I'll remember for the next time the MOT is overdue by 5 months.
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| Author: | asfish [ Sun Jan 04, 2015 20:50 ] |
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Grim... wrote: GazChap wrote: Tesco fuel save I guess - that's quite a lot of pence off per litre - most I've ever managed is 8p. 18p motherfucker! I spend far too much money in Tesco, did spend a lot on booze and other Xmas Crap, I also get fuel there and we spend at least £50 a week on shopping. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun Jan 04, 2015 22:56 ] |
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30th anniversary 208 GTi! http://www.peugeot.co.uk/showroom/208/gti-30th/ |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:59 ] |
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Unleaded is 109.9 here now. That makes vpower 117.9 and tesco about 114.9. Dunno, never buy either any more. With 14p on the lubcard that means we'll be filling the focus at 95.9 tonight. Cor! |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:59 ] |
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Unleaded is 109.9 here now. That makes vpower 117.9 and tesco super about 114.9. Dunno, never buy either any more. With 14p on the clubcard that means we'll be filling the focus at 95.9 tonight. Cor! |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Mon Jan 05, 2015 20:22 ] |
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Holy crap, it was 106.9 - so we paid 92.9 for each of 50ish litres! |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 15:42 ] |
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http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=31431 Here you go Grim... |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 15:57 ] |
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It looks brilliant, but without four wheel drive it's going to be a proper joke in the mud - even if the rear diff is fully locked. No mention about axle articulation either, which is more important for non-4x4s. I'd love a go though, obviously. Also 'virtually unbreakable' bahahahaahahhahahhahaaahhahahahahahaha |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 16:01 ] |
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There's a video here: http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/nomad/introduction/ |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 16:06 ] |
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Is it road legal too? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 16:08 ] |
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The blurb reads like it's going to be. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Jan 12, 2015 15:54 ] |
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Car in for its MOT... which ran out last August. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Jan 12, 2015 18:49 ] |
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Oops. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Jan 12, 2015 19:10 ] |
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I do love the way there was a 3p difference between diesel and unleaded when prices were abouve £1.40, but now it's down to a quid for unleaded this has grown to up to 12p. Cheeky fuckers subsidising cheap unleaded with more margin on diesel |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Jan 12, 2015 21:44 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Car in for its MOT... which ran out last August. Failed on the rear fog light! Not the bulb or fuse, so left it with them (had to as the MOT had expired) to find the break in the wire. Luckily I can use my dads car while it gets sorted. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Jan 12, 2015 21:50 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: I do love the way there was a 3p difference between diesel and unleaded when prices were abouve £1.40, but now it's down to a quid for unleaded this has grown to up to 12p. Cheeky fuckers subsidising cheap unleaded with more margin on diesel It was nice filling my tank up for £57 the last time I refueled though. Gets me 550 miles that. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Jan 12, 2015 22:29 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: I do love the way there was a 3p difference between diesel and unleaded when prices were abouve £1.40, but now it's down to a quid for unleaded this has grown to up to 12p. Cheeky fuckers subsidising cheap unleaded with more margin on diesel It was nice filling my tank up for £57 the last time I refueled though. Gets me 550 miles that. 270... |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:14 ] |
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Is that in your Pug Estate? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:45 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Is that in your Pug Estate? No that went ages back. In the Forester.it has a short range. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:51 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Zardoz wrote: Car in for its MOT... which ran out last August. Failed on the rear fog light! Not the bulb or fuse, so left it with them (had to as the MOT had expired) to find the break in the wire. Luckily I can use my dads car while it gets sorted. You're allowed to drive between your house / garage and your MOT test without a valid MOT (unless they've found a serious problem). |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 13:23 ] |
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It's all done now anyway. £40 for MOT and £28 to find and fix the broken wire. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 13:39 ] |
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Oh yeah, I'd have left it there too. Just sayin'. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 15:30 ] |
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I'll remember for the next time the MOT is overdue by 5 months.
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 19:35 ] |
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Hmm. New car has a flat. Fairly sure I wasn't handed locking wheel nut keys when it was delivered (whole event was a bit of a blur) and none in glove box as I'd hoped (first time I've opened glove box). Odds on them being in with the jack and spare? |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 19:38 ] |
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Pretty good I reckon, it's where my last two have been. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 22:05 ] |
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Once you've found it replace the locking wheel nuts with normal ones. Pain the arse those things. |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 22:22 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Once you've found it replace the locking wheel nuts with normal ones. Pain the arse those things. Quite. Hadn't crossed my mind until tonight when wife booked the wheel man in. Still, he's here tomorrow so she can deal with the issue while I'm at work. Have to have them back on when the lease is up though. |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Wed Jan 14, 2015 15:47 ] |
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In the boot! No-one wins anything. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 22:28 ] |
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Petrol at the station in my town: $1.21 (not too bad) Petrol in the city suburbs, let's say 70 miles away: $1.01 |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 14:56 ] |
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I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200?
