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[Cavcraft]

Pretty obvious what it is, but a Google search let me down as I tried to get more details, ie when it was from, model number or name or just any details on it. Anyone know much about these, please?

 

 

Missus won't let me have it in the house

[Cavcraft]

Sorry, another one: The DVLA (being as they are) can't tax my car online because the V5C is only 11 digits, and it needs 12 for their excellent* system. Now, I know if put one number before the eleven, it will tax the car as it will think the previous owner has done it from the V5.

So...assuming the V5 is dated from two days ago and the tax dated from today, when the V5 changes it will surely show as being taxed to me, does that make sense?

 

I can do it at the Post Office, but the previous owner mislaid MOT, even though it shows up online, DVLA said I'll have to bring it.

[Des]

Mot question, I have amber bulbs in my round headlamps, these circular beauties accomodate the sidelamps so I gave the little bulbs a coat of orange foglamp paint to make them MOT compliant a few years ago, this coating has now gone black and crusty, the tiny bottle of paint is mislaid and probably gone hard anyway.

Can I put the sidelights in the front indicators? This will save me £1.99 for new paint that I can spend on alchopops, legal highs and ringtones. 1985 vehicle if that makes any odds.

[Stroller133]

with a bit of luck, I've just sold the civic (assuming the chap comes back from the bank and doesn't change his mind on the way) with today being the first of the month, will I end up paying for road tax for June ? Or should I date the v5 as 31st may instead ? a years tax is only £125 so it's only beer money were talking about but I do quite like beer

I imagine it depends on your buyer being willing to pay for your parking tickets on extra day you have "kept" his new car. Might he get charged a full months tax too, for that day, or he might have to account for the vehicles whereabouts since 31st May when he starts tax today.

[meshking]

The new owner will tax from the start of the month whatever sale date I think. That's where the dvla is getting their extra money from these days.

[barefoot]

I've just bought a 'stand off' thing for the t2. It's designed to let you have the rear hatch ajar, but locked for extra ventilation overnight. My question asked on the t2 forum was, 'can I drive with it ajar?' Got multiple replies of, 'no you, nuns and kittens will all die because of the exhaust being sucked up by the backdraft!'

Surely though, if I have a window at the front open, the draft should run straight through, no?

I have a carbon monoxide alarm and may just take a test drive unless anyone from this Parish has a definative answer.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Mrs dodgytom has a Freelander with an electric tailgate window that is sometimes down and we all appear to still be alive

[Station]

Pretty obvious what it is, but a Google search let me down as I tried to get more details, ie when it was from, model number or name or just any details on it. Anyone know much about these, please? image.jpg

 

Missus won't let me have it in the house

 

May be Scaletrix related?

[catsinthewelder]

It's not an alarm clock is it?

[Des]

I've just bought a 'stand off' thing for the t2. It's designed to let you have the rear hatch ajar, but locked for extra ventilation overnight. My question asked on the t2 forum was, 'can I drive with it ajar?' Got multiple replies of, 'no you, nuns and kittens will all die because of the exhaust being sucked up by the backdraft!'

Surely though, if I have a window at the front open, the draft should run straight through, no?

I have a carbon monoxide alarm and may just take a test drive unless anyone from this Parish has a definative answer.

 

When your vehicle is moving it's batting a path through air, so at the butt end there's a depression formed which might in some zones be sucking air from your interior along with empty crisp packets and petrol receipts, elsewhere it could be puffing in. In the real world I've carried joists or whatever in various vehicles with tailgates ajar, sometimes I'll smell exhaust and have to open windows, sometimes not. I suppose you could try it out by squirting something distinctive like chilli oil up the tailpipe, go for a drive and see if you cop the aromatic aroma, or hang an asthmatic kitten from the mirror and see if it croaks.

[worldofceri]

My old Marea estate had a drop down flap below the tailgate that could be left open in order to carry long, thin things like flat-packed furniture or bits of timber without the rear seats folded or the boot open.  Very handy, and I never once passed out on the way to the tip, or driving home from Ikea.

