this Number plate is for sale near me - wonder who may like this
Cheap at £350.00
Is it supposed to mean something?
Cheap? maybe for someone with the initials KOL, that aside, I can't see anything special about it???
Possibly meant to read it as 'Jekyll' as in Jekyll n Hyde? Obscure nonsense anyway.
Saw a super flash V8 Ute today with the number plate "NO RWC"
(No Roadworthy Certificate) Kind of like MOT for you UK personages.
Quote from: VladTepes on Saturday, 21 September 2019, 03:57 PM
Saw a super flash V8 Ute today with the number plate "NO RWC"
(No Roadworthy Certificate) Kind of like MOT for you UK personages.
For you Aussie personages the RWC or Rego Check is nothing like the MOT. Its well known most QLD vehicles are not road worthy :whistling:
All mine are perfect Irish. That is rare in Qld.
Mine would fail a fussy roadworthy inspector,
aftermarket pipes, non E spec indicators, other mods,
but having lived in the UK for 40 years and spent 15 years here there really isn't the difference folk make out.
You get badly maintained shit box cars and bikes in both countries if they get inspected or not.
true true but it's the closest analogy I had.
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Sunday, 22 September 2019, 01:17 PM
Mine would fail a fussy roadworthy inspector,
aftermarket pipes, non E spec indicators, other mods,
but having lived in the UK for 40 years and spent 15 years here there really isn't the difference folk make out.
You get badly maintained shit box cars and bikes in both countries if they get inspected or not.
Well having done a few MOT's in the last 15 month's bikes and cars and a couple of NSW Blue Slips (which we all hate doing) just shortly before I left Oz, the Blue Slip Test doesn't even compare to test equipment in the UK government workshops done every year. Might be different in England where I think they where done by local mechanic's but I read there were problem's.
I can tell you there are no shit box vehicle's in NI, they must have the most BMW Range Rovers Merc Audi etc per capita in the world.
This is interesting, with all these stringent tests & mostly new cars, are the roads over there in NI & UK much safer? ie has the death toll dropped significantly with these new regulations? It's not a wind up, just asking, as down this neck of the planet we have a lot of older cars, so a perspective from a different environment would be good.
Col
I reckon Ireland upside down phonne app would help better, but I don't think they have done the statistic's yet.
Woman at work last week, fr pads nearly worn thru, f tyres steel hanging out. cant afford to fix. Was driving to Sydney. Spent her money, $2g on a dog instead. WTF.
Probably an Irish Wolf Hound.
Some people have weird priorities that's for sure.
Was a mini Dachsund.
Brakes fail --> car crashes --> dog goes through the window :whatever:
Quote from: grog on Sunday, 22 September 2019, 06:45 PM
Woman at work last week, fr pads nearly worn thru, f tyres steel hanging out. cant afford to fix. Was driving to Sydney. Spent her money, $2g on a dog instead. WTF.
Grog you should have stopped her leaving the workshop. Duty of Care in my trade I have shutdown machinery and tagged it out if I have reason for it to be dangerous to the operator or others.
The last Blue Slip I got done on a Nissan Patrol cost me $1000 extra for 4 new tyres because the one's on it where 7 years old, there was nothing wrong with them but the inspector with the ticket said they had to be replaced.
Irish, abs correct. I didnt see or have anything to to with it. Just heard later.
Quote from: KiwiCol on Sunday, 22 September 2019, 06:07 PM
This is interesting, with all these stringent tests & mostly new cars, are the roads over there in NI & UK much safer? ie has the death toll dropped significantly with these new regulations? It's not a wind up, just asking, as down this neck of the planet we have a lot of older cars, so a perspective from a different environment would be good.
I love a good statistic so I thought I would look into it. I found this interesting interactive map:
https://extranet.who.int/roadsafety/death-on-the-roads/#deaths
So the UK is 3.1 deaths per 100K people, Australia is almost twice as bad at 5.6. But both of those are a lot better than the USA which is 12.4.
