Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73085
Deffo goat getting up material, a power cut for the next couple of hours!! Just when I’m trying to book stuff for next again jolly. Might have to dig out the old jetboil for the next cuppa!
Luckily local mast is not affected or I’d not be able to express goat getting up event!
18th Aug 2024 11:23 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73085
Power is back! Whoop whoop! Main priority = make tea in case fix doesn’t work.
See! A good rant re goat works.
18th Aug 2024 11:31 am
Icarus
Member Since: 15 Jul 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 97
Some people!
Went to a lovely restaurant today. Excellent food, good service, a busy and “vibey” atmosphere, so had a great time with SWMBO.
Then I go for a pee before we leave. Nicely decorated and presented toilets, clean and fresh smelling. All the urinals in use, so I had to use a cubicle. And found some dirty, lazy had done a mighty dump, and hadn’t used the toilet brush to clean the pan after him. It was disgusting.
What kind of ignorant, thoughtless doesn’t give a thought for others, or the pleasant surroundings the restaurant’s owners have taken trouble to provide?
As I say, some people. Goat well and truly got!I’m a Disco 4 believer. What a vehicle!
18th Aug 2024 8:06 pm
Paul J.
Member Since: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Leafy Cheshire
Posts: 7627
A quarter of children starting primary school in September won't be toilet-trained - that blows my mind.
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
19th Aug 2024 5:44 am
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
Posts: 2521
the way our society is going that will apply to university starters in a generation...the ones i meet i have to wipe there arses already.MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
19th Aug 2024 8:22 am
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2592
Lol.... glad you said that and not me. Just taken on a young chap for a degree apprenticeship role.
19th Aug 2024 9:12 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13550
HWN wrote:
No sense of personal responsibility these days.
A quarter of children starting primary school in September won't be toilet-trained - that blows my mind.
Shocking thought. It takes only a few weeks to toilet train an 8-10 week old puppy!Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
19th Aug 2024 12:20 pm
Maddpuk
Member Since: 25 Aug 2023
Location: Barnard Castle
Posts: 39
Shell VPower Price Adder
Not just today, but what does drive the delta from Shell Regular to VPower, other that price gouging?
Bedale Shell - Regular 146.9; VPower 155.9
A1 Services - Regular 146.9; VPower 161.9 (67% higher on the delta)
Darlington - Regular 147.9; VPower 155.9
Newton Aycliffe (A1 services) - Regular 144.9; VPower 158.9 (75% premium on the delta)
One common factor appears to be the higher mark-up on garages near to the A1, potentially capitalising on company fuel card users?2014 Discovery 4 HSE
2013 Insignia Sports Tourer BiTurbo 4x4 SRi
2004 S2000
Honda FourTrax TRX300
- Paul
19th Aug 2024 2:10 pm
Madrilleno
Member Since: 13 Oct 2014
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 1785
Also, Shell has just changed the loyalty points scheme. It's now 1 point per litre for normal, and two points per litre for V-Power. Brings the difference down a bit if you collect them.There are two rules for success,
1. Never tell everything you know.
D4 gone!
D5
19th Aug 2024 2:48 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4522
^^^ Shell! I've been complaining to them about this for a long time.
When they changed it 'points each fill(more than £25)' it was penalising people like me who fill up with £100 (or more) in one go, rather than going in 4 x for £25 a go.Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
19th Aug 2024 3:14 pm
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1616
MOT Testers!
So when did 4mm of tread become an advisory on the MOT today, which stated tyre worn close to the legal limit. Did they change it from 1.6mm?
Then on the service document they mark it up to call on 19/01/25. Presumably to order tyres!
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19th Aug 2024 5:16 pm
Paul J.
Member Since: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Leafy Cheshire
Posts: 7627
Re: Shell VPower Price Adder
Maddpuk wrote:
Not just today, but what does drive the delta from Shell Regular to VPower, other that price gouging?
Bedale Shell - Regular 146.9; VPower 155.9
A1 Services - Regular 146.9; VPower 161.9 (67% higher on the delta)
Darlington - Regular 147.9; VPower 155.9
Newton Aycliffe (A1 services) - Regular 144.9; VPower 158.9 (75% premium on the delta)
One common factor appears to be the higher mark-up on garages near to the A1, potentially capitalising on company fuel card users?
Using ‘regular’ fuel = zero% premium, and your vehicle* will run just as well as when running on the price gouging stuff.
* Some (very) high performance petrol engines may see a small benefit with higher octane fuels (i.e. less knocking ….. but how many manufacturers build cars that consistently knock when running on regular?). Diesel engines don’t even get that that ‘benefit’, the premium fuel is regular + some detergents but, again, what manufacturer puts a vehicle on the market that has an engine that will fail or become clogged when running regular fuel? Remember that regular fuels have to meet set quality standards, and engines are designed to those fuel tolerance standards.
(In case you hadn’t guessed, fuel companies that hoodwink customers into shelling out for premium fuels gets my goat) An ex-Disco3 / FFRR owner ......
..... now on the JLR electric highway.
19th Aug 2024 6:17 pm
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 401
Well, it gets my goat that Shell don't relate prices directly to the product on the pump until you actually lift the nozzle to fill up. They present the FuelSave and VPower products with no actual explanation of which is the premium one. I only rarely use a Shell station and, every time, I struggle to work out which is the cheap one and which the price gouging one!Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
19th Aug 2024 6:48 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: North Essex
Posts: 683
JordsDisco wrote:
MOT Testers!
So when did 4mm of tread become an advisory on the MOT today, which stated tyre worn close to the legal limit. Did they change it from 1.6mm?
Then on the service document they mark it up to call on 19/01/25. Presumably to order tyres!
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But what does it say on the actual MoT cerificate (or on line). I suspect the flag on the 4mm wear is entirely the garages own parameter in the hope they can sell new tyres to the unsuspecting. The MoT manual ONLY specifies the limit of 1.6mm https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection...tion-5-2-3 No other figure is specified for post 1933 vehicles
I don't know if it is still the case but government vehicles (not military) used to change tyres at 3mm. The point is there is no magic switch at 1.6mm (1.5mm lethal, 1.7mm completely safe). Dry traction is relatively unaffected by wear down to the limit but wet traction is severely affected.A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an is still an EV. Strictly speaking its SWMBO.
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had done a mighty dump, and hadn’t used the toilet brush to clean the pan after him. It was disgusting.
