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General Discussion Area / Re: The British Rozzers are at it again

« on: Yesterday at 19:52:07 »

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I was stopped by two coppers for having a tail light out.
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We were reminiscing at my brother-in-laws recent funeral and his driving habits cropped up. Quite a few years back he got stopped by the police for having a tail light out and he told the copper “If you tap the light, it will come back on”.  So, the copper tapped the light and sure enough the tail light came back on. He then asked my brother-in-law “So, based on that, if I tap your windscreen will a tax disc appear”.   
That made us smile remembering that.

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General Discussion Area / Re: The British Rozzers are at it again

« on: Yesterday at 17:30:46 »

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Well, all the baddies were white British, and all the goodies were poor foreign souls who were blameless.

The BBC is quite good at demonstrating such things.

 

I heard that some of these police persons got seriously reprimanded for daring to agree with Tommy Robinson’s views.   

When I worked unsociable shifts I would finish work at silly o’clock in the morning, so I got used to being stopped on my way home on a fairly regular basis, and it didn’t bother me at all as they have a job to do. The police that stopped my car were of varying attitudes but mostly they were polite and understanding when I explained my reason for being out so late/early. 
On one occasion though, the guy that stopped me asked to see my driving licence and proof of mot. I politely told him that I don’t carry any documents with me and he told me that it was law that I must carry my licence with me when driving. So, I told him to write me a ticket for failing to produce, and make himself look a plank when I challenged it or, write me a 7 day producer. As he spoke to his colleague, I called up the .gov vehicle check on my phone to show proof of tax and mot, askMID to show that the vehicle was insured and a very recent DVLA Licence check code from when I hired a van. When he returned to me he didn’t even look at them, he just said to drive carefully and off I went, no producer, no nothing.
He was not a young copper (who could claim to be unaware of the 7 day producer) so, as far as I was concerned he was lying. I’ve no idea if his colleague corrected him but full respect if he did. As I say, the other stops were all in good faith and polite. 

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Omega General Help / Re: Cable through the firewall

« on: Yesterday at 16:34:33 »

Yes, definitely possible.   I ran a fused battery live through the large grommet in the bulkhead and then, as Andy said, find an existing cable grommet hole from the scuttle (pollen filter area) to the back of the glovebox.  Once through, it’s easy enough to pull the wire across and over the tunnel to the drivers side.
If you want the cable to go further through the vehicle, the inner sill covers are ideal for hiding cables. 

As it was some time back, I’m guessing that my fused power line was to power my caravan live connection for my tow socket, as I didn’t want to cut into the fuse box connection.

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General Car Chat / Re: An Hour to Kill so took a test drive in a chinky MG

« on: Yesterday at 11:44:29 »

Hmm, was it a car transporter loaded with BYD EV’s that burst into flames on the M5 motorway yesterday?  Should we be suspicious that the lorry cab still has paint on it, whereas the EV’s have been fried. Shouldn’t speculate really as it could have been caused by a discarded cigarette, or the trucks diesel tank. 
Although, this would be in line with the Jaguar I-Pace setting fire to the entire car transporter on the M1 motorway a couple of years back. Oh, and the EV *(definitely an EV this time)* that caught fire in Heathrow Terminal 3 car park yesterday. 

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Fire crew stated that it was an EV Van, and that the fire is being treated as accidental and is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault with the vehicle's lithium-ion battery pack.

I've just had a look outside and where the garage once stood a blackened smoking patch has now taken it's place.

It has also taken the M240i with it....

Shouldn't joke just in case the big man upstairs doesn't have a sense of humour.

I believe there was an issue with certain brands of battery so you should be fine now.    To be honest, although they reported that the I-Pace caught fire in transit, it could well have been the trailer brakes that caught fire. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Importing some parts from Spain. Question.

« on: Yesterday at 10:21:02 »

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Had to provide my NI number as my formal ID as well as providing the registration number for the company selling the parts.

Ah if only you had a Digital Starmer Card everything would be so much easier! 

 
I very nearly posted the same but thought it may be perceived that I agreed with the Starmer card, and I wouldn’t want that. 

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General Car Chat / Re: An Hour to Kill so took a test drive in a chinky MG

« on: Yesterday at 10:04:55 »

Hmm, was it a car transporter loaded with BYD EV’s that burst into flames on the M5 motorway yesterday?  Should we be suspicious that the lorry cab still has paint on it, whereas the EV’s have been fried. Shouldn’t speculate really as it could have been caused by a discarded cigarette, or the trucks diesel tank. 
Although, this would be in line with the Jaguar I-Pace setting fire to the entire car transporter on the M1 motorway a couple of years back. Oh, and the EV *(definitely an EV this time)* that caught fire in Heathrow Terminal 3 car park yesterday. 

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Fire crew stated that it was an EV Van, and that the fire is being treated as accidental and is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault with the vehicle's lithium-ion battery pack.

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General Discussion Area / Re: The British Rozzers are at it again

« on: Yesterday at 09:45:23 »

Although I don’t watch normal TV (I only watch dramas and films) I see that Met Commissioner Mark Rowley has made an apology regarding corrupt police that prompted a Panorama TV investigation, apparently shown on TV last night.
Charing Cross Police Station, ‘Nine officers and one staff member had been suspended, with two more officers removed from frontline duties. There was incontrovertible evidence of racism, misogyny, anti-Muslim sentiment and bragging about excessive use of force during questioning or arrests of suspects’. The entire custody team were disbanded and the offences were all caught on camera according to Rowley. Other failings were other officers turning a blind eye to colleagues abusing use of power, which is a policy standards breach in itself.

Doesn’t exactly fill you will confidence that the police will act lawfully does it. 
I have no idea of how in depth the Panorama programme went as it was on BBC, and my loathing of anything BBC prevents me from watching or listening to anything BBC related. 

