Driving up from the A3 up through roehampton, there are some unusual
marks on the road. They are white O's in a red circle, similar to the
congestion charge ones
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When I got it the clock was still on GMT.
Looked in the manual and to change the clock you push a button and it
advances one minute for each push, or holding the button down it starts to
repeat the advance.

Can anyone tell me where I would find the coolant temperature sensor on a
'95 1.6 Zetec Escort? Is it the two-wire one on the plastic thermostat
housing or is this only for the ECU?

I get sick to death of UK work, and haven't done a trip "over the water"
since March, when I did a run to Italy.
I've got a good journey coming up next week though. On Tuesday I ship out
Dover- Calais and run down to Barcelona. There I will be picking up a giant

I have just read in my handbook that my 2000 registered Mondeo 1.8 Lx
has a Silver & something battery and a similar type must be used when
replacing.
I suspect this will cost me a sh.t load of money when I need to replace

I found this article in the Portsmouth News which may be of interest,
'A cabbie was sentenced to five days in prison after refusing to pay a fine
for leaving his fog lights on.
Brynley Potter had just dropped off a customer at Queen Alexandra Hospital

Anyone hear Radio 4 at dinertime the other day about the girl who works for
Royal Mail as a truck driver and loves the job so much that shes written a
book about trucking? When she was asked about why she liked the job and had
written the book she replied that its because youre ...

Apparently there is a new national campaign to improve
safety at railway crossings, being introduced today. The
BBC has an article here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm

Has anyone noticed on the Sheila's Wheels (women only car insurance)
advert that although they're driving quite fast they're actually
driving BACKWARDS? Are they trying to suggest something about that
particular type of driver?

Here in Worcester it has been announced that the 'Safety Camera
Partnership' are to stop publicising the sites of the mobile speed
cameras. They say that motorists, knowing where the cameras are,
re-route to avoid them.

There are often drivers in front of me that drive so slowly that they
end up crawling up to a red traffic light that but for them I could
have got through whilst it was still green (without exceeding the 30
mph limit).

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1074403842&tc=000KW022
207175
"There are a series of taxes in the UK that apply to specific products, services
or activities.
These include air passenger duty, duty on road fuels, congestion charge,

That Portsmouth plod attending the burger van incident wasn't the sharpest
knife in the drawer was he? Talk about miss the point!

Been meaning to post this since the subject was touched upon in that nice Mr
Browns budget speech.
Simple solution : if the vehicle is over a specified height, or weight, or 4
wheel drive, it automatically becomes classified as a utility vehicle, then

I recently drove back from Cornwall up the A30, (I went there via the
A38). The dualling of the A30 Bodmin-Indian Queeens was causing long
queues even mid week.
I am going down to Falmouth next Saturday from the Midlands and