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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13842 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
I can sort of consider why Mitsubishi would be a popular brand car here, but the rest?KIA would be bigger than Mitsubishi here these days, even though most of the Mitsubishis are their 4WD/SUV models. But Citroen & Peugeot are very minor players here. But their recall? The French brands say the timing belt may degrade due to aged engine oil and if left unrepaired it could result in reduction of braking performance.I have no idea how that would impact on braking performance, but if the timing belt goes while the engine's running, especially at high RPM- you can kiss your vales, pistons & con-rods goodbye along with the crankshaft. Bye-bye engine. Grant Darwin NT |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22495 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Some PSA engines are designed so that the valves and pistons can't collide in the event of a timing belt failure, but would I trust it to work that way every time?? As for loss of baking - has someone made a translation error, or is it lazy journalism? Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13842 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Now that's a fine. Driver fined $195,796 for speeding in Finland. A driver has been fined 121,000 euros ($195,796) for speeding in Finland, where such penalties are based an offender's income. Grant Darwin NT |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30975 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Now that's a fine. Seems even those numbers won't deter the criminal. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19361 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19361 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36590 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Yet another truck versus train incident. North Carolina freight train collides with semi-truck in dramatic video. And yet again the truck lost. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36590 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Finally some good news after an airplane crash almost 8 weeks ago that killed the 3 adults on board the 4 kids have been found. Missing Kids Found Alive After 40 Days in Amazon Rainforest. In a miraculous story of survival, four children—including an 11-month-old infant—have reportedly turned up alive after escaping a plane crash and surviving 40 days on their own in the Amazon rainforest. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22495 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Oh dear, don't set fire to your fuel truck under a bridge: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-65873232 Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13842 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Oh dear, don't set fire to your fuel truck under a bridge:Yeah, i just read about that truck fire. That is going to cause some serious problems for quite a while. While i don't know that area, i suspect it will be the same as here when a main route is closed- all the other secondary routes that are normally very busy, will become pretty much permanently clogged up, and the tertiary routes won't be much better as people start going through residential areas trying to avoid the mess on the secondary routes. Absolute nightmare. Grant Darwin NT |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13842 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
More bad transport news- Ten people die in Hunter Valley bus crash, 11 others taken to hospital. The coach rolled on a roundabout near the Hunter Expressway, said police. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36590 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
More bad transport news- Ten people die in Hunter Valley bus crash, 11 others taken to hospital.Update: The bus driver is now under arrest though no details were given. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19361 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Oh dear, don't set fire to your fuel truck under a bridge:Yeah, i just read about that truck fire. There is a video of the site from AP on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srYPsfh4DX4 |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36590 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Another update: What's the bet that the driver had a beer or something and as usual many people were up dancing in the isle (I know that they do this from a lot of personal experience) while others wern't wearing their seat belts, then in the foggy conditions the driver may have been going too quickly on the roundabout when he's hit the inside of it (something certainly went over it by the drone pics this morning) throwing everyone over to the passenger side of the bus resulting in it tipping over? ‘We all started panicking’: Guest speaks after Hunter Valley wedding bus crash tragedy. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The MBTA, which oversees the nation’s oldest subway system as well as commuter rail, bus and ferry service, has come under intense scrutiny in recent years for a series of safety issues that led to a federal review and orders to fix the problem. It has recently been plagued by slow zones, the delayed delivery of new vehicles and understaffing.Oops |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36590 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Just your typical Russian? Well they don't have the highest usage of dashcams in the world for nothing. Russian Ships Collide After Captain Gets Drunk. Two oil tankers collided in Russia's Irkutsk region on Tuesday after a captain became intoxicated, authorities said, causing a spillage of fuel into a local river. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Florida police chief dies when pickup hits a deer, then a tree, then burns, reports say Investigators say a pickup truck was traveling north on County Road 143 when it struck a deer standing in the road. The pickup “then exited the west side of the roadway and struck a tree before catching on fire,” the highway patrol said in a report. “The (driver) of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene." |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Pete Davidson officially charged with reckless driving after crashing his Mercedes into a Beverly Hills home forcing it to be DEMOLISHED Davidson, 29, was driving the vehicle through the Flats neighborhood of Beverley Hills on Saturday March 4 around 11pm at 'high speed' when he lost control of the car. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Bus driver transporting Pittsburgh Pirates charged with DUI A bus driver hired to transport the Pittsburgh Pirates from Chicago to Milwaukee was stopped during the journey and charged with DUI. |
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