Thailand is horrendous, 32.7.
The only ones I could find better than the UK were Norway and Sweden, but feel free to have a look yourselves.
Switzerland 2.7
African countries seem to be the worst.
Thanks for putting that link up Fishy. 7.8 for NZ!? There are a lot of tourist deaths here, they come over for a holiday & our roads are not like they're used to & a lot more challenging in places, sadly some of them die in crashes.
We also have a lot of teenagers involved in big crashes, they seem to find out the hard way that real life driving isn't quite the same as computer / xbox driving, there are real consequences when things go wrong.
I have a Volvo, so does that mean they are safer to drive or safer to crash :confused1:
You're in luck Jeff, it's both!
Irish the stats say are safer..... often because they are broken down.
Safer for the other road users because we all know to steer clear of the invincible Volvo driver. :whistling:
But kinda true.
Some time ago I read an article in a motoring magazine that claimed the insurance for Volvo drivers was higher...
Why?
Because the Volvo drivers drove in a more inconsiderate way due to their belief that they couldn't get hurt if they were involved in an accident..
On a slightly different note, in my area the saying is "Audi drivers are the new BMW drivers..
In other words Audi drivers are now the inconsiderate **sholes of the road..
Have to admit there does seem to be more nutters in Audis than there used to be.
I wonder if Sir David Barmy still has his lovely red Audi ? there could be a ban coming . . . :whistling:
I often do a 200 mile round trip from Belfast to Enniskillen going to the Gin Palace. The road is mostly motorway and dual carriageway and very good quality A class country roads, the national limits of 60 and 70 mph apply. I stick to those limits except when I am speeding, but every time someone overtakes me they will certainly be driving a BWM Audi or Merc so I assume they come with a exemption certificate or they are built for the Autobahn so can do those speeds.
I don't mind people going fast in the right conditions, but I swear if there is someone driving 5mm from my arse - chances are it will be an Audi.
Quote from: Mister Fishfinger on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 06:33 PM
I don't mind people going fast in the right conditions, but I swear if there is someone driving 5mm from my arse - chances are it will be an Audi.
100% correct, I think it's part of the sales pitch "are you an inconsiderate arsehole who constantly tailgates other road users, if the answer is no we cannot sell you an Audi"
An Audi driver sounds like a v8 Holden Ute driver in Oz. Especially in the rain, must drive on your arse, must have those lights on bottom of bumper on, they reflect off water, cant see nothing. Universal code im thinking.
Quote from: KiwiCol on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 04:31 PM
I wonder if Sir David Barmy still has his lovely red Audi ? there could be a ban coming . . . :whistling:
Nope, sold that late last year as well as the bosses A1 - we decide we only needed one car now we've retired, so downsized to a VW T-ROC. Nice motor.
We have a VW as well with one of those hair driers in it. Another sensible vehicle.
Thinking of downsize our cars looking to combine our vw golf gti and the vw tiguan into one car your thoughts on the
t-roc
@gsxbarmy :cheers:
Quote from: seth on Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 01:38 AM
Thinking of downsize our cars looking to combine our vw golf gti and the vw tiguan into one car your thoughts on the
t-roc @gsxbarmy
:cheers:
I'll message you separately on that
@seth, as possibly others on here would not be interested (plus its a tad off topic LOL)
Quote from: mjgt on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 07:10 PM
Quote from: Mister Fishfinger on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 06:33 PM
I don't mind people going fast in the right conditions, but I swear if therre is someone driving 5mm from my arse - chances are it will be an Audi.
Looks like I'm an arse hole then! Good job I'm not easily offended
Quote from: MarkN on Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 05:13 PM
Quote from: mjgt on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 07:10 PM
Quote from: Mister Fishfinger on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 06:33 PM
I don't mind people going fast in the right conditions, but I swear if therre is someone driving 5mm from my arse - chances are it will be an Audi.
Looks like I'm an arse hole then! Good job I'm not easily offended
I'm sure you are the exception that proves the rule.