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  • in reply to: RAC employee sentenced after sharing personal data #206413
    Meat-Head
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    Seems to defeat the object, take them to court
    Invoice them, don’t send them to gaol, so where does that money
    Go? They already paid to be processed etc.

    They should be sent to gaol with an empty room with a telephone
    Ringing every 30 seconds, “you been involved in an accident”
    Dont answer 1500 calls a day, extra year in clink

    Meat-Head
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    That fuzz fella, he was the first person to block me on twitter
    Told his program was crap, not lieing

    That tim don’t think he been on twitter since he got sacked live on air
    From some radio station.

    You would have thought with this import duty stuff and brexit they would
    Insist on uk made, like the Yuasa factory in wales.

    Should have reused the battery factory in London instead of putting
    Olmpic park on it.

    Meat-Head
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    Dumb idea, takes your eyes off the road

    Like going to see Billy Joespears concert and just looking through a view finder

    Areoplane in the sky off peak time ok. But no bad idea, buzzers
    For overspeed!

    Meat-Head
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    Sounds like paper pushing experiments.

    So battery is say 98.9% does it get sold as factory second
    Or scrapped?

    Why are batteries still made of a material that has been used on roofs for keeping water out for a long time

    Meat-Head
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    Good serves them right for blocking me on Twitter.

    Not really their fault if people spill liquid in them,
    yet bit daft having horizontal

    Perhaps if they ditched electric windows for weight saving
    And emissions would be better all round

    Meat-Head
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    Be something to do with the self serving imi wanting more money.

    Bit pointless considering mot place 10 miles away the boss is a mot tester, who
    Only does retest as he can spot new clean parts.

    Let a 3/4” of play in lower wishbone go, but fairly failed on other stuffs.
    Customer drove car in workshop guy did other work pulled it out as parking clunk
    Had to mention to customer “might fail” was hanging off

    Meat-Head
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    Here is a company you order a part dont need it until after lunch
    Or even tomorrow, twenty minutes later it turns up, parks in middle of yard leaving engine running.

    Then going past the other way is another of their vans.

    So inefficient at times. Often see when on road test two or more
    Vans same place

    #fuds

    in reply to: MAHLE outlines vision for UK’s aftermarket #205998
    Meat-Head
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    Why do these companies expect you to need the latest technologies and carry their parts on the shelf.

    Folks should not be so impatient. It breaks, you have to wait
    For it to be fixed.

    You dont fly to usa and ask after an hour if they can nake arrival tine
    Any quicker.

    You break your or someone else’s arm doctor says six weeks, do you ask if they dan fix it any quicker.

    Why do people even buy a spanking new vehicle and then get stuff fitted aftermarket!

    If companies made stuff to last would be no problem. Like central heating boilers
    DESIGNED to last five years then scrap

    in reply to: Bosch KTS and ESI online training now available #205882
    Meat-Head
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    Great, I went to a garage to fix a fault, vehicle had had two airflow meters new £400 and used £150 the mechanics there had a Strap-On scanner, they all had been on the Stap-On course.

    I looked at the fault code, then asked for a large rag, was pointed to manky
    Pair of overalls, wacked them up the wall, stuffed said overalls in airfilter with engine still running, carried on, bent down crack in intercooler size of small stone! They got a grunt, and was someone else’s problem.

    Not always worth the effort!

    Meat-Head
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    Ok, so what was toxicology readings before and after etc.

    Ok so 2013, not like 1983, so dpf and cat converters

    So no disagree with that.

    Meat-Head
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    Good, same with cars, instant fail for wet dog smell, standard old person hum

    Any umbrellas instant scrap status

    in reply to: MOT security cards to be phased out #205879
    Meat-Head
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    If mobile phone app no thanks, other apps are sometimes are naughty looking at phone numbers texts etc. Probably only work on newest iShit anyway

    Don’t people have 10 finger prints, face id, ni numbers
    Or even a usb key/dongle!

    Atm most if not all take a photo as your using them do the same

    in reply to: Alternators named most unreliable car part of 2020 #205838
    Meat-Head
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    Would have said egr then dynamo

    Probably warranty claim from all euro own brand stuff and anything with the word lucas on it

    No cat or dpf on list!

    in reply to: HELLA launches new vehicle work lamp #205837
    Meat-Head
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    Great, if anything like the two police cars at an rtc other week don’t bother
    Was unable to see anything except flashing lights

    Do they have switched psu that generate signals?

