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I cannot go into the legalities of this episode but I can explain what regeneration entails. Modern diesel cars have a diesel particulate filter (DPF) fitted to filter out harmful emissions from the engine. When these filters start to fill up with the particulates the ECU begins a regeneration process. This process will only start when the engine reaches a certain temperature and needs to continue until the regeneration is complete. To achieve this you need to get the engine up to full temperature and then run it at around 2500-3000 revs for about 30 minutes, a good run on the motorway in third or fourth gear to keep the revs up usually does the trick.It is no good just taking it on a 30 mile run as you have said because the engine would probably only just reach full temperature in that distance and certainly not long enough for the regeneration to complete. Apart from the fumes you say you can smell inside the car everything else you have said is how modern diesels work. Short journeys are not a diesels friend but you can avoid most of this by doing what I have said above about once a month to keep the DPF in good condition. Do the fumes you mention smell like burning rubber? If so then it is definitely the DPF regenerating itself.
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I had lots of problems logging into my Lloyds account this morning so wonder whether there is more to this story?
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Sorry for the delay in replying. That's what I was thinking ericsbrother and am now putting this to the Council. Thanks for the comments.
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This one is in Coalville, Leicestershire. The warden that patrols and issues tickets is the genuine council civil enforcement officer. There are two car parks side by side separated by a grass bank. One is council owned land and therefore the CEO is entitled to issue fines but the other is owned by the company that own the shopping mall so I wouldn't have though that the CEO had any power to issue fines. I do know the difference between fines and charges.
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As I said in my post this actually happened a couple of years ago and quite a bit of fuss was made at the time. I don't know what the outcome was as I was not personally affected. What I was asking is if a ticket was issued would it be a parking charge I. E a private ticket or a parking fine? The car park is privately owned but patrolled and ticketed by a council employed warden. This is a real situation not hypothetical.
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A few years ago my local town centre car park was covered in snow and the bay markings were covered. People parked in an orderly manner but when the snow melted most people found they had been ticketed because they were not parked in marked bays, fortunately I was not one of them. However last week I found out that the car park is actually private land but the District Councils civil enforcement officer patrols it and issues tickets. My question is what status do the tickets have, private parking charges or council issued fines?
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Parking Eye - Bought ticket, wrong reg
johnjordan replied to darrenham's topic in Private Land Parking Enforcement
If I am correct then they should be forced to stop using it in this manner and only be allowed to use it in appropriate cases. -
Parking Eye - Bought ticket, wrong reg
johnjordan replied to darrenham's topic in Private Land Parking Enforcement
I notice on the notice that they refer to the Beavis case. I thought that case only dealt with whether the level of "fine", I know it's not a fine, was proportionate. I may be wrong. -
Thanks for that. I've decided to take OFGENS advice and wait for everything to settle down and see what the supplier they appoint, which I understand is to be Co-Op are offering. I have emailed Comparethemarket asking them to stop the transfer for the time being.
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GB energy customer, broken electricity meter
johnjordan replied to Gary44's topic in Utilities - Gas, Electricity, Water
It's just been announced by Ofgen that Coop are taking over GB's customers. -
OK, Thanks both, I'll let things run and hope for the best. Thanks again.
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Literally minutes before the BBC announced that GB Energy had gone out of business I completed a switch to EON via a comparison website. My question is should I stop the switch and await OFGEN to put me with a new supplier or is it OK to let the switch progress? I should add that I am about £150 in credit with GB which OFGEN say is safe. Advice appreciated. Thank you.
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walmersley trade centre - 2nd hand car clutch gone
johnjordan replied to mattshipley's topic in General Motoring Issues
Are you aware that you can check the MOT history of a car at the following website? https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history -
I'm glad you posted this as I was just about to buy a car from Evans Halshaw but wont be doing so now. That's £18,000 they've lost lol. Would have been cheaper for them to fix your car.
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Thank you both for your replies. My son, who is an IT whizz kid is fairly certain it's the SSD and is trying to find his caddy to mount it externally to confirm this. It is a Seagate drive so I'll have a look at their website to see if they do a replacement scheme.
