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  1. flecc

    Are diesel cars now worthless?

    They are certainly possible, but there are cost and fuel access limitations. Also they don't appear to be on government radars, and that support is all important for success. .
  2. flecc

    Are diesel cars now worthless?

    There's no problem with it's usage other than cars, quite the opposite. Apart from heavy transport on roads and rail, plus heating, jet aviation fuel uses the similar fraction. It was for that last reason that the British army had a near total ban on having diesel during the cold war, even...
  3. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not quite that simple though. Just look at the gross insults and slurs that Trump used on Hilary Clinton. By your reckoning surely that should have lost him the election? Same goes for Farage, he was very liberal with his insults and slurs. I think in both cases they succeeded on the failure...
  4. flecc

    Are diesel cars now worthless?

    Its already known how, but when achieved the advantages over petrol for cars are lost, especially since the recent big advances in clean and economical petrol engines in cars. The car choice now for the future is petrol, petrol-hybrid or electric, according to need, and I'm sure diesel will...
  5. flecc

    Has anyone tried to register an S-class in the UK?

    They are hardly going to say they are being used illegally, are they? The fact remains, the S class is not legal in this country and trying to get one accepted as a legal moped ranges from very difficult to near impossible. As a result there are large numbers of them on the road being used...
  6. flecc

    Has anyone tried to register an S-class in the UK?

    Not the same thing, the insurances for some of the more outlandish is not the same as that for approved motor vehicles, it carries all sorts of restrictions. In addition special insurances are generally third party only and extremely expensive. Plenty of people have made claims like yours, but...
  7. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But you are tillson. Most of the people who would traditionally vote for labour probably wouldn't be able to name the rest of the line up, or even one of them. I still remember the typically labour group of people in Liverpool who when interviewed live didn't know there had been an EU...
  8. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The leader is everything, no matter what bunch accompanies them the right leader is what a party needs. In recent decades Thatcher, Blair and Farage have all shown that to be true, and there's been many more historic examples. When the voters like a leader, they scarcely look at the rest of...
  9. flecc

    Pipes banging when using washing machine!

    Some claim stops the noise, but some say quietens, so perhaps not a total cure. Of course the source of the problem is the house pipework inadequately clamped. If the pipes are firmly clamped they will not be able to move and create the noise. You could well find that an inadequately clamped...
  10. flecc

    Has anyone tried to register an S-class in the UK?

    But probably still not valid in the UK, since their insurance is for use under their S class laws, not as mopeds. Since the S class isn't approved for use here, that cover could be considered to be not meeting the needs of our road traffic acts. The simple fact is that an S class e-bike...
  11. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    All our thoughts on the future of these two could be upset yet. David Miliband has just said he is considering a return to UK politics due to his concern with what is happening to Labour. He is the one person who could completely turn round Labour's prospects. Of course he could have been...
  12. flecc

    Are diesel cars now worthless?

    And also upwind! :p And if in my direction, dispersal continues all the way to me Anyway, doesn't alter the fact that the production, electricity, car or battery, isn't where I'm driving most of the time. .
  13. flecc

    Are diesel cars now worthless?

    But as I said, not at our location, so in driving one we aren't hurting ourselves or other locals. But I agree, we can't carry on as we are, it will all end in tears. We either need to radically reduce our population or genetically engineer the human race to be about 18" tall and poikilothermic. .
  14. flecc

    Are diesel cars now worthless?

    Some don't, not at our location anyway:
  15. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Too complicated a set of conclusions Rob. The reality will be what it's always been, that the electorate as a whole will be dissatisfied, whatever the outcome. .
  16. flecc

    Are diesel cars now worthless?

    Diesel cars have always been worthless in my opinion, and I've always refused to contemplate having one, even as a free company car. I've always been aware of what filthy things they are, wider society now only beginning to wake up to that and one of my reasons for disliking them. Another is...
  17. flecc

    Am I autistic is SW sociopathic?

    Definition. Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of regard for the moral or legal standards in the local culture. There is a marked inability to get along with others or abide by societal rules. Individuals with this disorder are sometimes called psychopaths or sociopaths...
  18. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not clever at all. Our population is small c conservative and inclined to be zenophobic and self serving. All Farage has done is cash in on that, it's populism, appearing to offer what the majority want. No matter who the Greens had to lead them, their offers of deprivation would only attract...
  19. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Some of us are still here, not being demanding, but now we're hinted at being a nuisance for living too long. Being lovely just isn't enough any more. :( .
  20. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's included in my "Submission to parliament". As you acknowledge, it makes no difference whether parliament accepts or rejects so it isn't the important part, we will still be out. Therefore parliament's final decision isn't part of the exiting process. .