Motors Chat - Round 8

Chris_Heilong · 22-05-2015 10:05AM

OSI wrote: »

I've had people knocking on my door all week, and getting in my face every time I exit or enter the train station. They can all **** right off at this stage.

This is my point, sorry to anyone involved in this campaign this was just an observation by me and I hope you get the results you are looking for.

UnknownSpecies · 22-05-2015 10:09AM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

This is my point, sorry to anyone involved in this campaign this was just an observation by me and I hope you get the results you are looking for.

No need for apologies! Could ye imagine if this was a vote to halve motor tax rates? Imagine the campaigning being done in here

* although surely nobody would vote no

power pants · 22-05-2015 10:14AM

environmentalists, eco warriors would vote no

UnknownSpecies · 22-05-2015 10:16AM

power pants wrote: »

environmentalists, eco warriors would vote no

There'll always be someone!

GvidoR · 22-05-2015 10:17AM

Well, nobody from the Motors forum would vote no.

UnknownSpecies · 22-05-2015 10:20AM

GvidoR wrote: »

Well, nobody from the Motors forum would vote no.

The cycling forum however....

power pants · 22-05-2015 10:21AM

You never know

Part of the reason huge cars are so affordable and cheap is due to the tax rates. If the tax were to go down significantly the chances of owning a second hand high specced large car would go out the window to most.

Chris_Heilong · 22-05-2015 10:46AM

power pants wrote: »

You never know

Part of the reason huge cars are so affordable and cheap is due to the tax rates. If the tax were to go down significantly the chances of owning a second hand high specced large car would go out the window to most.

Unless you already own one, can these cars not be bought in the UK for cheap?

power pants · 22-05-2015 10:49AM

dont know, probably

UnknownSpecies · 22-05-2015 10:57AM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Unless you already own one, can these cars not be bought in the UK for cheap?

No doubt the VRT would be bumped up at the same time tax goes down.

On a different note. My traction control has been faulty since I bought my car in November. Diagnosed it myself as a faulty pressure sensor on my ABS unit. This was confirmed by my mechanic. So I left it off until I could afford the repair, but lo and behold, the traction control is back working fine since last week! Any idea how this could have magically fixed itself?

22-05-2015 11:19AM

I managed to lose my licence between home and the polling station. Can't find it at all. You'd swear I voted no!

Edit: Was found and returned! That was quick. Was convincing myself I dropped it into the ballot box :P

Stheno · 22-05-2015 11:27AM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

I managed to lose my licence between home and the polling station. Can't find it at all. You'd swear I voted no!

I didn't get a card and need to figure out which polling station to go to

22-05-2015 11:30AM

Stheno wrote: »

I didn't get a card and need to figure out which polling station to go to

Its usually the closest primary school isint it?/

Stheno · 22-05-2015 11:44AM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Its usually the closest primary school isint it?/

Ours varies between two different ones

Foxhole Norman · 22-05-2015 11:45AM

dorgasm wrote: »

On a different note. My traction control has been faulty since I bought my car in November. Diagnosed it myself as a faulty pressure sensor on my ABS unit. This was confirmed by my mechanic. So I left it off until I could afford the repair, but lo and behold, the traction control is back working fine since last week! Any idea how this could have magically fixed itself?

BMW's. They're like the tide, it comes in, it goes out. You can't explain that :pac:

power pants · 22-05-2015 11:50AM

well you can really, its caused due to the moons gravitational pull

UnknownSpecies · 22-05-2015 11:59AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

BMW's. They're like the tide, it comes in, it goes out. You can't explain that :pac:

Think that's what I'll put it down to before it breaks again.

power pants wrote: »

well you can really, its caused due to the moons gravitational pull

You need to brush up on your Bill O'Reilly!

D'Agger · 22-05-2015 12:16PM

Lads I've a 2011 pessat cc up for the nct Monday, warning came on last night for one of the lights above the reg plate at the back

Assuming Halfords is the best bet for getting this? could do without failing on a poxy light!

Stheno · 22-05-2015 12:43PM

D'Agger wrote: »

Lads I've a 2011 pessat cc up for the nct Monday, warning came on last night for one of the lights above the reg plate at the back

Assuming Halfords is the best bet for getting this? could do without failing on a poxy light!

Its a fail advisory

D'Agger · 22-05-2015 01:11PM

Ugh, hopefully Halfords have the bulb, could do without going to a VW dealership and paying through the nose last minute

wotzgoingon · 22-05-2015 01:21PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Its usually the closest primary school isint it?/

Not this year for me anyway. There is a old primary school(community centre now) 200 meters down the road from me and this year with the polling card was a letter saying we have to vote in a place 2 miles away when the community centre is still open for other people. Fúcking countrys fúcked with that logic.

Old diesel · 22-05-2015 02:50PM

D'Agger wrote: »

Ugh, hopefully Halfords have the bulb, could do without going to a VW dealership and paying through the nose last minute

I think Steno meant a fail advisory which afaik means you will still get a cert if that's all that's wrong.

Think its a fail refusal if they are saying it needs testing again (with fault fixed) to pass

Open to correction though

Can someone confirm if im wrong or right????

GvidoR · 22-05-2015 03:42PM

It will pass if the reg plate lights are not working, but yes, you will get an advisory.

D'Agger · 22-05-2015 03:56PM

Old diesel wrote: »

I think Steno meant a fail advisory which afaik means you will still get a cert if that's all that's wrong.

Think its a fail refusal if they are saying it needs testing again (with fault fixed) to pass

Open to correction though

Can someone confirm if im wrong or right????

Ahhh

You'll have to excuse my ignorance....this is my first NCT :pac:

Hal1 · 22-05-2015 03:58PM

Well, la de da :pac:.

D'Agger · 22-05-2015 04:26PM

Hal1 wrote: »

Well, la de da :pac:.

Last time I was due for the NCT I ended up having a cast on my hand for 4 weeks - gave the mother the car for the month, told her to drive safe and ring me when she got home

Soon as I got the call I told her the NCT was due in a weeks time

Poor mammy!

Hal1 · 22-05-2015 04:51PM

Stunning restored e30.

22-05-2015 05:13PM

The life of a mechanics baby

mhackett102 · 22-05-2015 06:01PM

Spotted a 2009 Ford Focus ST in town today. Noticed 'L' plates on them, thought to myself how lucky some young lad must be.. Then I looked closer and seen that the guy was doing his driving test!!

When I went to do the test in the Mondeo the first thing he said was "this engine is too powerful for a Learner driver" .. I can only imagine what he said to him :pac:

Stheno · 22-05-2015 06:28PM

Found passport went to polling station to discover that they have split the list we are in, into two tables

Now our electoral register address us totally different to the address so this added to the confusion

Got sent off to another table and finally got to vote

On another topic I drove the fooking honda into the city centre for work today, it acted the bollox the whole way home

Mechanic is looking at it Tuesday

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