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:ROFLMAO: good luck....:rolleyes:

No, not a world expert, just bright enough to know the things I know a reasonable amount about, and those I don't. (A strategy that has served me well, over the years)... I didn't know there were different valves for alloy and steel rims, for example, so I've learned something from this thread...

I would have thought, *especially* if you were the world's top expert! ;)

:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: Ah... always the conspiracy rather than the reality...:rolleyes: The mechanism is well understood, (well, by sane people, at any rate...) Asbestos-free pads tend to contain ferrous compounds in the friction material. They're way harder than...

No...:rolleyes: The iron is dust from your brake discs and pads... :rolleyes:

Yeah... it does that...:unsure:

He'll balance his own, on a balancing machine of his own invention, forgetting that balancing wheels is a 3-D problem... ;)

Ah... I can see this turning into another "Nutjob" thread... :rolleyes: Step 1 - ask for advice; Step 2 - receive advice; Step 3 - disagree with advice and turn the thread into a 10 page slanging match... The "bumps" that you can see, are because the oxides of aluminium that make up the...

If you really wanted to do it, you'd be best ff bead blasting the rim, filling all the pinholes and crevices with filler, sanding and etch-priming. Then paint whatever you like over the top, but it's much easier to go to a tyre place and ask them to use the stuff that Mottie mentioned.

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?