Recent content by norseman

I empathise with your 'lack of interest' situation, it's a 21st century attitude. I've been searching over a year for someone to remove my android head unit to check for a possible bad connection (something I don't trust myself to do due to poor eyesight & arthritis in my hand) but if I wanted...

'Proper' size spare in my case plus wheel change kit & towing ring as supplied by the manuf. all in the well. I don't carry a tow rope in the car though I do have a 4.5mtr, strop in my old 4x4 & I make it the other driver's responsibility to attach their end of the tow if a ring isn't available...

I abandoned jump leads decades ago, bloody awkward things to store in a family car & I never had much success with them either. Always carry a compact jump-starter in the car these days, employ a mains charger for 24hrs every couple of months (high percentage of short journeys by SWMBO) &...

I won't pay the first-class rate on principle, sooner 'phone/text people on the day & wish them a merry Christmas. True, but if they don't have any? Last year Tesco's customer service desk staff were bemoaning the fact that they had been allocated a pitifully low number of second-class to sell...

Here we go again, notices at sub post offices stating 'no second class stamps' Ok It's my fault for leaving card sending until the last minute again but wouldn't you have thought that with decades of data available to the Royal Mail (they) would produce enough to fulfil demand? I'll try the...

Wasn't it predictable that a simple question of whether TFL can differentiate between Congestion Zone & ULEZ would lead to yet another in-depth discussion on environmental issues ? Sorry guys, that wasn't my intention when posting (n)

Thanks Mottie, fortunately I'm far enough outside the zone to be unaffected (only had to pay the charge once since the ULEZ expanded) so I was only curious, but TFL's webpages are not helpful. But then the same can be said about much of the 'net, so many pages of out-dated info. :unsure:

Whilst not strictly 'cars general' I thought I'd run the following - Just out of curiosity I thought I'd browse the 'net to see what the London ULEZ charge might be in 2026. Interestingly TFL seems unable to differentiate between the ULEZ & congestion charges, the latter of which is apparently...

'Ah yes of course, silly me I should have twigged it straight away having worked in adult care! There was me thinking 'why would anyone sell a battery that's been disabled?' :unsure: No fun getting old.

Just like the Chevrolet 'bow-tie' on the crap that carries it today. Louis Chevrolet must be spinning in his grave :cry:

Disabled use ? Just curious.

The only problem with buying on-line is in the event of battery failure within the warranty period the supplier may well want it back for testing before sending the buyer a replacement. Given that the carriage costs are likely going to be down to you a large battery is going to be pricey due to...

Ditto, 95AH vs the standard 70AH The car isn't used daily & a fair percentage of it's annual mileage is short journeys, so every couple of months it has 24hrs on a battery charger.

I have an Audew that will be 5 years old next month. Allegedly will start up to 4 litre petrol/3 litre diesel & cost around £30 in a black Friday sale. Only used a couple of times (on other people's cars) & if dormant will go months with the power indicator showing full charge. I think such...

As long as a politician's popularity ;)