Please keep your suggestions coming in.
I'm guessing that this weeks voting on gearbox preference is low because either it's a dull question, or the poll doesn't appear half the time when you click on it. I'm hoping the reason is the latter?
On that note, I'm ditching Alxnet's software as it's too unreliable, and they have never offered technical support to any of my email queries.
The software I will be using for future polls seems more reliable and faster.
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What speed do you drive on the motorway?
Should there be: More, less or the same number of Traffic Police on the roads?
Where are the snows of yesteryear?
V
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Which do you prefer to drive:
1. Front wheel drive
2. Rear wheel drive
3. All wheel drive (permanent not switched)
4. Dont know as I have only driven one of the above
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I park my car:
a) with difficulty
b) easily, because I'm a skilled driver
c) easily, beacuse I have electronic parking aids
d) by crunching into anything in the way until I've made space
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I'm guessing that this weeks voting on gearbox preference is low because either it's a dull question, or the poll doesn't appear half the time when you click on it. I'm hoping the reason is the latter?
I didn't take part because there isn't an answer to cover my preference. I like manual when it suits and auto when that suits. I'd never have an auto for an overtly driver-involving car like my MR2 roadster, but for a comfy barge, I would often prefer Auto.
hth!
Andy
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On the filling your tank theme:
When do you refill your tank:
1. When it reaches about 1/4
2. I carry a can, (just in case)
3. I play Russian roulette - it's the only fun to be had when driving these days
3. When it reaches about a half (you can never be too careful)
4. I cannot afford to fill my tank, so I only ever half fill it.
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The thing that's been in the papers this week:
A person, you cannot see who they are, what sex or anything else, is lying on the roadside. Do you:
1)Drive past, swerving slightly to avoid their body
2)Stop to assist and call for help
3)Anything else?
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If you could choose any, but ONLY ONE of the following optional extras, which would be your choice:
1. Air conditioning
2. Sun roof
3. Leather seats
4. Electric windows
5. Satellite navigation
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Which are your favourite roads to drive on.
1. Motorway
2. Rural A roads
3. City A roads
4. Rural B roads
5. Estate roads (city B roads)
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What do you consider most when buying a car?
Colour
Cost of insurance
Economy
Performance
Reliability
Cost of servicing
Depreciation
What do you consider least when buying a car?
Colour
Cost of insurance
Economy
Performance
Reliability
Cost of servicing
Depreciation
How many miles do you drive per year?
Less than 5k
5 to 10K
10 to 15K
15 to 20K
20 to 25K
25 to 30K
30 to 35K
35K and above
Let me know the figures and I can do a nice normal distribution chart on Excel!
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Have you ever driven uninsured, either deliberately or mistakenly?
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Do you prefer
A a full-size spare wheel?
B a space-saver wheel?
C no spare wheel but a can of foam to get you home?
D nothing but have run-flat tyres?
I was ticked off - even patronised - by HJ for daring to suggest that the BMW 1-series (sans spare wheel) was less than perfect, but I still think it's a valid question.
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No suggestions this time, just thanks for chosing to use my last one. Don't visit here as often as perhaps I should do. Brill site, btw.
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"How much of your annual household income did you spend on the purchase price of your last car?"
(a) 50%
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Following on from the immensely popular 'Location of Backroomers' thread, I was wondering if we could have a poll on locations of members?
Maybe I'm being anal (does that pass the filter?) but it would be interesting to me to see whether we're all pretty much evenly distributed around the country/planet, or whether there are clusters here and there.
Certainly it was surprising to see that Steve.O. lives in my little town, so maybe there are others who are surprised to see another backroomer in their locality.
HF
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What car magazines do you read
Car
Evo
Autocar
etc etc
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Following on from the immensely popular 'Location of Backroomers' thread, I was wondering if we could have a poll on locations of members?
It should be easy enough to word this one as a multiple-choice question:
Where do you live?
a) West Yorkshire
b) One of the lesser parts of God's Own County
c) Please don't emabarrass me by making me confess to living outside Yorkshire
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Where do you live? a) West Yorkshire b) One of the lesser parts of God's Own County c) Please don't emabarrass me by making me confess to living outside Yorkshire
I accept that God made Yorkshire first, but then when He realised His mistakes he made Lincolnshire!
Guess where I live!
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I accept that God made Yorkshire first, but then when He realised His mistakes he made Lincolnshire!
