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Maybe not... but when speed limits are reduced almost everywhere, it makes a marked difference over the course of a journey, a sizeable difference over the course of a week, and a massive difference to the travel potential of the whole driving population annually - creating the need for more...

I'll tell you what's the best "wave" system to aid traffic flow and reduce fuel use: tear the damn traffic lights out, all of 'em. They produce more delays and congestion than any measure of modern times. It's been proved and it's well known. You can see for yourself how well traffic flows at...

I agree with that - although principles are always given their biggest test in the face of crime prevention. The intent of course as always, is to combat anything that will stop behaviour and activity by ordinary people in the future that will be deemed either chargeable or illegal at a later...

Fantastic. I wonder how many more such finds there are left in the world to be unearthed...

The lower pressure of the tyres allows more flexion of the tread blocks and grooves. Whilst the effect is indeed more pronounced in softer snow, it also helps on hard ice - the edges of the tread are able to bite a little into the ice due to the deflection. The edges place a lot more pressure...

RWD - keeping the pressures as low as sensibly possible can make a considerable difference in slippery conditions (it in fact does on all drive layouts, front or rear tyres). Letting the tyres down to around 20psi can often get you moving when otherwise stuck. If you do this, travel slowly &...

Yes it will, because it causes higher fuel consumption - and governments and oil corporations are well aware of this. Anything that stimulates economic activity comes before all else. Safety is the way it's sold to people, and most people are unable/unwilling to think beyond the emotive aspect...

Perhaps we could do a super-safe 0mph - and become (even more of) a third world country. A bit of balance and realism is required. We already had it before the political tinkering started.

You're not. A typically post-millenium statement that about sums up the way things are being steered, in most aspects of life. Makes me want to puke quite honestly.

Correct... and they've even started to spoil Nissan.

That's true, an opportunity missed - a unique vehicle at the time. But MB attempted to recover the cost of development by woeful component quality. The Mercedes Benz star only goes so far.

Well if the Police have that, then surely they can go and find out who it was easily enough - provided the person being collected did come out of the house?

Me too. Unsurpassed motoring accessory of the 90s. There is no substitute :rock:

I have to join in and admit I like the overall look too. Many older MBs are almost made for the lowered look (if not at the expense of a mint example). The colours are great. The quality of the paint job though... well, there is no quality.

Well spotted Dryce - that is so true. It started with the Alfasud of the 70s :doh: Don't think he could get near the bungs. Someone whose name began with Q beat him hands down I think, back in the past. "And if the vehicle you're looking at doesn't have a full main dealer service history...

Lighthearted or not, I think the electric car "feature" shows that the programme is having to become tacitly "current" in a cloaked manner. There is little speaking up for the devastation of motoring as an enjoyable hobby or experience. The loose, sarcastic and humorous approach to everything is...

It's hard to say for certain if it's real or not - or maybe "based" on a real accident, with a little "licence" used for display impact purposes. Sometimes the damage viewed is surprisingly little, sometimes surprisingly large. Accidents are complex with incalculably variable details in the...

The second OP! Extreme Motorcycle Crash, Sweden, 2004-2005

Nice escape. Any you can walk away from etc... Was there an isolated area of standing water where you span, as opposed to an even overall covering? From perhaps a sunken section or badly drained part? Worth looking into this. The motorways (and many more roads) in recent years are very bad...

I'm not yet convinced the owner has been properly treated by the repairer.