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  BBQ of the Year shortlist (Article)
  steel with a sleek finish and cool-to-the-touch carry handles. It's a bit heavier than expected, weighing in at about 7kg - so as long as you aren't planning to have a BBQ miles away from where you've parked, you should be fine. On the plus side, there's a plastic storage
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  Review: Razor Crazy Cart Shift (productReview)
  on a surface like a residential path, it's better for taking to your local park or basketball court where the tarmac is smooth enough not to give the wheels too much issue. However, if you plan to carry the Shift to the area you plan to use it, it's worth noting that it's front heavy
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  Review: Sennheiser Ambeo smart headset (productReview)
  . Similarly, the ostensibly excruciatingly mundane video below – of someone walking through a car park – becomes genuinely intriguing. Notice the sound of a trolley being pushed off-screen? And the traffic moving left to right
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  Top 10: Portable BBQs for motorhomes, picnics and camping (Article)
  , the CUBE is made from lightweight durable steel with a sleek finish and cool-to-the-touch carry handles. It's a bit heavier than expected, weighing in at about 7kg - so as long as you aren't planning to have a BBQ miles away from where you've parked, you should be fine
• HIRING A CAR: Where can I hire a car in the UK and abroad? (FAQs)
  WARNING: When hiring any car, but particularly when hiring a supercar, take a camera and not only go through the agreed condition sheet with the rental company rep with a fine toothcombe, but also photograph any damage you can see on the car, however minor
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  Classic Car Restoration (Article)
  to the torch - if any force is required, chances are it's misaligned.  Wire speed is probably the most important setting - too slow and it'll burn back onto the tip, too fast and it'll be a mess. Speed and power settings will be determined by the wire and you should be able to get a ball park set
• AIR-CONDITIONING: How do I know if my air conditioning needs servicing? (FAQs)
  . Climate control systems, where the temperature is set by the operator should be left on all the time, as the a/c will be required to fine tune a reduction in temperature. The vehicle will decide for itself whether to engage the compressor or open the outside flaps and let in the outside air, which at 0
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  Cheap classic car insurance (Article)
  it's security. There's a few things you can do, but probably the most important is off-road or garaged parking. The good ol' steering lock is still an excellent deterrant, but there are some more high-tech solutions such as fitting a tracking device or using something like SmartWater, which
• DPFs: What are they and why do they go wrong? (FAQs)
  that are in a very poor state of repair, whilst emitting illegal and harmful levels of fine exhaust particulate."   [1] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/contents/made
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  175,000 drivers in the UK fined for parking in disabled bays 23 Sep 2021 (News)
  More than 170,000 drivers were fined in 2020 for parking in a  disabled bay without a Blue Badge, according to new research.  Disabled parking spaces are reserved for the UK's most vulnerable road users. However
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  Drivers who are fined for keying-in the wrong numberplate can now appeal 8 Jan 2020 (News)
  A new parking code of practice will make it easier for drivers to appeal fines caused by simple keying-in errors and numberplate mistakes. The British Parking Association (BPA) has instructed private parking operators to cancel charges if one letter
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  Government could cut parking fines in England 10 Jan 2014 (News)
  Parking fines in England could be cut and a five-minute grace period introduced under a list of proposals being considered by the Government. The Department for Transport has issued a formal response to the Commons Transport Committee report that said
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  Government supports crackdown on unfair parking fines 31 Jan 2018 (News)
  , like threatening debt collection agencies, and provide a simpler method for appealing fines. >> Your guide to parking rights
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  RAC calls for changes in private parking charge law 20 Feb 2015 (News)
  The RAC Foundation has published a report into private parking and is calling for the government to change the rules on ‘fines’ or penalty charges. The report suggests that many parking penalty charges are illegally high and could not be enforced in court
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  Legal clampdown for rogue parking firms 15 Mar 2019 (News)
  fines. “For too long, some unscrupulous private parking operators have made drivers’ lives a misery with some questionable practices which has sent levels of trust in the sector plummeting.” The 2019 code
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  Parking charges and the law 11 May 2011 (News)
  One of the things Honest John has been asked about most over the past month is parking penalties . Chances are you’ve been fined for overstaying at some point in the past, and if you haven’t then there’s a very real chance that you
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  Councils net £847 million in parking fines and charges 9 Jan 2019 (News)
  in 2017/18, while cash received from parking charges and fines increased from £682 to £847 million over the same five years. The research, by the comparison website Confused.com, claims that local authorities in 101 of 176 counties have increased their net income from parking – 87
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  DVLA made £2.7m selling driver details on 8 Jun 2015 (News)
  , they would investigate immediately and cease the supply of information to that company if necessary. Parking fines are commonly queried in our Ask Honest John section, and you can find some of the questions that have been asked here.       
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  Drivers face £70 fine for parking on pavement 9 Apr 2018 (News)
  Motorists who park with their wheels up on the kerb may soon face fines of up to £70 after the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed it was considering a review of current legislation on pavement parking. The evaluation is part of a wider review into traffic
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  Parking ticket issued every seven seconds, study suggests 21 Apr 2017 (News)
  The number of fines issued by private parking companies has risen by 28 per cent over the past financial year, according to a study by the RAC Foundation.  Private parking companies obtained 4.7 million sets of vehicle-keeper records from the DVLA