It's a bit like the second-novel: poor God thought she could improve on the first one. It was only afterwards that she realised that leaving out all the hills was a big mistake, making for very boring roads to drive on*, and that she'd never improve on the first edition.
* obligatory motoring link
Guess where I live!
you have my deepest sympathies ;-)
[runs away v v fast, downhill ... ]
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>> I accept that God made Yorkshire first, but then when He >> realised His mistakes he made Lincolnshire! It's a bit like the second-novel: poor God thought she could improve on the first one. It was only afterwards that she realised that leaving out all the hills* was a big mistake, making for very boring roads to drive on**, and that she'd never improve on the first edition.
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* If it wasn't for all the slag heaps, Yorkshire would be as flat as Lincolnshire!!
** Have you forgotten about the A1M, M1, M18, M606, M62, M621, to mention but a few!!
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Where do you live? a) West Yorkshire b) One of the lesser parts of God's Own County c) Please don't emabarrass me by making me confess to living outside Yorkshire
Couldn't work, NW. No-one that far north can afford cars, can they?
How about:
a) North London
b) Sarf ovva Rivva
c) Home Counties, darling
d) What? There are other places in the UK?
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How about: a) North London b) Sarf ovva Rivva c) Home Counties, darling d) What? There are other places in the UK?
Patently, please take a little more care with your grammar. The second option, should of course read:
b) Sarf ovva Rivva, innit
;-)
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Following on from the immensely popular 'Location of Backroomers' thread, I was wondering if we could have a poll on locations of members?
Seeing as I've only space for up to 10 answers in the poll, that might prove difficult. Unless of course I generalise the potential answers to; North, South, East, West, Other (for those people on the planet Zog).
ps, excellent suggestions coming in so far though. I have quite a few to keep the poll ticking over for the next few weeks to come, what with the suggestions made here, and still some to choose from the other suggestions thread as well.
Don't let that stop you from making further suggestions though. As the poll website I'm now using is more stable and reliable than the previous one, I might become adventurous and run an occasional extra poll each week.
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Surely:
(a) 50%
And you'd have to specify gross or net income.
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POLL SUGGESTIONS
how many times do you turnround to shout at the kids in the back
(like they do on casualty) on the school trip
can anyone hear anything on mw on their radio
does anyone actually listen to mw other than "606"
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Poll suggestion -
When does an old car become a classic car
a Over 10 years old
b Over 20 years old
c Over 30 years old
d When the cost of repair exceeds its value but you still want to keep it
feel free to suggest other answers
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Need some more suggestions soon. I've got one or two more potential candidates from this, and the previous list, but after that I'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
So please put on your thinking caps and fire away.
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Theres been a lot of mention of fog lights recently. So how about--
If you are following a car with their rear fog lights on, and it's not foggy, do you?
1. Flash your headlights at them,
2. As 1, but also point toward the rear of their car,
3. Overtake at the earliest oportunity,
4. As 3, and then flash your rear fogs at them,
5. Get annoyed about it, and have a Victor Meldrew moment,
6. Ignore it as life's too short to worry about other idiot road users.
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No Dosh is thinking of getting a new vehicle.
Should it be:
a) An Italian Tractor
b) A flat-bed truck
c) A Nissan Micra
d) A Massey-Ferguson
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Thought of this after reading thread on smoking in cars. Ie a couple of posts mentioned rubbish being throw out of windows.
I wonder how many
1)keep a bin/plastic bag in the car to collect rubbish in
2)Throw it on the floor till end of the week/Have a good clean out
3)Just open window let street cleaners clear it
4)Or stop at waste bin on the way home/destination
surprises me how many throw it out the window while driving
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What style of car do BackRoomers drive?
1 Hatchback
2 Saloon
3 Estate
4 Sports
5 MPV
6 Other
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Two questions here Dave.
1) Have you ever driven whist under the influence of alcohole?
Yes
No
2) Have you ever driven whist under the influence of drugs?
Yes
No
H
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1) Have you ever driven whist under the influence of alcohole?
or alcopopes?
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Given that the answer to the question two above is likely to be "yes" for most people, perhaps it could be tightened up -
How many drinks (equate units if you like) do you have before you stop driving?
a) None- any alcohol=no car.
b) 1-3 (3 units is reckoned to be on or near the limit)
c) It washn't me, ossifer.
O
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Front fog lights...
