roads

just returned from a glorious week in wales (my new avatar is my car on a drive on beach!)......ive been whining about my soft suspension of late, but on the long sweeping roads of wales it performed lovely....1200 miles in a week and every one a pleasure..........any welsh members here, you...

Automatic ban as far as I am concerned. never mind court appearances and solicitors trying to weedle away out for her ! 'A confused grandmother injured four motorists after driving 15 miles down the wrong carriageway of a motorway. Martha Harwood, 81, caused cars to swerve and one to crash...

British Roads Not Fit For Purpose Britain's transport infrastructure is "not fit for purpose", with the cost of congestion likely to soon exceed the current figure of £20 billion a year, a report from a centre-right think tank said. Britain had the most crowded and congested roads, the fewest...

I've been reading some of the recent threads about people racing on public roads. Last night on Look North, the local BBC TV news program, there was an article about a 17 year old with no licence or insurance racing his pal on the B roads of Lincolnshire. He came round a corner on the wrong...

Dear all Hi I have a 2001 C180 Classic auto petrol. Last night I was driving and after a few miles the engine management light came on, about 5 miles later the car started choking on the motorway,looosing power, cutting out, so i parked on a side street, called AA recovery, the guy put his...

Published recently; THE SURVEY'S WORST ROADS: 1. A682 (M65 J13 - Long Preston) 2. A54 (Congleton - Buxton) 3. A683 (M6 J34 - Kirkby Lonsdale) 4. A62 (Diggle - Huddersfield) 5. A671 (Burnley - Whalley) 6. A653 (Dewsbury - M62 J28) 7. A1079 (Market Weighton - Kingston upon...

I have a day off work next week so I thought I would. Go for a nice drive around London or any big city at about 8am until around 10am Thats what the anti car people think all car owners do. So lets charge them per mile and that will stop people like me driving in the rush hour just for...

RAILROADS Does the statement, "We've always done it like that" ring any bells? Read this email to the end; this is a new one for me The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because...

(Filed: 18/07/2006) Road gritters most commonly used to combat icy weather were preparing in some areas to spread crushed rock dust and create "non-stick" road surfaces. Newly-laid tarmac is particularly prone to melting in the heat and gritters can help protect both roads and vehicles, said...

I've been having a clear out and found another Tele Atlas COMAND nav CD, for use in all CD based DX COMAND units in E, S, CL, SL, CLK, C, ML, and G class cars. This one is: - Major Raods of Western Europe 2002 £35 Includes first class shipping. Matt

http://0wn3d.nl/zooi/random/hw68fz_ferrarinetwork_01_02_2005.wmv Quite how these two guys managed to get their hands on a Murcielago and an Enzo is beyond me, but I want the Lambo! NOTE: The file is 153 MB...

Don't know if this would work in the UK..... BBc News Link Does anyone know of the scheme in Wiltshire? Is it working ?

Now we come to a few interesting points about these new Toll Roads!! I believe in France, (and correct me if i'm wrong) that when you use a Toll Road they either still do (or used to) compare the time you entered and exited the tolls with the distance travelled to see what your average...

The salty roads have ruined my rear alloys in just a few days. I will have to take them off and polish them with a dremel!! this also means carrying my wheel chammios and a bottle of water with me for my wheels at all times!! as you know the rears on mine have a HIGHLY polished mirror...

As some of you will know I'm active on 3 different forums - and I'm considered a technical 'expert' on both the Rover and CRX forums On Sunday we had a CRX-UK GTG/rolling Road day at PTS in Luton. 20 little 1.6's were on form making loads of power but not huge torque :D Later on Sun...