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Visa! 17RD ideal, fast, very soft and comfortable, might be a bit old and rust-buckety by now though.

Might be a challenge, only 4 still licensed!!

I'm tired of hiding in the shrubbery with an iron bar for company until the small hours every night! And that concludes the case for the defence, m'lud.

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That's only a problem if it goes to court!
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I'm sure this is a development of the system installed in bait cars that were left, under surveilance, to trap car thieves.

Lots of legal/liability issues, at least here & America but could prove a winner in S. Africa, where under sill flame throwers are OK & tracking companies employ (& deploy) armed response teams to intercept/recover.

I have seen a 19 reg Peugeot Partner van. WV19 FPC.

Skin, what skin? Were these people not wearing anything? If any of it were true it would prove that certain Arabic women were most likely to be hit AND that lighter skinned people were more likely to be hit in winter (when swathed from head to toe in dark colours) than the summer (when dressed for the beach).

Any driver (at least in London) would...

If you only needed 2-way connectors then XT30 or XT60 connectors are very good as the contact areas are a bit more robust. The 3-way version is the MR30.

There are 5 wires on each side

What we all need to realise that we have been lied to time and time again, so when something actually useful comes along the sceptics like me get even more sceptical, with the Oil companies pulling the strings nothing other than Oil derived power is lightly to become available in good numbers at a reasonable price, I am sure there is a few...

Ah.....to qualify for a PSA convoy. the scope goes beyond Citroen, Peugeot, and DS these days.

There is also Vauxhall/Opel of course (but maybe only from 17 Reg onwards?). Bikes and Scooters from Peugeot and...

.... possibly this rarity in the UK, but as you can see from the mission statement PSA are going to be the preferred worldwide mobility...

I did, in many many bits!

The state takes an interest for several reasons. Obese people need more medical care and that's a cost to the state a huge cost. Diabetes is a big risk in the overweight this is more medical costs plus stuff like days off work etc. Probably many more reasons. If you want to plat your chest hair or tattoo your legs the state doesn't care because it...

My local tester told me today that DVSA want to be able to monitor all MoT's by TV. Should ensure an exodus of testers to the fields too!

I've got a shrewd idea: they won't - I think it's company policy.

That's definitely good value Marc, and not one I've come across before :rofl2:

You'd think that e-mail would make it simple to get any query to the appropriate quarter, within any copporate structure - & sometimes it is: Hilka were fabulous over my rattlegun's battery that wouldn't charge. At the other extreme I've found Hella & Continental to be absoluyely useless - unlike their respective products.

As for PSA, I do wonder...

I made many journeys on double deck trams Neil, as boys we used to get on the tram in the city and travel out along Bristol Road to the Lickey Hills, some of the trams had an open front balcony upstairs and we would sit out there and sing our heads off all the way.

Some of the tools left over from the starship.

As Hell Razor says, Family first.

Don't forget there are roadworks along that stretch (upgrading to a (so called) 'smart' motorway), so vehicles will be moving slower, with more pollution produced and less turbulence to help disperse it.

Three lanes are currently open in both directions despite the roadworks and traffic at 5AM seems to be going as fast as normal... It's always...

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Here's mine, not bad considering it's a heavy automatic which spends a lot of time doing very short journeys unfortunately.

Not at all sure about that Monica's dash. Frankly, I think it's a mess, and a poor mix of light and dark.
OK, a small manufacturer, but bits and pieces obviously borrowed from other cars (eg the geat selector straight from P6), and just dotted around. Jaguar and others did this sort of thing so much better. A shame: it could have looked one of the...

I should also of added that I still see LOADS of these driving about on the roads (even some X & Y registered ones)!

I think you'll find (a) your average police officer has little or no knowledge of the finer details of the relevant regulations (b) the paperwork is disproportionate to interest a traffic cop BUT, yes, it is a calculated risk.

However, my observation was simply that the company concerned list a red rose as an option (one of very many) - but not a...

Yea I saw the fuel dyes wikpedia page, done a bit of research myself. I found some UV dyes as well which could work. The thing I'm up against is knowing if it's safe t chuck in. Obviously I'm not gonna trust the eBay sellers saying yea it's totally fine .

As for why not red, I've heard it does stain things so don't want to be accused in future,...