You are driving down a country lane and a lone car coming the other ways has his FRONT fogs on. In the rain. As it's a BMW3/all Renault/Peugeot 405 (as these seem to have the brightest/most mis-aligned front fogs) do you:
1. Drive at him on full beam.
2. Just flash him a few times.
3. Seeth all the way home, having only flashed him.
4. Sensibly ignore this flagrant breach of the Highway Code, after all, I'm not a policeman.
5. Put my front fogs on momentarily, just to remind him in case he forgot to turn them off after that fog last winter.
6. Giggle - he's a fashion victim!
El Dingo.
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Have you ever been employed by a company whose business is/was closely connected to motor vehicles?
1. Car manufacturer
2. Truck manufacturer
3. PSV manufacturer
4. Original equipment manufacturer
5. Retro-fit accessory manufacturer
6. Goods transport company
7. PSV/taxi company
8. Car dealer
9. Truck and/or PSV dealer
10. Car service/repair company
11. Truck and/or PSV service/repair company
12. Other
13. None of these
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Have you ever been employed by a company whose business is/was closely connected to motor vehicles? 1. Car manufacturer 2. Truck manufacturer 3. PSV manufacturer 4. Original equipment manufacturer 5. Retro-fit accessory manufacturer 6. Goods transport company 7. PSV/taxi company 8. Car dealer 9. Truck and/or PSV dealer 10. Car service/repair company 11. Truck and/or PSV service/repair company 12. Other 13. None of these -- L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
To comply with the poll requirement of 10 answers maximum, combine 2 and 3, combine 6 and 7, and combine 10 and 11.
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Should the use of mobile phones on public transport ~ particularly on buses/coaches where you can't get out of earshot of them ~ be banned?
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Other than the UK, how many countries have you driven in?
1 None
2 One
3 Two to Five
4 Five to Ten
5 More than Ten
Which breakdown service do you belong to?
1 AA
2 RAC
3 Green Flag
4 Other
5 Not a member
How would you rate your standard of driving?
1 Bad
2 Worse than average
3 Average
4 Better than average
5 Brilliant
How often do you use a form of transport other than your own car/motorbike etc? (eg bus, train, tube, taxi)
1 Never
2 Less than one a month
3 Once a month
4 Once a week
5 More than once a week
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OK here's one, well two actually
Who do you hate most as a passenger.
Wife
Children
Mother
Father
Mother in Law
Father in Law
Friends
Work colleagues
Who do you hate being a passenger to
Wife
Children (assuming they're old enough to drive)
Mother
Father
Mother in Law
Father in Law
Friends
Work colleagues
That should start off a good discussion into the bargain as well!
Hugo
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Where do you leave your car at home?
-on the road,
-assigned space (like for flats),
-on the drive,
-under a carport,
-in the garage,
-have garage but it's so full of junk I can't fit my car in it,
-or like my neigbour who has a driveway for 2 cars and a garage but always leaves it in the road for some reason,
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What is the fastest you have ever driven on the public highway in the UK?
-70mph
-Between 70-85mph
-Between 85-100mph
_Between 100-110mph
-Between 110-120mph
-Between 120-130mph
-between 130-140mph
-Over 140mph
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If you do go with the location of backroomers poll, one suggestion would be
- London
- Home counties
- South of England (other)
- Midlands
- North of England
- Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Outside UK
No doubt this could be improved on, but it's a start
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This was inspired by a recent post.
In households where you and your spouse/partner drive the same car, what is the difference (in inches) in your height? (Negative values indicate spouse/partner being the taller of the two of you.)
1. -6 to -4
1. -4 to -2
2. -2 to 0
3. 0 to 2
4. 2 to 4
5. 4 to 6
6. 6 to 8
7. 8 to 10
8. 10 to 12
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This was inspired by a recent post. In households where you and your spouse/partner drive the same car, what is the difference (in inches) in your height? (Negative values indicate spouse/partner being the taller of the two of you.) 1. -6 to -4 1. -4 to -2 2. -2 to 0 3. 0 to 2 4. 2 to 4 5. 4 to 6 6. 6 to 8 7. 8 to 10 8. 10 to 12 -- L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
Forget the negative values ~ they're not necessary. (It's quite early in the morning and I'm obviously still half asleep!)
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Should all road tolls be scrapped and, if so, how could a campaign to achieve that end be organised?
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Should all road tolls be scrapped and, if so, how coulda campaign to achieve that end be organised?
yes.... you could always ask the scots
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list the 'European Car of the Year' for the last 5/10 years - vote which deserved it most (or least ?)
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In light of recent discussions about the reliability of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) on modern cars versus well-maintained points, how many people do you *personally* know (i.e. not a bloke you heard about) who have had their ECUs fail?
