Yes, I think Philips did one amongst others. ali.jpg I think they used to use a weighted needle to prevent jumping, which had the effect of scratching the records to pieces; said records may also have been specific to the in-car players too. The eight track was a great improvement. Anyone else reme...

cuntbuster wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:47 pm That's no a 308, too much dashboard between instrument cluster and steering column.

What actually is it? No idea

It might be a Vauxhall Insignia.

My parents have got a Mark Three Focus, which is substantially less good than the Mark Two Focus I've inherited from them. They would like to have the Mark Two back, which is telling. Despite mine having the two litre engine, which means a few goodies such as rear discs and an upper strut brace (!),...

Many moons ago whilst temporarily living in Australia we, I say 'we' but mean my parents as I was a child at the time, owned a Toyota Hiace camper van. My dad, being unfamiliar, didn't immediately twig that the name 'Hiace' was a portmanteau of the English words 'high' and 'ace'. Instead, he thought...

I failed the first theory test on the hazard perception bit. Being no fan of computer games, I just didn't get it; annoying as I got all the questions right. Passed the second theory with full marks on the questions and just scraping through on hazard perception. I swear the hazard perception test w...

'Ought I to worry?' is the silly question. The week before last I carried out a routine light check on my car and found that the nearside dipped headlight was not illuminated. The fault was taken to be a blown bulb and a decision made to purchase a replacement the next day. The car was checked again...

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-06 ... herds-bush

Staying with the theme of electric vehicles catching fire...

A test drive at a dealer, rather than anything owned personally. The car was a small silver Volvo S40, the old type that were all the rage at one time, and was in cosmetically excellent condition. A brief look around the interior showed that to be similarly good, and most of the electrical gadgets w...

mercrocker wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:44 pm Wareham, today......


Self-extingushing Kamper Von


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One would have thought the efficient German fire brigade would have known where the fire was...

christine wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 7:13 pm I got Demon Shine on the Micra windscreen , it's awful smeary in the wet

Glass cleaner; it's about the only thing the stuff is good for.