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  • Gardens
    I love a good garden centre!! Especially if there's a good cafe to grab some cake and coffee as well! To be fair, most things that I like there are... see more
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  • Using Low Power STM32 MCU for Car Monitoring – Advice Needed
    I've never used ST microcontrollers but I did something similar with a PIC16. From memory. Set the config file to have the watchdog timer set... see more
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  • Gardens
    @Drivingforfun We have garden centers in some cities. When we lived in Vegas they had a massive one there. https://www.starnursery.com/locations... see more
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  • Taking your driving test soon? Check out these 15 tips to help you pass first time
    They may have stopped publishing them but you can still get a sense of what they were, for example, on this site, where there are listed examples of... see more
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  • Taking your driving test soon? Check out these 15 tips to help you pass first time
    @Nick Get to know your test route - test centres can have as many as 16 routes, and they stopped publishing them many years ago. But by all means... see more
    by Beelzebub
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  • Impressive/unlikely drivers
    If I remember right, the turning circle of my old Triumph Heralds was 27ft, which meant they would u-turn on most roads. The turning circles of the... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Taking your driving test soon? Check out these 15 tips to help you pass first time
    Over 2 million driving tests take place in England, Scotland, and Wales each year, yet over half of the people taking the test will fail. This new... see more
    by Nick
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  • Gardens
    @NMNeil are garden centres a thing in the USA? I get the impression they're quite a "British" thing... I have a sketch in my head of the Brit... see more
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  • Impressive/unlikely drivers
    Talking about skill level and lack of brain cells sometimes one can cancel out the other I don't like using my infotainment thing while driving... see more
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  • Impressive/unlikely drivers
    I think I can believe that about the US police, I've been told the place is so big you never really need to reverse... obviously would depend on... see more
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  • Impressive/unlikely drivers
    That's one skill I could never master; reversing with a trailer attached. see more
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  • Gardens
    @Rolebama I don't trust our local big box store so I start from seed, except for things like grapevines and asparagus crowns. Planted out some of my... see more
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  • Insurance Issue
    OP, I agree with Nick, go direct to the TP insurer. see more
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  • Unexpected careless driving charge
    If I've understood correctly, there has been no summons. The OP says the police "set a charge" That is pretty meaningless, and I imagine they simply... see more
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  • Unexpected careless driving charge
    I hope you, and the child are recovering from the shock. First, I would write down all you can remember of the incident, and keep any paperwork... see more
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  • Gardens
    I was off work for six months around 40yrs ago, so I spent the time sorting out as much of a self-maintenance garden as I could. Lots of evergreens... see more
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  • Impressive/unlikely drivers
    @NMNeil We have a singlr-track road close by. It is a very useful short-cut, so I use it quite often. When I meet oncoming traffic, I elect to... see more
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  • Using Low Power STM32 MCU for Car Monitoring – Advice Needed
    I looks as though you are you making a data logger, can you pick up a signal from the car system if new data is present, using this to wakeup the... see more
    by olduser
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  • Insurance Issue
    It's definitely frustrating @Bairdy - the thing to remember about insurance claims is that, even though an accident is not necessarily your fault, if... see more
    by Nick
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  • Insurance Issue
    Thanks for the reply - Indeed I do appreciate that we should have said its modded - And that would indeed invalidate a claim if he were at fault... see more
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  • Gardens
    Nothing doing for us here so far - I'm usually late to the party! Having grown anything edible for a few years. We're also having some work done on... see more
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  • Insurance Issue
    Hi @Bairdy , welcome to the RAC Community and thanks for making your first post, it's great to hear from you - sorry to hear your challenges. ... see more
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  • JC9 - 10 M25 speed camera
    Hi @Lenno , welcome to the RAC Community and thanks for making your first post - it's great to hear from you. When you say you only received the... see more
    by Nick
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  • JC9 - 10 M25 speed camera
    Sorry can't help but I'd be interested to hear the result I've heard of when no visible sign people rightfully claiming unawareness of the speed... see more
    by Drivingforfun
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