0
1
2
3
4+
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How many emergency stops did you make last year?
0
1
2-5
6-10
More than 10
(Inspired by an day before xmas when I somehow avoided a car which pulled out of a sideroad into my path)
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(Inspired by an day before xmas when I somehow avoided a car which pulled out of a sideroad into my path)
Not guilty! I was elsewhere....!
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Not guilty! I was elsewhere....!
So you say. But I thought that the 60yo woman in the red Mitsubishi hatchback looked suspiciously like a disguised patent agent ...
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Patently, international master of disguise....
looked suspiciously like a disguised patent agent ...
Am I really?! A promotion at last...? Are they related to estate agents?
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would you support a campaign to make safety helmets compulsory for cyclists like it is in new zealand?
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Do you park your car:-
(a) In your garage
(b) On your drive
(c) On the pavement/verge
(d) Partly on the pavement/verge and partly on the road
(e) On the road
(f) Other
Pedantic comments welcome ~ sticks and stones............!
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Two poll suggestions here, don't know if it is possible to run them both together.
What is the worst form of road rage you have ever been guilty of?
1/ Physical assault
2/ Using vehical to intimidate someone
3/ Verbal abuse
4/ Gesticulating at someone
5/ I have never been guilty of any act of road rage
What is the worst form of road rage you have ever been the victim of?
1/ Physical assault
2/ Had someone drive in an intimidating manner towards you
3/ Verbal abuse
4/ Gesticulation
5/ I have never been the victim of any form of road rage
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How many miles do you currently drive per year?
(a) 10000 or less
(b) 10001 to 20000
(c) 20001 to 30000
(d) 30001 to 40000
(e) 40001 to 50000
(f) 50001 or more
(For the benefit of you-know-who, if the mileage falls between two of the ranges then select the range above.)
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How many miles do you currently drive per year?
Been there, done that ;o)
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=26...7
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>> How many miles do you currently drive per year? Been there, done that ;o)
You may have been there, but did you actually do it? ;-)
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What is your attitude to alloy wheels when choosing a car?
a) I'd prefer ordinary steel wheels
b) It makes no difference to me one way or the other
c) If it doesn't cost extra, I'll take the alloys
d) I would pay extra for alloys
e) I would not accept a car without alloys
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f) Do they make cars without alloys these days ?
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{moved from the car longevity thread - purely so I can remember it for a future poll (mabye). DD}
I say we pole it (if not done already). How old is your car?
- < 1 year old
- 1-3 years old
- 3-10 years old
- 10-20 years old
- > 20 years old
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What was the year of manufacturer of the oldest car that you have owned and used for daily/regular transport.
(a) 1930 or earlier
(b) 1931 to 1945
(c) 1946 to 1960
(d) 1961 to 1975
(e) 1976 to 1990
(f) 1991 to 2005
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What is the genre of the current CD/Tape in your car.
1. pop
2. Dance/Urban
3. RNB/Rap
4. Jazz/Blues
5. Rock
6. Indie
7. Spoken word
8. Never listen to CD's/Tapes only the radio
Maybe a bit of fine tuning required on the categories but you get my drift.
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What is the genre of the current CD/Tape in your car. 1. pop 2. Dance/Urban 3. RNB/Rap 4. Jazz/Blues 5. Rock 6. Indie 7. Spoken word 8. Never listen to CD's/Tapes only the radio Maybe a bit of fine tuning required on the categories but you get my drift.
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Er, and which of these categories would Mozart fit into? (says he, who doesn't know what most of them mean anyway :-D)
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Maybe a bit of fine tuning required on the categories but you get my drift.
Cue Mark.
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here's two..
how worried are you about replacing your cambelt ?
a) not worried- it has been/will be done on time
b) it's overdue, I know I should get it done
c) they don't break often so I don't believe it's necessary to change a cambelt
d) cambelt? what's that then?
also
what's your attitude to speeding on the motorway
a) I never speed - I always drive within the limits
b) I speed when I need to - it depends on my mood/schedule .
c) everyone's going faster than 70, I will too
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Is the car you normally drive
(a) Owned by you
(b) Owned by your spouse/partner/parent
(c) Hired by you short-term
(d) Leased cheaply by you as a perk of your job, and (possibly) subsidised by your employer
(e) Leased/owned by your employer for business purposes
(f) Leased/owned by your own company
(g) Stolen by you for long-term use
(h) Twocked by you as required or as the mood takes you
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Can we set up a poll for every back roomer to vote whether they drive petrol or diesel.
