That'll be the German manufacturers sir..... buy old petrol Jap cars I say - I never trusted BMW and the others in the 80's who had 'special' service indicator lights which could only be turned off by a dealer. License to print money was my thought. I also dislike all the motoring hacks who say 'always insist on full dealer service history' I wonder who sponsors those comments? Rant over
I remember being quoted £50 + VAT to turn off an engine management warning light!! E bay was then my savior - there are many bad people out there...
yip, same all over, tho i don't charge for the use of my diagnostic tools. the diag plugs all went the same with the same basic engine EOBD programs around 2000
In another politically motivated put-down, the EU (and IMF singing the same tune under Christine Legarde) again predict low growth for UK economy. They've done this consistently since the Brexit vote and then have to quietly revise back up. I just wish there was an historic table showing how poor these predictions turn out! The UK will sink to the bottom of the European economic growth league next year to join Italy as the slowest-growing economy in the EU, before falling further the year after to anchor the table alone, according to European commission forecasts. The EU’s gloomy predictions are based on a soft Brexit – meaning Britain is expected to lag behind all its EU peers even if Theresa May can reach a deal with Brussels before 29 March. The commission forecast that consumer spending growth will remain weak, continuing a subpar performance since the EU referendum in June 2016. It said business investment would remain subdued, while external demand for UK goods will dwindle. The commission predicted the result would be GDP growth of 1.2% in 2019 and 2020.
I should have mentioned that I was referring to heavy commercials with regard to Adblue. They said consumption should not exceed 4-5% of the amount of fuel used,but it is actually all over the place. As for Dealer history,don't get me started. In my world there is a rip-off known as,"repair & maintenance contracts": some manufacturers include a 2 or 3 year contract in the new price. Some makers won't let the purchaser refuse it,others say they'll knock it off the purchase price,(not the hideous amount they charge if you buy R & M separately,but a bit of discount). It's a scam,because R & M on a brand new truck means their workshops are charging a fortune but carrying out the bare minimum to get it through the warranty period. I once went to collect one of mine from an MAN dealer and found the dashboard in bits-the fitter admitted that they had robbed my truck of an electrical part so they could get a big operators truck,(on R & M),out of the door within the contract-specified time,as the part hadn't arrived. To say I was not best pleased was an understatement,and I have avoided the MAN dealer network like the plague ever since.
EOBD II reader £50 from t'internet solves the problem, bet it's only £20 now ha ha, I must be getting old and grumpy - and why not....
over 2grand for mine plus another 600 odd in updates every year. one machine does all, in the past they all had their own plugs and programs. corporations love to monopolize, 500,000,000 million people said, enough already. being charged a flat rate just for plugging in is the most common reason for customers kicking of in reception, only for the service manager to say, hmm, not sure, we have to try this first at a cost of $$$$$. its thee reason i dont charge for the use of it.
I do remember when the intial brexit campaigns started and and the majority of the leave side said, they are planning a united states of europe army, which was worrying and we were told your just being little Englanders and xenphobes Macron as well as Junkers it seems, agrees with the brexiteers, they are after a eu army https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...port-macrons-proposed-european-defence-force/
maybe we should pull out of the UN's peace keeping force too. The Telegraph also reported that the UK Government was considering granting EU fishing fleets wide-ranging access to UK fishing waters in return for a UK-wide Brexit deal. The report has not been denied by May or her ministers including arch-Brexiteer Michael Gove, UK Environment Secretary who has promised to take back control of UK fisheries.
okidoki all those commentating on the fake trump news thread, here's the latest but probably the least damaging piece i have seen from this crowd. debunk it for me.apologies for the terrible title, no bad thing or i would post more from this site. http://indyref2.scot/bbc-scotland-and-fake-brexit-news
I saw varadkar on the tv over the weekend and he explained it as this In order to allow brexit of somekind and keep northern ireland as part of the U.K. staying in the customs union would allow this. Asked for his explanation of the backstop he said it would a joint agreement between the eu and the U.K. so that if and when the U.K. did actually leave, Northern Ireland would remain in the customs union and could only be released back to the U.K. when both sides agreed, he did however add that it would never be released. The whole point of Brexit was that we had a clean break from ANY control from the eu, and deal with them in the same way they would any other non eu country, what May is offering is little more than lets pick the worst option and choose that. Labour over the weekend have had thornberry when asked what would Labour do different, was unable to give a straight answer and Starmer contradicted Labours view by saying it could be stopped, which is different to what Corbyn has said.
I know a lot of discussion re Brexit is over the 'Irish problem' and the 'backstop' but one could argue that the 6 counties that form NI and which the British Govt insists are part of the UK are only part of the UK as a result of a negotiation over the independence of Ireland from the UK almost 100 years ago. Geographically, and arguably territorially, NI is part of Ireland. The British Govt at the time wanted to hold onto those counties because the industry based there was important to the Brit Govt, especially shipbuilding. Here we are now, 100 years later, and the tables have turned. The Brit Govt wants independence from another power and once again the 6 counties are the bone of contention. But this time there's no strategic reason to hold onto them, only a weak constitutional argument they form part of the UK, but unfortunately the May and Brit Govt is beholden to the the votes of the 10 DUP MPs. A party who represent a small minority of the population in NI and who are led and steered by someone who's not even an MP - Arlene Foster. If May didn't have to rely upon the DUP, how would Brexit negotiations have progressed then? Don't forget there's not even a sitting local govt in NI to act as a voice for the people, because Foster and the DUP won't sit down with the other parties to get the NI Assembly back up and running. To my mind, the sticking point is the DUP. Sure, Varadkar and the Irish Govt don't want a hard border again, nor does anyone in NI, and it goes against the terms of the Belfast Agreement. But it's Arlene Foster (who is not an elected MP) and the DUP who are saying 'no, we will not accept any treatment for NI that's different to the rest of the UK. Oh and by the way May, don't forget we control the shots.' The British media loves to portray the Irish Govt as the the problem here when really it's not. It's an historical issue that was never properly resolved when independence was granted and which is being used by a bunch of antediluvian right wing individuals to have their 15mins of fame.
Here we are now, 100 years later, and the tables have turned. The Brit Govt wants independence from another power and once again the 6 counties are the bone of contention. But this time there's no strategic reason to hold onto them, only a weak constitutional argument they form part of the UK, but unfortunately the May and Brit Govt is beholden to the the votes of the 10 DUP MPs. i think there may be more to this than we think. and you potentially have more assets than is generally recognized. there's oil off the west coast that a unified Ireland may be able to lay claim to plus v,important and strategic shipping lanes to consider.
