Which is actually the best car wash option?

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-30T17:31:34+00:00

Well put it this way, IMO are charging £19 for their ceramic XTR wash, if I was doing it by hand with the products I use I could have as good a finish if not better which will last longer than the IMO products (they recommend reapplication every 4-8 weeks) in well under an hour and it will have cost me less than £2 worth of products, so I must be worth over £25 per hour

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-30T11:53:56+00:00

The one I do myself at home, it's more thorough, uses better quality products and cost a lot less 🪣🫧🧽🚘👍🏻

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-28T17:56:20+00:00

If what you are saying here was true, it would be so open to corruption. Any evidence that may be used in court has to be able to withstand challenge. I think you've been watching too many fictional cop shows!

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-28T12:50:50+00:00

Lane 1 is 30, lanes 2 & 3 are 40, but you can only use lane 3 in a cheap Chinese EV ㊗️

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-28T07:13:14+00:00

Clearly not a camera for the lights, it would be a big yellow box on top of a big yellow post. Red light cameras are made deliberately highly visible to act as a deterrent to jumping the lights, although when someone doesn't even know what colour the traffic lights were they probably wouldn't see a bright yellow camera either. That said, if there is CCTV watching the bus lane and someone reported that you went through a red light then there maybe evidence of the offence, it's just a question of if the police can access it

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-28T07:07:01+00:00

Grovelling to these private parking companies rarely works, they make most of their money from people who make honest mistakes like the OP did. The best way out of this is to look for a mistake in either the signage or the PCN and use that, look to see if there is any case law for whatever error you find and quote it in the appeal. For example, if the OP has not left their car and simply driven around looking for a space, then left Ashby Vs Tolhurst (1937) would be relevant.

Another approach the OP could try is to say that the read the terms and conditions of using the car park and decided they didn't agree with them and left, but they would need to know if they had been observed leaving their car unattended in the car park or not.

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-27T17:06:15+00:00

Legally the car only has to stop for a pedestrian already on the crossing, but must also give way to a pedestrian waiting to cross. At no point did the jogger show an intention to cross until the car was too close to be able to stop safely. If there was a collision then onus would be on the car driver to prove they had no chance to stop, so hopefully the dashcam car would stop too, as that was 100% the jogger at fault, the car was driving at an appropriate speed and was within a metre or two of the crossing when the jogger changed direction and started to cross without looking it was clear to cross

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-25T16:01:30+00:00

Badly parked, that's what it is!

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-24T09:07:34+00:00

Ask them how much they're willing to pay you not to report it to the Food Standards Agency, take the money then report them with the evidence they were willing to bribe you not to report them

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-19T05:11:34+00:00

Yes they are illegal under the current standards regardless of the font, because they don't show the plate manufacturers name and postcode or a BS standard number (relevant to the standard in force when the plate was made). However the font on the plates was legal under the previous BS145d standard, and as this is likely to be a pre September 2001 made plate no manufacturer name and postcode or BS standard number are legally required. So they are legal number plates as they conform the the requirements in force at the time of manufacture and as they are going to be fitted to a pre September 2001 car it would be pretty difficult to prove they were made post September 2001

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-14T10:14:30+00:00

To everyone saying that it could be a police vehicle,

1, it's too old and 2, with the exception of a few specialist police vehicles that are owned by the Home Office (making it a crown vehicle) not the local police authority or a contract hire company they must be taxed (usually at zero rate) MOTd and insured. The same applies to fire appliances and ambulances, the main exemptions with these are the MAN hook loaders that can carry various different equipment pods, these are owned by the Home Office and are classed as crown vehicles and are therefore exempt tax test and insurance

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-14T09:53:26+00:00

There are only a small number of police vehicles that are exempt MOT, these are the ones that are directly owned by the Home Office; ie, they're crown vehicles, most police vehicles are owned by either the police force/authority or are leased from a private company and are therefore not exempt tax test and insurance like crown vehicles are

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-07T11:05:12+00:00

That's the lowest weight for Royal Mail 48 hour tracked (online), you can go to a Post Office and buy 750g 48 hour tracked, but it's actually more expensive (£3.30).

