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  • What's the Best Way to Maintain My Tires?
    @NMNeil 😮 Wow ! Never saw that one coming. Well I’m not sure I would immediately rush out and purchase some Dot 4 to slap on my tyres but I’ll... see more
    by Seal
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  • Here’s a very modern complaint.
    @Seal This is worth watching because it sums up the problem with modern cars so well. To clarify Chris Farley is the CEO of Ford who Ray references. see more
    by NMNeil
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  • What's the Best Way to Maintain My Tires?
    @Seal An old timers tip (me) use brake fluid. Now before you ridicule the idea look at how nice and flexible the seals in a brake master cylinder or... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Satnav Disasters
    @Santa I agree with you about Google's Street View. I used it when I took my son-in-law to pick up his new motorcycle. Checked out the junctions and... see more
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  • What's going on with the weather?!
    I’m not saying it’s been wet and that we’ve had a lot of rain but this morning I found two pigeons having a bath on the roof of one of the cars ! And... see more
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  • California v. Texas
    I was once told, by a Texan, that the difference between California and Texas is that chilli in the former is served with kidney beans, whilst the... see more
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  • What's the Best Way to Maintain My Tires?
    @Tyrescardiff12 All of the things as mentioned by others of course. But my personal one is never use ‘tyre black’ products as long term it... see more
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  • Satnav Disasters
    When I first drove trucks for a living, I could usually remember the route to any address I'd been to before, without a map. These days, in my car,... see more
    by Santa
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  • Here’s a very modern complaint.
    And that’s why I am happy to take almost any modern LS unit any day of the week 🤭 GM are famous for doing the steel into ally thing on bolts for the... see more
    by Seal
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  • Satnav Disasters
    @olduser My truck just has a stick on the dashboard GPS, it's not permanently installed. So when I use it I put in the address and follow the... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Here’s a very modern complaint.
    @Seal The Northstar had a deserved reputation as being junk, but most of the unreliability was down to one simple design fault. The head bolts had... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Parking The Resistance
    I cannot see the picture but the cars you mentioned have clearly broken the law, well fine 'bookem Dano'. see more
    by olduser
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  • Find the best garage
    Tyre depots are probably the best for tyres, garages are more difficult a rough guide might be if it looks professional, it may well be so, or ask... see more
    by olduser
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  • Classic car maintenance tips and advice for long-term reliability
    Preservation of old vehicles is all about attention to detail - all of it! see more
    by olduser
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  • Satnav Disasters
    What if, satnav was projected onto the screen, with a button on the steering wheel to kill it when not in use or an unfettered view was more... see more
    by olduser
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  • What food is your town or region know for?
    @Drivingforfun I went to the one just round the corner from Sainsburys a few times, and another turning left at Bennett's at the top of the High St.... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Maybe you noticed I was gone for a while...
    My dear lady, I am in full flow, puffing like an aged BMW 750i while attempting to crest the brow of the Brenner Pass on a frosty morn and looking... see more
    by Seal
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  • Maybe you noticed I was gone for a while...
    @Seal well, nobody has seen me a James Bond in the same room, have they? ​​​​​​​😂 Maybe I was in a secret mission after all and that's how I hurt my... see more
    by Lily
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  • Maybe you noticed I was gone for a while...
    @Lily I did notice you had disappeared but assumed it was a secret mission that required a delicate touch, of course in a way it did ! Welcome back,... see more
    by Seal
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  • Maybe you noticed I was gone for a while...
    @olduser not a victim of AI…. just yet. 😑 Apparently, nobody watched Terminator (best cautionary tale out there), every process everywhere is being... see more
    by Lily
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  • Satnav Disasters
    Where we walk the dog there is a track off the road that goes down a slope and has a couple of very short bollards - I guess a tractor could clear... see more
    by Drivingforfun
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  • What food is your town or region know for?
    @Rolebama There's a chippy in Bedford called Harrowden Fisheries I'd recommend. The owner is very friendly and loves to chat. He says his trick... see more
    by Drivingforfun
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  • Satnav Disasters
    I used my GPS to find an address just outside of Lubbock. Got to where the house should be and; nothing, just cornfields. I called the person I was... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Here’s a very modern complaint.
    I remember a Cadillac that I had having a Northstar Supercharged engine which was completely sealed or did I imagine it, never had anything done to... see more
    by Seal
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