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Got back to a note on the windscreen.

"THANK YOU FOR YOU'RE INCONSIDERATE PARKING !

NEXT TIME ALLOW SPACE FOR OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEIR VEHICLES....."



I wouldn't mind, but it is perfectly in the space... Centred and straight

Still at least they spelt 'their' correctly.

Oh, and definitely a girl from using a circle for the dot of the exclamation mark 

I have 'history'  at work for where I park ie I routinely park my Smart where there is no marked space ..... but not in anyone's way.
I recently parked it in a space but well over to one side .... but still within the white lines .. so that it gave me more room to open my driver's door without clouting the car next to me. I was 'shouted at' for not parking in the centre of the space by the lad who then parked to my passenger side because that reduced the amount of room he had to get out of his car.
You can please some of the people .......   

I go supermarket shopping 3/4 times a week. If I got arsey about inconsiderate parking, I would spend half my life complaining.

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It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

The problem here was that the valve stem rubber seals would become hard and would start riding up and down on the valve stem, instead of staying in the recess designed to hold them in place. On my van, I used to lay a smoke trail deliberately, by doing what you describe, if someone was sat too close behind me. 

Great for cyclists too 

 

Indeed. 

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It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

The problem here was that the valve stem rubber seals would become hard and would start riding up and down on the valve stem, instead of staying in the recess designed to hold them in place. On my van, I used to lay a smoke trail deliberately, by doing what you describe, if someone was sat too close behind me. 

Great for cyclists too 

Planet killing soot chucker's should meet the same end as the dinosaur.

If they were hit by a meteorite, they'd take all the other vehicles with them 

Ghost number plates
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d033997d688bfaa4

Got back to a note on the windscreen.

"THANK YOU FOR YOU'RE INCONSIDERATE PARKING !

NEXT TIME ALLOW SPACE FOR OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEIR VEHICLES....."



I wouldn't mind, but it is perfectly in the space... Centred and straight

Still at least they spelt 'their' correctly.

Oh, and definitely a girl from using a circle for the dot of the exclamation mark 

I have 'history'  at work for where I park ie I routinely park my Smart where there is no marked space ..... but not in anyone's way.
I recently parked it in a space but well over to one side .... but still within the white lines .. so that it gave me more room to open my driver's door without clouting the car next to me. I was 'shouted at' for not parking in the centre of the space by the lad who then parked to my passenger side because that reduced the amount of room he had to get out of his car.
You can please some of the people .......   

Planet killing soot chucker's should meet the same end as the dinosaur.

Tee hee

https://www.autoblog.com/news/diesel-isnt-dead-stellantis-reverses-course-in-europe

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It was my 'A' series engine that laid a real, thick, blue smoke trail, every time I deaccelerated then accelerated, until that uncle taught how to replace the very worn and broken valves!!

The problem here was that the valve stem rubber seals would become hard and would start riding up and down on the valve stem, instead of staying in the recess designed to hold them in place. On my van, I used to lay a smoke trail deliberately, by doing what you describe, if someone was sat too close behind me.   

I've hundreds of them  .... tiny 1.5mm up to 19mm & probably bigger. But as above, no 7mm or 11mm (did actaully have a 7 but it wouldn't fit in)

Same when I got the XE. One end needs a 7mm long hex key and I think that's an 11mm at the other end. Probably the same manufacturer of calipers. Fancy picking the two sizes that nobody will have in their toolbox.

Yup, XE uses Teves/ATE brakes, and are 7mm at rear and 11mm at front.  Worth ensuring you have both, and I'm staggered you haven't had to change the pads at the front yet

Additionally, when you do, the wear sensors are stupid money from JLR - something like £25 a pop last time I bothered checking.  If you're not in a hurry, they are around £2 each from Ching Chong land, which makes it almost worthwhile replacing them rather than pissing around trying to short them.

Oh, I have changed them several times and consigned the wear sensors to the bin.