That will stop people travelling that. Makes you wonder who gives the go ahead for these ideas. Anyone you speak to disagrees with it, so who gets to make the decision to go against what everyone wants? It's certainly not what the majority want that's for sure.
I don't see the point so much of reducing the speed down to 20mph unless it's a road safety thing, the biggest issue down your way surely is the influx of tourists on sunny days flocking to the beaches and sitting in traffic jams caused by them
Not to mention the extra pollution driving in 3rd at 20mph vs 4th at 30mph! i.e. more revs per mile so more 'nasty' gasses coming out the tailpipe!
That’s correct
Unfortunately I think the whole country will end up the same .
Aye, its all to do with hitting a child at 20mph rather than 30mph. Many other things will begin to appear like pedestrian crossings being the same level as the pavements they join. They are determined to get us to slow down due to statistics. 5 road deaths everyday in the UK and 80 odd folk seriously injured.
Alternator has just packed up on my van. Good news is its getting fixed tomorrow. Reckon I`m in the B catergorie at the moment. its a mk 2 expert from 2007 with 167000 on the clock. Only paid 2500 for it 4 years ago so can`t grumble really. Still got to replace an engine mount and a worn suspension bush. So might think about getting a new van later this year. Gone off the idea of an electric van as the range still isn`t quite good enough.
I'm not sure you realise how complex electric vehicles are. They have so many 'systems' to protect the batteries that any one of them fails or has an issue with a sensor and you are stuck. Just as an example, a Tesla has vents in the front bumper to provide cooling air flow, if these vents don't open or close correctly the car wont run! If the air conditioning is low on gas again the car wont run as the compressor also cools the motor.
I don’t understand why you are having difficulty getting parts for older vans , I used ti be in the motor trade and still have contacts in it , the only issues ime aware of that you struggle to get stuff for are older transporter ecu units ? What can you not get ?.
The latest part was a stabilzer bush and it's still not fitted yet as it's on order. They tried several generic parts and non of them would fit so they've had to call it a day and pay the price for an original part, that bush added £150 to the bill.
I am a little confused!
That's what I'm trying to do but when I last looked a few weeks ago I couldn't find any, I looked all over the place. One will eventually come up but it has to be the correct one.
Ime surprised you cannot get the parts I know some firms like euro car parts will stop buying spares for unusual vehicles after 10-15 years but would have thought that would be a common van . I have a Jap import mpv that we use for taking the dogs out in and going to the recycling centre that’s 1999 and an import and I can get everything I need for it no problem at all either from Toyota themselves or motor factors .
is that an alphard out of interest?
Granvia 4x4 awesome thing 3.4 quad cam petrol, have been looking at the alphard but ground clearance is a lot less
sounds nice. Big fan of jap cars.
It’s a thirsty beast ????but lovely drive I like driving it just as much as my Audi ???
