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    • I have looked at the car park and it is quite clearly marked that it is  pay to park  and advising that there are cameras installed so kind of difficult to dispute that. On the other hand it doesn't appear to state at the entrance what the charge is for breaching their rules. However they do have a load of writing in the two notices under the entrance sign which it would help if you could photograph legible copies of them. Also legible photos of the signs inside the car park as well as legible photos of the payment signs. I say legible because the wording of their signs is very important as to whether they have formed a contract with motorists. For example the entrance sign itself doe not offer a contract because it states the T&Cs are inside the car park. But the the two signs below may change that situation which is why we would like to see them. I have looked at their Notice to Keeper which is pretty close to what it should say apart from one item. Under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 4 Section 9 [2]a] the PCN should specify the period of parking. It doesn't. It does show the ANPR times but that includes driving from the entrance to the parking spot and then from the parking place to the exit. I know that this is a small car park but the Act is quite clear that the parking period must be specified. That failure means that the keeper is no longer responsible for the charge, only the driver is now liable to pay. Should this ever go to Court , Judges do not accept that the driver and the keeper are the same person so ECP will have their work cut out deciding who was driving. As long as they do not know, it will be difficult for them to win in Court which is one reason why we advise not to appeal since the appeal can lead to them finding out at times that the driver  and the keeper were the same person. You will get loads of threats from ECP and their sixth rate debt collectors and solicitors. They will also keep quoting ever higher amounts owed. Do not worry, the maximum. they can charge is the amount on the sign. Anything over that is unlawful. You can safely ignore the drivel from the Drips but come back to us should you receive a Letter of Claim. That will be the Snotty letter time.
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    • Yes, it was, but in practice we've found time after time that judges will not rule against PPCs solely on the lack of PP.  They should - but they don't.  We include illegal signage in WSs, but more as a tactic to show the PPC up as spvis rather than in the hope that the judge will act on that one point alone. But sue them for what?  They haven't really done much apart from sending you stupid letters. Breach of GDPR?  It could be argued they knew you had Supremacy of Contact but it's a a long shot. Trespass to your vehicle?  I know someone on the Parking Prankster blog did that but it's one case out of thousands. Surely best to defy them and put the onus on them to sue you.  Make them carry the risk.  And if they finally do - smash them. If you want, I suppose you could have a laugh at the MA's expense.  Tell them about the criminality they have endorsed and give them 24 hours to have your tickets cancelled and have the signs removed - otherwise you will contact the council to start enforcement for breach of planning permission.
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Depends how you read it Conniff. Had over 100K before LPG fitted. Just eats exhausts now every 18 months so get 2 year guarantee and get 36 months!

 

get a stainless one you tight git.

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Go to VW dealer and ask for compressions to be checked. No 3 will probably be low. You need to act now as the VW will cut off the goodwill before long. See blinkeys thread. I've assisted in I think 4 cases now but you have to follow a set procedure in getting help. Initially VW will tell you to sod off but you need that to get them to pay eventually.

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Compression test has been done and it was ok

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Crikey Phil, I read that quickly then and thought it said be seeing you In THE Bath!

Should have gone to Specsavers... :-)

 

If you put on a Yorky accent, it could say that :)

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get a stainless one you tight git.

 

Have thought of it but it would have to be specially made. As I buy them trade and the mark up is 100% it's really sweet FA and as ever I don't know what to do with the car. There is nothing wrong with it apart from that. Handles round the lanes like a dream, can hold it's own on the motorway 38 to the gallon at 75p per litre. Why change.

 

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Of course Conniff.........what do you currently drive??? Apart from your Bentley of course!!

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No, it was done by a local garage - I'd read the thread on here about one of the Polos with a similar problem so asked the garage to do the compression test.

Strangely enough when my son drives it the light goes off ! I just want rid of it now as it's starting to get me down, but can't trade it in with the damn light on :(

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I don't have the readings - the garage rang me to say they had done the test and there was nothing wrong, they also checked the valves, coils, injectors etc. They said that for some reason petrol wasn't getting though to the injectors, but was sporadic.