I've split the current number plate topic off here:

The Welsh have moaned constantly since the outset about the Severn Bridge tolls, now they're abolished they're moaning that the extra traffic is causing problems further along the M4 at Newport, the English on the other hand are happy that the heavies that used to travel through Gloucestershire to avoid the tolls are no longer bothering them. :-D

This just goes to show what a nonsense the MoT has become: low oil is hardly a safety issue nor, for that matter, is a CEL (which, in my experience) means absolutely nothing. 9 times out of 10, any of these lights coming on means the sensor's failed NOT the system it's monitoring!

We were still wearing puttees when I was in Egypt in 1953-55. :)

That oil does indeed say T-IV which is the same as JWS3309. So I can’t see a problem there.

I suppose it all comes down to trusting the third party manufacturer of the oil.

All been used previously bar 1 and putting the PAL player on the NTSC input gives nothing. None of the cables work with that player but all do with the other.
Doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things as one player plays everything. Irritating though.

Slightly off topic I know but one time we crossed from Poole to Cherbourg on the ferry it was announced that the french fishermen were revolting so we expected the harbour to be blocked. By the time we got there I had forgotten all about it, we docked, drove off into Cherbourg but found we couldn't get out as all the main roads were blocked and...

Thanks for the response - but can't now find the ad (on Gumtree), so have messaged the vendor & am still awaiting a reply.

We bought a new Ford Mk1 1200cc Cortina Estate in 1964. Cost £700. By 1969 it needed welding on the rear box section chassis rails.

I wonder why that car is so low at the back, not as I recall them.

I was chatting to a sales manager at Clock Garage in Birmingham, a salesman came round and said You know that immaculate Humber Sceptre...……….it isn't any more, it's been hit by a bus over on the other side of the roundabout. :(

Thanks for the tip, but I am happy to let Brian get what he can for it. He does a great service round these rural parts, everyone knows him and uses him, and he's a real character. He's done a bit of car transporting for me too.

Regards Neil

I used to have a workshop full of televisions - but no clock.

Peter

That’s the finest thread title so far this January.

Much kudos Gibbo, Part of the FCF’s uniqueness and charm, I can fairly safely say that you won’t find a thread called Syringe my ears anywhere else on the world wide web :-D

Regards Neil

Bit of plain French from me

Bonne et Heureuse Annee

..and join in as much as you can in 2019....it makes the forum flow.

..and first topic of the year from me, dont bother giving stuff up for January, start something new

So today, I give you

Start a new thread in January month!

Regards Neil

Couldn't find it immediately on the site, but one of the fun services you used to be able to access from your telephone was dial-a-disc

Used to love Dial-A-Disc :D I have fond memories of groups of us youngsters all piling into a telephone kiosk to listen to the disc of the day :D

Happy days 💛

Yes, best wishes Rich and a ‘trouble-free van year’ 🤞

Not so fussy about age related Nos: then.

I had a C reg '63 Beetle because it was re-registered in Northampton, which had never issued A & B prefixes.

I went to have a look at a NAS XJC but had reservations about it. Went to a Frenchman who had no such qualms, virtually bought it unseen, came over - & drove it home.

Heater remote switch works fine indoors so signal should be stronger in the car. I'm unable to test the effect of sub-zero temps on the batterys but doubt it will be much of an issue. Hopefully, it means the end of my anti-social extended cold-idling when the screen needs defrosting/demisting with the added bonus of not having to leave home to do...

I dismissed that an error - in the context of Constipation Street.

Must admit already thinking maybe I was a bit hasty. Among my e-mails are those relating to 3 unresolved disputes (although none of any real consequence), my only way of renewing my internet contract, which expires, on 31 December, but, perhaps, most importantly my $110 ticket for an event over Mayday Weekend.

Good news is, ordered a WM...

Yes, there’s need to repeat the post, it’s there for all to see.

In the absence of any further info that has been repeatedly asked for to try and resolve the matter, there is little point in trying to pursue it further. Do create a new post if you have a new issue, but this thread is being locked and moved out of the technical forum as it is...

I've still got and occasionally use my first digital camera, only 1.2 megapixels but still produces pretty good images, built like a brick but nevertheless went all round the world with me twice.

Priced at £1200 when it came out although I didn't pay that, it came as part of a deal with a computer.

Plenty of them offered on Ebay for about a...