In message , at 17:41:56 on Sat, 14 May
2016, tim... remarked:

I don't think that, not giving a list of all modes with applicable
manufacturing dates (as, for example, the German equivalent site does)
is "opaque".

This is one occasion where a lookup by numberplate would be appropriate.

Although I've not had a lot of luck with such searches recently.
According to the gadget in Halfords last week my car only has rear wiper
blades (I wanted front) and only has headlight bulbs (I wanted a brake
light).
--
Roland Perry

David Cameron has just told us we don't have corruption
in this country. It's only in those "fantastically corrupt"
foreign countries.

I have no experience of life and I believe everything my
Prime Minister tells me.

Many thanks for your response. A few points:

My suggestion was in ignorance of this foolhardy idea
of pedestrianising Oxford Street. Does Westminster
Council really believe that making shoppers carry all
their parcels, even large, heavy ones, will persuade
people back to Oxford Street? That's counter intuitive,
to put it mildly.

Clearly, if terminating bus services at Marble Arch and
New Oxford Street is impracticable, those bus services
would have to continue to somewhere else. That's not
necessarily an unworkable idea.

Turning a trolley bus shuttle service around would not be
difficult if overhead cables are strung up all round the
Marble Arch/Cumberland Gate gyratory system and the New
Oxford Street/Dyott Street/St. Giles High Street gyratory.
Because such a short distance is involved, there would be
no need for "rest breaks" at the end of each journey and
no need to keep to a strict timetable, so buses would not
need to park up at either end of Oxford Street.

I didn't know TfL had an abhorrence of trolley buses. Why do
they? TfL has no experience of them because they were
eliminated when I was still a boy and, sadly, that was a long
time ago.

I also didn't know about the plans to sabotage Gloucester Place,
Baker Street, Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street. I'm not
at all surprised to find local opposition to this nonsense. I've
expressed my opinions in the past about TfL's motives for
changing roads and their love of conflicting traffic flows and
innumerable traffic lights. (David Cameron: you are so naïve)
The plan to return these roads to two way running will of course
be ruinous. I do hope the new Mayor's reservations about TfL
will prompt him to intervene and to replace the vandals at TfL
with responsible, public minded people.

Robin9 wrote:

Roland Perry;155734 Wrote:
In message , at 14:14:46 on
Sat, 14 May 2016, Recliner remarked:
--
It appears to say that Euro 6 diesel cars must be less than 5years old,
but doesn't mention any of the former Euro ratings.-

They won't be allowed in free at all. What they mean is that when the
rule comes in, only diesels under five years old will be given free
admission, and that was when the Euro 6 standard became mandatory.-

Are they getting a kick-back from manufacturers of compliant cars?


David Cameron has just told us we don't have corruption
in this country.

Did he actually say that?

It's only in those "fantastically corrupt"
foreign countries.

Well, there's no doubt that Nigeria and Afghanistan are fantastically
corrupt. Britain isn't perfect, but it's pretty good, probably just behind
the squeaky clean Scandinavian countries.

On 2016-05-15 06:59:59 +0000, Roland Perry said:

In message , at 17:41:56 on Sat, 14 May
2016, tim... remarked:

I don't think that, not giving a list of all modes with applicable
manufacturing dates (as, for example, the German equivalent site does)
is "opaque".

This is one occasion where a lookup by numberplate would be appropriate.

Although I've not had a lot of luck with such searches recently.
According to the gadget in Halfords last week my car only has rear
wiper blades (I wanted front) and only has headlight bulbs (I wanted a
brake light).

I had better luck in Eurocarparts in Wapping the other day for wipers
and some bulbs - the counter guy left his post to go look at our car
and didn't trust what his computer said....

In message 2016051510554417217-email@domaincom, at 10:55:44 on Sun, 15
May 2016, eastender remarked:

This is one occasion where a lookup by numberplate would be
appropriate.
Although I've not had a lot of luck with such searches recently.
According to the gadget in Halfords last week my car only has rear
wiper blades (I wanted front) and only has headlight bulbs (I wanted a
brake light).

I had better luck in Eurocarparts in Wapping the other day for wipers
and some bulbs - the counter guy left his post to go look at our car
and didn't trust what his computer said....

