There’s one for sale near us, yours looks like a betterer deal

http://www.gliddoncars.com/used-car/ford/fiesta/1-5-ecoboost-st-performance-edition-200-ps-one-of-only-600-only-1-left-/for-sale-in-brixham-devon/aetv36724710/

And only ten months old…

If you have a bottle of Coke and every time you pour out a drink you top it back up with water, eventually you’re going to end up with mostly water not mostly Coke.

Nah, with an appropriate tap of the bottle whilst uttering woo, you end up with super strength Coke.

A reintro of the Ti center ?.

That would be cracking.

I see what you did there!

Though mine are still good.

Generally I find the level of bellendery is independent of the form of transport the bellend is in control of (questionable I know).

And the other driver is definitely in the bellend camp.

I think there is also something Malvern Riders post, a tractor in front of you presents (on narrower roads especially) and object you simply cannot pass, where as a cyclist, and to an extent a horse and rider, something that you could get past if conditions allow. People generally deal better with absolutes rather than indeterminates. With the tractor, there is no option, with the others there is the chance of getting past, so they try…and the longer the delay, no matter that it’s still small, the greater the desire to try.

Proper podiatrist is the way forward – one I used came recommended by running group/forum my other half is on. Have custom insoles for walking etc, but he’s happy with me using the Specialized “Blue” ones on the bike – my issue combines dropped arches with big toe movement problems and cycling shoes are stiff enough to avoid the latter.

The Vanishing
Arlington Road

Neither “horror”/“jumpy” traditional scary but none the less disturbing in there own way.

Land Wind just called, they want their big photocopier back…..

Likes.

The “chase” scene from The Wrong Trousers.

Oh, and if it’s a new build with a failed sale they are desperate to shift it.

This, if new build developer (well any of the big ones) is using an EA, they need it moved on quickly. Since lockdown, cash flow into developers (people completing on purchases) has pretty much stopped, and many of the expected purchase have fallen through.

And remember as a buyer, you are not the EAs priority. As a buyer you sit behind the EA and the vendor in the priority queue. This is not complaint about EAs, just how it is.

Buying a house is the biggest “negotiation” most people ever get in to, and knowing what your own position is, including when to walk away, needs to be known to you, and only you, before you start. Watch a few episodes of Location, Location, Location. The bit near the end where they discuss/agree the plan ahead for making the initial offer, the follow-up offer based on the response – do this. Skip the bit where they re-align expectations that you can’t get a 4 bed detached with a large garden, double garage and driveway in Surrey for 200k, even if you’re on the telly.

Negotiation is the EAs job, they do it day in day out, house buyers generally don’t. Telling the potential purchaser that they need to move quickly is just one of many techniques used in negotiations to get to a deal that is closer to their targets, whatever they may be. If you can establish what their targets are, all the better. Maybe they get a 20% bonus if they get to sale agreed in 2 weeks…IANAEA so completely made up example but you get the idea.

Fallen out of love with My Atera Evo (bulbs need to be replaced / re-fitted too often)

Not just me then, after two trips back to Roofbox over bulbs/holders and then the lock failing, mine went back and was swapped for a Whispbar one (no complaints about the service from Roofbox). It’s a shame that such a nice rack (loved the roll away, rather than tilt, action) was let down by a “commodity” part like the lamp units.

Whispbar rack is much easier to fit and secure to the car. Still use extra locks & chains if it is going to be parked with bikes on for anything more than a fuel stop. Fits my 2018 T130 lengthwise (medium – no idea if it’s Boost or not), but rarely have more than two bikes on a three bike rack.

Will someone please think of the bikes…

Then again, i’ve got one bike hanging in our “office” room, with the others in the garage.

I have one, works well for its intended task, but it’s very much a road use thing. The fabric is very light and suspect it would Not survive a crash/encounter with a thorny branch. Similar to the difference between old freebie plastic bag and a “bag for life” one.

Get it checked!

Got something in my eyes years ago, doctors couldn’t see anything but is was clear something was up, got sent straight to eye hospital, took them more than twenty minutes to find, and another twenty to remove a 1mm x 2mm piece of clingfilm or similar.

Fortunately no damage done, and I got to look like a pirate for the rest of the week.

Discover an overnight bag…

Take my money, take it now!!!

Think the difference with Brexit was that there were two sides (who both were convinced they were right and the other wrong) to play off against each other. With the COVID, that just isn’t there.

Wright Hassall is pretty bad for any company, particularly one in legal

Having seen the size of there offices, it doesn’t seem to be doing them any harm at all…been under that name since 1875.

If your financial position hadn’t changed, would you look to revise an already accepted offer? Feels a bit cheeky, but money is money.

Are you prepared to drop you selling price? If not, don’t expect anyone else to!

