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  Spring breaks 9 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst driving my BMW 318 along Boundary Lane in Congleton, there was, as I drove over one of the 11 sets of totally unnecessary speed humps in 1,200 yards,...
• Accident Advice 18 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  I was parked on the road a couple of houses away from friends house, when her elderly next door neighbour was parking in between parked cars( one being mine) missed the brake and hit the accelerator, hit my car and knocked down a front wall, gate post and Party fence. He offered to pay private if I wanted it to go through my insurance. I said I would think about it and get back in touch. My husband  who is in the motor trade, said the insurance would write my car off, and could source parts and do the job himself cheap enough.
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  Timescale for damage assessment by insurers 6 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter's 11 year old car was run into over five weeks ago. The impact was so severe the rear valance was embedded in the rear tyres, the bumper and...
• `Respect` for cars? 5 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I thought about that, what the definition of "respect" is, the subjectivity of it and the sinister overtones the word is gradually acquiring due to changing mores. "the rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate" and "you salute the uniform not the incumbent" Here in Yorkshire, the flat cap and the `know your place` attitude, still alive and well in the mid 1960`s in the clothing manufacturing industries.
• Spinning Ostriches 16 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Try bringing a motor vehicle into this country (we just brought a bike). Money under the table at every stage. Even when you get as far as the gate to leave the Customs yard, the guard requires a "consideration" to let you out. Companies and individuals routinely under- or fail to declare income for tax purposes with impunity. Congressmen have annual pork barrels.
• Good therapist needed urgently 20 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  But, along with the exhaust note, that incomparable four-light shark-nose that was just MADE for tail-gating lesser mortals....that satisfying V-8 body wriggle when gunning the engine at the lights.....hairdressers in Beemers eat your hearts out...this is serious muscle. Nineteen hundred quid and it's yours Guv.
• House Swap.... 8 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Actually, just outside Rio, about 15 mins drive from Copocabana/Ipanema. I'll give full details if you're interested. Very safe & guarded gated-community. Pretty good place to be with kids - could be a cheap holiday. (holiday cost of living is about half of the UK, perhaps less). Anything out of city, two bedroom plus with a decent local pub would be interesting for us.
• What would you like to do? 19 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  I washed and then dried my car with a chamois. I then washed my wife's car. When I came out of my side gate with the bucket with a chamois in it I saw three 14 year olds (2 boys and a girl) walking in the road (its the entrance to a large cul de sac), the girl and one boy stopped and kissed whilst the the other boy walked close to my car's drivers side.
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  Car insurance for non-EU European travel (Balkans - to/from Albania) - what do I need to know? 29 Mar 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I plan to drive to/from Albania via Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo, Herzegovina/Bosnia, Serbia - not necessarily in that order because of boarder crossing...
• Astravan 1.7 DTI 16V Y17DT 2001 - Error code P1125 Y17DT astravan G orange warning l 16 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  Light still comes on at 70 mph. could this error 1125 be that the turbo is over boosting because the waste gate isnt shutting properly?   This is all the info from another forum, i must add that the van has had 2 turbo catridges, and a cataclicmic failure on the last putting a lot of oil into the exhaust
• Nissan Qashqai - UK - good news 4 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  "We can't make enough of the Qashqai," Mr Fitzpatrick said. "There is less inventory waiting between the factory gate and dealers than there would normally be," he said. "We certainly don't have fields of unsold cars." Much of the demand comes from elsewhere in Europe, helped by the weakness of the pound against the euro.
• Once Upon a Time...a sad tale 15 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  My wife on the other hand couldn't care less...to her, a car was purely a thing to stop her getting wet or catching the bus...she had a nice new Scenic but to her it was "the blue car thing". If it got pranged in the car park or scraped against a gate post then it was no different to stubbing your toe...a quick expletive and move on. Inside, you couldn't see the carpets for spare shoes, bits of old maps, sweet wrappers and assorted kid's paraphernalia.
