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    Strange hitch hikers

    Strangest one I saw was actually wearing clothes, and didn't have the usual swearing/road kill throwing tendencies of the usual types around here. welcome to the west country. sigh.
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    Fuel from rubbish?

    maybe, if you get it before its mixed with trace amounts of gasoline. its the same principal of any other distilling. just got to ask yourself how you feel about drinking essence of rotten veg garnished with wood - shavings, and if your liver would mind something three times more potent than...
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    Fuel from rubbish?

    Sad but true, if an official has the opportunity to save the motorist or raise more tax revenue its quite obvious what route they would take. sigh. true as well the difficulty of altering an engine already tuned to a good degree for petrol, even after changing the seals and plastics within the...
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    Radical Driving Licence Changes Put To Parliament

    Its all part of the endless cycle of meddling, we all know the test should be tougher, and that teaching should be more in depth, it all reeks of middle England committee planning to me. every one of the "reforms" would make driving harder and more expensive. more possibility for fines as...
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    Fuel from rubbish?

    We all know about ethanol, E85 is an alcohol gasoline mix than burns cleaner than petrol and costs a third less ( in some places ), most cars could run on it, so why don't they. We all hear the sob stories about how the Amazon will be burnt down to make way for sugar cane to make into fuel...
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    Thinking vs facts when it comes to driving skill.

    I know im not the best driver, but im alright compared to many on the roads, i do go through cycles of confidence though, usually being brought down to earth by forgetting how slow my vehicle actually is, and that the half mile straight isnt actually enough to overtake that 50cc moped...
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    How many cars do you own

    I own half a car and some rust.
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    Oh good another micro car

    Do I detect a note of sarcasm ? I think electric cars will become more common, but more of them need to become decently fast and not take 16 hours to charge. Micro cars should go the way of the dodo anyway, if you want somthing small and economical that can transport 2 people, get a motorbike.
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    What old drivers dont get

    Im an utter zealot for the cause of tougher driving tests anyway, so im all for a re test for the pensioners, not the case for all im sure but widley they seem to fail at basic observation and reaction. Age does not mean experience, some people die having not lived a day in thier life (or...
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    Driving shoes

    Drive in anything, no chance, you try getting size twelve steel toe boots onto fiesta pedals, its not easy. I tend to drive in converse shoes, i can feel the pedals a lot better, and i dont hit the gas and brake at the same time. i dont carry my favorite driving shoes with me though.
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    Build your ultimate sleeper

    My ultimate sleeper, probably start with a mk4 fiesta (as its the only one that didnt come with a hot version) non facelift, relocate everything that doesnt need to be under the hood to the boot, fit (somehow) a cosworth duratec 2.3 (280bhp) not as powerfull as some cosworths, or a tuned volvo...
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    Duratec 2.3 HE engine

    Thanks for the link, i couldn't get on the cosworth site yesterday due to my internet playing up, the link worked though - engine looks like a beast!
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    Recession and your car modding budget

    using sheer grit i managed to find a job, its only warehouse work, but it pays. this means that my modding budget has gone from nothing to somthing, time to pull those sleeper fiesta plans out of the dusty filing cabinet. recession is brutal, as are the cuts, was going to happen though.
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    Duratec 2.3 HE engine

    While Pondering a good motor to go into a project car i came across the ford duratec 2.3 HE engine. a bit more searching later i found references to a cosworth duratec 2.3, which sounds great. problem - all the cosworths i could find seem to be modified to put out anything between 200 to 300...
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    Ban young drivers at night

    unenforcable and plain stupid. Im 21, and live in a rural area, if i cant drive home at night ill have to quit work and not return for another 3 years with this idea. and how economical to not allow lift sharing. this ban would be folly, most youth driver crashes i see are due to...
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    What car should never be modified

    There are some cars that i would see as part of automotive history or some form of national heritage, such as the lancia delta integrale, or a D-type jag, if they were to be modified, i think i would weep. but this list changes on personal taste, i personally would hate to see (for example)...
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    What induces the RED MIST

    What gives me the red mist ? On the road today, anything involving other people and cars.
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    Will 500bhp cars be the norm in 10 years

    I still believe that we have yet to fully utilise the potential of internal combustion, so more power for equal displacement is probably on its way. however, will we all be in 500bhp cars in 2020. no. 1. The relentless war on speed. 2. Increasing population with a dependancy on cars -...
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    Super unleaded vs low octane fuels

    i would agree with the general consensus, Buying high octane fuel is a waste unless your engine is smart enough to make use of it, or if it is indeed a highly tuned motor to start with. Good lord, I just looked for A.G. Bell's book on amazon, £114.99. maybe ill find one in the library - im...
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    Describe the skill of anticipation

    There can be no anticipation without observation. a good driver will automatically (and correctly) predict the most likley outcome of a set of events before it unfolds. though somtimes we just use the force. we simply know what the idiots going to do.
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    I'm a victim

    Doddery drivers can be annoying, keep in mind however that they may simply not posses the overtaking power that many on this forum can take for granted. im not the slowest driver. but i still need a lot of space to overtake safely in my little ford. I am however aware when a faster car...
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    Fuel price hikes due soon

    Yay. more tax on fuel. great. While it may be true that no one forced a gun to my head saying that i must buy a 7.2l v8 petrol rocket ship of a car. it does seem that those living in rural areas are penalised more that needs be. my car can get pretty high mpg figures if i drive carefully...
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    do you think you could pass the theory test ?

