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clan chieftain
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Location: Motherwell
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 Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject: If you could invent something. |
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A vehicle that runs on water and it would have to be able to run with an antifreeze mixture in the winter......And indicators for taxis 
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
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Location: South East Wales
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Something to stop lazy able-bodied b*stards using disabled bays!
Oh, and a great big spike to stick up through the driver's seat every time you switch on rear fog lights.  |
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Bitumen Boy
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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Even better, automatic hammers that pop up out of the road and smash front foglights 
And how about a one eyed monster camera? |
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exbmc
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Location: Derby East Midlands
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to see a timer on brake lamp switches. Sitting at traffic lights on a ring road, i get really fed up of the number of cars which appear to have no handbrake. After being on for 10 seconds, the brake lamps should go off. Is this how people are taught these days, or are they all just idle?  |
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clan chieftain
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Location: Motherwell
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Something to stop tailgating like squirting oil or s@@t on their windscreen not on the road. I hate when someone tailgates me. I just do extra braking. It drives them mad. I might need to have a 2lb hammer at the side of the seat in case of road rage.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| marina estate wrote: | | Something to stop tailgating like squirting oil or s@@t on their windscreen not on the road. I hate when someone tailgates me. I just do extra braking. It drives them mad. I might need to have a 2lb hammer at the side of the seat in case of road rage. |
I find that the screenwasher on my modern makes them withdraw a bit.
Although i am professionally involved in road safety, I would like to remove all Driver seat belts and Airbags and replace them with a 3" spike in the centre of the steering wheel.
Drivers of cars without deformable steering wheels and with collapsible steering columns are much less likely to rear end someone else and drive more carefully.
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clan chieftain
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:42 am Post subject: |
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So its you that squirts water over me. Its a good idea. I think I will readjust my rear washer tomorrow. I hardly use it anyway. 
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Derbyshire
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I'd like to invent a law requiring all drivers to display their insurance certificate details on their vehicle's windscreen.
I'd also like to invent a tyre that when the tread depth wore down to below 2mm, the tread turned red. |
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47Jag
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
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Location: Bothwell, Scotland
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Riley541,
That may be possible now. I was looking for winter tyres for my XF and I came across Nokian tyres which have a 'Snow' symbol on the sidewall which dissappears when the tread depth goes below 4mm.
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| riley541 wrote: | I'd like to invent a law requiring all drivers to display their insurance certificate details on their vehicle's windscreen.
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I'd 2nd that  It's more important that someone has insurance than has paid their tax's .
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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Herne Bay
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| 47Jag wrote: | Riley541,
That may be possible now. I was looking for winter tyres for my XF and I came across Nokian tyres which have a 'Snow' symbol on the sidewall which dissappears when the tread depth goes below 4mm.
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That's nothing new. Back in the 60's they used to have tyres that showed white canvas when they were 'nearly' worn out.
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Derbyshire
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| pigtin wrote: | | 47Jag wrote: | Riley541,
That may be possible now. I was looking for winter tyres for my XF and I came across Nokian tyres which have a 'Snow' symbol on the sidewall which dissappears when the tread depth goes below 4mm.
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That's nothing new. Back in the 60's they used to have tyres that showed white canvas when they were 'nearly' worn out. |
Interesting. When I attended a meeting with tyre manufacturers, police, politicians and the press when the minimum tread depth was introduced I put forward my idea for a red ply showing when the minimum tread depth was reached. It was dismissed as being impossible to manufacture into radial tyres. |
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colwyn500
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Location: Nairn, Scotland
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| pigtin wrote: | | 47Jag wrote: | Riley541,
That may be possible now. I was looking for winter tyres for my XF and I came across Nokian tyres which have a 'Snow' symbol on the sidewall which dissappears when the tread depth goes below 4mm.
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That's nothing new. Back in the 60's they used to have tyres that showed white canvas when they were 'nearly' worn out. |
That's the make of tyres that I always used to have on my first few cars Pigtin. I don't know if you ever encountered the type that came after that. I think they were standard fit on a Cinquecento; they showed a special steel wire tread when they needed replacement! |
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pigtin
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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I must confess to actually running tyres until the inner tube showed through. I then knew I would have to replace them before long.
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Penman
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Hi
Could I refer the last few posters to the thread about whether to have a voluntary MoT.
I remember once having radials on the front and crossplys on the rear, before they made that illegal. 
Did cure the horrendous understeer though, went round corners on rails, but you had to work at straightening up because it didn't castor.
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