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- Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:20 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Winter to summer tires
- Replies: 59
- Views: 54342
Re: Winter to summer tires
As for contributing 'negative or sniping comments', I don't think silk is any more guilty than I am. Maybe I ought to grow up, too: but it's getting a bit late for that. :lol: There is a difference: your contributions are frequently amusing; those of silk are usually of an unpleasant sniping nature...
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:19 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
- Replies: 108
- Views: 87075
Re: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
Good question about the tyres, Nick. Personally, for at least the last fifteen years, my cars have been equipped with ABS and, apart from testing, I've never actuated it for real even though, as some members here would be able to attest, my driving style is fairly progressive. I'm inclined to think ...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Diesel now bad?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 26366
Re: Diesel now bad?
I've always suspected this whole "certain fuel is better for your health" fiasco to be complete hogwash. I suspect the main reason they keep changing their minds is to keep up car sales, as people who follow the government's advice will chop and change their car every 2 - 3 years dependin...
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:31 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Leaving your car in gear when parked
- Replies: 41
- Views: 43029
Re: Leaving your car in gear when parked
‘On an uphill incline turn the wheels away from the kerb and leave the vehicle in first gear . Similarly when facing downhill, the vehicle may be left in reverse and the wheels turned towards the kerb.’ If you fail to do this in San Francisco, you get a ticket. Of course, they have some fearsome hi...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:57 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Leaving your car in gear when parked
- Replies: 41
- Views: 43029
Re: Leaving your car in gear when parked
‘On an uphill incline turn the wheels away from the kerb and leave the vehicle in first gear . Similarly when facing downhill, the vehicle may be left in reverse and the wheels turned towards the kerb.’ If you fail to do this in San Francisco, you get a ticket. Of course, they have some fearsome hi...
- Sun Mar 06, 2016 3:01 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Fuel Additives - When is it too much?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 44073
Re: Fuel Additives - When is it too much?
Let's put an end to all the scientific hocus pocus: look at the question...when is it too much?. The answer is simple; when Silk says it is.
- Sun Feb 21, 2016 4:46 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Would you?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 44026
Re: Would you?
TripleS wrote:I'd like to have had a look at this, but it tells me I need a plugin (which I don't seem to have) in order to view it so I guess that's that.
Doesn't it give you a link to download the plug-in?
- Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The new Top Gear team is announced
- Replies: 36
- Views: 31423
Re: The new Top Gear team is announced
sussex2 wrote:I only hope, perhaps in vain, that it is a homage to the car rather than a spoon feeding of the over inflated ego's of a couple of the presenters.
Don't hold your breath.
- Thu Feb 11, 2016 2:49 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
- Replies: 108
- Views: 87075
Re: RoSPA launches website to keep older drivers safe on the roads
I'm pleased (and surprised) to see that neither of the older drivers' forums has been infiltrated by Brake: still, give it time...
- Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:52 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Live Fast, Drive Hard - My RoSPA Diary
- Replies: 72
- Views: 64799
Re: Live Fast, Drive Hard - My RoSPA Diary
I remember asking him, in a conversational way, what his background was. He didn't mention police, although of course he might have formerly been.