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15-03-2019, 05:44 PM
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And they tend to 'fudge' the emission results.
To be honest, I don't give a toss about emission results.

All of this eco-warrior nonsense makes absolutely no difference to the planet as a whole. Why don't they have a mass rally in China?
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15-03-2019, 06:16 PM
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To be honest, I don't give a toss about emission results.

All of this eco-warrior nonsense makes absolutely no difference to the planet as a whole. Why don't they have a mass rally in China?
Quite agree, whenever China is shown in relation to anything about emissions there are chimneys belching out smoke!

Another area that is seldom mentioned with anything about emissions and impacts on the environment is that of aircraft. These are flying above us all the time chucking out far more than our cars and home environments.

https://theconversation.com/its-time...ironment-70953

https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-...-of-one-plane/
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15-03-2019, 06:39 PM
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To be honest, I don't give a toss about emission results.

All of this eco-warrior nonsense makes absolutely no difference to the planet as a whole. Why don't they have a mass rally in China?
Me neither. They need to stop planes dumping fuel first.
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15-03-2019, 07:43 PM
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Apparently, these refrigerated lorries are very polluting, at least the fridge units are, and there’s thousands of them on the road in this country alone,
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You want to talk pollution then take a look at shipping and cruise liners
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You want to talk pollution then take a look at shipping and cruise liners
The blatantly obvious doesn't register to those above though....
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A huge new cruise ship terminal planned for the river Thames would lead to a surge in dangerous levels of air pollution in the heart of the capital with unknown health consequences for hundreds of thousands of people, campaigners have warned.

Under the proposals, which have been given planning permission, up to 55 giant cruise ships would dock in London every year. Each ship would need to run its diesel engines round the clock to power onboard facilities, generating the same amount of toxic NO2 emissions as almost 700 continuously running lorries.

“As we find out more about the damage air pollution is doing to people’s health it is unthinkable that something like this can go ahead,” said local resident Laura Eyres, who is one of those leading the fight against the development.

“There is simply no justification for having these huge ships sitting here right next to busy residential areas and schools, belching out this level of pollution with all the associated damage to people’s health that have now been proven.”
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24-03-2019, 01:35 PM
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The Ford Cologne engine is a chain driven cam, no belt.
Yes, you are quite correct. Also the Ford Essex 3.0 is chain driven, no belt. Both engines have been in cars I have owned, I was getting confused with two Vauxhalls I also owned, both had the V4 slant engines with OHC cams which were belt-driven. All my cars have usually been driven for over 100,000 miles and all except the VW Golf 1.6 TDi Diesel I now drive have been maintained by myself. Far too complicated now to do this so best left to the garage – I am not a computer engineer, much preferring to restrict myself to Apple Macs!
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24-03-2019, 01:59 PM
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The original problem and reason for this thread, my car's ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) and Front Assist Braking (Emergency Braking) sensor / camera being affected by colliding with a stray pheasant not keeping to the Green Cross Code, has now been fixed.

Last week the sensor / camera was checked out at a VW main dealers and found only to need re-calibrating. This was carried out and all is now working OK again. The final cost of this was around £450, paid by my insurance company. I made an insurance claim in case it was replacement of the sensor / camera at £1,400 was required. My Excess was £150 and other than this being annoying as it was my first ever claim in 57 years, the insurance claim has saved me expense. It's reckoned next year's premium may increase by £110 so added to the £150 Excess the saving is £190. Had it been replacement of the sensor / camera claiming on the insurance would have resulted in a far greater saving.

Modern cars like the VW Golf TDi are brilliant to drive but the cost of anything going wrong with the electronics / computerised items can be very expensive!

The lesson in all this – if driving 'a computer on wheels' beware of stray pheasants, rather difficult if living in a rural area as they are everywhere!
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To continue the story of damage caused by colliding with a pheasant and my claim on insurance.

This year's renewal arrived and as posted previously I was expecting an increase of £110. Unusually this was far less, in fact just half, my premium had increased by just £55! That meant the eventual saving is £245 plus that keeps the trade-in value of the car as it should be. No chance of that with warning icons appearing on the dashboard screen, that would immediately reduce the value by the full amount of £1,300, assuming the worst that the sensor / camera might require replacing.

The insurance broker I use had searched around and found another insurer so advised a change to that one. Additionally that insurance carries an Excess of £100 where the other one was £150. I was advised that insurance company is only available to brokers so a good reason to allow them to continue arranging my car and home insurance.
 
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