1 vote for diesel here!
Rich :-P
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or both although not at the same time ...cheers...keo
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one petrol, one diesel.
Petrol is better, diesel is cheaper.
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Can we set up a poll for every back roomer to vote whether they drive petrol or diesel.
We had a similar poll quite some time ago. The results were:-
Poll 2. What fuel do you use in your main vehicle?
Diesel = 40
Petrol = 76
LPG = 1
Other = 2
However, IIRC, it was also suggested that it be re-run sometime in the future to see if the values change at all.
::goes off for a quick forum search::
Yep.
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=24397&...e
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This may well have been covered before, but how about
How often do you check the oil, coolant and tyre pressures of your car/s:
once a week
once a month
once in a blue moon
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This may well have been covered before, but how about How often do you check the oil, coolant and tyre pressures of your car/s: once a week once a month once in a blue moon
Specifically mention the spare wheel in this , and add "not until I need to use it" to the list of options!
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Who is your favorite Motoring TV presenter of the past 25 years?
a) William Woolard
b) Jason Barlow
c) Clarkson
d) Quentin Wilson
e) Tiff
f) Noel Edmonds
g) Angela Rippon
f) etc etc
Could start a thread how many can we name between us. Not sure where William Woolard came from but I'll bet there are some pretty obscure ones ....... Always had a soft spot for Kate Humble myself .....
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Who is your favorite Motoring TV presenter of the past 25 years? g) Angela Rippon
<< Always had a soft spotfor Kate Humble myself .....
Ditto for Angela Rippon after she displayed her legs on the Morcambe and Wise show!
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When you browse the Backroom are you:
Surfing from home in your own time
Surfing from work on your boss's time
I'm self employed - I'm wasting my own time
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Since the topic of garages has been knocking around for the last week or so, I thought I'd post a poll suggestion on the subject.
How much does your garage charge you per hour for labour come service time?
- less than £20
- less than £30 but more than £20
- less than £40 but more than £30
- less than £50 but more than £40
- less than £60 but more than £50
- less than £70 but more than £60
- more than £70
- I do servicing myself
- Service? What service?
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IF the law were to require a compulsory technical device to help or require car drivers to obey speed limits (rather than merely prosecuting them for speeding), which would you prerer:
- driver-controlled speed warning systems
- driver-controlled speed limiters (such as currently offered by Reanult and Citroen)
- remotely-triggered speed warning systems
- remotely-triggered speed limiting systems
- fixed maximum speed limiters, like those currently fitted to HGVs
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Or:
IF the law were to require a compulsory device to keep cars within a speed limit , which would you prefer:
- a driver trained and tested to a higher standard than is presently the case, assisted by marked speed limits that are reviewed regularly and publicly, both to check that they are not so high as to be dangerous and not so low as to provoke disrespect
- driver-controlled speed warning systems
- driver-controlled speed limiters (such as currently offered by Reanult, Citroen and Mercedes)
- remotely-triggered speed warning systems
- remotely-triggered speed limiting systems
- fixed maximum speed limiters, such as those currently fitted to HGVs
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Hehe. It's like you two never left!
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- a driver trained and tested to a higher standard than is presently the case, assisted by marked speed limits that are reviewed regularly and publicly, both to check that they are not so high as to be dangerous and not so low
Nice try Patently, but a driver is not a device. Not unless they have robots behind the wheel down your way :)
Anyway, you're back being a monkey and conflating different issues gain (tssk! naughty boy!).
Improving driver training can be done (or not done) regardless of any of the other measures -- perhaps, as an easy and obvioius first step by not requiring a fixed proportion of passes. Whatever speed limits those better-trained drivers encounter, the question still arises of how they are to be enforced -- or if we listen to teabelly, of whether they should be enforced.
So how about separarting out your suggestion into another question about priorities on speed control?
Mine was prompted by the EU moves towards some such technology, which was why I put the big IF at the start of it, to see whether there would be different preferences for the possible technologies if we go down that route.
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Here's a few suggestions:
How long do you normally keep a car for ?
1. < 1 year
2. up to 2 years
3. up to 3 years
4. up to 4 years
5. 5 years or more
How often does your car get washed ?
1. Once a week
2. Every fortnight
3. Once a month
4. Hardly ever
5. Never
How often do you clean the inside of your car ?