[Fabergé Greggs]

Ok, I can't handle this anymore. Could someone please explain the origin of the 20p handbrake jape?

[Richard]

There was a slightly overpriced base model 405 that kept getting re-listed on eBay for months. It was out of tax and MOT and the owner claimed that the handbrake only didn't work because a 20p coin had fallen into the handbrake mechanism. The seller got really arsey when people watched without bidding, which is what Mr Shitpeas is referring to in his 305 thread.

[Fabergé Greggs]

Brilliant, thank heavens that's resolved. I've seen reference to it at least 50 times and been too shy to ask. 

[Sloth in a bowl]

Ok, I can't handle this anymore. Could someone please explain the origin of the 20p handbrake jape?

 

 

This is the perfect example of the stupid question amnesty thread in action.

Autoshite in jokes explained in a neutral location.

 

Up next in the beginners guide to autoshite. What the hell is this used for?

 

[Station]

It's not an alarm clock is it?

A divorce countdown clock? (And a lap counter for counting journeys carrying hastily packed bin bags full of clothes to the car)

[HH-R]

The 20p/ 405 thing went on for ages and was hilarious, still is! There was a 50p sized dent in the bootlid too. The poor guy got right wound up at the amount of watchers not translating into a sale, of course loads watched it just to wind him up.

 

Do you have to pay ebay fees if something doesn't sell? It was listed that many times, he must have lost about £500 on the deal if you do!

[Station]

How do those synchronised blinking orange lights on motorway roadworks know how to blink in order?

[worldofceri]

I dunno, but there's always one that's a bit 'Corporal Jones'  about it and spoils the effect by being about 3/8 of a second out of time.

[Tam]

Being new here, is there a specific thread to post random spots into ? Cheers Tam.

[worldofceri]

Yes, Sir.  It is called the Lazy Spotters' Thread.

[Tam]

Yes, Sir.  It is called the Lazy Spotters' Thread.

Thanks! That sounds the perfect place for me

[spike60]

I've just bought a 'stand off' thing for the t2. It's designed to let you have the rear hatch ajar, but locked for extra ventilation overnight. My question asked on the t2 forum was, 'can I drive with it ajar?' Got multiple replies of, 'no you, nuns and kittens will all die because of the exhaust being sucked up by the backdraft!'

Surely though, if I have a window at the front open, the draft should run straight through, no?

I have a carbon monoxide alarm and may just take a test drive unless anyone from this Parish has a definative answer.

In my experience you're better off with the windows shut and the dash ventilation on, certainly on boxy things like Escort vans and Volvo 240 estates. I used to work for the Forestry and you could see the dust coming in the back and out through the open window. 

[Asimo]

Had a brief look at a colleagues squealing VW Turdobiesel today: a leaking inter cooler pipe.

 

The question is, how much oil can be tolerated in there? Everything inside the pipes was running wet with oil. Is it heading for terminal failiure of the spectacular runaway sort?

[Asimo]

How do those synchronised blinking orange lights on motorway roadworks know how to blink in order?

Each light except the first light in a line is triggered by the flash of the previous one. If you look close you will see a little sensor window in the ones in synchronised lines, this is missing from the ones that flash randomly. The sensor sees an infrared pulse transmitted by the previous lamp when it flashed.

[tooSavvy]

This is the perfect example of the stupid question amnesty thread in action.

Autoshite in jokes explained in a neutral location.

 

Up next in the beginners guide to autoshite. What the hell is this used for?

 

.... ref: my siggy pic

 

TS

[stephen01]

are 3 wheelers allowed on the motorway?

[twosmoke300]

Yes a long as your testes meet the minimum circumference

[Pillock]

Each light except the first light in a line is triggered by the flash of the previous one. If you look close you will see a little sensor window in the ones in synchronised lines, this is missing from the ones that flash randomly. The sensor sees an infrared pulse transmitted by the previous lamp when it flashed.

Really? That's amazing, I always thought the roadwork crew just had severe OCD and would spend ages timing them right.

 

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[twosmoke300]

I thought they just put them in a row on the floor and turned them on in order