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The Flame Pit / Re: Plugged tire: How long it normally last
« on: Today at 12:59:31 am »
Quote from: seagul on April 12, 2025, 05:08:47 pm
Any professional such as tyre shop they will mechanically suggest to change tyres even all. The rubber is cracking/deteriorating not from sidewall but on the edges of tread depth but tread depth is still satisfactory. Tyres are holding strong air pressure and on driving showing no abnormality.

Rubbish, find a local trusted tyre dealer, there are several near me that I'd trust the opinion on (and have done, they were the ones that have plugged tyres for me versus telling me I needed a new tyre).

The date code of 4 digits will be in a rounded rectangle, probably near other codes made up of letters. If your tyre does not have this, it may be older than 2000, in which case it may only have 3, with an additional symbol.

https://www.oponeo.co.uk/blog/tyre-s-date-of-manufacture

IMO on a regularly used car I would not trust any tyre more than 10 years old, although a 10 year old Michelin is going to perform better than a 10 year old Chinese brand, along with lots of other environmental factors including how they have been stored.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Motorway red X sign came live 0.35s before I passed it.
« on: April 11, 2025, 01:17:07 am »
I recall the actual data is on the top of the images, unfortunately OP has submitted a screenshot so it's unreadable.

OP - if you go back onto where you got that picture, right click the picture, you may be able to "Open in new tab" or "Save Image As". You may also be able to click it and enlarge it, then save that image, and submit it onto a post.


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The Flame Pit / Re: Traffic infrigement - Modena, Italy
« on: April 11, 2025, 01:14:30 am »
Quote from: roythebus on April 10, 2025, 06:27:26 pm
Is the hire company based in the UK or abroad? See notes above. Your details have been illegally obtained. Collection action usually means sending endless threatening letters until you pay up, which many unfortunately do.

I'm not so sure, if the car hire company took a copy of OPs driving licence, then those details may just have rolled downhill with the penalty (and then sale of said penalty to the debt collectors). That would tie in with an incorrect house number if it were a poor photocopy.

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The Flame Pit / Re: Plugged tire: How long it normally last
« on: April 11, 2025, 01:12:12 am »
Plugged externally or internally?

A properly installed internal "mushroom" style plug should last the life of the tyre, I've had several £10 cash in hand jobbys over the years and they've all lasted the life of the tyre they were installed into.

The external plugs are more temporary, although if the instructions are followed, I understand they're pretty solid in there (I would not trust my life to them, especially on a motorcycle).

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The Flame Pit / Re: WD40 to clean the car oxidized paint (chalky appearance)
« on: April 09, 2025, 01:31:50 am »
Quote from: seagul on April 01, 2025, 06:51:34 pm
resulting in steady oxidation of its paint especially on the top of bonnet & roof side.

Is it the actual paint or the clear coat (if it has clear)?

Any decent bodyshop should be able to repair/repaint the affected areas, if it's a classic car with older paints you might be better finding a classic car body specialist.

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The Flame Pit / Re: Finding pepipoo - contact made.
« on: April 09, 2025, 01:29:57 am »
Quote from: coffee pot on April 05, 2025, 09:01:57 am
There is an internet resource called the wayback machine on web.archive.org.

I sent an enquiry to Archive.org asking if it were possible to fully archive Pepipoo in June 2023, and had a very positive reply from one of their directors, so it may well be fully archived as of around that date.

It is somewhat difficult to search/navigate as you rely on IA's search feature, but if you have old Pepipoo links on other sites they should hopefully be archived, obviously heeding DWMB2s advice.


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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Excess car hire insurance
« on: March 28, 2025, 11:05:13 pm »
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amazingly considering how everyone drives in Sicily

Never been to Sicily, but have to the Canaries and Balearics, and there given how the Spaniards drive I'm amazed that the car hire company had a zero excess policy. Granted, we didn't ever see one of them crash, but they're bloody loonies, all of them.

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The Flame Pit / Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestrian precincts.
« on: March 28, 2025, 11:01:14 pm »
Smother your taters with it and you'll have some cracking ones. Really taste great.

IMO horse dung doesn't really have any odour in single pile form (maybe i'm immune?), and if there are lots of cars driving through it, it tends to clear really quickly, especially if it rains.