I went and got the old bulb and found the right one by eyeball. Ordered
the wiper blades from eBay after being given an eyewatering quote (for
unbranded) from local car accessory shop.
--
Roland Perry

On 14/05/2016 09:43, Robin9 wrote:

'Recliner[_3_ Wrote:

New mayor Sadiq has announced that he will launch a formal
policy consultation in a matter of weeks on a major package
of measures to tackle air pollution in London.

I don't use buses much so I'm ignorant about the routes
and the use of them. I know that numerous buses run along
Oxford Street and clog up that road, but I don't know where
they go to, how heavily they are used and what percentage
of passengers travel right through Oxford Strret and beyond.
So, I have a question for the bus experts here. Is it a feasible
option a) to re-diagram bus routes so that bus journeys begin
and end at Marble Arch or New Oxford Street/St. Giles Circus
so that those buses do not travel along Oxford Street at all,
and b) design a hybrid trolley bus with a small petrol engine,
and run a trolley bus shuttle service along Oxford Street - with
overhead wiring installed of course - using the petrol engine
only to move the bus to and from the bus depot?

It is always feasible to cange bus routes, but Oxford Street is about a
mile long between St Giles and Marble Arch.

Would it be practical not to have any buses serving it?

Feel free to shoot me down in flames.

I'd be surprised if TaL operates any buses powered by petrol. It would
be phenomenally expensive.

Diesel has been the fuel for larger vehicles since well before WW2.

Now that it's known that diesel engines emit worse pollutants
than petrol engines, TfL's attitude might change.

My suggestion was the hybrid trolley bus would use the
petrol engine only when running empty between the bus
depot and the West End. When carrying passengers, it
would run on electricity, thus being far cleaner than the
buses using Oxford Street today.

On 15/05/2016 10:55, eastender wrote:
On 2016-05-15 06:59:59 +0000, Roland Perry said:

In message , at 17:41:56 on Sat, 14 May
2016, tim... remarked:

I don't think that, not giving a list of all modes with applicable
manufacturing dates (as, for example, the German equivalent site
does) is "opaque".

This is one occasion where a lookup by numberplate would be appropriate.

Although I've not had a lot of luck with such searches recently.
According to the gadget in Halfords last week my car only has rear
wiper blades (I wanted front) and only has headlight bulbs (I wanted a
brake light).

I had better luck in Eurocarparts in Wapping the other day for wipers
and some bulbs - the counter guy left his post to go look at our car and
didn't trust what his computer said....


Slightly off topic, but is that branch of Eurocarparts really in
Wapping? It's north of the Highway and closer to Limehouse station than
anywhere else...

On 16/05/2016 08:25, Robin9 wrote:
'JNugent[_5_ Wrote:
;155773']On 14/05/2016 09:43, Robin9 wrote:
-
'Recliner[_3_ Wrote:-
--
New mayor Sadiq has announced that he will launch a formal
policy consultation in a matter of weeks on a major package
of measures to tackle air pollution in London.--
-
I don't use buses much so I'm ignorant about the routes
and the use of them. I know that numerous buses run along
Oxford Street and clog up that road, but I don't know where
they go to, how heavily they are used and what percentage
of passengers travel right through Oxford Strret and beyond.
So, I have a question for the bus experts here. Is it a feasible
option a) to re-diagram bus routes so that bus journeys begin
and end at Marble Arch or New Oxford Street/St. Giles Circus
so that those buses do not travel along Oxford Street at all,
and b) design a hybrid trolley bus with a small petrol engine,
and run a trolley bus shuttle service along Oxford Street - with
overhead wiring installed of course - using the petrol engine
only to move the bus to and from the bus depot?-

It is always feasible to cange bus routes, but Oxford Street is about a

mile long between St Giles and Marble Arch.

Would it be practical not to have any buses serving it?
-
Feel free to shoot me down in flames.-

I'd be surprised if TfL operates any buses powered by petrol. It would
be phenomenally expensive.

Why did you change what I typed?

You didn't even mention that a change had been made.

Diesel has been the fuel for larger vehicles since well before WW2.

Now that it's known that diesel engines emit worse pollutants
than petrol engines, TfL's attitude might change.

There is the little matter of cost.

My suggestion was the hybrid trolley bus would use the
petrol engine only when running empty between the bus
depot and the West End. When carrying passengers, it
would run on electricity, thus being far cleaner than the
buses using Oxford Street today.

Why not just run on electricity all the way?