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I will be replacing the radiator later in the year, are the two switches on it the same? The car is a 2.2 petrol.
Thanks

My car only has one front fan and one rear. I've just done a cold start with the aircon on auto, both fans started immediately. When I switched the aircon off both fans stopped. I presume the rear fan has two speeds as it was not as noisy as the other day, so I think things are working as normal and rear fan will switch to fast (noisier) speed when things warm up.

In a perfect world, freight would travel by rail and trucks banished from the roads, other than smaller trucks to do local runs from train stations to delivery depots.
People who cant pass a test to prove they are capable of driving to a reasonably high standard forced to take trains and taxis because they are banned from the roads.
Then, nice clear roads with high standards of driving, and no motorway speed limits for the rest of us.
We can but dream. 

Very nice.    The engine/gearbox set-up on these makes them such a pleasure to drive. It’s a fantastic allrounder, fast but surprisingly economical, and the gearbox is equally at home plodding around town as it is when pressing on. It’s still my favourite bmw engine/gearbox combo. 
Hope it serves you well.

Yes he may even visit Wales as well😎👍. Good choice BTW, think I sent you an ad on one of those👍

Trains are still highly efficient ways of quickly moving lots of people in/out/between cities. They're nearly as good for moving heavy, bulky loads between fixed points - like fuel for power stations.

Which is why trains sort of almost work for the South East, assuming you want to go to London.

They really don't work anywhere else, and outside of London's Tube system, are not financially viable to users or the taxpayer.


The train companies often don't help, as parking at Chiltern stations is now a tenner a day, and Banbury station has closed it's drop off point to private vehicles, so anyone wanting to use the train from there now has to use a taxi if not in walking distance.  Fine for drop off is now £40.  So everyone drives to London now.

Looks tidy

And a good run to a pretty part of the world to test it out

The torque converters tend not to fail on Omegas. Not really anything to fail in them, assuming fluid level is correct.

The clutches do fail, particularly in the AR25.  As said earlier, as we can get the gearboxes quite cheap in the UK, we just replace it with on from scrapyard.

You have checked fluid level?  Although if've your had a lot of slip already, the clutches are shot.

Welcome to the club! I have a 530D F10 M Sport.

Here is the details of what actually makes up the royal train:

The Royal train coaches

HM The Queen's Saloon 2903 ex 11001 built as prototype HST First Open Rebuilt as 2903 for the Queens Silver jubilee in 1977

HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh's Saloon 2904 ex 12001 built as prototype HST Tourist Second Open Rebuilt as 2904 for the Queens Silver jubilee in 1977

Royal Household Sleeping Car 2915 MK 3A built to similar specification as sleeping cars 10647 -- 10729 in 1985

HRH The Prince Of Wales's Dining Car 2916 ex 40512 converted from HST TRUK in 1988

Royal Kitchen / Household Dining Car 2917 ex 40514 converted from HST TRUK in 1990

Royal Household Cars 2918 ex 40515 converted from HST TRUK in 1989

Royal Household Cars 2919 ex 40518 converted from HST TRUK in 1989

Royal Household Couchettes 2920 ex 14109 ex 17109 converted in 1989

Royal Household Couchettes 2921 ex 14107 ex 17107 converted in 1990

HRH The Prince of Wales's Sleeping Car 2922 built in 1987

Royal Saloon 2923 built 1987