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• Kids these days 2 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Driving into Nottingham today going on a quite busy A road max speed 50mph, I saw three kids aged approx 12 years , I was doing about 45mph, why do children always do it they seem to purposly walk slow accross the road making you hit the brakes, just as you are getting near to them they walk out onto the road and daudle along as if they didn't care if you hit them. Is this what they call entertainment. They all need locking up! It makes me so mad this can cause accidents.
• What a grand place this is 14 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Replies (re discs and pads) were very helpful and it seems clear that 45 weeks p.a of doing nothing and 7 of pottering mainly on motorways is a major cause. What the good burghers of Lakeland are going to make of me razzing up Hardknott Pass, brakes aflame, in a 2lt two ton van remains to be seen, but if it burnishes up the discs so be it. Thanks again fellas and happy motoring Colin Standing
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  It it legal to ride an e-scooter on the pavement? 10 Dec 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Xiaomi M365 folding electric scooter. The other day I was stopped by the police who told me it needed three wheels, brake lights that didn’t...
• Vauxhall Zafira Tourer 2015 - Two interim services in a row 21 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  Vauxhall repairer   Main service on 28/11/2017 @ 14323 miles - pollen filter and brake fluid changed. Vauxhall repairer  Interim service on 8/10/2018 @ 20262 miles- nothing changed. Vauxhall repairer  main service on /10/2019 @ 28369 miles. Pollen filter, air cleaner, brake pads front and rear, spark plugs and coolant changed.
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  Do plug-in hybrids self-charge while driving? 10 May 2021 (Ask HJ)
  Does a plug-in hybrid have any self-charging capability?
• MINI Hatch 5-door '57 reg - Return or reject? 10 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  They said that tyres and brakes were "wear and tear", but they would look at the engine. This was not good enough for me, so I told them I wanted to reject the car, for a full refund. They said no, they would not give a refund, so I left my car at the garage, and got my solicitor onto them.
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  Car bought from trader with worn brake pads 31 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have purchased my MX5 from a trader, after travelling home (125 miles) I had the car checked out by a garage. The o/s/f brake pad was down to the metal...
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  Corsa cuts out under braking 31 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I own a Corsa 1.4 sxi 2001 and a couple of months ago, as I would go to brake and slow down in traffic, the engine cut out. This is now happening more...
• Vauxhall Movano - Brake Failure - Whos Liability? 6 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  In the last 10 days I have driven approx 1000 miles in the vehicle and then two days ago noticed a grinding sound when braking just before coming to a stop. I have inspected the discs and pads...front set fine on both sides...rear set (harder to see) but appears there is virtually no pad left and osr discs is heavily scored.
• Free vauxhall health check - Impressed 13 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  They found a lot wrong with it but its all silly things and stuff I have suspected anyway here is the jist of it 1) Brake noise caused by new pads being too big for the old discs which is rusted on the outside, they said no need to change yet as they are working fine but they should really be fixed but brakes are working fine so this can be left as the original discsare still within the correct thickness and the new pads have plenty of friction on the. 2) They found one of the rear shocks to be leaking.
• Great Daihatsu main dealer service 17 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Now I had this knocking noise that id isolated to the front OS brake caliper after a close inspection which had been going on for what must be 3-4 months but id previously thought it to be a noisey suspension bush. Booked it in yesterday, 8am today I was in, loan car available if they couldnt get it done in an hour.
• My scariest motoring experience to date 4 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  So Backroomers, what should I have done? I thought I was doing the correct thing. Put it in "2" for engine braking and keep my foot off the throttle. When it got away from me, I briefly tried pumping the brakes but then pushed the pedal to the floor. I didn't expect the car to snake about as much as it did, but maybe it was a combination of the snow and the slope.
• Small earthquake in Chile: no casualties 25 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  When I first saw it, I would say that the distance between me and the on-coming car was about the same distance that I would start to brake if it were stationary, or less than that: it was round a blind bend. Looking back, not from a hospital bed (thankfully), this driving situation poses significant dilemmas. What is the best balance between steering and braking?
• Fifteen New Middle East Driving Regs 13 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork . With no insurance, the other operator has nothing to lose. 6. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving a vigorous, foot massage as the brake pedal violently pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to strengthen your leg muscles. 7.
• Dynamic indicators 17 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  I am assuming Audi were the first manufacturer to use these in the uk but I may be wrong. Also, I am aware that there were similar indicators and brake lights used in the US decades ago but these used filament lamps. I am really referring to the current LED type.  
• Illegal E bikes 9 Oct 2023 (Forum)
   Cardiff has had a recent purge on e-bikes using its pedestrian shopping centre,  These are e-bikes with throttles capable of exceeding the speed limit imposed by law.  They confiscated 17 bikes many with faulty brakes worth some £22k. This was part of an operation whereby 1300 users were spoken to  70% were riding illegally. If this is just one small city the countrywide problem must be considerable and no news yet on a policy by Gov on e-bikes and scooters.
• n/a - Tyre wear pollution 1,000 times worse than exhaust 8 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  Pollution from tyre wear can be 1,000 times worse than what comes out of a car’s exhaust, Emissions Analytics has found. Harmful particle matter from tyres – and also brakes – is a very serious and growing environmental problem, one that is being exacerbated by the increasing popularity of large, heavy vehicles such as SUVs, and growing demand for electric vehicles, which are heavier than standard cars because of their batteries.
• The early days of motor racing 26 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  Usually run over very long distances compared to most modern motor racing, there is one point where the commentator mentions an unusually short 23 mile lap!. Tyres narrower than on some current bicycles, braking would be primitive at best, ineffectual, and quite possibly only on the rear wheels!.   
• Motoring quirks and bloopers in films 31 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  Recently watched 'How it ends' (it's on netflix) and a relatively modern saloon screeches along a tarmac bridge when he jams on the brakes...  Or the big american v8s in Narcos Mexico that have the vehicle sound dubbed over making them sound like 4 pot diesels from the late 90s, seriously did the person doing that know nothing?!
• Vauxhall Astra - 5th gear questio 25 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  Apologise if in wrong thread Car:Vauxhall Astra 2010 (diesel, 6 gears) Ive just bought the car and noticed when i put it into 5th and let the speed decline on its own or if i brake and end up at 30mph the car will try and speed its self back up to 40 without me touching the pedals. Is this normal? Every other gear seems to work fine, cruise controll is off 100% the car just trys to speed its self up.