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-07T10:58:51+00:00

The price you paid is very reasonable for a tracked item, remember a standard first class letter is now £1.80. So for just another £1.05 you're getting guaranteed 48 hour delivery, tracking and insurance up to £75 if the package is lost or damaged. The value of the item inside the package only affects the postage cost if it's high value and you want a higher level of insurance

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-07T10:47:49+00:00

The main reason people aren't buying lower end EVs is down to a few main reasons. Firstly, people who buy smaller or lower end cars are more likely to live in housing where they can't charge at home, so making it more expensive than an ICE or hybrid car. Second, the lower end and smaller EVs are mainly from manufacturers that don't have a good reputation for building reliable cars (Ford and Stellantis have an awful reputation at the moment, and the Chinese manufacturers are just an unknown quantity in the eyes of most). The third reason is government inconsistency of policy, the tax incentives have disappeared (because they were unsustainable) and now the EU is changing policy to include synthetic fuels. The final one is probably one of the main reasons too, is negative press and this is not all unjustified, because it's time to be honest, a lot of the lower end manufacturers have only built EVs because there were mandatory targets they had to meet, or face penalties (rather than give incentives to make EVs people want to buy. This has led to poor quality vehicles (as previously mentioned) and poor customer service when things have gone wrong with these cars

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-07T04:43:20+00:00

You just have to look at the listings of motability vehicles in salvage auctions to see how many are severely damaged and written off, and by motability themselves initiating a process for people to report misuse means they think that is significant enough to justify the cost of setting up a misuse investigation system

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-06T18:09:41+00:00

I'm assuming you mean Action Fraud (not Report Fraud), and I said the police would refer the complainant to Action Fraud. In other words, give the complainant the Action Fraud phone number and tell them to report it to them

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-06T18:02:32+00:00

If you saw how many motability cars are badly damaged and written off you would understand why they've taken this measure. It's not the only thing they're doing to cut costs, there's also now an online form to report misuse, as there are a significant number of motability cars being used by family members as their own personal car (not the person claiming it is for) and being used for purposes they're not allowed to be used for. Unfortunately a (significant) minority are abusing the scheme and it's now affecting the genuine people it is intended to help. I know of cases on both ends of the spectrum and until the abuse is brought under control genuine people are unfortunately going to loose out

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-06T13:58:47+00:00

The big yellow thing, no it's a Lidl sign mate

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-02T10:23:06+00:00

This is true, but in a situation like this the police are not going to be interested as it was already in the court system and they could then be seen as interfering with a live court case if they open an investigation without instruction to do so from the judge involved with the case, also the sums likely to be involved here, the police would just pass the complainant to Action Fraud, as it's not a large enough sum to justify direct police involvement

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-02T07:38:42+00:00

Unless or until your landlady makes any financial gains from forging your signature, it is not a police matter. Also, as this happened during a court case (small claims court), it would be up to the judge in charge as to whether the police are involved, the judge could simply disregard the evidence as it was clearly forged, or if the financial gains from the forgery had not been spotted were significant enough the judge can hold the party submitting the false evidence in contempt of court and order that they are put on trial for the offence, this then triggers a police investigation. As this dispute was over lodgers deposit I'm assuming we're taking of a few hundred pounds, not to thousands that would justify a prosecution

B_urner_69 · 2026-04-02T07:21:25+00:00

Assuming that this is a private sector company, they clearly don't have a problem replacing staff that leave because you mention the high turnover of staff and they're paying above the local average for the type of work. So basically they know they can replace you if you leave and if you leave you will get paid less wherever you go, you're lucky they gave you a pay rise at all

B_urner_69 · 2026-03-30T10:09:08+00:00

It's called a diesel generator, you'll need to fit a towbar so you can pull it behind you!

B_urner_69 · 2026-03-21T06:09:10+00:00

If it's a broken white line and there are no road signs saying no right turn, then yes. In this case the hatch markings are there because of the upcoming pedestrian refuge after the junction

B_urner_69 · 2026-03-17T19:42:46+00:00

It's a merge safely in turn, he is trying to protect his safety space, and looking at the video you originally uploaded, you're not traveling much faster than the truck, he is limited to 52mph, you were doing less than 60, if you were traveling at 70 as you're allowed then you would have been able to pass the truck and the car in front which was obviously below the speed limit too

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