It's mad really, she really is a very reliable old bitch really. I sorted the smoke with an air filter, sorted loads of general bits & bats. It makes me laugh that a 21 year old 110 with 240k on the clock can outlast (in the short & long term i believe) a 35K Touareg ffs!
If people were taught to drive properly and not to dry steer then PAS is unnecessary. A well set-up steering system should offer very little resistance if the wheels are rolling. Even a standard Series II/III is quite light on the steering once the wheels are moving.
That should be part of the driving test too - how to check tyre pressures. I do a daily walkround check every morning i take a vehicle out of the yard, and it's part of the bus/lorry test - why not the car test?
On or around Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:41:02 GMT, Alex enlightened us thusly:
should be. That and checking the oil, water, brake fluid and screenwash at suitable intervals.
Mind, educating people about things like oil changes would be good - I put a perkins prima (of unknown provenance, admnittedly) into a minibus which I sold to a friend (never sell motors to friends...) and it's recently been here blowing oil out of the breather, and with reports of the oil light coming on at idle.
"When did you last get the oil changed" quoth I... you can guess the answer...
FFS, it's a Landrover - just ease out of the parking space with minimal hauling at the steering wheel and a few slight scraping noises from the vehicle that's parked you in. :-)
Speaking of which I collected another idiot (in a WRX) on the rear crossmember of the yellow beastie about 15 minutes ago whilst returning from a beer buying expedition. He was very indignant that I'd actually stopped (and very quickly) for a stop sign. Still, I'm laughing about it and I'll be getting a commission from the towing company (owned by a mate) who removed his steaming pile of crap from the road with nothing forward of the front wheels.
I've been playing with Series brakes for a fairly long time now and I can get them to work extremely well. With a booster, 11" drums and a very good set of brake linings (a one-off set made from high friction co-efficient truck brake lining material) it stops very nicely indeed - I think the fact he was getting wound up to overtake me when we cleared the junction was probably a contributing factor (quite apart from me braking rather late for the stop sign). And I'm sure the fact he was trying to climb into my tailpipe had absolutely no bearing on my leaving the braking to the last possible moment and then standing it on it's nose. :-) And.... he's only got 3rd party insurance.
Regardless of the fact he was unable to stop I don't think your own actions are commendable.
Would you have felt any differently if anyone had been injured?
Definition of wanton or furious driving
It is an offence for anyone:
to be in charge of a vehicle, and to cause or cause to be done bodily harm to any person; by wanton or furious driving, racing or other wilful misconduct, or by wilful neglect. It is an offence triable only on indictment (except when committed by a youth).
The offence carries a maximum penalty of a 2 years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.
The offence can only be committed if the driver has a degree of subjective recklessness so far as the foreseeabilty of causing injury is concerned. In other words, he must appreciate that harm was possible or probable as a result of the bad driving: (see R v Okosi [1996] CLR 666).
whiplash or a nic to the finger would suffice.
The only ray of light from your post is that you have a Landrover with well maintained brakes.
Pardon me if I don't appologise for flagging this up as unacceptable.
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