    Meat-Head
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    Great, here, lets have a virtual demo, look new BMW top of the range, got 50 miles on the clock, front bumper, got skimmed by a piece of wood in B&Q carpark, trolley
    Full of wood, just ever so SLIGHTLY damage, paint it, oh no we cant MUST have new bumper, £1500 for new bumper minimum, if you paint it no ADAS

    OK, next virtual demo, 1995 ford mondeo, bumped in aldi carpark
    By someone in a £20k vw – clutch safety switch – owner though
    Was out of gear, engine running clutch up WHAM – your mine.
    Oh mondeo bumper, designed to shatter, unbolt and away.

    Ok, virtual demo on ADAS, customer just brought the car last week, had small impact with bicycle in garage, new bonnet and front bumper, nothing lines up
    Nothing fits, nothing works, almost like the owner got it cheap because of a previous accident badly repair, dropped his bike on it & paid his access.

    Euro’s you say, will any of it work at all, does it have lifetime warranty?

    in reply to: VW 2.0 TDI engine: Everything you need to know #205835
    Meat-Head
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    Great stuff

    1) is the thermostat – it has to have something- is it a piece
    Of wax that melts when hot?
    2) how easy is it to change said thermostat?
    3) what is service life for this engine?
    4) if they overheat like ecoboost, does block split and catch fire?
    5) how much heat – adding to global warming?
    6) if a small furry animal builds a nest is it a larger fire hazard?
    7) long grass more of a fire hazard?
    8) service intervals?
    9) what are cost of replacing parts?
    10) who designed it, would they have one and want to work on one?

    Meat-Head
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    That’s great, however in the current modern world there are garages
    That still dont have internet.

    Was on blower to garage, I said type xyz in ebay, “we don’t have the internet”
    So no, even if they did, they would end up typing wrong things

    in reply to: Hyundai launches new fuel cell system brand #205720
    Meat-Head
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    Ok so google search of “hydrogen fuel cell lifespan“ comes up
    With battery university and hydrogencal or something cant link as this site dont let you link

    In short 150/200k miles, scrap, something about cooling, so pop a hose, keep driving It’s scrap?

    The hydrogen taken from other fossil fuels, not helping the environment
    Something about wetting short journeys?

    SUMMARY:-

    Deliver pizzas dont buy one, if you do make sure way way less than 150k miles

    in reply to: Drug driver didn’t realise state of car, police report #205679
    Meat-Head
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    How does that work, can only really see driving mirror as non conform
    From angle of photo.

    You knock the inertia switch off if them putting end cover on
    But not taking side out, which is rusty at impact point!

    Something odd

    in reply to: Drivers planning 13M Christmas journeys #205678
    Meat-Head
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    Err that’s wrong wont be driving home for xmas #status 3

    If go anywhere be on bicycle so can get pished and still have driving
    License for work in January

    Dont think Roy Orbson is driving all night either

    Meat-Head
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    Nope, gave up on that

    Citroen C1 front wiper motor?

    Everyone does the bidet (rear wash wipe) dealer only front
    About 300 nuggets

    As for contact, they can FRO no phone number, what good is that, customers are more impatient by the day, especially the oaps

    in reply to: VW TSI evo engine: Everything you need to know #205676
    Meat-Head
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    15 years building junk!

    Will these jump the timing as well?

    So when there 15 years old with 100,000+ miles on the clock
    Will abdul care about that or just wants to deliver pizzas
    Without spending ANY money on it, except fuel?

    Meat-Head
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    Is this another govment u turn?

    Has anybody left one of these things stood in a field near Hampshire for 18 months
    Then see if it will go on its own or pure scrap?

    Eol cars?

    in reply to: GS Yuasa Academy gets IMI accreditation #205612
    Meat-Head
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    Pheeoey cant be that professional if there giving incentives out for sales of batteries.

    Encouraging garages to sell peasants off street new batteries just
    To get free lunch – yes ok had it ourselves sold some old biddies a battery
    That it ‘didn’t need’, but as soon as your spun starter every module stored a code
    Chance of corruption of modules, but was valid sale.

    As for testing, charge it, leave it 12 hours stood, then hit it with 100 amp load for 15 seconds or just incase ‘odd situation’ if drops below 9 volts it’s gubbed.

    Then leave load tester on bench to cool so the red hot Asbestos dont take paint off the wall – again.

    Meat-Head
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    Why do that, toy cars at alton towers, yes thats fine

    Didn’t someone tweet that the toyoda prius calipers seize because no use

    Pizza delivery drivers will find Batteries will a service life of similar to that of a b&q own brand battery drill

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