I have an Astra on a 03 plate and this morning I found a big lump of
metal hanging of the back box.  I ripped the metal off (got covered in
s**t in the process, lucky me).  It looks like it was just some kind of
backbox cover as the exhaust is not blowing and (what I can see) of

http://www.speedcam.co.uk/game.htm
Quite good fun.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6237891.stm
(video version at top right of page)
In a nutshell, the AA's asking for a cull of deer in Scotland to reduce
the number of car/deer collisions (70 people were injured last year and

Somehow, last night my mind drifted back to one of the most silly
affairs I ever saw.
1966,Cambridge Mass, USA:
A car, nosed in a slot at right angles to the kerb, slowly backed out.

Today going up the A1 northbound, it all suddenly came to a halt a mile
or so south of Quernhow Slop Stop nose to tail in both lanes. Oh great,
another one on it's side I thought. Anyway gets a bit further up the
road and a wagon has broken down in lane one.

I had the pleasure of driving down the A50 from the M1 to Uttoxeter
three times this week, I saw four prangs (or at least the wreckage) on
my travels (all in the morning around 08:00) and was late two out of
three days because of them.  Didn't see any on the evening return!

Daughters boyfriend, 17 year old squaddie in the Black Watch passed his
test two weeks ago with the army in NI. Came back here on leave and bought
himself a Saxo (chavved type)
Drove it out of the dealers and was pulled within fifteen minutes. Got a

Asda seem to offer the most competitive prices anyway, so they seem to
have a strategy of being the lowest of the supermarkets -
"Supermarkets move to cut petrol
Supermarket chain Tesco has followed Asda after saying it would cut

It's becoming ridiculous. Now it costs an arm and a leg...

The Car Party now has 3524 Members On the 6th November 2oo6 a new political
party in support of the motorist in the UK was formed.  Initially with a
basic web site and five members from an ordinary terraced house in
Shropshire with a very small budget, the sole aim of the Car ...

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The sooner the better. I admit serious bias in having being very nearly
run down on a pedestrian crossing (lights in my favour) by a driver
using a hand-held mobile.

I just love how thick some motorists are.
My student was about to pull away from a roundabout (quiet residential
road), but she stalled. While she was re-starting, I was looking at the male
driver behind. He was obviously upset at this 15 second delay, so decided to

With the recent heavy fog I've been using my fog lights and other drivers
have been using them.
I found it very useful when going down the A34 late at night where I could
only just about see about 15 metres in front of me and a car ahead had fog