Diesel

Interesting article in today's Torygraph. The family of some poor
bastard who dies after binning on diesel have won a settlement from the
"uninsured motorists" fund.

Looks like there's scope there for future claims where diesel is spilled
and causes accidents.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Whoopie. There go my insurance premiums.

 

"Nige" <> had a sudden rush of
blood to the head and wrote in

What's a "big C"?

I do know what you mean though, as my summer weelies along the
Hammersmith flyover have turned into winter slips acoss the dotted
line.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ballistic

"He's got the big C"

"What, dyslexia?"

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Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

and there's me thinking it was the arc described by his rear wheel as it
lost traction, followed promptly by "the flying W".

 

Sucking his keyboard for inspiration, Nige typed:

Di got a Focus 1.6 petrol earlier this year, and for the first 2000 miles it
was returning something like 23 mpg. I asked the dealer and he said that
they don't bed in until about 5000, so if I wanted to complain, come back
then. I thought that was just so much salesman bullshit but, to be fair,
it's getting better (3000 ~25/26 mpg). It looks like modern Ford petrols
aren't the best for economy. The Mondeo turbodiesel does roughly twice the
miles per gallon, compared to the Focus. If we want a cheap journey, we go
in the big car. Duh.

 

Ah

I thought you were parking the Kwak in the coaches only section.

 

If they're going, they went before now. It was in June this year that the
"claimable allowance" from the MIB began to include clothing and personal
effects, but it's been possible to claim for injury for quite some time.

I think the one WUN mentioned is about a rider who was killed and I believe
it's a first for someone to manage claiming successfully for a death through
the MIB.


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Beav

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Unlike all those that went before? Fords have NEVER been economical on
juice.

The Mondeo turbodiesel does roughly twice the

It's a diesel though, so "apples and pears"


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Beav

Quite so.

The full story's here:

URL:<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml;jsessionid=RJ40LIHCR3
5PDQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/motoring/2007/11/24/mncycle24.xml>

I thought it was most interesting for its application to the diesel
problem.

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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

On an ST note, isn't 225bhp really, really, really fucking gay for a hot
hatch these days?

I mean, the A3/LCR was putting out that much with a smaller engine 5
years ago, and the current models make 250/240 respectively. And, best
of all, they don't have Ford badges on the front.

 

Trouble is, anything more than 225 bhp (or thereabouts) is wasted on a
FWD hot-hatch platform.[/QUOTE]

The A3/S3 has Haldex 4WD. The current LCR is, I have to agree, just
plain silly (ob recent Astra VXR thread)

 

Sucking his keyboard for inspiration, Beav typed:

True enough.

Sure. I was just thinking along the lines of what was needed to get the job
done. Given its poor fuel economy, the *only* advantage of the Focus to us
is that it is physically smaller, and therefore easier to park. On every
other measure, from load capacity to fuel economy, the Mondeo is by far the
better bet. When other manufacturers can produce small petrol cars that
will achieve well over 50mpg, I'm wondering what Ford are up to.

 

Not to mention the cases where an off is the result of some **** tipping
half his load of gravel out of the back of his truck halfway round a bend
too.

Btw Uncle, I got yer tins yesterday and very good nick they're in too.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

My missus has an 1800cc Focus (her choice) and it's a thirsty fucker
compared to my VERY old SO Honda and it's also bloody useless for carting
stuff about. I'll never understand why she wanted it in the first place, but
there's no point in saying owt, coz wimmin never change their minds about
important things

I couldn't believe the amount of space there is in a Mongeo estate until I
used my pal's to bring kitchen worktops from the shop. It's been called into
service many times since then. Dog slow though, even the turbo version.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I wouldn't describe anything with 4WD as a "hot hatch"; I know that
sounds daft, coz it's hot, and has a hatchback, but to me it's more like
a racing version, a-la the 323 GT-R 4WD; to be a hot hatch it has to be
a) fairly affordable (relatively) and b) have FWD.

The VXR does a wonderful job of proving that pure power is ****-all use
unless you can get it onto the road without excessive drama, but sadly
the muppets that buy that sort of thing are, all too often, only
interested in peak power figures.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, a bit like those who tout their on-board sound systems as having
4000wats of music output. Maybe, but what's a watt when it's PMP (or
whatever) and not RMS.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Sucking his keyboard for inspiration, Beav typed:

Mine's the 130 bhp TDCi, and it's torquey and usefully quick IRL. (Last car
was a diesel Discovery automatic, so a tuk-tuk would probably impress me
with its raw performance after that, I suppose.)

 

I suspect there was something amiss with my pal's. Even a non turbo
should've been gruntier than his.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I get 37 mpg from the 2 litre (150 bhp) lump in my Fiesta ST.

Even thrashed I've never had below 25.

 

I was only getting 19-20mpg for the first couple of tankfulls, now getting
25-26[1]

Not sure how much is due to the engine loosening-up, though still only done
1,200 miles, and how much is down to a change in driving style. These days
I find myself short-shifting and riding the wave of torque to "make good
progress" rather than revving out in the gears.

Just why they gave it 6 gears is a mystery, probably explained by marketing
rather than engineering, unlike to the Fiesta ST that's just screaming-out
(literally) for a 6th gear.

[1] still a shocker after the 42-46mpg from the 2.2TDCi in the X-Type and
the Mondeo before that.