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They’ll all end up with smaller engines (or none at all the way things are going) before much longer. The tech detail is out there for those that have a mind to read / believe it but the “sales” pitch for the mk8 is that it has more power / grunt in a smaller lump than previous models. *take that as you wish, some may argue more technically / knowledgably to the contrary, I don’t have the will to read it myself. I’m content in the knowledge that Toyota have a load of boffins making machines for the workplace - who am I to argue with them ? Mine tows fine, I’m happy. Fav bit of your post was using it for family duties.... Don’t “forget” to declare the private miles ???

I guess there could also be an (e) too Mark: (e) “cabinet meltdown” - to use a phrase, not so long ago that Corbyn very nearly ripped the heart and soul out of the Labour Party. Casting the memory back (not so far), I’d propose that was a significantly greater ‘crisis’ and yet he’s still there and so are the seemingly irreparable divisions within the party and the electorate... What should we learn from that?

You not enjoying (finished?) that book yet ????

"...this breach is not capable of remedy..." Legend!!!

I've read it a couple of times now..... And I have to admit to still being a bit confused about who's private parts 'she' is and isn't allowed to grab.... ?

Careful Lofty, look what happens to doubters: Deuteronomy 28:66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you. Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life.

(B) we’ll have to agree to disagree. (C) it’s quite a long and complex story starting in my late teens which I’d gladly share with you over a beer but not on here. In many traditional respects, I “should” be an enthusiastic Labour voter, that I am so ardently NOT is more a reflection of the state of the Labour Party than it is of me. They have nothing to offer me and I have a loathing of much of what current Labour stands for. (D) acknowledging that Farage has never been an MP, he has personally, and against all the establishment odds, had a more notable effect on UK politics than any recent or current individual MP (granted some may consider his contribution positive, others not so.) I stand by my Knighthood recommendation for Farage! UKIP lost its way without him at the helm, but I rather doubt anyone would argue that it was pressure from UKIP which delivered the neverendum. Perhaps a revitalised UKIP would similarly galvanise the UK ‘unrepreseted’ (and I think there are a lot within former Labour heartlands?

In part, to the previous outstanding response and in part to this Mark, purely my take on it but: (a) little point wasting time / energy attempting to counter the misguided, jubilant celebration of the ardent anti Tory contributors who, appear, rather than to recognise that Current difficulties are indicative of the complexities of the situation and would similarly impact upon either of the 2 main parties, instead, choosing to make the circumstances fit a predetermined personal political persuasion whilst the opportunity exists. (b) Seriously - does anyone think Labour wouldn’t have made an even bigger hash of it? It’s almost like a mirror imagine with Corbyn as a life long anti EU (but strangely attracted to some of the socialist nationalisation concepts), the PLP broadly in favour of ditching Brexit and large swathes of the Labour voting public in favour of Brexit - not to mention a shadow cabinet of chimps, radicals and idiots. (c) whilst there is little to celebrate in the output of the government to date regarding Brexit, I for 1 am relieved that, as a small consolation, it’s not being administered by Labour. The phrase “careful what you wish for” comes to mind!! (d) Farage has stated that he will consider standing for UKIP leadership again if this farce continues. Maybe therein lies the solution - or Tory MPs jump ship to UKIP so as to galvanise the government into decisive action. Theres no point trying to counter the misguided jubilation of Tory haters whilst there is nothing tangible to counter it with, better just to let it slide and recognise that whilst not the finest hour for British politics, it would be a whole lot worse under Labour ??

I’ll come back to you Mark, but not tonight, I’m having a beer and an early night ??

Boris put his cards on the table. No big surprise. More honourable than Gove at this stage... It’s not those that are departing that are open to criticism, it’s those that are seeking to water down, so far as to make meaningless, the departure from EU that stand to answer for their actions. As for Corbyn thinking his crowd are capable, what a clown!

JRM - the only logical solution!

Are you off on a wild one there Mr ?? Anyone should be at liberty to work as many or as few days as suits them. No probs with that. Its the getting paid for not working that is difficult to swallow. If I don’t work I don’t earn. F*cked if I’m going pay someone else not to work!

Enough of that chopper! I am actually working tomorrow (morning any way!) It is GENUINELY one of the funniest scenarios I’ve ever encountered!! Detail to follow....

We’ll be (that’s the “royal” we (public sector)) on a 3 day week if Comrade Corbin and his merry band of lunatics ever manage to get into government!

