mike65

Now that is nice. Takes me back to the days when I had to do drawings on a board. You cannot beat the skill, care and time spent producing a drawing of that type by hand. The really good ones are fantastic and worth saving and displaying. Hand drawing really sorted the the dross out, unlike the modern soulless CAD drawings. Mind you can normally tell the CAD drawings prepared by an old hand, they just seem to have that little extra. Mike

This one? http://www.bakelitemuseum.co.uk/ Suppose it must be as there cannot be many. You can still get it. aledgedly. http://www.adrayplastics.co.uk/page008.html Mike

Only from dealling with Local Authorities and Environment Agency etc on highway, planning condition approvals etc. Some of them are worse they want to refer you to documents that went out of dat in the last century. Mike

Of course you do not need lots of expensive cooking gear, you can cook dinner whilst driving around the arena. Who says blokes cannot multi task. http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Food-on-Your-Car%27s-Engine Of course some experimenting will be required with cooking times/miles depending upon you vehicle Mike

Statistically it is probably correct. The Hurricane shot down more aircraft, but then there were more Hurricanes. The Hurricane was easier to build and repair on the front line, due its construction. The Hurricane was also a better gun platform, for shooting bombers down. The Spitfire was more manouevrable. Of course the Spitfire was also a very attractive aircraft. I also believe the Germans lost alot of 109s due to them running out of fuel. But lets face it it was not just the aircraft, it was those who flew and kept them flying. Mike

I doubt it was that long. It probablt took 3 months for a winch to break. 3 months to work out they could not fix it. 3 months to process the request 6 months to find the repair instructions. 9 months to reprint with instructions. Good job it did mot happen today or they would get the manual 2 years after the vehicle left service and then you could only tread if wearing hi-vis and othe suitable proection. Mike

Despite the weather, cold but not much snow I have done a bit more. Have acquired a shunt box and this is now installed along with the jerry can holder. Mike

Now that would be nice a whole day playing with the 109. Just remebered this is England and it lives outside, a bit cold, wet, white, dark or any combination of these. Think it will be a nice dinner, with alcohol and sitting infront of the nice warm fire. Unless we somehow manage to get some of the white stuff that seems to have missed here and then I am staying sober and going for a drive. Mike

Not sure if this is true but it might put you off owning one. http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=154793720&page=10 Alternatively you could use it to beat the price down. Mike

What is all this snow stuff that seems to have caused chaos? Got up Thursday and there was a covering of snow in the Chiltern Hills. In fact it was so bad I left the Land Rover where it was ant took the car to North Wales for a few days. Still waiting for all this severe weather, must have blinked and messed it. Mike

If you push the life saving and health benefits of breathing the air you may be able to get more money for it say 25 GBP. Oh and I am sure somebody will pay 50 GBP for one which has endless free refills. Mike

I reckon you should all come to Chesham (in the Chiltern Hills) where the show amounts to about 2cm (in the drifts). You can then all enjoy yourselves laughing at those who are panicking because there is snow (just). Have ridden motorbikes in more snow than we have. I want some snow, it's not fair:cry: Mikie

Isn't that what you tell the wife/girlfriemd after being stopped for kerb crawling? Mike

Are you sure you don't want the kitchen snk?

He might get let off on this one. After all the endo of the world has been predicted for 2012. What I want to know is this before, after or during A&E? Mike

Was that didn't bother moving the car or going to work?:-) I was told not to play with yellow snow and most definitely not to eat it. Had a light dusting down here in the topics of Buckinghamshire, but not really worth mentioning still took the truck for a run and get some free winter fuel. You can get a lot of logs in a 109. Mike

I agree with the comments on comparison sites. I have found that regardless of what you pot in with respect to voluntary excess they always seem to ignore this and when you look further you suddenly realise the nice cheap you got wit £250 excess suddenly has £1000 and when you adjust is no longer cheap. What I tend to do is use these as a basis and then target a few of the companies own website to get a real quote with what you want. With respect to bikes try a few specialist companies or the specialist comparison run by MCN http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/INSURANCE/ Mike

Beats a garden gnome any day. Mike

I am sure they would be much happier with a Dyson:yay: Hoovers are so old hat. Mike PS: I would settle for a Robovac.

I know a few of those. for example Somebody has brocken the bl...y spell checker again. or is yours SNAFU? MIke

Oh rats. Got a time machine. Was up there last Saturday and in Bognor tomorrow. Heading yo Wales next week, but doubt that will help. Mike

Think some confusion maybe creeping in. You need a service braking system. You need a secondary braking system You need a parking brake. The secondary system could be a dual circuit/split circuit system (as per a car) or it could be a suitable parking brake system. The parking brake needs to be mechanically operated and cable of holding the vehicle without any assistance. If the parking brake is also the secondary system it should be able to be gradually applied and released when the vehicle is on motion. As you can with a cable operated handbrake, but not with a Mercedes foot operated and handle release system. I believe Antarmike is saying that as the parking brake, being a ratchet system cannot be gradually released it is unlikly to be acceptable as a secondary braking system, but it is acceptable as a parking brake. Mike

I suspect that it has to gradually apply and release the brakes to be a compliant system. I strongly suspect some mods would be needed to get it passed. Brakes are not one of the things armoured cars are exempt from in the test. The other problem being does a Stormer fit into Clas M or is it one of the others or none. Mind you if your primary brake system had failled and you had to bring the vehicle to a syop with the secondary system logic would dictate that you would not really want to drive off again. Of course this is lebislation and logic is not always required. Mike

From what I can work out the IVA replaces the C&U for vehicles that fall outside the "norm". EG: Grey imports, one offs and low production builds. If the IVA M1 can be applied the following is acceptable The vehicle must be fitted with a service braking system that is completely independent of the control of the parking brake, capable of functioning on all wheels by a single means of operation, which will gradually increase or reduce the braking force through action of the control. The vehicle must be fitted with a split (dual) circuit brake system with each part of the system operating on at least two wheels (one on each side), capable of operating in the event of a failure of the service brake or its power assistance. Could be a sticking point with tracks or do you have brakes on the front and rear sprockets/axles? The vehicle must be fitted with a secondary system, capable of operating in the event of a failure of the service brake or its power assistance See Note 1 Note 1: The secondary system can be either one half of the split system (following failure of the other half) or secondary can be on the handbrake (Secondary/Park). So the parking brake could be the secondary system. Basically gives two options for the secondary brake system. Mentions this on parking brakes The ‘parking’ braking system must be capable of being operated and released whether the vehicle is stationary or moving. Makes sense especially if it acts as the secondary system. The ‘parking’ braking system must be capable of being operated on all wheels of at least one axle enabling the vehicle to be held on an up or down gradient even in the absence of the driver. Again quite logical. Might proove interesting if vehicle has a transmission brake on drive shaft (ie: Land Rover) The ‘parking’ braking system must be capable of being operated using a control which is independent of the service brake, and once applied capable of being maintained in the ‘on’ position solely by mechanical means. Again seems quite logical so you need to pull a lever. Could be a problem if you opt for an electonic operated parking brake like on certain VW's and Audi's This is followed by sections on how to test the systems for compliance.This includes operation and inspection. Quite an interesting read as it could be applied to many vehicles that we may have or want to register in the future, where it may not be possible to apply C&U via manufacturers approval at design stage. Mike

I suppose it is one way to prevent tail gating. Could go with a sticker saying "Back off or else" Mike