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• Audi A4 B7 (2005 - 2008) - Six sensible steps to buying a car privately? 18 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I said he could only have this if a) he accompanied me into the bank and accepted the transfer in front of witnesses/cameras and b) he brought me several proofs of his identity and his right to sell the car on his father's behalf. 5) The V5 was watermarked and appeared authentic, the serial number was not in the stolen risk range, the details matched the car to the letter and had been signed away by his father (or someone??).
• Silly Thread Volume IV 2 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  \" 143 to say \"do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs\" 6 to say light bulbs last longer if you don\'t press the switch so fast. 45 to then turn it round to speed cameras. 457 to complain about non standard bulbs in front fog lights. 7 to complain about the Audi pop ups. 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
• Toy Run - Marvellous policing!! 10 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Officers of its technical section set up a speed trap on the morning of December 1 specifically to target riders heading for the annual Charity Toy Run, which begins at Ottery Hypermarket. Riders quickly reported spotting the camera trap on their way in to the Toy Run but it took until the following Thursday for IOL to get confirmation of its existence from a traffic cop who asked ? for obvious reasons ? not to be named. Late that day City Police chief Mark Sangster officially confirmed the presence of the trap to IOL Motoring and agreed it was of a type known as a "back to back" and used specifically to trap motorcyclists: it photographs the allegedly speeding vehicle from behind (motorcycles have no front number plates).
• wokingham council 13 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  what is your timetable for painting the cameras ? Cllr Lawley's response Coming later this week.
• Renault Clio - Should I change my car to a diesel? (advice) 3 Jun 2022 (Forum)
  This I have worked out the costs of my fuel bill could potentially be halved with long distances I intend to travel – considering the MPG is double on my current clio. This Clio is 2017 and pretty much has all the specs my current Clio has (minus a reversing camera). This has done approx. 27,000 miles to this date. My intention would be to part exchange this outright in cash - which would only set me back by about a grand - but i know this is well in  budget for me.
• Irrelevant - Looking for advice and opinions. 11 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  This vehicle was one of the Manufacturers Approved vehicles. The vehicle has an excellent reversing camera on which reference guides should appear. As my old vehicle was an identical model I am of course familiar with the system. I was told by the dealership that these lines had been removed for safety which is of course pure B/S.
• Vauxhall Corsa CDTi 05 plate - V Bad fuel consumption + minor electrical niggles 26 Jan 2011 (Forum)
    I have done Liverpool to Aberdeen (some 375 miles once i get through the town) on 3/4 tank from brimmed.  I have a lead foot so can do 85mph when average speed cameras allow. Based on this I reckon I get about 125miles to 1/4 tank which tallys with my old commute distances v consumption (again motorways). I don't know how to work out mpg, so sorry.  Noticed before Christmas on motorway (again!)
• Motoring in Tenerife 3 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  bus? did over 30 mpg - but at less than £2 a gallon fuel costs aren?t really a concern! No speed cameras and decent road surfaces, worst parts were actually on the motorways where parts of the surface are badly worn - not good at 120kmh. So if you go to Tenerife and need a large car you may actually end up with a van.
• Mini Sony Nav-U70T satnav review 13 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  There seem to be about a billion of those. We haven't yet worked out if anything can be done with speed cameras - not built in as poi. Not sure also about displaying points of interest on the 3d display. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. A setting somewhere I think. Other features like waypoints, unexpected roadblocks and "find my nearest bank" or "find me a restarant in Cambridge" type things too, as you might expect.
• Honda Civic 1.0 SR - First impressions 9 May 2019 (Forum)
  I am not sure if its GPS based or trying to detect signs but either way it was wrong Although it is a bigger car the new one feels no bigger to drive. The reversing camera in todays rain was far better on the new car. Rear visibiliity has never been an issue for me but the new car's spoiler is even thinner and the overall glass area is pretty big. Some of the interior is a step backwards.
