breakdown truck

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Grumpy Northener
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Re: breakdown truck

#2121 Post by Grumpy Northener »

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C827595 Whilst appreciating the attention to detail / spec etc just look at the price :o - you could purchase a really nice £20k classic then go and purchase a fully speced top of the range VW Amarok and still have change out this money for a nice holiday
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Tigdlo
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Re: breakdown truck

#2122 Post by Tigdlo »

On this subject of high performance commercial vehicles, has the law changed regarding speed limits?
My only motoring fine to date in nearly 50 years of motoring, was in 1975, when a bored traffic cop spotted me driving my privately registered Mk1 Escort van at 68 mph on a de - restricted (70 mph) dual carriageway.
The speed limit for such vehicles at that time was 50 mph, and I eventually received a fine of £9 and an endorsement.
I have often wondered if the law has changed, when I see light vans pass me on the same road at 75-80 mph!
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Re: breakdown truck

#2124 Post by GHT »

If you can read this, my screen is a mass of gobbledegook since you changed servers, worse, if you answer I won't be able to read it. I'm not on any social media sites either, don't have email, so until things get sorted, I can no longer take the p*** out of you.
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Re: breakdown truck

#2125 Post by arceye »

Tigdlo wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2017 2:27 pm On this subject of high performance commercial vehicles, has the law changed regarding speed limits?
My only motoring fine to date in nearly 50 years of motoring, was in 1975, when a bored traffic cop spotted me driving my privately registered Mk1 Escort van at 68 mph on a de - restricted (70 mph) dual carriageway.
The speed limit for such vehicles at that time was 50 mph, and I eventually received a fine of £9 and an endorsement.
I have often wondered if the law has changed, when I see light vans pass me on the same road at 75-80 mph!
As I understand it the rules today are that commercials are restricted to a lower speed limit, 50mph on normal National Speed Limit roads, 60mph on Dual carriageways. It gets tricky where Car Derived Vans (up to 2 Tonne) come into play. This has led to cases on our favourite average speed camera stretch of road, the A9 Inverness to Perth, where a Vauxhall Corsa Combo can travel at 60, but a renault Kangoo and some Berlingos can only do 50.

Apparently, to make things even worse I'm told it can also vary depending on how the dealer first registers a vehicle of this type, be that as a "commercial" or "Car derived van".

Confused? That'll be you, me, and, just about any commercial vehicle user............. Then there are Land Rovers, I think my dads Double Cab Defender pick up may be able to do 60, whilst my sons Series 3 can only do 50 (probably a good thing) due to it not having a row of seats behind the driver, oh but then it may depend on how the bloody things were first registered and we really just can't figure it out for sure :?

GHT wrote: If you can read this, my screen is a mass of gobbledegook since you changed servers, worse, if you answer I won't be able to read it. I'm not on any social media sites either, don't have email, so until things get sorted, I can no longer take the p*** out of you.
Every cloud and all that ;) perhaps someone can take the opportunity to post some delectable BL / BMC motor vehicles whilst Mr GHT is unable to pee on their parade :)
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#2126 Post by TerryG »

We haven't changed servers :S
If you can read this, i'd suggest clearing the cache in your web browser and seeing if that sorts it :)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#2127 Post by rich. »

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Re: breakdown truck

#2128 Post by TerryG »

I'm lost for words. That must have been done to take the mick.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: breakdown truck

#2129 Post by JPB »

TerryG wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:25 pm I'm lost for words..
Me too, and that's an unprecedented event. :|
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GHT
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Re: breakdown truck

#2130 Post by GHT »

TerryG wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:25 pmIf you can read this, i'd suggest clearing the cache in your web browser and seeing if that sorts it :)
Lucky that I can read it now because I have no idea what clearing the cache in the web browser means. But thanks for sorting the problem.
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