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Tayne Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Tayne

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Peugeot 604 for the top ones?

 

Vulgalour might have both sets off you for his Princess though...

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mat_the_cat Rank: Lancia Gamma

mat_the_cat

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Why do truckers and van drivers often leave their engines running when they stop? I can understand it for extremes of temperature, but surely that's not the sole reason, especially in normal UK weather. Saving wear and tear on the starter and battery(s)? It obviously does, but why would the driver be bothered about that?

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Mr_Bo11ox

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Does anyone know if a 405 automatic (ZF4HP14 transmission) can be towed on its wheels or will that knacker the gearbox?

saucedoctor Rank: Renault 16

saucedoctor

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Instructions for ZF4HP20.

 

TOWING
The transmission is lubricated when the engine is running since the engine
drives the transmission oil pump; therefore, when towing, the drive wheels
must be raised off the ground. The vehicle can however be towed with the
drive wheels on the ground under exceptional circumstances as long as the
following conditions are complied with:
• travel a distance of no more than 100 km,
• drive at less than 70 km/h,
• put lever in position N,
• the vehicle must be horizontal or else be inclined by a maximum of 5° if the
rear wheels have to be raised.

NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

NorfolkNWeigh

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My car is a 1968, does it need seat belts for its MOT?

Yes. I think the cut off date was 62. I remember my dad having to fit seatbelts in his 1965 HA van in about 68/9, even though you didn't have to use them until 1981.

tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

tooSavvy

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SQA.. verry.

 

I see a 'Visa' Gift Card in Argos.... tell me:-

 

Fleebay payment of something '£20 bin', just phone up/mail card number & whos yr uncle, then?

 

I use a lot of Postal Order bayyers - but some BINs just dont do PO :(

 

I read the back and there is a registration chrg but PO adds a bit too.

 

 

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willswitchengage Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

willswitchengage

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Has anyone here ever successfully sued a council over pothole damage and got any advice?

 

This happened to me at the weekend

 

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TimothyClaypole Rank: Citroen Ami

TimothyClaypole

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SQA.. verry.

 

I see a 'Visa' Gift Card in Argos.... tell me:-

 

Fleebay payment of something '£20 bin', just phone up/mail card number & whos yr uncle, then?

 

I use a lot of Postal Order bayyers - but some BINs just dont do PO :(

 

I read the back and there is a registration chrg but PO adds a bit too.

 

 

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I had something similar when I was dole scum and the bank were pissing about with my account, bought £300 of them from Morrisons.

 

Took an absolute age registering with the redemption website and then putting each code in and then transferring the money across to Pay Pal/Ebay but they did work ok if a bit of a faff.  :-)

Asimo Rank: Isuzu Florian

Asimo

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Has anyone here ever successfully sued a council over pothole damage and got any advice?

 

This happened to me at the weekend

 

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Nasty, I trust you are ok?

 

You don't get that sort of failiure with steel forks, were they carbon blades that failed where they were bonded to the crown? Is the wheel/ tyre damaged? I think the frame maker should take some of the blame for that one.

PiperCub Rank: Renault 16

PiperCub

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Yes. I think the cut off date was 62. I remember my dad having to fit seatbelts in his 1965 HA van in about 68/9, even though you didn't have to use them until 1981.

Got a feeling it's '65 not '62 for some reason? Will be in the MoT testers bible, I'm sure you can access it online.

Stroller133 Rank: Renault 16

Stroller133

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The Sport - do they just completely make up the stories like the one in another thread recently about a cock scolding lasagne incident, or does their readership consist of mongtards that actually do such things and then think its a good idea to publicise their antics? I mean their stories make The Sun and Fox News in America look positively high brow!

Richard Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

Richard

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Completely made up. I believe the chimney shitting picture was just a couple of guys larking around while doing renovation work on a property they had just bought. Grampian Police didn't even exist when the story was published, all Scottish forces had merged to form Police Scotland at the start of the year.

 

In the early days of the Sunday Sport there was nothing real in it at all (London bus found on the Moon, that sort of thing), other than tits- and I had my doubts about those. Later on it seemed to cover mainstream news stories (when Gianni Versace was murdered they ran the headline "Shoots You, Sir")  but it looks as if it's reverted to made up stuff again.

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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Another boring insurance question.

I'm looking at a classic car that's been modified. I.e. it's a standard car with a HOT non standard engine in it.

 

Does anyone know of an insurance company who's good with modifieds and aren't going to demand a 900 page mechanical inspection report?

Albert Ross Rank: Renault 16

Albert Ross

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Seatbelts to be fitted to all cars first manufactured after Jan 1st 1965. ( I have a 1961 LR, registered 1973 without belts...) FOor commercial vehicles, this becomes 1967

Spiny Norman Rank: Lancia Gamma

Spiny Norman

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Do halogen bulbs deteriorate over time while being stored? I've just had to change the second (same) H4 headlamp bulb on the Volvo in as many weeks. Either this thing has a serious OMNOMNOM bulb habit or the ones I've had in the cupboard for a few years were duds.

 

They've been on a shelf in their packets so haven't been handled or jolted.

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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Has anyone experience of running a car with bike carbs on it. I'm potentially looking at quite a nice Manta GTE running a red top with R1 bike carbs.

Sounds GR8 in principle but I'm worried about the practicalities like low mph, unreliability, fire, over fuelling, underfuelling and wombling free.

robinmasters Rank: Renault 16

robinmasters

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Can anyone recommend a book on the history of Rover/BL/Austin etc?

 

I will entirely understand if I'm escorted off the premises for not having even a basic grasp of what happened to our car industry.

Leyland Lawrence Rank: Austin Maxi

Leyland Lawrence

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Do cars painted red still suffer from paint fade and turn pink or has that problem been resolved?

tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

tooSavvy

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Do cars painted red still suffer from paint fade and turn pink or has that problem been resolved?

 

Err... BMW don't sell RED cars in the Verry Sunnny Mediterranean climes... true/false??

 

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Tayne Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Tayne

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Err... BMW don't sell RED cars in the Verry Sunnny Mediterranean climes... true/false??

 

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False.

Both the Spanish and Italian BMW websites allow you to configure red cars.

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