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Forum: General Chat Topic: Insurance for four cars |
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 16:03
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| I'm a car enthusiast and I'm starting to build up quite a collection of rare Japanese imports ranging from group 14 to group 18. What is the best way to insure four (or more) cars? I'm in my mid thirties and living in a reasonably good area, but it's still going to cost me over £500 per car and some... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Buying an untaxed vehicle. Can I drive it home? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:02
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Replies: 22
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| I once imported a car and was advised to follow this procedure: 1) Get insurance (giving chassic number since car is unregistered) 2) Do any work necessary for MOT (can drive it to and from a garage if necessary). 3) Book MOT and Drive it to MOT station (On the way there I passed three police cars w... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Surveillance Commissioners Report |
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 13:03
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Safespeed on the radio news this morning. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 17:28
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| Safespeed was on the radio news this morning. TimeFM 106,6 Berkshire. It was a one-liner saying that Safespeed advocate a 3-second amber phase on traffic lights to give drivers more time to stop on faster roads. :) This was followed about a minute later by a message from saferroads.org: "Just b... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: 420 |
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 17:35
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Driving style |
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 15:41
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Replies: 16
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| I have used a wheel knob for autotest competitions. You can steer with one hand and use the other for the gearstick and handbrake. I don't see any problem with using one on the road. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: No smoke without fire |
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 16:44
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Replies: 2
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Now try it without ABS, EBD, ESP, EBA |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 19:57
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| There is certainly an element of truth in this. I was driving my Dad's Merc on a bumpy winding B-road. The ASR (traction control) light was flashing at me on every corner. So I turned the ASR off - and then I could feel how slippery the road was and I realised that I was going too fast for the condi... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is a powerful car justifiable? |
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 17:30
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| 91.9 is what I paid for ordinary unleaded last week in Slough. But let's not get into a petrol price debate. Obviously if you have someone contributing to your running costs then that is better than if you are travelling alone and get no contribution at all. The point I was trying to make was that "... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is a powerful car justifiable? |
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 13:29
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| I believe some of the official car pool schemes talked to insurance companies about that and suggested a figure of 10p per mile was an acceptable figure to charge someone. Unless you can consistently average at least 23mpg (during the rush hours) that won't even cover half your fuel cost let alone ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Is a powerful car justifiable? |
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 13:49
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| It's true that more powerful cars have a lot of safety benefits, but try convincing your insurance company of that. Even for third party only insurance, where theoretically you are not insuring your car, but rather you are insuring any car you might happen to drive into. I asked my insurance company... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Lane 3 hoggers |
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:42
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Replies: 64
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| I've found that there are differing attitudes to undertaking in different parts of the country. Around the London area, undertaking is very common. If you come up behind someone hogging the lane, just make sure that they're aware of your intentions and then pass on the inside. It's an accepted and e... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: The safety of automatics - confusion of brake/gas pedals |
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:30
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| I once flicked my gear lever from "D" to "3", while slowing for a tight corner. Then as I went to accelerate out of the corner, I found myself losing speed while the engine bounced off the rev limiter. :o Turns out I'd flicked the lever forward to "N" rather than back to "3". :oops: I'm just glad no... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Off Topic: Electricity regulations (Part P) |
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:00
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Replies: 28
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| I completely agree with you. This new regulation is complete nonsense and nothing more than a money making scam. My father, now retired, worked his whole life as an electrial engineer. He's even certified for switching High Voltages (the sort which cause substations to vapourise if you do it wrong).... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: The safety of automatics - confusion of brake/gas pedals |
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:12
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| I love the 4 speed autobox in my Subaru Legacy. PS. shameless plug for the UKLegacy.com forums, since there's another Leggy owner reading this thread :) I love the autobox in my SVX, which I guess is an older version of yours. I believe it's made by Aisan-Warner. It's the best auto I've driven, muc... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 30mph repeaters |
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 09:18
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Replies: 23
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Does anybody actually measure the distance between the street lights? What if the contractors accidentally put them 200yds and 1 inch apart?
I presume that in general, they are spaced much more closely. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 30mph repeaters |
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 17:56
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Replies: 23
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| The whole idea that we should know the speed limit based on the street lighting is totally absurd IMHO. Particularly when the local authorities mess with the limits as they see fit. Surely if the speed limit is so important for safety then it should always be clearly and explicitly signed so there i... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: gatsoed |
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 15:29
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| I got flashed by a gatso last night heading south on the M25 roadworks section near heathrow. The speed limit there is posted as 40mph, despite the fact it is a 4 lane motorway . I'm not sure how fast I was going because I was paying attention to the other traffic rather that my speedo. After seeing... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Compulsory Brake Assist? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 15:00
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Replies: 41
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| I disagree with the comments that ABS will make everything OK. On any given surface, the car has a fixed amount of grip. Grip is needed for braking and steering (and accelerating, but that's irrelevant here). If you are using some of your grip for braking (intentionally or otherwise) then you have l... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Compulsory Brake Assist? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:39
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| Is that a radar based system? Perhaps the radar in the gatso confused it? I haven't heard of any radar-based systems currently on the road. I understood they were all still under development. Regardless of why the system got confused, the fact remains that the car took away my control and performed... |
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