Seeing as it is that time of year again, has anyone else got any motoring resolutions?
My resolution is to stop using supermarket petrol and fill up with proper stuff!
teabelly
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Lighter right foot...again
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Loads! (Will attempt to make them all motoring related!)
To avoid lorries and avoid decorating my licence any further,
To graduate with a First, thus enabling me to get a fab job and even more fab car,
To lose weight, enabling me to look even better in said new car
and...
To find a decent bloke with all Richard Hammond\'s charm but a smidge of Jeremy\'s height.
Oy! That\'s height-ist, that is! ND
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teabelly,
I just got caught out and put £20-00 of Tesco unleaded to get me home - believe me, compared to Optimax, it was like driving a different car!.
Matt35.
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compared to Optimax, itwas like driving a different car!.
*That* much better then?
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Everyone's new year resolution should be to drive within the speed limits, then there will be no revenue raised by the cameras, which will then need to be removed as they will be costing too much to run.
(sits down, places large, thick hat over head and crosses arms over that too.....)
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To acknowledge and agree that when police chief constables say speeding motorists are a danger to society worse than burglars and murderers that they are correct and know exactly what they are talking about.
To thank the Government every day when I wake up that they are so farsighted and successful in their transport policy in allowing to drive without a man with a red flag in front of us.
To recognise that Transport 2000 have the only solution to our few remaining transport problems that Government policy has left unsolved - viz to rely on Public Transport which we know is regular, on time, always there when we need it on holidays and weekends and of course 100% reliable.
To regard speed cameras and their location as an aid to a safer, cleaner and more consumer friendly Britain.
To realise that contributors to the Back Room are almost invariably wrong about any matter of opinion on transport policies.
To regain my sense of humour and perspective:-)
madf
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To recognise that scameras located in areas of outstanding natural beauty are both necessary and not at all unsightly.
To accept that petrol is not just petrol and that for those who say otherwise its not just all in their heads.
Seriously, to realise that the throttle on my motorbike can be turned anti-clockwise as well as clockwise.
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My resolution is normally not to make any resolutions. But I will borrow from Thommo and promise (for Growlette alone, if only to quieten her shrieks from the back) to trail brake into the curves a bit more sedately and not to throw it upright quite so hard after I hit the apex and grab a fistful for traction purposes courtesy of Mr Metzeler, but instead to proceed more gracefully, even it means I'm late at the next stop with the boys.
Since we have 2 days' riding ahead of us on 1st Jan in beautiful weather along some lovely mountain twisties in the provinces with about 40 other bikers I have no doubt I shall prove wanting.
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To train the Springer not to entrap SWMBO to being friendly towards it. Dog now on borrowed time following Tesco incident. Must teach the bitch a lesson (the dog that is)
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To not leave the Backroom un-moderated for 10 hours at a time...... Ooops.
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ND - Yours is to not worry if you have to leave us unmoderated for a bit. Sometimes, when I'm out of the way, it works quite smoothly. ;)
My own resolutions - well, as you know I am of very even temperament etc etc etc.
But perhaps I will not again do tonight's thang of hooting wildly at a vehicle that should have given way to me (parked traffic on his side of road etc) and then realised it was a van full of geezers. Took me several miles to feel safe that they weren't following me.
I also won't assume that, when I am slowing down and indicating left to turn into my parents' driveway, that other traffic will necessarily realise what I am doing, and that therefore they are quite within their rights to try and undertake me. If I hadn't had all me wits about me tonight (and Rob need make no comment here ;) the left hand side of my car, as well as at least one of my kids, would have been a right-off.
Sorry if that's a bit depressive - it's how it was.
But Happy New Year to all of you. Have a great day tomorrow.
HFxxx
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But perhaps I will not again do tonight's thang of hooting wildly at a vehicle that should have given way to me (parked traffic on his side of road etc) and then realised it was a van full of geezers. Took me several miles to feel safe that they weren't following me.
HF why do you continue to put yourself in these situations after what happened in the car park just weeks ago?
So them not giving way added a minute to your journey. Given the choice of that or the possible consequences of getting wound up about it, I'd be more inclined to protect myself and my car.
(Not after an argument about it, just asking! I'll apologise in advance because someone is bound to take issue with me, and I'm going out tonight!)
Happy new year!
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To continue to stay relaxed in my driving and not let peoples' driving mistakes annoy me. If I have a deadline then I'll set out with plenty of time to spare. Stay relaxed, stay non-aggressive. Don't allow myself to be rushed; arrive at my destination without having aggro inside or outside the car. Hey, your car may be more important than mine, so rather than do a Robot Wars you can have precedence as it obviously means that much to you.
8 ball
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Tea Belly, WHY!!!!!!!!! its a whole load of poppy cock, mmmmmmm a delivery driver has a secret can of additive, yes sure!!! what planet did this come from. After over 200k of super market petrol my car runs like new I don't think i'll fall for this sucker.
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It was rather tongue in cheek but I will be chipping my car so superunleaded will become a more of a necessity and my local Sainsburys doesn't sell super so I will have to use 'branded' filling stations. They have their own lorries though so I don't see why they couldn't have their own special blend. It is the same with the mass market sauces and such like that all the supermarkets use. They are often made in the same places but different supermarkets seem to have slightly different versions.
I have found no difference between Sainsbury's fuel and 'branded' fuel most of the time. I don't know about improved fuel economy as you don't normally go to a petrol station and just stop for an hour but at a supermarket you would stop, restart, find a parking space and then start off again to carry on the journey after shopping which could explain the tiny difference in mpg some people have.
Esso & Shell are both sold on them being different to the norm and a special blend. So if they are exactly the same then surely that would be in breach of Trading Standards??? One for the chemists amongst us to investigate I reckon :-)
teabelly
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PG,
Sorry, only just this sec saw your reply to me.
Of course you're absolutely right, and I acted in haste (again?!). It's just that to me, courtesy on the roads (and elsewhere) is a very important thing, and I try to extend it to others as often as I can. When I don't get it back then usually I put up with it. I guess this was another HF blip. It's not my normal behaviour, however it might seem on here!
Guess one of HF's many NY resolutions must be to accept being bullied on the roads, with the reward of an easier and less Deathwish-style life.
Cheers
HF
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