On my '96 Auto, I believe it's 'fly by wire' throttle through the EDC - but I don't think that counts as the 'one to avoid' as it doesn't have those dodgy sensors, and I don't think the manual version even have this. 300TDi same to be rated as good by most.

I've got a three storey house, so jumping from the windows is a bit daunting. However, the landing zone has a Disco in it to break your fall, Starsky and Hutch style ;)

Interview was Friday so I was just waiting for the phone call. Will I need a snorkel as it's the rainy season? I don't think I'll have one by then. Though I didn't have one last time. Just need to ask permission:eek:

Well the job is sorted now :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

And just in case it happens to anyone else - how would you stall it ASAP. With a manual I guess stick it in top and release the clutch with the brakes on hard? What about on my AUTO ???????

I can get 30 if I'm careful (and when it was snowing), but normally I have a lead right foot, so nearer 20-25 But mine is an auto which brings it down a bit.

That sounds like even more fun! Nothing on the calendar that weekend, but I may not be able to afford the petrol. Currently broke, and there isn't any chance of a pay day before then. As previous employer went insolvent, no money since December - and that was all spent at Xmas. If I've...

I might even have a snorkel by then - been saving my birthday money :)

Checking my wife's diary......................................... ........WeyHey. Nothing booked. I'm up for this - excellent lanes and stuff round there. 1. Redhand & Minty + Daughter Bunk House. 2. 90boy mabe with mrs and little man 3. Muddy Gonzo + Son Bunkhouse. 4. Rich P...

Beat me to it. Program by that name is showing for free on Quest.

Darmain, I don't think it was aimed at you (not at anyone really). I could just see both sides possibly being similar......they I'm not doing it unless I'm paid, and the I'm not doing it unless I get to play with flashing lights. You sound like you have the right attitude and just met a bad...

You sound like the ideal person to join up ;) When it's been going a good few years, maybe the funding may stretch to vehicles, just like the RNLI and Mountain Rescue - but they've been going a bit longer!!!

Are you suggesting they should wander around without Hi Viz vests???? That would be dangerous and unprofessional!! And if you're so knowledgeable*, why don't you join up and help - both with training and weeding out the idiots. *I'm not querying this, I'm sure you are. BTW I...

Like so much of the stuff here, this is just wrong. The Hi Vis jackets are agreed and on their way!! At the end of the day all you can do is go along to the local group, meet the people and make your own mind up. Don't just dismiss it all just because someone on a forum is good at...

Much as I'd love to be out playing, I can't go that far. Wife pointed out that my family may need transport, and they ain't going out in the other car - comparatively useless in this. And it's my 5 year old's 6th birthday !!

Yes, lots of us are, but as always on here the 'I'm alright Jack', 'Why should I put myself out for others', 'What? You want me to pay, surely you should pay me!' brigade always shout loudest. BTW that's a general comment, not particularly aimed at any specific people. We've just...

I still don't get this. I may be wrong, but I thought there was a thermostat on the system so the coolant didn't go through the radiator until it had warmed up. If so it couldn't make any difference to warm up times as it wouldn't be in the system anyway - in fact the extra load of the fan on...

Did I see a Disco in the bomb hole ??????? I wouldn't take mine through there after 90boy thumped his tow bar on the ground in his 90 :eek:

:hysterically_laughi Unfortunately, yes ;)

He he, But you see G7TAC is my ham radio call sign, so any thing else is 'wrong'.