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After years of driving a LandRover with no brake assist, I know that feeling of no braking. Recently my A4 developed a small vacuum leak at the vacuum pump and I lost brake assist at low rpm. Definitely fun, but could still get the brakes to lock up when needed without the assist. Then again I...

Could be a blood delivery as well. I know that locally here there's a "Blood Bike" initiative for delivery of blood from the blood banks to the hospitals. One of my mates is an A&E nurse, and she has some interesting stories to tell about incidents where they run out of blood and need more...

I've always been of the opinion that if the camera main purpose is to be believed to be "safety" then there should be absolutely no problem with: a) putting the cameras specifically at a point that justifies the location, e.g. a specific crossroads, at the apex of a known-dangerous bend...

Hmm. I'm borderline overweight/obese according to the BMI index (29.something) but the doc just laughs when I pointed that out, saying we'll be ignoring that completely in your case.. Being built like a brick has its advantages.. On topic though - I've seen morbidly obese people have difficulty...

Where I live I do not have a private drive, but there is shared parking in front of the houses. It does annoy me that neighbours "defrost" their cars with buckets of water, as after they've cleared the ice, all that water usually hits the ground and freezes solid. Usually exactly where I've to...

2 cars: '02 Audi A4 tdi estate, lightly remapped but otherwise stock '91 Mk2 Gen 1 Toyota MR2, NA, stock. I want to change the Audi to an E55k W211 estate if I can though the tax on that is crazy in Ireland (c. €1900 pa!!), at least the insurance isn't too bad. I've more money tied up in...

It's break-even to stop the engine once you are going to be stopped for more than about 5 seconds, with EFI / diesel engines anyway that are in good nick that start within 1 turn of the engine. I'd have to do a bit of research to get that citation again, but it makes sense to me. Starting the...

For accuracy, there *is* more.. The only parameters affected by a remap are: Requested boost pressure. Injection duration. Injection timing. The changing of all of the component maps within the ECU (on the VAG cars, there's a smoke map, there are temperature maps, somewhere about 15-20...

I thought that in a situation like this where the 3rd party is completely at fault, that the 3rd party's insurance can *not* write off your car. Only your own insurer can write off your car. The 3rd-party's insurance must make good on returning your car to the same standard that it was before...

:D I taught myself J-flicks in an old LandRover 109 with a 2.5 Toyota Landcruiser engine in it. It was quite the interesting sensations being on the bumpstops as the front end swung around. Useful skill to have, in getting you used to seeing and feeling where you are when you are not going...

Depending on your side of the fence - entirely too much given the cost of the car, or nowhere near enough for the work put in..

A point on sensitivity of the eyes: during the day, our eyes tend to see a colour temperature of about 5600 degrees as white. In the dark or when partly dark adapted, our white point goes higher. The effect can be seen easily if you sit in a garden as dusk falls, and you see red flowers become...

I'll always wait until I see their headlights before dipping mine. Often the sight of the beams dropping is enough for the other driver to realise they have to dip too. Of course if I know the road and it's a gentle over-hill between me and the oncoming car I know that my lights may be visible...

I'm changing my A4 estate in the next month or 2, and I've got a car in particular in mind. The option is a post facelift 2003-2004 S-Class 320 cdi with lots of toys. This S-class would ideally have to have the comfort seats with massage (specified by my other half) and sunroof, memory...

2003 MERCEDES S320 CDI AUTO SILVER 72K New | eBay I think this looks interesting (probably as it's close to what I'm personally looking for) as there are not that many S320s with toys on the market at the moment, and I've been looking for the past month. This one has a scratch and a ding, and...

Thanks for the input. I'll be back to let people know what I'll have got..

More research - found a good posting on the Benzworld forums with some answers: Airmatic shocks and other questions. - Benzworld.org - Mercedes-Benz Discussion Forum

Later this year I plan on changing my current car to one that's a bit more comfortable and that has a few more toys, albeit on a fairly limited budget of under about £6000. If I get the car in the UK I'll most likely have a large block of registration tax to import into Ireland :/ so that's...

Hence why it's superstition. I've seen no basis or explanation for the superstition though.

That green cars give trouble, or get involved in more crashes.;