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General Car Chat / Re: An Hour to Kill so took a test drive in a chinky MG

« on: 01 October 2025, 18:33:28 »

Seen the new Frontera Ad on TV a couple of times, so just been on AT to have a look, was surprised at the price starting £19,995 to £27,140 so compared to most quite reasonable pricing.

No idea on quality, looked nicer on TV than is does in some of the pics.
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Strange looking creature isn’t it. It looks like the designer didn’t know what to do when they got to the rear quarter and just went for a quick finish. 

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General Car Chat / Re: An Hour to Kill so took a test drive in a chinky MG

« on: 30 September 2025, 09:34:07 »

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Its very telling in my road that many had EVs, now there is not a single EV in the road.  Some have even had the EV chargers removed, so clearly not planning on getting another any time soon.
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Yep, I think the fascination of owning an EV has been a passing fad that is now over. The government are kidding themselves regarding sales but the car manufacturers actions tell us otherwise.

Volkswagen :
Has cut EV production and abandoned plans for a new German EV plant due to poor demand.

Ford :
Has deemed its goal of becoming an EV-only brand by 2030 too ambitious and is considering extending the availability of petrol cars.

Toyota :
Slashed its EV production plans and chairman Akio Toyoda believes EVs will not dominate the market.

Volvo :
Has ditched its plan to become EV-only by 2030.

Honda :
Recently scaled back its investment and sales targets for EVs due to poor demand.

Mercedes-Benz :
Has extended the availability of its internal combustion engine due to slow EV sales.

This is just a small example, there are many others with the same issues.

Infrastructure companies are holding back on installations as the uncertainty makes them nervous about over investing for something that may not succeed.

Doesn't exactly sound like the thriving market they'd love you to believe does it. 

Car manufacturers have been put in an impossible position.

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General Discussion Area / Re: BritCard

« on: 29 September 2025, 20:13:53 »

Left hand, right hand springs to mind. 

From the government guidelines:

Under the government's plans digital ID will be required in order to work in the UK, but the government says people who aren't looking to work (for example, pensioners) won't have to have one.

From Lisa Nandy :

While announcing the government’s plans to roll out digital IDs, the culture secretary Lisa Nandy said “ALL UK citizens will have a digital ID” and that “ALL UK citizens will have to have it”.

I don't find the card per-se to be the issue - as others have said we have driving licenses, passports, NI numbers etc. For me the issues are...

1) Are we required to carry it at all times? Or is it like a driving license - you've got 3 days to get down the cop-shop with it?
2) Who can 'demand' to see it?
3) If I get attacked by a great white lesser spotted Somerset squirrel and am bleeding to death, are they going to demand to see the card before treating me?

Anyone who thinks this is going to stop illegal immigrants getting jobs or claiming benefits is an idiot, who will probably be voting Reform at the next election anyway so there is zero political capital for Labour in introducing it. Barking, the lot of them.

From the .gov website :

1. No requirement to carry it with you. 
2. Certainly NOT the Police according to the .gov site, but no doubt they’ll abuse that like their obsessive ego for normal ID. (That last bit was me, not the .gov site) 
3. Funnily enough they don’t mention that one, regardless of how you came about the injuries. 
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so there is zero political capital for Labour in introducing it.

But there may well be massive financial gain for Labours puppet masters who are orchestrating the development of this. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: BritCard

« on: 28 September 2025, 22:32:59 »

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That's probably why he has an injunction preventing the media from identifying or reporting on his family I expect.   
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Yes, probably a good idea given his lack of popularity. 
I did hear that a reporter asked his son his name and Starmer said **“Don’t tell him, Toby”**.   

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Ok, so I made that bit up (although the name is correct).

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General Car Chat / Re: An Hour to Kill so took a test drive in a chinky MG

« on: 28 September 2025, 22:21:23 »

Not that I’m a fan of his, but I see Mike Brewer was raving about his EV last year but he’s now got rid of it and returned to petrol, saying the EV was a stupid move.
He cited his reason for getting rid of the EV as ‘He got fed up with sitting in a queue waiting for an available charger’. I’m guessing he’s referring to service stations, as our local garages and supermarkets have plenty of empty, unused bays. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: BritCard

« on: 28 September 2025, 22:12:50 »

I suspect that if you started a petition to hang Tone E B Liar for treason it would take off just as quickly.

Oh definitely.    Starmer’s Blair’s puppet, if you look closely you can see the string. 
I’m sure that Starmer has some mental issues.

He told an interviewer that he has 2 sons, one son of 15 and one son of age 13. He actually has a son and a daughter so that’s weird.
He then wanted his sausages returned, and now he thinks he’s Tony Blair and needs a digital ID to remind himself that he’s not.

His family must be so ashamed of him. Just imagine the shit you’d get at school if that was your dad.

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General Discussion Area / Re: BritCard

« on: 28 September 2025, 12:05:02 »

All very well if you need it to work / gain employment, but neither my wife or myself have no intention of working again so presumably we won't need one.

This goes way beyond showing ID, they’ll link it to your National Insurance number, your NHS number, your pension, your banking and whatever else they see fit to do.
On the .gov site link, the ID will contain your name, date of birth, nationality, your photo, and they are in discussions regarding adding your address on as well. But don’t worry, it will all be secure, said nobody. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: BritCard

« on: 28 September 2025, 10:26:31 »

This is from the .gov site. The bit about digital ID deterring illegal immigrants from making dangerous journeys is a joke surely. They can’t really believe that will stop them can they. This digital ID idea appears to be further along than we’d like it to be, and I have zero confidence of our data being secure. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-id-scheme-explainer/digital-id-scheme-explainer