On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:24:31 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

The MOT abbrviation has stuck and become official.

The Westminster government lackeys think it is a verb as well.

"When you can MOT your vehicle"

to MOT, I MOT, you MOT, he MOTs, to have been MOTed, etc

We shall MOT them on the beaches!

More unforgiveable is the capitalisation of the whole term.

MoT, please.

On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:12:23 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

My Transit heater starts to work after I've gone one and a half miles,
and when it gets going properly it's about fourteen times more powerful
than is sensible.

Mine too. Transits, from the Mk1, always had bloody good heaters. It's
as if Ford looked at the shortcomings of the other crap that was on
the road and made something better, to appeal to buyers and drivers.

On that point, no diesel car or van I've had has taken ages to warm
up, with the exception of a SOLandie, but that was barely able to warm
itself, never mind the cabin.

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On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:38:56 +0000, Chris Leuty
wrote:
The road fund license is cheaper for diesels.
No such thing, hasn't been since the 1930's
But the name has stuck with us old fogeys, just like MOT has stuck.
How many of you old fogeys still calling it road tax were actually
driving in the 1930s?
"Road Tax" is still an accurate enough descriptor. It doesn't go to
the roads, sure, but it's simply a(nother) tax on the use of a vehicle
on the road.
It's only a year or two ago that there was furious debate in
un.transport.london, that the congestion charge was a tax, so I suppose
it all depends on how you define "Tax.".
--
Clive

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On that point, no diesel car or van I've had has taken ages to warm
up, with the exception of a SOLandie, but that was barely able to warm
itself, never mind the cabin.
Might I suggest slightly less use of lead in the right boot.
--
Clive

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On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:24:31 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

The MOT abbrviation has stuck and become official.

The Westminster government lackeys think it is a verb as well.

"When you can MOT your vehicle"

to MOT, I MOT, you MOT, he MOTs, to have been MOTed, etc

We shall MOT them on the beaches!

More unforgiveable is the capitalisation of the whole term.

MoT, please.

My car's MOT certificate says "MOT".
My wife's car's MOT certificate also says "MOT".
I know this because, today, I have to take both of them to be MOTed.
--
Ian

On 06/02/2012 23:49, wrote:
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:12:23 +0000, Bill
wrote:

My Transit heater starts to work after I've gone one and a half miles,
and when it gets going properly it's about fourteen times more powerful
than is sensible.

Mine too. Transits, from the Mk1, always had bloody good heaters. It's
as if Ford looked at the shortcomings of the other crap that was on
the road and made something better, to appeal to buyers and drivers.

On that point, no diesel car or van I've had has taken ages to warm
up, with the exception of a SOLandie, but that was barely able to warm
itself, never mind the cabin.

Maybe a problem with my thermostat then!

Z

Zimmy wrote:
On 06/02/2012 23:49, wrote:
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:12:23 +0000, Bill
wrote:

My Transit heater starts to work after I've gone one and a half miles,
and when it gets going properly it's about fourteen times more powerful
than is sensible.

Mine too. Transits, from the Mk1, always had bloody good heaters. It's
as if Ford looked at the shortcomings of the other crap that was on
the road and made something better, to appeal to buyers and drivers.

On that point, no diesel car or van I've had has taken ages to warm
up, with the exception of a SOLandie, but that was barely able to warm
itself, never mind the cabin.

Maybe a problem with my thermostat then!

Z
Our 1948 Morris ambulance had the pipe intended to feed hot water to the
radiator in the back short circuited, so it bypassed the rad. We thought
it better to clamp it off, but when we did the vehicle boiled all the
time. The rad was bunged up but the circulation through the engine and
through the short pipe that bypassed the rad was enough to cool the engine!

Bill