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No, it was done by a local garage - I'd read the thread on here about one of the Polos with a similar problem so asked the garage to do the compression test.

Strangely enough when my son drives it the light goes off ! I just want rid of it now as it's starting to get me down, but can't trade it in with the damn light on :(

 

The mod to the head to get over the issue was done around 2007 but no VW contacts I have in Wolfsburg can confirm this which is why I say 2009 being the cut off point when it won't be an issue. At 20K miles the problem just starts to show and gets progressively worse. Cars used at high spped don't seem to suffer but those used as normal will see it.

 

The problem is that it's a bit like a regressive disease. Everything checks out OK but there will be a point when it starts to misfire and be low on power. Misfires are hard to detect to the uninitiated on 3 cylinder cars. When your son drives he probably gives it a bit of stick so it will clear the emissions but there will come a point when it wont. Let us know what the compression readings were and I'll know straight away.

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OK, will do. Thanks for your advice, I didn't mean to hijack this thread - I was just having a moan lol

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Get the readings Ell-enn even if they have to do them again. They should al be equal. If they show variation at that mileage it has the issue. Thing is you will have detected it early. The garage cannot check the valves per say, only the clearance for which the engine needs to be stone cold for some considerable time to let the oil pressure in the followers out. To say the petrol isn't getting through to the injectors is pathetic. It's the fact it is and not being burnt which I would suggest is causing the light to come on.

 

Of course, it could be a French car but the last I heard VW don't have a French plant. Conniff might know different.

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MOTHER IS THINKING OF GETTING A FRENCH POODLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Any advice as to how I should train my working ENGLISH working cocker spaniel to deal with her? I have Murphy well versed in Agincourt and Joan of Arc already.

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I was going to suggest that you took mum somewhere that dogs are not allowed and left them locked up in the same room but then I though no dog in his right mind, and especially an English dog, would go for something that had such a stupid haircut as a French poodle and if it's pink, I think you will have one hell of a job taking them out for walkies as the Cocker spaniel won't want to be seen in the street with it.

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The good thing is that Murphy has "been done" so I don't have any worries there. Further the only decent Anglo French collaboration project has been Concorde. They only screwed the thing together. We did all the rest.

 

Do French dogs smell of Garlic as most of the ones I have come across do.

 

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Do French dogs smell of Garlic as most of the ones I have come across do.

 

 

Garlic, so it won't be the cat then.

 

French poodle, English cocker - who the hell chose a name like Murphy.

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Garlic, so it won't be the cat then.

 

French poodle, English cocker - who the hell chose a name like Murphy.

 

Errr I did as his colouring matched that of a pint of Murphey's that was being pulled at the time. I know it's somewhat Irish :sad: but it seemed appropriate at the time and has proven to be the right choice. I.e. drinks a lot and has a penchant for digging!! Off to barricade the house now:madgrin:.

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No I haven't actually but what I have noticed is that sales of any car are supposedly more important than aftersales, used or second hand. It's not the engineering it's the ******* merchant bankers who don't understand what they are selling. Then the pub lawyer comes along with his mate pub mechanic, not forgetting the green brigade who seem to think that because they eat nuts and spinach that all cars and lorries should be made of bamboo and fueled by the advert "go to work on an egg", which ends up in a court case with a ****ed old fahrt of a judge who still thinks a car is an Austin heavy 12 and believes that the sales of goods act is a licence to sell cars.

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Well crap telly, crap Government, crap weather, wife who thinks money grows on trees so grows chinese money plants and a dog who thinks a two hour walk over heavy fields is a stroll and a 2.25%pay rise. Not withstanding of course the fact that this years weather is causing havoc with my sceptic tank, the golf pro next door who won't let the kids play in the garden because he and his wife think e coli might be present due to having a sceptic tank. Not helped by sitiing in airports waiting for delayed planes i far away countries.

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