Especially if

Pretty desperate to move from this house to the one we had planned

Is correct, the risk is you’ll have to restart from scratch again…

Swallowing a spider? I mean, what’s worse than that?

Be careful, this approach can escalate quickly.

Chain locks a little slack?

Had three Ford estates (all petrols)

1989 Sierra 1.6 L – F806VWP : aka Rust-bucket [1]. Had the business pack (or something similar, basically centrally locking and a manual sunroof). Bought at 99.5k miles and finally went to the scrappies with 312.5k miles, still have number plate, camshaft and valves in the shed.

1999 Focus 1.8 Zetec – V714FKH : aka Rust-bucket2. Bought off my boss at 47k miles, went to scrappies at 224k miles, though was still running six month’s later – someone tripped a speed camera.

2005 Mondeo 2.0 Titanium – EO55NWU : aka Bertha. Absolutely stunning car, bought at 43k miles, and then sold at 72k miles, only because I got a shiny brand new company car. Otherwise would have been kept until it dropped like the previous two. Still running somewhere.

[1] With hindsight, a silly name, didn’t have a spot of rust on it until ~300k when the fuel tank picked up a hole, could only fill it to 3/4 of tank after that – had a very small oil leak that kept the underside sealed.

Bit spendy, but near perfect bike car…

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201910153328545?onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&body-type=Estate&postcode=sn169ux&model=SIERRA&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=relevance&make=FORD&radius=1500&page=1

When the cows join in it will be baamoogeddon.

@neila

Electric cool box with 240v adaptor can help in rooms without a fridge (aka minibar). Whilst crushed ice cocktails are out of scope, will keep milk/butter etc. useable.

Going to be interesting call with solicitor tomorrow, was expecting to exchange in the next week or so.

We have a short chain, our buyer is in rented, house we’re buying is vacant possession (separated couple – him now in China, her in Nottingham, house in Warwick) so hopefully delays can be managed.

I think the Beeb should provide some ‘dramatic readings’ of some of the juiciest forum topics, maybe with an ambient tune in the background.

Dead Ringers/Penelope Wilton style would work.

Original thread (EU Referendum – are you in or out?) locked on page 1929, how strangely appropriate.

Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate?

It’s about as accurate as your speedometer, with the added tolerance impact of measuring fuel used.

Oddly the mileage trip on my abarth used to count up at a different rate to the main odometer. So if you reset it at 20000 miles, at 20300 miles the trip would say something like 303.

That is a bit odd, I wouldn’t be surprised at a variable (differs between each trip reset), but fixed for a given trip reset, but would expect it to be be less than 2km. The algorithms for storing odometer distance are more complex than most people imagine due to the need to keep a high precision[1] number, with potentially large values using non-volatile memory that has limited write cycles[2].

[1] Precision and accuracy are not the same thing (wanders back to the pedantry thread)
[2] All NVM has a write cycle limit, for EEPROM its typically 100000 cycles guaranteed, which would only cover the first 10000km at 0.1km resolution.

TedC

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Not too bad for 3.0l v6.

until you remember the power that V6 is(n’t) putting out. Was very smooth though

Never noticed being power/performance deprived. Ok, it’s not the quickest car out there, but it’s quicker than most and a bit of a sleeper (Black Ghia X, currently running winter steelies so looks like any other humdrum Mondeo).

Will be going soon (along with it fancy RS alloys) as shiny company car due mid-March.

@stumpyjohn

Cap well and truly doffed.

2005 Mondeo – hovers between 30 and 31mpg according to the trip computer. Possibly nearer 35mpg on a long motorway trip, offset by 25mpg around town. Not too bad for 3.0l v6.

Ie, “Shepherd’s Pie” is the full name of a dish that is not actually a pie, in the same way that an Eccles cake is not actually a cake. See also, beef wellington.

But is a Bakewell pudding a pudding or a tart?

Bakewell Pudding and Bakewell Tart are not the same thing, though either could be withheld as a form of punishment, so are therefore both pudding.

Another question for the ” Don’t have kids” brigade….

Is it cos you don’t want anyone else to play with your Lego/Airfix?

It’s certainly a reason, but not the only one.

2 bikes that do the same thing – only option is a third, that way there isn’t a bike left at home all lonely and unloved on it’s own.

N+1 as always.

Wreckless Eric to the forum please!

+1 on the dehumidifier solution!

Charleston Stroll here we come…

Dance Band we see quite regularly has segued the tune from the Cantina scene in Star Wars into the middle.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
– Arthur C Clarke

Should give you some scope.

Safari on iOS ipad

Same here…

Trap it, take to not too local cat protection charity . Leave with a donation. Hope it’s not chipped.

We did something similar (on advice from our vet after repeated visits having ours treated following full on fights, not just hissing matches).