From a health and safety (infection risk) point of view, I understand horses diet and digestive tract mean that their manure really doesn't normally contain the really harmful stuff, compared to omnivores/carnivores like dogs, cats, foxes, etc who's droppings can contain extremely harmful organisms, hence the use of horse manure on your garden and veg. See here: https://www.bhs.org.uk/media/nt3ju4tt/dung-0824.pdf

It is however my opinion that if you're in a public precinct where there is a lot of public footfall they should be wearing manure bags...

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The Flame Pit / Re: Abandoned Sorn car in unenforced Residence parking bays
« on: March 25, 2025, 06:02:23 pm »
Whilst it may be sorned, the council (and environmental depts) may be interested if it is VERY unroadworthy.

We had a car sorned in my old flat car park, flat tyres, moss growing on windows/doors, food inside dated 3 years previous. The council came and placed a notice on it that it was going to be removed, followed by a scrappy sticking a business card on it, then it disappeared, presumed taken by the council (or a scrappy).

So it can be done, but will probably depend if it is just sorned and roadworthy, or sorned and a danger to the environment.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: No insurance help
« on: March 17, 2025, 10:05:01 pm »
Scroll down on this page for "places that are not public places" https://thedrivingsolicitor.co.uk/2019/03/11/road-or-other-public-place-where-do-driving-laws-apply/

Where exactly was the car park and what business is it associated with?

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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Excess car hire insurance
« on: March 15, 2025, 06:51:44 pm »
Or depending where you go in Europe (Lanzarote for instance, but I understand the same firms operate in other Spanish countries too), some hire firms have zero excess.

Worth checking before you splash out for excess cover, when it's not required (as I almost did!)

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The Flame Pit / Re: Second hand car, where do I stand
« on: March 15, 2025, 06:37:30 pm »
"Leaking" or "misting"?

I had a "misting of oil on a shock absorber" on the first MOT after owning my car, and it has never been mentioned again. Either the oil has run out, or it wasn't a misting of oil...

How long had you owned it when you first reported the fault?

If within 30 days, in theory, you have the right to reject as its faulty. But at 6 weeks now... you appear to be outside of that window.

If more than 30 days and up to 6 months, you have to give the dealer one chance to repair/replace/refund (their discretion), the onus is on them to prove the fault was not present at time of purchase.


Depending upon the year of car, you may find that the car has had less services than you would expect. These are solid cars (again, depending on age) if well looked after, and if you do the appropriate miles for a diesel to do its regens you should have no issues once these are all solved.

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The Flame Pit / Re: Red X on motorway - for what distance are they applicable?
« on: March 15, 2025, 06:33:28 pm »
Quote from: Dave Green on March 13, 2025, 08:28:16 pm
Quote from: andy_foster on March 13, 2025, 07:41:50 pm
However, for competent drivers, any hazard should be able to be visible from far enough away to react at the national speed limit.
Any hazard?
What if the hazard is a reported diesel spill, something that may be invisible or not be visible until extremely close or it could be a vehicle that has totally left the carriageway making it hard or impossible to see and the potential hazard could be glass or similar in the active lane.

Not sure that either of these, if not visible from a car at NSL, would be a hazard to a car. A motorcycle? Possibly. But with the majority of motorways being relatively straight even a diesel spill becomes less hazardous.

You could say the same for the lorry that overfilled its tanks at a rural petrol station, then emptied the excess in the first right hander following the fuel station. No hazard signs, no forward warning that it's there except for Mk1 eyeball and observations.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Incorrect Endorsement information on my Driving licence - Advice.
« on: March 13, 2025, 03:38:11 am »
Might also be an idea to email the DVLA's data protection officer, you have a right to rectification of inaccurate data. They may be able to kick the right people up the bum to get this corrected (or check themselves).

I would include the information you already know, including that you have asked the court and they have confirmed this person has the same name and DOB, but a different address.

SubjectAccess.Requests@dvla.gov.uk

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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Insurance - third party capture following car collision
« on: March 04, 2025, 06:35:57 pm »
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You will always have to engages with your insurance and look at their advice. If they advise going through an accident management company be aware of what has been said in previous posts.

Only as far as you're contracted to do so, i.e. informing them of an accident. You absolutely do not have to claim through them, but if you don't, there are benefits and risks.

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