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[Albert Ross]

LHD Peugeot 504 Dangels Estate.

[chaseracer]

I think* if you enter Morocco with a vehicle that fact is noted on your passport and you have to leave with the same vehicle, otherwise dark deeds are visited upon your person. Unless you get smuggled out by fishing boat, dumping the car could be a problem

 

 

* other hazy & quite possibly incorrect memories are available...

[Craig the Princess]

I think* if you enter Morocco with a vehicle that fact is noted on your passport and you have to leave with the same vehicle, otherwise dark deeds are visited upon your person. Unless you get smuggled out by fishing boat, dumping the car could be a problem

 

 

* other hazy & quite possibly incorrect memories are available...

 

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[catsinthewelder]

bugger

 

but thanks for that,

 

anyone know somebody near a Spanish airport in need of a shit van?

[cobblers]

Driving to work this morning, some massive great angry alsation ran across the road infront of me to try and go after a bloke walking a much smaller dog. Anyway, thankfully for the bloke walking his much smaller dog, I couldn't stop in time and the alsation bounced off my front bumper, I wasn't going fast but it went with a right bang, sent the poor sod 6 feet across the ground. I thought I'd pretty much KO'd him, but then the dog got up and ran off at about 1000mph, the bloke walking his dog shrugged at me and because there wasn't anyone around who owned the alsation (which had now fucked right off) I just drove off. Plus I didn't fancy wandering round the streets to try and find this big great angry alsation because it looked quite likely to eat me, and this was in a pretty shady area so if the dog didn't eat me, the owner probably would.

 

The lads at work are saying I should have reported it to the police, because you've got to if you hit a dog? But it doesn't matter if it's a cat?

[TimothyClaypole]

Report it seems to be the interwebs general answer, something to do with the owner being responsible for keeping a dog under control etc.

 

"An accident involving a dog IS reportable: This is a legal requirement under the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Cats and poultry are not covered by this act as they are classed as free roaming animals but cattle, horses, asses, mules, pigs, sheep, goats and dogs are included."

[freebird]

Driving to work this morning, some massive great angry alsation ran across the road infront of me to try and go after a bloke walking a much smaller dog. Anyway, thankfully for the bloke walking his much smaller dog, I couldn't stop in time and the alsation bounced off my front bumper, I wasn't going fast but it went with a right bang, sent the poor sod 6 feet across the ground. I thought I'd pretty much KO'd him, but then the dog got up and ran off at about 1000mph, the bloke walking his dog shrugged at me and because there wasn't anyone around who owned the alsation (which had now fucked right off) I just drove off. Plus I didn't fancy wandering round the streets to try and find this big great angry alsation because it looked quite likely to eat me, and this was in a pretty shady area so if the dog didn't eat me, the owner probably would.

 

The lads at work are saying I should have reported it to the police, because you've got to if you hit a dog? But it doesn't matter if it's a cat?

Should have reported it, infact i still would.

If you dont you could have the old bill knocking on your door after receiving reports of a hit and run.

Doggies owner could try and say you were negligent and you owe them for vets bills etc. You cannot be certain that nobody else saw it and took your number.

IIRC, Cats you dont report, dogs you do.

[cobblers]

Well after being passed back and forth between coppers on the phone I went down and reported it, for what it's worth. I suppose some nutjob owner could have seen my reg plate from a distance and claimed I mounted the kerb to run their precious fido over or some bollocks like that. It's a kick in the arse to get the russian youtube style dash cam fitted actually.

 

In the process of sorting all the shizz out I found out my photocard has expired, and my van isn't on the MID although adrian flux swear blind I am deffo insured (and the van has been with them for about 18 months now). None of this seemed an issue to the lass at the police station, I was expecting a proper grilling.

[TimothyClaypole]

Mine ran out a LONG time ago...

 

I had a check while at the storage place i used for a while after the alarms had gone off and the PC asked if I'd seen anything using my first name so he'd run a check at some point before getting to where I was loading up and never mentioned it so it's just a money scam to rob people of £25.00 for nothing. Apparently you can do it online now and they can se your current passport photo they have on file, big brother etc.

[barefoot]

Really stoopid question.

 

I need to remove a conifer hedge, it's about 8 feet tall.

If I borrow a block and tackle, attach one end to the towing hitch of one of my cars, do you think that it will work?

ie will it pull the tree-lets over and out of the ground?

Or am I being a complete tit?

