22-11-2007, 05:34 AM
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|  Filling up
How many of you (especially those with a couple of cars) have trouble remembering which side of the car the filler cap is on?
Here is the solution, in all cars fuel gages is a picture of a pump. If the nozzle on the pump is on the right then so is your filler cap! If it is on the left then .... (you get the idea!) I bet you all knew this anyway!
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22-11-2007, 07:34 AM
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ahhh
that might come in usful when youve got a hire car as well
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22-11-2007, 05:37 PM
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I can't see the manufacturers adopting this (good idea as it is) since it will add 5 pence to the production cost.
What would be handy would be for someone to devise a way to stop you loading petrol into a diesel filler nozzle. The other way round is not possible due to the narrow filler neck on petrol cars.
What about utilising the number plate recognition systems at the forecourt to inhibit anything but the correct fuel?
I suppose this would be bad for manufacturers too as they would lose out on the high cost of draining a diesel system and repairing all the damaged injection equipment. | |
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22-11-2007, 08:45 PM
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you can get those little speaker boxes that you put in the filler flap which states its a diesel. they were on topgear a few series ago.
irritating yes
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06-12-2007, 07:32 PM
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Or drive an old school diesel where you never forgot it was a bloody diesel.
The numbness in your whole body from the vibration; ringing in your ears from the noise and the fact your hair's grown two inches since the start of the journey 'cos it's taken for ever to get anywhere because it's so slow.  | |
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07-12-2007, 06:57 AM
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 I might do a paper on the psychosomatic effect of driving an old diesel car.
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08-12-2007, 07:40 PM
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Waynne - don't do it if it requires you to drive one personally. You'll be damaged for life. | |
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09-12-2007, 02:28 PM
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what the vibrations hurting the kidneys so bad your p***ing blood for a week, or the mental torture that the snails are overtaking you
i remember i got an lend of a old tranny van when we were moving into the house. i drove it for around 200 miles over the 2 days think in the end i had ear plugs in it was that loud and if it went above 60 then i had to clench teeth to stop them rattling
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10-12-2007, 10:48 PM
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I can confirm this little trick, Ive checked it on about 8-10 cars, all have been correct so far 
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11-12-2007, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by pgarner what the vibrations hurting the kidneys so bad your p***ing blood for a week, or the mental torture that the snails are overtaking you
i remember i got an lend of a old tranny van when we were moving into the house. i drove it for around 200 miles over the 2 days think in the end i had ear plugs in it was that loud and if it went above 60 then i had to clench teeth to stop them rattling | All of 'em. I used to be the world's most proliferate diesel hater for all those reasons. | |
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11-12-2007, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by pgarner what the vibrations hurting the kidneys so bad your p***ing blood for a week, or the mental torture that the snails are overtaking you
i remember i got an lend of a old tranny van when we were moving into the house. i drove it for around 200 miles over the 2 days think in the end i had ear plugs in it was that loud and if it went above 60 then i had to clench teeth to stop them rattling | All of 'em. I used to be the world's most proliferate diesel hater for all those reasons. | and now you love them
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