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 15:37 ] |
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GazChap wrote: I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200?  Poor timing indeed! If you still have it when i'm in a new house with a garage space, I'll take it
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 15:46 ] |
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If only I had room to store an MX5 until I'm ready to use one. 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 15:56 ] |
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Trooper wrote: GazChap wrote: I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200? Poor timing indeed! If you still have it when i'm in a new house with a garage space, I'll take it Don't forget you're buying a Ford Puma, too 
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 16:28 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Trooper wrote: GazChap wrote: I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200? Poor timing indeed! If you still have it when i'm in a new house with a garage space, I'll take it Don't forget you're buying a Ford Puma, too There is a nice little spot at Toad manor just waiting for it. He is down south anyway, so it makes sense for it to be closer to the channel tunnel... When are you buying yours anyway? We are probably going to make a serious effort at looking around the end of March. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 16:31 ] |
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We're going to start looking next month, I think. Found a nice one last week, but a) it was green, and b) it's January, so we've got fuck-all money. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 16:41 ] |
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Aye, plus the wasted insurance, tax, sorn hassle, etc... If a perfect one that is close by turns up we'll jump on it, but not making a proper look yet. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jan 19, 2015 16:45 ] |
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Yeah, if we were being sensible we'd get one in March, but I fear the call of the workshop for some serious "rude boy modz" will be too much to resist We're toying with getting it painted Lambo orange, too! |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:12 ] |
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Bugger. http://www.driving.co.uk/news/drivers-w ... y-stealth/ |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:17 ] |
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Bugger. |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:22 ] |
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The M25 Clacket Lane section is by my house and accordingly the stretch of motorway that I use most frequently. It is also the clearest stretch of M25 on a typical journey in my experience (apart from when they were installing the cameras). Suffice to say I'm thankful for having a speed limiter on my car as round there it is easy to hit 90 on a regular basis without it feeling fast. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:30 ] |
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BikNorton wrote: That article is a little bit disingenuous (I know, major surprise that). It doesn't actually state that the 500 people in that article got their tickets from speeding when there was no variable or reduced restriction in place, it just says they got tickets, and then jumps to supposition about the future, without linking the two. edit: Oh wait, yes it does further down. Ignore me. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:03 ] |
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Looking around, there doesn't appear to be any details on what the threshold for those cameras actually is? The suspicion is that is it above 90mph at the moment, as otherwise there would be tens of thousands of tickets, and not just 500. Also, these new cameras are multidirectional radar based, looks like it's time to get into the radar detector market! We haven't seen much of them for ages, but sales will certainly increase now. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:09 ] |
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Or, and I realise that this is particularly amusing coming from me, people could just not break the speed limit
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:11 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Or, and I realise that this is particularly amusing coming from me, people could just not break the speed limit It's a form of go-slow protest. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:12 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Or, and I realise that this is particularly amusing coming from me, people could just not break the speed limit Is a law that 99% of the populace break on a daily basis with no consequence, really a required law? <sits back> |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:18 ] |
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Trooper wrote: GazChap wrote: Or, and I realise that this is particularly amusing coming from me, people could just not break the speed limit Is a law that 99% of the populace break on a daily basis with no consequence, really a required law? <sits back> Yes, because although most people break the limit their speeds are still guided by the number on a stick - lots of people will do up to 80 on a motorway for example as it's "safe" from prosecution and crashing. Remove the limits entirely and you have much more of a free for all. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:18 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Is a law that 99% of the populace break on a daily basis Citation needed
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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:25 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Trooper wrote: GazChap wrote: Or, and I realise that this is particularly amusing coming from me, people could just not break the speed limit Is a law that 99% of the populace break on a daily basis with no consequence, really a required law? <sits back> Yes, because although most people break the limit their speeds are still guided by the number on a stick - lots of people will do up to 80 on a motorway for example as it's "safe" from prosecution and crashing. Remove the limits entirely and you have much more of a free for all. Yet the unrestricted sections of the Autobahn have the same fatality levels as the restricted areas, and those levels are less than the majority of countries who do have limits and release their figures. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:29 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Trooper wrote: Is a law that 99% of the populace break on a daily basis Citation needed It was mentioned in a Jack Reacher book, when he went to England, and ended up in Norfolk. "80 mph seemed to be the minimum speed the cars were doing" or something like that. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:31 ] |
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MaliA wrote: GazChap wrote: Trooper wrote: Is a law that 99% of the populace break on a daily basis Citation needed It was mentioned in a Jack Reacher book, when he went to England, and ended up in Norfolk. "80 mph seemed to be the minimum speed the cars were doing" or something like that. It was indeed. And it's fairly true - if you drive at 70mph you're going to get overtaken a lot. Make sure you do it in the slow lane, too. Idiots. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 13:51 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Trooper wrote: GazChap wrote: Or, and I realise that this is particularly amusing coming from me, people could just not break the speed limit Is a law that 99% of the populace break on a daily basis with no consequence, really a required law? <sits back> Yes, because although most people break the limit their speeds are still guided by the number on a stick - lots of people will do up to 80 on a motorway for example as it's "safe" from prosecution and crashing. Remove the limits entirely and you have much more of a free for all. Yet the unrestricted sections of the Autobahn have the same fatality levels as the restricted areas, and those levels are less than the majority of countries who do have limits and release their figures. That's unrestricted speeds on roads designed with that in mind. Now replace that with your average high street or country road and see what happens
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