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I purchased a Lenovo laptop from Currys about 18 months ago but it recently stopped working. I have been told that it is probably the solid state drive that is faulty so that is not something that can be accidently broken by myself. I know it is out of warranty but I seem to remember that there is a law that states that items should last for a reasonable time. If this is correct do you think it is worth taking it back to Currys? I am reluctant to do this without some advice as I do not have a great deal of faith in them. Thanks.
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Look as if you have already!!!
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Do I have to disclose?
johnjordan replied to johnjordan's topic in Insurance/Assurance Companies (Not Car Insurance)
Thanks for all the advice. I was able to check with the various companies I have policies with and they all assure me that the claim will not affect my policies. They have also assured me they have made a suitable note on my files that I have reported the matter to them and that no further action needs to be taken. I have also kept a recording of the phone conversations to be on the safe side -
In February last year a car demolished my front garden fence. The car had been stolen and being driven by an uninsured East European driver who was also drunk and had no driving licence. The police were called and arrested him. They later gave me the details of the insurance company the car was insured with I lodged a claim with them for the cost of a new fence which they paid without question. Do I have to disclose this when renewing any of my insurances as I do not want to fall foul of any renewal conditions? Thank you.
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holiday pay is this right?
johnjordan replied to zumbanikki's topic in Employment and minimum wage problems
Not sure if this applies in this case but a couple of years ago I was employed on a part time basis by a large company working mainly from March to September each year. I didn't know at the time that I was entitled to holiday pay due to a new law but when I went to claim it at the beginning of the following January I was told by the company that holiday pay was based on the last 12 weeks wages but as I hadn't worked or earned anything in the last 12 weeks I wasn't entitled to anything. I looked up the Govt. rules on holiday pay and they quite clearly stated that pay was due on the last 12 weeks "in which wages were earned". I realise this may only apply to part time work but a point worth noting if it is still applicable. -
Yesterday as my wife was leaving The Outlet store in Coalville, Leicestershire along with a couple of other people the alarm went off. As my wife had not purchased anything she had no reason to be concerned and carried on down the road to her surprise a shop assistant came running after her and insisted she return to the store. My wife quite rightly in my opinion refused whereupon the assistant demanded to look through her shopping bag but again my wife refused although she did take out a couple of items she had bought elsewhere and suggested they may have set the alarm off. As the situation was now getting very upsetting my wife reluctantly returned to the store entrance and three times walked through the alarm panels which obviously did not go off; the assistant then said it must have been the wind that set them off. I am returning to the shop myself today to ask for the address of their head office as my wife was hugely humiliated in front of other shoppers but would appreciate some advice as to what other action she could take, if any. Thank you.
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I hope this is the correct forum for this. I noticed a couple of days ago that when I switched my mobile phone on a notification was appearing saying that Computrace Agent is safe. I wondered what this was as I had not downloaded this app and could find no trace of it on my phone by using the usual means. I googled Computrace Agent and saw that it is a tracking application installed by EE so that if someone steals my identity and buys a phone from EE then they can block the phone that was purchased. Now I can't for the life of me work out why they need to track my phone and everything I do on it just so they can block one of their phones. I have asked them what right they had to install that app on my phone, which by the way is mine and not under contract to them other than a monthly SIM card, but they cannot tell me. They also say it cannot be uninstalled except by wiping the phone completely and installing the phone manufacturers firmware, whatever that means. Surely this is a breach of privacy in that EE can track whatever I do and wherever I go? I accept that people like Google do this all the time but I know that if I use Google; I did not know or ask EE for this app. Any advice on how I can proceed with this as far as Data protection is concerned would be appreciated. Thanks.
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So where does it go from here?
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Thanks. I'm really surprised that there has been nothing said about this. Perhaps people think that as it's a hospital they have to pay. The company concerned made £14 million profit last year.
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Looking at the front page of a daily red top today about the profits made by a company that manages quite a few NHS hospital car parks it made me wonder if these car parks are any different to Asda/Sainburys etc. in that any "fine" is merely an invitation to pay? If they are then I'm surprised the newspapers have not latched on to it before now.
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