    Thought i would have no problem, though i was wrong, the theory is fine, though the hazard perception is terrible, i failed several of the practice ones just now due to reacting too soon. HDi has it right about the test not dealing with perception. one of the sample tests had the example of...
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    Worst time to be driving

    worst time to be driving, tomorrow afternoon, glastonbury music festival, over 100,000 extra people down the narrow lanes, the latent population only comes to about 30,000 and there are already long tailbacks, expect five hour waits, stoned hippies, drunk pedestrians, and angry mothers in big...
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    What penalities would you give for the following

    Proportional fines for the first five (more lenient for minor breaches) illegal parking - crush car. drink drive - slap round the face, followed by £500 fine. severe drink drive - prison for 100 years, plus forfeit of lifes savings. being a moron - car confiscated, fine 200% the value of...
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    UK Driving test amendments

    Test should be tougher, but getting the student lost and panicked doesnt seem to serve much of a purpose. sure no one tells you where to go once youve passed, but thats what a map is for. i would certaintly have failed if i had to do this in my test, id never been to the town before. I would...
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    2 cars or 1 all rounder

    Owning two cars may defeat the point of having the cheap economical runabout, keeping in mind you would have to keep them both insured, taxed, MOT'd and serviced (not to mention shiny and clean - Double the car wax bill !) I would personally be tempted to buy a car that will put a smile on...
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    Your ultimate driving CD

    No single favorite. at the moment: AC DC - back in black Black sabbath - War Pigs Dio - Holy diver Machine Head - Halo Mettalica - Dont tread on me Iron Maiden - The Trooper And then on the absolute opposite end of the scale, in all its geeky electronic goodness : Battles - Atlas...
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    My pet Spider....don't look if sqeamish lol!

    :shock: Yikes! I though i was going to see somthing like a classic alfa Romeo, instead i see the chuck norris of spiders, i should have read the full title. dont feed it any more mate, its big enough
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    How far without a break

    From Rock ( in cornwall ) to thurso ( in the far north of scotland, as in any more north and you would be in the sea ) 16 + hours with minimum gas and loo stops, giant traffic jams at both birmingham and later glasgow, i guess about 6 hours behind the wheel at any one time. it was not the...
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    Another screw in my tyre

    living in the back woods as i do its not usually nails or screws, but at least three or four times a year i wake up to a flat due to splinters, not those little annoying ones you get in your feet and thumbs once in a while, but big six inch wooden daggers from tree cuttings and hedge massacering...
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    How organised are your tools

    Dont have a workshop, but i am building up a collection of basic tools. normally well organised, if i lose them they are easy to find again, nine times out of ten they will be in my friends garages and sheds. apparently all my mates suffer with borrowed tool specific amnesia.
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    Lottery Win! now what do you do?

    Ive changed my mind since the four cars mentioned in a similar thread a while ago. with four spaces and six million to throw around: Alfa 159 2.4 JTDM Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst Series 2 Land Rover And a Triumph Rocket 3 Roadster (yes i have commited blasphemy and listed a bike, but at...
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    Your thoughts on Bikers

    My thoughts on bikers mirror my thoughts of those in cars, some are good, some are verging on the criminally insane, but i would say the general concensus here seems correct, i dont always worry when i see a giant bike, often i can measure the adeptness of thier skill as i see them approach in...
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    What car would you most like to own.

    No problem with running costs ? Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst, in white with the racing stripe, and the mandatory bimodal exhaust. if you drive it very, very carefully you can get 18mpg. because deep down, im a secret nutter.
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    Demotivational car styling projects

    I think I feel ill ..... :confused: What was up with that ban the bomb car ?, an argument with a ketchup factory ?
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    Hazard Perception

    the disks ( at least dvla approved ones ) are not too dissimilar to the actual test, after all they are just clips of a drive along a typical road. just be sure not to go too crazy with the clicker, and if it is a touchscreen wipe it. i failed mine first time due to rubbish technology, you dont...
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    What car did you want as a small person?

    an odd choice but i'd go with a Jag XJS, 6.0 V12. one used to park at my primary school. a red one. still want one now, despite being assured that it will fail to work, and that once the motors fixed the rest will collapse into a pile of rust, i still think its cool.
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    What is the best jaguar engine?

    5.3l V12, not the most powerful, but admirably smooth. plus they look amazing, like a science project under the bonnet.
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    UK petrol prices set to hit £1.20 per litre

    i remember back before 2000, unleaded was about 50p a litre at the local station. ahh good times, of course i was only 11 so i couldnt really enjoy it! the oil barons are having a laugh, the price of crude oil has dropped by half since the middle of last year, but prices of petrol continue to...

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