Popular Post maqroll Posted April 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2021 My new used Toyota Tacoma 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 09/04/2021 at 21:13, villa4europe said: f you see a deer crossing warning sign that's because some hit a deer there, if it has a light above it they hit the deer at night This is bollocks. There's a deer sign on a fairly new road by us, it's been there since the road opened and there isn't a deer within a 100 miles. The deer sign doesn't mean beware of deer it means beware of wild animals, it just shows a deer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I think the lights above the deer are how many times they’ve won the European Cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I think the lights above the deer are how many times they’ve won the European Cup. Twice in a Roe. The Reds are trophy Sikas, but unless they Buck up their ideas they may have a Fallow year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, blandy said: Twice in a Roe. The Reds are trophy Sikas, but unless they Buck up their ideas they may have a Fallow year. Muntjac Edited April 18, 2021 by Xela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Xela said: Muntjac It's like Chinese water torture, all this cervine nomenclature. Audi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 My car has a small but irritating fault, the dealer is sorting it but given me a brand new MG HS. Brand new. Its not leaving my drive, I am scared of damaging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Seat68 said: My car has a small but irritating fault, the dealer is sorting it but given me a brand new MG HS. Brand new. Its not leaving my drive, I am scared of damaging it. Take it for a razz! When I hired a car last year, i think I was the 3rd person to use it. I was worried at first of damaging it, especially as it felt massive to drive, even though its a 'supermini'. Soon got used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Xela said: Take it for a razz! When I hired a car last year, i think I was the 3rd person to use it. I was worried at first of damaging it, especially as it felt massive to drive, even though its a 'supermini'. Soon got used to it. I was supposed to be in the office in Solihull tomorrow, I have cancelled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Drive safely folks https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/19293096.30-uk-hotspots-crash-cash-scams-revealed/ Quote Top 30 crash for cash postcodes in the UK and the city or town they are in, according to the IFB: 1. B25 Birmingham 2. B34 Birmingham 3. B8 Birmingham 4. BD7 Bradford 5. BD3 Bradford 6. WS1 Walsall 7. BB9 Blackburn 8. BD8 Bradford 9. B27 Birmingham 10. RM18 Romford 11. B33 Birmingham 12. WF13 Wakefield 13. BD15 Bradford 14. OL8 Oldham 15. HX1 Halifax 16. M8 Manchester 17. LS8 Leeds 18. N9 North London 19. WF16 Wakefield 20. LU3 Luton 21. WS2 Walsall 22. BD2 Bradford 23. BD5 Bradford 24. B11 Birmingham 25. HP12 High Wycombe 26. B28 Birmingham 27. RM8 Romford 28. LU4 Luton 29. IG3 Ilford 30. BD9 Bradford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Car question - I'm looking to buy a new car, around 3 years old. Is high mileage a really bad thing? I've seen a couple of decently priced diesel cars which have got 100K mileage on them, even though they are only 3 years old. I am guessing ex-lease salesman doing lots of motorway driving. Avoid like the plague? or not an issue if the price saving is worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, ender4 said: Car question - I'm looking to buy a new car, around 3 years old. Is high mileage a really bad thing? I've seen a couple of decently priced diesel cars which have got 100K mileage on them, even though they are only 3 years old. I am guessing ex-lease salesman doing lots of motorway driving. Avoid like the plague? or not an issue if the price saving is worth it? Motorway miles are better then regular miles, just do the usual checks and hopefully find one with all the services done, it wouldn't put me off at all. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 59 minutes ago, ender4 said: Car question - I'm looking to buy a new car, around 3 years old. Is high mileage a really bad thing? I've seen a couple of decently priced diesel cars which have got 100K mileage on them, even though they are only 3 years old. I am guessing ex-lease salesman doing lots of motorway driving. Avoid like the plague? or not an issue if the price saving is worth it? If it’s a good price, has full service history, and you’re not planning on doing shed loads of miles then I’d say do it. 100k miles is not the end of life that it used to be, especially a diesel with motorway miles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 What sort of miles you looking at doing @ender4? I've heard DPF issues on modern-ish diesels are a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 41 minutes ago, Xela said: What sort of miles you looking at doing @ender4? I've heard DPF issues on modern-ish diesels are a nightmare. I’ll be doing maximum of 5,000 miles per year. What is DPF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, ender4 said: I’ll be doing maximum of 5,000 miles per year. What is DPF? Why are you after a diesel for less than 5,000 per year? I’d ignore the fuel type and get the nicest / best price car regardless. I took my petrol Merc beyond 300,000 and it was fine. My next car was a petrol Hyundai that went over 100,000 and that was fine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, ender4 said: I’ll be doing maximum of 5,000 miles per year. What is DPF? Diesel Particulate Filter, during normal driving the car stores emissions nasties in the DPF (which is in the exhaust system) then now and again when it’s on a run, motorway speeds, engine warm etc it’ll do a “burn” of what it has stored. It’s a way around exhaust emission regulations. They’ll only do the burn if about 10 circumstances are aligned. They are notorious for getting blocked and putting warning lights on. Or if they break completely they cost a fortune to replace. What a lot of people do is take the car to a tuning company who take the internals of the DPF out and adjust the software to ignore it. As @Xela mentioned, for less than 5k miles I’d look at petrol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 22 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Why are you after a diesel for less than 5,000 per year? I’d ignore the fuel type and get the nicest / best price car regardless. I took my petrol Merc beyond 300,000 and it was fine. My next car was a petrol Hyundai that went over 100,000 and that was fine too. Oh I’m not looking for a diesel, I hate diesel. I would much prefer fully electric or petrol. It’s just all the cars make/models I like only do diesels, or cost £10k more for an electric/petrol version. So very reluctantly I’ll have to go with nasty diesel to get a nice car at a good price. Edited May 17, 2021 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, ender4 said: I’ll be doing maximum of 5,000 miles per year. What is DPF? Diesel particulate filter. It captures and stores exhaust soot in order to reduce emissions. They tend to clog up if you are only doing short city journeys. They need long journeys to burn the soot off (called regeneration) Most manufacturers don't recommend diesel cars for short journeys for this reason. Pre 2009, they didn't have them. They were introduced for emissions reasons. Edited May 17, 2021 by Xela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) EGR valves are another device designed to get a diesel engine through legal testing but in reality can be a bloody nightmare. Edited May 17, 2021 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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