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by campbell
Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Guess who's back .... no, it's not Shady ;-)
Replies: 10
Views: 1022

Re: Guess who's back .... no, it's not Shady ;-)

robin wrote:It's shiny and clean too :-)
Shinier and cleanier than when it got the Ford Valet Company treatment though?!
by campbell
Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What's it like?
Replies: 23
Views: 2723

The old trick with the Scoobies was to left-foot-brake a little, giving the engine something to strain against and hence bringing on-boost...then side-step the brake to make the overtaking manoeuvre. Tried this with the Golf though, and the ESP just cuts the engine when it detects brake being presse...
by campbell
Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:18 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Guess who's back .... no, it's not Shady ;-)
Replies: 10
Views: 1022

LOL. Took me a wee while to place the lyric, but I got there!

So these placcy cars are quite good then? Wonder where the keys for mine are...huvny seen them in a while...
by campbell
Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What's it like?
Replies: 23
Views: 2723

fd wrote: . . . and my advanced driving training makes me seem to go much slower than I actually do ;-)
No, young Jedi, that is The Force revealing its true strength to those who use it wisely.
by campbell
Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What's it like?
Replies: 23
Views: 2723

Campbell, I drove it gently for a wee while and know what Lawrence is talking about - it's related to the turbo but I suspect it's accentuated by the increase in mass and total lack of engine braking. Not as bad as Ross' old nutter scooby that had me overtake two cars by mistake ... Cheers, Robin L...
by campbell
Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What's it like?
Replies: 23
Views: 2723

Re: What's it like?

ps I've never seen one on the road either :) aye, they're all going just as quick as you ;-) I think it's a perfect car for you Lawrence in your tender years! Wonder what keeps it going after lift-off, do you think the wastegate or whatever dumps the boost pressure is a bit lazy? Maybe it's just go...
by campbell
Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: stopped by the police -aberdeen
Replies: 30
Views: 4059

I don't get out in the car enough for Plod to get upset about my compact and bijoux plate! Oh, and it's not so small that the "Safety" Camera vans can't read it... ...Got nicked on the motorway near home recently for a few mph over Her Majesty's Pain Threshold, asked for the video evidence and you c...
by campbell
Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Web site advise
Replies: 19
Views: 2356

Re: Web site advise

Sorry in advance for this one. Like any other business I have or more to the point used to have a web site for Pencaitland Pest Services (PPS) . Having been informed by my web site supply chappy that it was going down for a couple of days for maintenance , end result website gone for over a fortnig...
by campbell
Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Edinburgh to Barcelona.
Replies: 54
Views: 5891

X7LDA wrote:maybe a silly question but do most standard insurance policies cover travelling outside the UK?
It varies. Some package it as a selling point, others you have to specifically arrange.

In all cases they usually want to know the dates you are going abroad though so be sure to advise them.
by campbell
Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:20 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Private plate opinion
Replies: 14
Views: 1759

Plates are a waste of time and money. I've spent more money on transferring plates and changing reg doc not to mention the £15 fee insurance companies charge to change the docs. Lisa and I have had our own plates for a total of nearly 13 years between us. We have never paid a penny on tranfers, reg...
by campbell
Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Private plate opinion
Replies: 14
Views: 1759

Stew, E 2 TEW jumped out at me as "Stew" right away. I don't think the spacing needs to alter. The big thing is, that people who know you and get to know your plate, will spot it even more easily than usual. Which presumably, is the point! The mind does clever things when it sees words that it think...
by campbell
Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:11 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Edinburgh to Barcelona.
Replies: 54
Views: 5891

Eurostar to Paris? That means you are not taking the car after all? Only Le Shuttle transports cars to France, and it terminates at Calais (last I heard!)
by campbell
Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Edinburgh to Barcelona.
Replies: 54
Views: 5891

Gary, Yes I realise the ferry isn't cheap, probably also when booked at such short notice, and also it isn't fast (but it's designed that way...leisurely "mini-cruise" style rather than frantic channel crossing!). It just depends on the type of break you are after. I would say that, if the missus is...
by campbell
Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Edinburgh to Barcelona.
Replies: 54
Views: 5891

I'm with Chopperver1. Lisa and I drove Linlithgow to Barcelona before joining the Stelvio99 crew in Monaco. We did Linlithgow - Portsmouth, stopped over with a friend, joined the ferry to Bilbao next evening, enjoyed a nice run to Barcelona as an easy daytrip. Albeit didn't do much mountain roads as...
by campbell
Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Classifieds
Replies: 26
Views: 2410

Bottom line is, Buyer Beware.

Can PM any seller for more info, and if anyone wants to start a thread to share info, that's fair game too I guess...polite protocol says agree said thread with seller first, but who ever said we were always polite on here ;-)