Diesel engines in cars will be gone within 10 years and I reckon petrol at best has 20 years. Government company car tax is already making petrol and hybrids especially the better option. The tax on a £45k Mereceds. E class hybrid is about £100 ...

... what had happened but the cyclist was clearly pissed off. The truck stopped at the lights and then turned left crushing the cyclist to death. 10 years riding around London or any city for that matter you soon learn the pecking order. Be carefull out there Nutz

That's the London commute Nutz, I did 10 years on a motorbike and you get a certain kind of cyclist. Utter cockwobbles! My rant was based at the bellends who frequent the villages and country lanes near where i live. I find commuting cyclists ...

That's the London commute Nutz, I did 10 years on a motorbike and you get a certain kind of cyclist. Utter cockwobbles!

I've also always bought Yuasa, but i've had 2 batteries go in the same amount of years.

I've just bought a Varta to give that a go. Cheaper too - hopefully not for a reason..

... I realise there are different ways of being disabled my partners grandad is now disabled as the doctors screwed up his leg surgery a couple of years ago and now has one leg shorter than the other, but really this lady was just taking the piss she just didn't want to go 1 line further up in ...

Ive had a Motobatt on the 748 for some 5 years now and it still turns the bike over easily. Recommendation from me.

... when it next lets me down... I've always had Yuasa and they've never cause me any real issues, but I'm guessing battery tech has moved on over the years. Should I stick with the Yuasa, or are there any other recommendations. Only conditions are sensible cost and it has to have enough umph to turn ...

... on the them, but i decided to ignore that for the moment and fire her up in preparation for next weekend. Well, this is the first time in nearly 7 years of owning her that she failed to start on the button :| not even a flicker.. Put the charger on and gave it a few moments and at least the engine ...

kiwikrasher wrote:

TonyB wrote:The outdoor! I've not heard that phrase for years!

It rhymes with ignore, he was trying to be a poet, but he just didn't know it

And he rarely gets the chance to show it...!!

Exit - stage right.....

Because I'm in no 'Rush'...../

... pointing out— 'Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. At a Crimbo dinner a few years back, we were talking about books that had made a big impression on us; one of my Sisters was an Arthur C Clarke, at which my Maj (ret'd) FiL ...

Got a DVD through the post, Limitless. Such a good film haven't seen it for a couple of years I guess so will watch it tomorrow.

... and it is faultless (well apart from the alarm module which seemed to get a little messed up through these cold months and did give up but after 3 years of outside ownership I think it did well. I bought a new module and off I went again!! Their worth the money in my opinion

More Falling Water, nearly at the end of season 1 now.

Watched The girl on the train last night with Mrs nutz, first time we've watched a film together in years.

... sure our disparate approaches are actually all that disparate.. ;) I love a good game of chess....can never find anyone to play.... A couple of years ago we stayed in a delightful chalet in Courchevel. About mid holiday we got snowed in, whole resort closed down from too much snow.. (third world ...

StMarks wrote:

Just realised, I haven't played chess for years

I love a good game of chess....can never find anyone to play, and playing the computer is a waste of time....it always makes an opening on it's 9th move (I think??)...and once it does, you can't really NOT take it.

... & considerations of the interviewer, and modify accordingly, is the most successful tac IMHO.. Just realised, I haven't played chess for years :(

You'd definitely know you were doing 149 on a Suzuki 1100

He wasn't helping himself as the bike had been stood for years. I know i wouldn't do that on a bike i wasn't sure of! (and then only on a test track )

... onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; He said the bike involved was 20-years-old and had an "issue" due to it having sat in a garage for eight years. Mr Young said: "He had stripped it down and had taken ...

There have been other Redbull Fireblades over the years