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The 5.3 was also a must have diff back in the day for Mallocks and other Clubmans cars in the Hillclimb scene, although as time progressed they would be modified with Ford centres for reliability. The standard Morris Minor Postie diff did not like the 160+ or so bhp of an A class 1700cc engine.
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When you see regulations for new properties enforcing all electric and no gas (or oil out in the boondocks) you will know they plan to force it through along with the cars. One generation of gas boilers left and after that, maybe, it would be mad to install one. I don't think any adult in politics has looked at the implications of that. Once you start to eliminate the domestic gas demand you also make the distribution network uneconomic pretty quickly. That should help to make the gas costs even higher than the ever rising electricity costs. And should ensure its rapid demise. IMO. |
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Gives them cash flow. Also lower risk of your eventual default on payments being for a large amount and thus should keep their risk insurance down. |
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Hence the incentives given to customers to pay a fixed sum on monthly d/d- which I wouldn’t ever agree to....
Regarding phasing out gas- the chaos in the main road through town at the moment is due to a new gas main being installed...... Go Figure! |
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Smart meters allow you to keep a very close check on your energy usage, monthly, daily, hourly readings can be viewed on line. You always know exactly what your consumption is and makes it easy to save if one wishes to.
When comparing deals from a variety of sources you can get a pretty accurate quote based on genuine consumption figures rather than estimated usage or the 'typical three bedroom house' approach. If they work as intended they seem to me to be a good thing, although some here appear to have found that is not always the case. I have little doubt that in the end if you do not have one you will find yourself on a Special Non-Smart meter tariff. Go for it Viv, and never mind the doomsayers, Luddites, and trogloldytes that inhabit the Historic Section. Bawb. |
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In any case, once something has gone through the approval and schudling process and contractors have been contracted, it will happen. It will cost even if it doesn't happen! Mentioning which. The hell that is the M1 around J24. When they did the roundabout refurm a couple of years ago they spent a million or more putting in a rather strange little loop thing to get traffic from the A50 off J24 and onto J23A a mile south. Now they are completely re-engineering the whole thing once more and that odd little section will be eradicated. Likewise around the same time they finished making the A453 between J24 and the outskirts of Nottingham and Dual carriageway. Now they are ripping up the point at which it and the M1 southbound exit join the roundabout and and redesigning everything once more with another year of chaos before scheduled completion. Money? Who cares? Efficiency? Who cares? Sensible planning assessment and control? You what? More then many people's jobs are worth. Utter chaos around here most of the day. |
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In Praise of You Tube.
Younger daughter just got back from holiday yesterday after 36hr journey from Oz.
In to work today. Drives into town to meet a client - Nottingham. Less than 2 miles, took over an hour - and discovers her keyfob battery has died during the journey. Can't lock or start the car - Golf Mk 7 . She rang VW and explained. "Nothing you can do." they said. Apparently. You tube found me a UK video about how to get access and make the lock operational and an American video about how to start the car with a dead key fob. 10 minutes to find, watch and relay the required information to get the car started. I moved the car about 10 days ago - no problems except a warning about the fob battery so a sudden total failure seems odd. Anyway the real point is - why do VW helpline staff not know how to help a customer with this problem? Do they not study You Tube? Shame on them. |
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Many years ago, one of my sons worked in Whitehall, first for the Treasury, then Dept of Transport and finally in Environment. He is a mathematician with a speciality in Economics, and he specialises in producing computer software models. When he was in the DaFT, he was very briefly consulted about a proposed new road system, involving creating multiple one way streets, for St Albans in Hertfordshire. By coincidence, he knew the city very well having gone to school there, and spending the weekends there with his mother who lived in the centre of the city. And without much thought, he told them that it wouldn't work because the traffic density was too high. And of course, they ignored him. The system was introduced at great cost, but by 8 a.m. on the very first day, the city became totally gridlocked and didn't improve all day until everyone went home. After a week or so of this nonsense, the old system was re-introduced. And my son's comments were, 'Well, I did tell them'. After having his advice and work on various projects being ignored or overridden, he left to join the private sector where he earned at least double his civil service pay plus benefits. And a lot of his work revolved around advising on governmental projects for which the taxpayer ended up paying considerably more for than if he had remained in Whitehall. |
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Got my Winter Fuel Allowance today - just in time to pay for my race licence medical :-)
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Quite! Saving the planet though by not buying new (or so I’m told....)
My reasoning for not having a smart meter now would be that it’s apparent from what you hear and read that the tech is far from perfect. Give them another couple of years...... |
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I also wonder how many problems are caused by contractors rushing around, required to fit X number of meters in a given time? That is, a rush job not being done properly. That's just my take.
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Just caught a snippet of the budget, it seems one of my killer diesels (Mondeo) will get a tax increase of about £30 next year, not sure about how much the 18 YO Landcruiser will be. Well that's showed me, I'm bound to sell them now....NOT. In fact if they want to try and outlaw diesel cars I might even fit a nice small block Chevy engine in the Landcrusier, that should cut the pollution down.
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No rise in fuel duty though. Thought they might start to increase it for diesels. For another budget perhaps?
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Tim, I read that the rfl increase on diesel cars (not vans) was only on new sales, not on existing...... I’ll check again!
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Hopefully you're correct as the tables they show are said to come straight from the budgy book. never trust the BBC to get anything correct.
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New diesel cars failing to meet the latest emissions standards will face a tax increase in April, to fund a new £220m clean air fund, Hammond announced. The Chancellor said such vehicles will be subjected to a one-band increase in the first year vehicle excise duty (VED) rate. And another.... Owners of new diesel cars will be hit with higher taxes..... |
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