• Coach - false claims of leaving the scene of an accident 26 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  I am a coach driver and i have received a letter from the police sayinng i had been reported for leaving the scene of an accident and careless driving, on the day in question i was indicating to turn right onto another road, i initially stopped due to traffic coming towrds me, i had a clear view of the the road i was turning into and could see it was clear of any traffic , a car flashed me to allow me to turn into the rd wich was still clear, about 20 yards up that rd was a left hand bend, as i initiated the turn a car appeared the front end of my coach was into that road the car kept coming towards me, at which time i stopped i was obstructing the junction to that rd also the rear of the coach was obstucting the rd i was exiting, the car was preventing me to move any further, the passenger of the car was ranting and raving telling me to reverse back out that was not an option, eventually the driver of the car reversed back, the way he reversed gave me the impression he could not drive he was weaving all over when reversing back, this allowed me to move forward or so i thought this driver decided to drive forward again preventing me from moving forward any further, the car then squeezed past me so i carried on to the coach park which was on this rd, when i got out of my coach to open the coach park gate, these two guys appeared behind me, the passenger got out of the car shouting foul and abusive language to me calling me names then saying i had hit the car, i replied if their is any damage on the coach it was the driver who caused it, then i invited this guy to inspect my coach for any damage which their was none not even the slightest of scrapes looking at the damage on the car which was the rear wheel arch it would have been impossible for me to have struck the car without causing significant damage to the car (the damage to the car was only slight) and the coach, this guy declined to look at the coach and when i said i would call the police he got back into the car their drove off, i parked the coach in the coach park and sat there for an hour fear they may come back, rather than walk i got a taxi to my hotel, why i didnt call the police was beyond me i know that i should have done so, the coach was displaying in the window the hotel i was staying at, this happened on the Saturday the coach was in that coach park until 10 o'clock Sun then parked back in there at 1 o'clock sunday afternoon until 9 monday morning which was the day of our return, i received the first letter on the 29th oct 14 which i responded to saying i was the driver, i then received a second letter to produce my documents on the 11th Nov 14 i done that immediatley, from then until 21st of January 15 i received a letter asking me to complete a statement concerning the so called collision, at the bottom of the letter it says -: i do not wish to complete the attached statement concerning the above mentioned collision and underneath that i did not witness the collision, it says its important to send either the completed statement or the prior mentioned section as soon as possible could you please advise me yours sincerley Ron
• Ford Focus - Double Yellow Line Length-Is There A Legal Length? 2 Feb 2023 (Forum)
    The Council insist it has to be that long, by law - but in later emails they just took to ignoring me when I asked which Law - then denying everything including the Petition the local Residents Association handed in, of around 40 people - nearly someone from every english speaking house in the street -  and that they'd ever had a Disabled Parking Bay Application from me - inspite of 2 other Applications being refused because of 2 Objections from my vile neighbours, because it would stop them parking in front of our gate. So right now - I fear this is a losing battle - but I have to try - and in order to try - I need to know if there is a legal requirement for length of road lines to stop parking, on corners of T-Junctions.
• Mazda 3 - Getting fed up with this!!! 16 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Took car back to the dealer again and it was the same explanation. No fault recorded and Mazda had released another software upgrade. - Starting to think Bill Gates is a shareholder in Mazda!!! Over the next month or so the same problem moves from being intermittent to persistant, but with two new symptoms. The temperature gauge never moves of the cold extreme, and the glow plug waring light stays on until you start the engine.
• Vauxhall/Audi/Seat - Changing my 2 cars 27 Feb 2015 (Forum)
    Audi Q3 - This gets traded in next saturday for an A4. It is financed on a PCP deal and IO had little intention of changing it. A call from the dealer offering me an A4 1.8TFSI 170 SE Technik for the same monthly payment and a noticable reduction in the Final payment compared to the Q£ swayed my mind.
• Bikesafe ramble 17 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  The knowledge that I hadn't made a total cock-up of the ride so far helped me relax and, barring some nervous horses in Helmsley and a Peugeot driver who U-turned in front of me near Chop Gate, the rest of the run was completed without incident at, erm, slightly more than the nsl. We did over 80 miles in a little under 2 hours including a 10 minute stop for a review and advice so we weren't hanging about.
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  Can I park across my own dropped kerb? 18 Aug 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I park one of my cars at the side of a grass verge - which is at the bottom of the dropped kerb that accesses my property. I do this because my car bumps...
• Nissan Micra (2003 - 2010) - does the dealer have to fix my car? 9 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  The mechanic confirmed this & said another reason this was apparent was because it was possible to see that the tail gate had been replaced. The manager said that either the work had been done prior to my buying the car (that sales people might as well be selling fruit & veg as cars for the amount they knew about them) or whilst at the garage while it was being repaired (assuming there had been an on site accident).
• DIY Transport Policy 4 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Increase motorcycle parking provision, and consider providing dedicated ?small car? parking bays in cities. 2. No stopping zones within 400 yards either side of school gates ? improves safety and discourages parents from driving their children half a mile to school instead of making them walk. Police to patrol the area when children coming in or out of school ? both to enforce the no stopping zones and to persuade parents that their children are safe to walk on the streets. 3.