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The only certainties in life are death and taxes. So what's the plan in case of failure? I you want to take it to Jasper's (and if Jasper can accommodate it) then I should be able to give you a lift back down on 29th or 30th. But I think this brings us back to: which one are you keeping? If you're ...

Well I don't have 14 kids.......... yet.

I am / was considering it because money is tight and I don't see any way I can get it up there with the MOT in tact in the new year........ this is all.

Being a single mum + this time of year do not mix.

I only have until Jan 5th to get it up to Jasper5 for the work and parts to be done... TOM runs out 6th January.... I would be much happier going up there knowing the brakes were 100% okay as I know the rest of the TOM items are that bad they'd cause a crash etc etc....... I don't know what to do wi...

Ha ha - my bad

lozz wrote:Merry christmas all.

ihope you all get something useful off santa. perhaps a new cat /dpf for next years m.o.t

I did want to reply something dirty like Santas already emptied his sack at my house but I shall refrain........

Oh, wait a sec

Having independant toms here cuts out on all that malarky i know ive failed on silly things like out of alignment bulbs but im glad it is as strict as it is the end result is properly looked over cars, i would not advise driving the car with an improper tom on it. Whats actually wrong with the brak...

Thanks DDD, Thank you for all your advice this year on my posts (and everyone else!)

I am blessed to have such friends who know some of what I am going through with my cars........

Hmmm but if I have to take up there before the TOM expires (6th Jan) there's absolutely no way I can afford to do the brakes beforehand, which then means driving a car with no horn (or at best a very temperamental one) and a car that brakes are in a very bad way..... I've been told it is a guarantee...

It's one of those topics where I want to ask your advice but you never know whose watching :lol: :oops: Has anyone here had a guaranteed pass TOM (backwards) I've been offered one in January, I certainly wouldn't be overly happy in driving the car with the brakes as they are up to Jasper5, it would ...

Does it do this even when coming to a stop in neutral? It should maintain 900rpm until just before you stop, then drop to 750rpm :) Yep...... It feels like it's about to stall and even take off, *COUGH* I mean, pulling away you have to have just the right acceleration or it WILL stall... Tell you w...

Turbo overboost is almost always due to a leak in the vac system rather than the turbo boost pipe work. The ECU increases boost by reducing vacuum to the VNT mechanism, hence a vac leak causing overboost. It's quite hard to hunt these down, but typical suspects are the swirl diaphragm & the swirl/t...

Welly wrote:Ah, but what if you overtook a lorry in reverse gear? what would happen then?

Now that I'd love to see

It's bloody awful, I hate it too! I'm much more of a spring / Autumn kind of person, Summers too hot for me, Winters too cold!
Asked my doctor this morning for the equivalent of WD40 for me and she said no can do

Sorry to hear this CJ! I've lived in this house nearly 2 years and I still haven't secured my garage... and it doesn't even sit down properly so anyone who looked at it could see it's not properly shut. Spiders live in there so I am reluctant to sort it out (there's loads of junk in there, mostly pa...

overtaking should be banned then in any case :evil: You know what, I was in a long line of traffic doing only 10mph on Monday morning. Out of no where this stupid stupid Ford Fiesta (ford drivers eh?) over took loads of us (narrow, country road) and pushed in in front of the car in front of me! The...