• Kia Ceed 3 - Dual Clutch Transmission review 22 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  However, I shall use the ECO mode most of the time :) Being "3" spec, it has got many features like built in sat nav, climate control, rear view camera, TPMS, passenger seat height adjustment etc. Not yet explored all features. If you are interested, please note that since 2015, Kia has stopped offering petrol DCT for Ceed. It is now only available as 7-speed diesel.
• Mercedes CLS - Reversing car incident (illustration included) 24 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  I've been into the store which had CCTV footage which confirmed how slowly I was coming out of the parking space - unfortunately, the angle of the camera didn't include the taxi driver's actions. My insurer, it seems, is reluctantly requesting this footage. My insurance company is all but dismissing the account of the witness as not being helpful (they telephoned him).
• Nissan X-Trail (2007 - ) - J D power 2009 xtrail 14 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Then is goes on "visibility wasn't up to scratch" now things are getting silly, the last xtrail was absolutely brilliant for reverse parking. The new one has restricted rear view,(which i know about before i bought it), but a reverse camera on my model makes up for it. So i can only assume that the survey covered both models, so doesn't that make the results a nonsense? Then it ends " to round off a fairly poor performance, customers weren't impressed with the driving dynamics, fuel economy or high servicing and repair costs either" Don't these people test drive a car before they buy?
• IOM TT & Speed limits 26 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  The roads are very much better and not wanting to take anything from Mr Jeffries new lap record, they must make it easier to go round the circuit. There are no speed cameras (fixed) but plenty of mobile ones, but they where being used in the correct places, coming into a 30 limit after a 60 limit. In a 50 limit by a bad junction. I didn?t see one in 5 days in a place that I would have thought they are trying to catch you out.
• Lights Out 13 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  For every light that's out there's also a bald tyre, a tailgater, an uninsured vehicle and a kid not wearing a seatbelt. And we don't have bald-tyre cameras yet. ---- Life is complex; it has real and imaginary parts.
• Hit and drive off accident A406/A105 - Help 23 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  Is there a way to get CCT film of the accident from the police? That would show clearly the accident. Of course, the camera would have to face the right way. How can I prove anything? Careless driving and hit and run? There are tyres marks on my car, right side. There is my indicator light broken into multiple pieces where the accident happened.
• Parking Law wef 31st March 2008 12 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  to be given to Local Authorities and they will set their own standards. 5.The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Approved Devices) (England) Order 2007 SI 2007 No. 3486 Defines/use of ?Approved Devices? to detect offences (cameras/CCTV) 6. The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Guidelines on Levels of Charges) (England) Order 2007 SI 2007 No. 3487 Charges in relation to PCN. List and scale of payments for Higher and Lower level contraventions.
• In Praise of LGV drivers 9 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  The driver in the Pug 206 who joined the M602 from the M60 and tried to drive under my trailer. The driver in front ,who on seeing a mobile camera in a 40mph zone decides to slow to 20mph, why? The Vectra driver who cut across his lane forcing me to almost mount a kerb to give him room in his tiny car! The Polo driver at the apex of the M602/M60 junction, sat with the hazards on in a dangerouse position waiting for a convenient gap so they could cut across to the junction they had so clearly missed.
• Parking Firm Doctor Photo Evidence 2 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  The judgment, made at an appeal hearing in Bury, Greater Manchester, could have wider implications for motorists caught on camera and open the way to many more appeals. Mr McGuire, from Heywood, in Bury, was determined to fight the ticket for parking on a Sunday in what he believed was a public place. He had parked in Bury market place at 7.15am on Sunday, August 31.
• The Far Side 16 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  OK, the Big G he says to me get this show on the road again, you do it. Hope I can get this right. I know you people got speed cameras and license points and speed humps and those motorways where you have some hotshot BMW looking up your tailpipe at high speed. You even have cops who drive badly I read. Well we have cops who don't even drive, they park in front of the 24 hour 7-11 Store all night smoking or sleeping, or sometimes they're in the Blue Parrot or somesuch videoke bar down the road, they say they're checking the girls' health cards, oh yeah they're checking all right but it isn't any health cards they're looking at.