyota's website or app. but I still like to get a stamp in the book at the time.
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