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I'm not sure many garages would only do "oil and filer" if you wanted the service book stamping. They'd be liable if anything that was on the manufacturer's service schedule wasn't done and subsequently failed. Obviously, a lot depends on the car and its age and value. By the time they're 10...

Crikey! Looking at that rim, it's not just the backs of other cars he's fond of driving into! :ROFLMAO:

The hallmark of a fool!

I'm a big fan of the "Italian tune-up". With turbo diesels, I have a theory... Oil gets into the inlet tract, mainly because, (as you've seen) it gets past the turbo seals, and via the crankcase breather. It enters as a hot mist and, (in theory) goes back into the engine and gets burned...

Be REALLY careful with that! The "Official" range for one of those, is about 200 miles. Realistically, you'll do well to get 150 (obviously depending on what sort of driving you do, how much load you carry, and the time of year). Round town, lightly-laden, you're likely to do better than 150...

Thanks all. Yeah... I've been "played". :( They were ham-fisted idiots. Even now, one of the "slates" they replaced has already fallen off. It hasn't lasted a week. It's a plastic "slate" but made of polypropylene - which is notoriously difficult to bond. It looks like they've tried to...

What kind of Noddy car do you drive, where your carelessness and inattention costs you a radiator, but doesn't even leave a mark on the car you drove into...?:unsure:

As others have said, they rely on the user switching them to the 4 MPH setting when not on a road. Tax is rarely an issue, as most will qualify for DVLA's "disabled" tax category. The government recently consulted on amending the law for "powered mobility devices" and it's a knotty and nuanced...

Only Nutjob could make driving into the back of someone sound like a "flex", (as the youths might say)... :ROFLMAO:

Sage advice... ...from the guy whose ABS broke... :ROFLMAO:

What are "truth marks"? That's not a term I've heard before?

Have you ever heard the old saying: "practice makes perfect"? ;)

Make sure you electrically insulate them from any mild steel they could come into contact with!

That is truly amazing! (And heartening). All we need now, is for someone in China to tool up for the dashboard mouldings, carpets, seats, headlinings, glass...

Nobody's banning petrol. They're banning the sale of new cars that run on it. Ultimately, petrol will ban itself when we run out of oil, but if you're keen enough, and have deep enough pockets, no reason why you can't use synthetic fuel to keep a classic running forever!

Maybe have a look at the passenger carrying version of that vehicle, if there is one, and see if there's a plastic moulded infill piece fitted to the backs of the seats on those? If so, get a pair from a scrapper.

No, I don't like it. There seems to be a lot of confusion between the various systems: Lane Departure Warning - doesn't steer the car, it just beeps and / or vibrates the wheel or seat if you drift out of your lane. Lane Keep Assist - steers you back into your lane if you drift out. NOT the...

Yeah, to be honest, it's never done a track day in its life, and probably isn't going to stat now! :ROFLMAO: One of these days, if I can be fagged, I ought to try another set of pads in it from a different manufacturer, to see if they make any difference, but of course, I'd have to wait for them...

Yes, I did follow all the instructions on bedding them in. It's quite hard to "hammer" rear discs and pads to be honest. It's not a heavy car and the rears have very little work to do. The Reg 90 requirements only came in in 1999 and mine is a 1980s car. Prior to 1972, there's no legal...

I worry about some of the Brembo stuff these days. I think it might have gone a bit downmarket? Doesn't seem as good as it used to.