February 2024
One advantage with ride sharing apps like Uber is that the price is known beforehand.
With metered taxi, there is no way to guess what the final price is going to be.... Read more
I understand from a news item that the proposed introduction of Euro 7emission standards has been postponed until 2030 by the EU.
I can't find any recent reference to this on HJ or national news sites in the UK.... Read more
‘Seems funny that the UK is sticking with 2025, Normally the UK just agrees with everything the EU comes out with.’
I’m not sure how we implement the regulations five years before the EU - no manufacturer is going to develop new technology for the UK alone, then roll it out for the rest of the EU 60 months later.
It’s 2030 according to the EU themselves - www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231207...s
This week our current insurer Direct Line has sent us a renewal. Nissan Micra 2007 up 63%, set Alhambra 2016 up 52%. We have more than 9 years no claims... Comparison websites have shown similar if not more expensive increases. Excess offered at over 50% of the original cost of the premium. Who can I complain to? Read more
My Direct Line renewal went up by around 50% too, but half an hour on t web soon had a quote that was lower than last years premium. Shop around, there are firms who are capitalising on the financial suicide the big names are suffering from. No one should renew with a firm showing such blatant greed, vote with your feet.
Hi all, this only started recently, dipped beams dont work, everything else does, mains, fogs, DRLs, sides...
So bulbs are fine?... Read more
Wouldn't an Auris of this age have twin filament H4 bulbs?
Just been rear ended whilst stationary at a roundabout. Guy admitted he wasn't looking forward he was looking left, gave his details bar his insurance company (quick MID check confirmed he is insured) and we both went on our way.
I reported the incident to the police, got the log number and now not sure what to do regarding making a claim as my insurance is due for renewal next month. I've been led to believe this could really bump up my insurance as it would be an ongoing claim during renewal.... Read more
I was once stopped in an outside lane on the motorway and a car back ended me at speed, but the damage to a brand new fiesta was only marks on the bumper, no other damage. £150 sorted. The young lady paid for it rather than me put her through insurance hell.
What a ridiculous statement. If you had been "back ended" at speed when stationery, the Fiesta would have been destroyed and you would have been seriously injured....
Hello people of the world, does anybody have any recollection of this vehicle mk4 1998 fiesta zetec automatic 42,000 miles... just recently purchased as a little project.. just curious to know ? ?? Read more
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Hello all.
We live on a crescent with multiple bends (sounds odd for a crescent I know) and it is fairly narrow with no parking restrictions but has wide pavements, so people park semi on the pavement and it allows both traffic and pedestrians access. The road is also a route taken by parents walking their children to the nearby school.... Read more
You will never get physical presence to enforce. Most police forces now accept videos of bad driving and will send out NIPs if they deem it poor, so dashcam, gopro etc and submit the evidence to them.
Now on my second ford fusion which quite frankly has been nothing but trouble since I bought it,so I'm now looking for something else. The only trouble is I have arthritis and have difficulty getting in and out,which is why the ford fusion is great. I've narrowed it down to a honda jazz,c3 picasso or a Skoda fabia. But I'm wondering if there's a estate that I could get in and out of,cheap to tax and run. Mainly i just go about the town but I need the room for grandkids and the dog. My budget is £2000 it's all I can afford so needs to be cheap to any suggestions? Read more
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The recent;y announced crack-down on eyesight testing, especially among the elderly (and I count myself as one!) has more than likely been made as a result of the modern trend to fit LED headlights to new cars, and also to retro-fit old ones. Virtually everybody I know, old and young, complains about the dazzle from them. The regulations were written so long ago that LEDs had not reached the brilliance they now have. They might very well obey the regns. as regards the number of Lumens emitted, but they still dazzle, and no doubt accidents have been caused (but of course nothing can be proved...)
And don't get me started on the number of cars, vans, lorries and even buses, with one dead headlight! Being "old school" I always flashed my headlights when a car approached at night with no lights on, and now I increasingly do so to cars with only one. And they are often LED - so much for their vaunted longevity! Read more
Fabia has halogen projectors and they are tat, possibly the worst lights since the 70's....
I'm just about to purchase car insurance after my first year of driving.
So just to check I can claim one year's worth of no claims correct, even though technically it has not been a whole year yet if that makes sense? Because obviously by the time I purchase new cover it will be a whole year - as long as I don't need to make a claim until my current insurance ends (13 March)...... Read more
Apparently the premium quoted will often increase as renewals draw closer.
If you wait until the existing policy is about to expire they will assume you are (a in panic buying mode, and (b) disorganised which may be reflected in your driving....
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Last 5 week trip to Spain I left my car at the airport - Silver Zone, 5 minute courtesy bus to terminal. Cost I recall was about £110 - less than the price of taxis there and back.
Also had the benefit that all travel was within my control, not reliant on taxis turning up at the right time - although in fairness a failure to pick up would be somewhat unusual.