[Spiny Norman]

I know if you crash into them they don't budge....

tbh, I doubt you'd get it up by dragging it with a car, maybe a JCB?

[Bobthebeard]

I know if you crash into them they don't budge....

tbh, I doubt you'd get it up by dragging it with a car, maybe a JCB?

 

+1

Suspect that you will end up still having the conifer hedge and a bonus burned out clutch.

[barefoot]

No, I wasn't going to try moving the car, just use it as an anchor point for the block and tackle!

[Bobthebeard]

No, I wasn't going to try moving the car, just use it as an anchor point for the block and tackle!

 

Ahh, I see.

May be worth a go then, but wouldn't rate the chances of it working tbh. Maybe just cut them down at ground level? Still leaves the stumps though, which may be an issue.

[simmo]

Really stoopid question.

 

I need to remove a conifer hedge, it's about 8 feet tall.

If I borrow a block and tackle, attach one end to the towing hitch of one of my cars, do you think that it will work?

ie will it pull the tree-lets over and out of the ground?

Or am I being a complete tit?

 

My dad has done this with a ratcheting thing that he has but usually using a bigger tree not a car. I don't think it is likely you'ld be able tp pull them straight out but it usually Identifies which roots to attack in turn. As way of a disclaimer the old man has no sense of Health and Saftey so please be careful.

[Danblez]

I find a few pints and then an axe works well. Just make sure the father in law runs in the right direction when you shout "LEGGIT" though!

[skattrd]

We removed a large conifer from my Mums front garden by attaching it (via rope) to the back of a (Series IIa) Land Rover ... It did make a bit of a mess though, soil and all sorts of crap all over the place, including some pavement the roots went under.

[barefoot]

I find a few pints and then an axe works well.

 

How soon can you come round?

[willswitchengage]

Saw this on the ebay twats thread, quite liked it.

 

 

A diesel so unusually less dependable than its petrol counterpart (VW 2.4 L6 engine)

 

Anything to look out for on these?

[Skizzer]

Anything to look out for on these?

 

With that BFO roof rack, finding a big pile of other Volvos parked on top.

 

[Timewaster]

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My dad has done this with a ratcheting thing that he has but usually using a bigger tree not a car.

 

Great idea. Until you get to the last one

[Negative Creep]

Could you fit old Mini wheels (4x101.6) onto a 4x100 hub?

[cobblers]

Yes and no

The stud holes on mini wheels are usually too small to start with. Providing they are big enough and take a tapered fixing, you need make sure the wheels are located on the center bore (more than likely requiring spigot rings), then use wobble bolts/nuts to take up the 1.6mm difference.

All perfectly safe done right, but potentially awkward or expensive to do properly.

[skattrd]

I've got a car on foreign plates, which is road legal where it came from. It's currently insured in my name on it's chassis number.

Am I ok to drive around in it on the foreign plates, whilst waiting for Swansea to sort out the UK paperwork?

 

Part of me says it'd be fine to use it, but the other part says the insurance was only really to get it home, and won't cover me for using it now it is over here.

[willswitchengage]

 

Will this run on Premium unleaded? It's 1980 1.6 pez. Wikipedia won't let me know.

[nigel bickle]

Skattrd -law says no, not to be used until Uk registered (to/from MOT etc exempted).

 

But thats a tougher response than the rest of Europe so I'm not aware of any 'short term' prosecutions, yet. They will hammer the piss taking Latvian/Lithuanian/ Polish wreck with bald tyres & no insurance, but I've not had any trouble from VOSA (I've 2 inspectors seperately resident in the next road) -despite constant foreign registered cars scattered locally.

 

My personal view is to carry copies of the paperwork showing its current status & pragmatism says you'll be fine. However, if you get pulled by a billy Hitler, be prepared fr a dry bumming.

[barefoot]

 

Will this run on Premium unleaded? It's 1980 1.6 pez. Wikipedia won't let me know.

 

I'm guessing "Yes" since Honda sold shed loads in the US which has been unleaded since ever.

[skattrd]

Cheers for the info Nigel, I suspected as much, but wanted to use the car.

[chaseracer]

Would you need premium? IIRC from my grandad's two Accords ('78 & '81) they ran on 2-star anyway...

[willswitchengage]

Poor phrasing... I meant more would it need to be run on lead replacement. Although it's a CVCC engine so surely runs on pretty much anything...

 

Owner not getting back to me though so I again suspect it's already sold