Is this “project X” mkII or something different???

We must be on crossed purposes Mr ? thats me Mr standing ON the road taking a picture of the drain (clogged up with flail cuttings), the 500mm pipe through the hedge and the original stone overflow - all of which feed directly into a stream in the field behind the hedge. It’s ALREADY clogged up which causes all the road to flood - I’ll post some example pics of this very spot later.

Dealership said paintwork warranty excludes under body and butt section. I’ll have to get into the small print and check

Yes:

1 option I used to use quite a bit in the Sprinter (internal conversion to camper) and current Transit custom with no more than an air bed was to find a decent looking pub, pop in, talk to Guv’nor, say I want to have a few beers, OK if I kip in the van and shove off after a coffee in the morning. It’s an option but may not suit your needs. If that doesn’t fit the bill, just drive, find a spot, park, get your head down. Quiet spots don’t tend to have busybodies (otherwise they wouldn’t be quiet spots!). Just go go for it!!

Fight it then yome saying M?

Yome roight on there ?!! As consumers, weem shouldn’t have been placed in position where the UK manufacturing base was denuded to such a degree that weem forced to buy imports because the only comparable UK product is noisy, cramped, leaks, drips oil, breaks down, can’t turn in a field and has no modern safety features. (PS and yome can’t even buy a new one anymore even if you were mad enough to want to) Bloody foreigners, staying over there making better stuff than weem! Maggie would have fixed that for us!

So, the continuing underbody paint saga of the MK8 Hilux: Goes in to dealer for first annual service Nov 17. On return I notice the paint degradation within the wheel arches - assumed they'd pressure washed and blast some paint off (first 2 pics) After a particularly unhelpful absence of acknowledgement and response from service manager, escalated the complaint through dealership management Dec 17. Waited until Apr 18 to chase it up again - just happened to be in Plymuff so I went in to see them. Service manager comes out all apologies and "you'll never guess what, I was just about to call you." He was right, I hadn't guessed that. So now (Apr 18) they have a solution and Toyota UK have told them what paint they need to effect the repair. May comes and goes, no follow up. I happen to be in Plymuff again so I drop by, again. "We can't get the paint so it'll have to go back to Southampton to the main body shop, you can have an Aygo whilst it's away." "If I wanted / needed a 'king Aygo, I'd have bought an Aygo" was something like my response. Waited til Jun until they had a Hilux with tow hitch (no Elec pack mind you) so that I could let mine go. It's been gone best part of 4 weeks and came back today. Imagine my surprise... They have patch repaired the obvious spots that I pointed out but completely failed to do the rest of the areas that were similarly affected. I kind of expected that would happen though, I just wanted my natural pessimism and lack of faith in humankind to be proven wrong for once in my miserable existence. In the meantime, the service manager has told me he has 5 other Hilux with exactly same problem and that Toyota UK are not acknowledging or accepting it as warranty work. So the dealership paid for the partial remediation of mine. So here's my dilemma: The whole underbody is affected by rust and paint degradation (in my opinion) The dealership have acknowledged and covered the cost of repair for some areas but not others. Since it was bad enough for them to do some, they have kind of acknowledged that it ought to be bad enough to do all (in my opinion) Dealership won't do anymore, Toyota UK won't do any. For the more mechanically minded - are my concerned unreasonable?? What do the AT massive think? What do other Hilux owners think? I'm going for an independent assessment and might consider a Trading Standards approach.

You use the term ‘estimate’ rather than ‘quote’ - estimate is as it says on the tin, an estimate, not fixed but subject to change according to circumstances. No moral dilemma there. Even if it was a quote, it would be subject to change if circumstances change. But more importantly, after providing a quote, there is absolutely no obligation to deliver the service (on your part) or to accept the quote (on the part of the customer). Circumstances change - estimate / quote / price may change. Dont get get sucked into thinking the customer is always right and that they are somehow doing YOU a favour by letting you do the work. Tell them what you would be content to exchange your time / equipment / expertise for (£) and let them decide.

? security setting won’t allow embedded link.... That the ‘official’ story at least, personally, I think he kept it on the QT because he didn’t want his cameo role exposed! ill find it though, I’ve made it a life mission to search all internet sources until I find it. He he packed up in the UK not long after, him & wife moved to Mexico to set up a dive school. Maybe there was a sudden cash windfall???

Give ‘em an inch....