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I agree that the low gas pressure in the mains was down to my gas supplier. I can understand that they want to shrug it off and do nothing, why would they not? But I will bide my time and keep irritating my supplier. If they want a guerilla war, so be it. The guerillas win in the end because its che...

Thank you Dave, I will definitely look into taking the matter further. I have to wait 8 weeks before I can raise a complaint with the energy ombudsman, if the energy company is stubborn. Just read in Moneyweek magazine an article. about emergency cover for gas boilers. They make the point that in re...

My gas supplier, EON, responded to my request for compensation, as I was without gas central heating for 3 days, due to low pressure in the supply pipes. The response? A recommendation that I take out British Gas boiler cover at £9.99 a month. It was a British Gas engineer who told me that the probl...

I do remember the Wolsley with the light on the radiator grille. Never knew that The Panda Line is where the "Designed by computer" etc., came from. I thought it was just me who thought that so many cars today look alike but apparently not. I did not pick up on the reference to Paul Gaskoigne and no...

Cracking looking car Marc. Loved the pictures.

I am not so good at car recognition any more Dave. You are most likely right about the Jaguar being an Astra. I can now see that what I thought was a White Fiesta is in fact a Clio. Guess they were all designed by the same computer program. It comes into my mind what I heard over 30 years ago: "Desi...

The pictures do not show the full extent of the damage. The black car, which I think is a Jaguar, managed to bounce off three of the neighbors cars as it was skidding down the hill. There are usually cars parked bumper to bumper on both sides of that road. The white car only damaged itself and the w...

I now have some pictures from a fiend who lives in that road and saw the idiots drive past her house on the way to crash into the wall at the bottom. The road slopes down over 40 degrees. Why anyone would think it is OK to drive downhill on 2 inches of snow and expect to stop at the bottom beats me....

Last week, as any damn fool do know, was bitterly cold everywhere in the UK. I wonder if anyone else experienced low gas pressure in the supply pipes? From Wednesday to Saturday morning, my gas boiler pilot flame would not stay lit. I could get the boiler to fire up once and then the flame would go ...

Just finished dinner tonight and there was a ding/dong on the doorbell. Two guys from Manchester to collect the Mondeo. Money changes hands, paperwork is signed. While one of them drinks a coffee, the other is outside shoveling the snow so the car can be shifted off the drive. He was a real grafter,...

Does make you wonder Dave, doesn't it? In other news, the Fiesta that I posted about somewhere on here, which was leaking diesel and had been there over a year, has now been clamped by the DVLA. It had been untaxed, no MoT, for about 6 months. The DVLA were in the area for a few days before moving t...

Thank you Dave, I had been trying to shift it for 6 months, then a friend told me to put it on Ebay at £100 start. It got a bid straight away. The MoT is up on the 14th and when I added things up, the cost of the new test+road Tax+Insurance, I was looking at £600 and I would only do maybe 1000 miles...

We had some snow in Devon overnight and this has caught out the idiot drivers. A road close by is very steep and the Council has thoughtfully provided a gritting bin at the bottom of the road. The intention is that residents can spread some grit themselves, if they have the whit to do so.. So what h...

I put my Mondeo on Ebay last week and it sold for a very reasonable price. The buyer lives almost 300 miles away and with the weather the way it is, collection may take a week due travel. Woke up this morning to 2 inches of snow and more is on the way, that's quite unusual for Devon. Even my wheelie...

I am very interested in your 820 Fastback but I dont quite know how to handle all the logistics. You are 250 miles from me. I am not looking to waste your time. I have someone who is interested in buying my Mondeo Estate but that will not happen before this weekend. Money is not the problem, its jus...