1. Weekly
2. Monthly
3. Yearly
4. Only when I'm about to sell it
5. Never
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Where in the car does your dog travel:
- in a cage
- in the boot area, behind bars
- on a seat, wearing a harness
- on a seat, without a harness
- with his paws on the steering wheel and his head out the window
- my dog has his own car
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How old was the oldest car you've ever owned when you sold/scrapped it?
Less than 1 year
Less than 3 years
Less than 5 years
Less than 10 years
Less than 15 years
Less than 20 years
Less than 30 years
Less than 40 years
Less than 50 years
More than 50 years
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How old was the oldest driver who has ever driven you anywhere?
- under 60
- 61-70
- 71-80
- 81-85
- 86-90
- 91-95
- over 100
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Hugo {P}
Sat 2 Oct 04 21:38
What do you consider most when buying a car?
Colour
Cost of insurance
Economy
Performance
Reliability
Cost of servicing
Depreciation
What do you consider least when buying a car?
Colour
Cost of insurance
Economy
Performance
Reliability
Cost of servicing
Depreciation
What about car size ---- being able to get it in the garage and also ease of parking?
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The use of mains timers that plug into a 13 amp socket and switch lights on and off -- when you are out motoring, of course.
There are two main types:
Type 1 has a wheel that rotates to set the time and has pegs or notches to set to control the on-off periods. Once set, these work on a daily basis, the on-offs are the same every day.
Type 2 has a numeric display with push buttons to set the time periods and is more complicated to set up. One or several time periods can be set for each day, and each day's settings have to be set up individually. Get a setting wrong, like missing an off setting, and the on or off can be wrong for a day or more.
This second timer often has a random mode option to produce on-offs randomly to give the impression the dwelling is occupied.
1) Do you use type 1 (first type)
2) Do you use type 2 (second type).
3) Do you use type 1 and type 2.
4) Do you use type 2 but only with its random setting.
5) Do you use type 2 but for only 1 on-off period per day
6) Do you use type 2 for 2 timed settings per day
7) Do you use type 2 for more than 2 timed settings per day
8) Do you not buy the second type except for its random on-off use.
9) Would you buy a simplified type 2 timer that works like a type 1 that only needs a day's set-up and then works the same each day.
Type 2 has advantage over type 1 in not losing its time setting if it is removed from the mains socket for a while, say, to plug in a vacuum cleaner.
[I ask because I think the market has overly complicated timers designed by whiz kids]
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From a recent thread..Ps not certain if its been done before?
How often do you replace the brake fluid?
(1) At man/specified time limit not mileage
(2)At mileage limit not time specified
(3)I didnt know it had a limited mileage/time limit
(4)when I get around to it
(5)didnt think it mattered
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Steve
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Are roads too safe?
NoWheels suggests that mud on the road at the approach to a small village is a good thing because it might persuade drivers to slow down. Personally, I am happy to slow down for the village but would rather do so in control on good tarmac.
The issue is more poignant because that section of road is actually covered with one of those "high friction" tarmac coatings. So the local authority seems to think we need a good braking surface there.
So here is my question. Where there is a stretch of road that is showing a higher than acceptable rate of accidents, should we:
(a) carry out engineering works to improve sightlines, remove hazards etc (where economically possible)
(b) Put up big signs telling drivers that "x" people died here last year
(c) Put up a speed camera
(d) Make the road more dangerous. Add chicanes. Tighten the bend. Plant a tree to obscure a sightline. Employ a local farmer to cover the road in mud.
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We've just had a thread on "how old is your main car?"
Have we had one on "how many miles has your main car done?"?
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Given the fun going on in the lorries threads how about
When do you merge in to the inside lane when the outer lane of a 2 lane road is closing?
At the point of closure
Within 200 yards (or should that be metres?)
200-400 yards
400 - 800 yards
1 Mile to 800 yards
At the end of the stationary queue
Interesting to get a range of views?
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What's the claimed maximum speed (to the nearest 1mph) of the fastest car currently in your collection? The source of information may be the manufacturer or any reputable car magazine.
1. Under 70
2. 71 to 85
3. 86 to 100
4. 101 to 115
5. 116 to 130
6. 131 to 145
7. 146 to 160
8. 161 to 175
9. 176 to 190
10. 191 or over
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L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
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Are motorists persecuted in the UK?
1. Yes
2. Very
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Better make that "of the fastest street-legal car......."
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L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
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Worse thing you've done to a hire car?
(But I'm sure everyone treats a hire car like their own...HA!!).
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