1. mikethehat

    Forecourt diesel prices haven't peaked yet...

    The 'crude' cost of a ltr of diesel is about 35p. The rest is tax... in the UK we pay duty and THEN 17.5% VAT!!! That's around 190% tax! Even the slightest rise in the cost of crude represents HUGE increases in revenue... for the Government! Sure the oil companies are shafting us, but it's our...
  2. mikethehat

    Some help/advice please

    Derrr! I be one dem dense ones...!! Missed the bit about the prop not going back on! (Any more green ones, nurse?!) Bloody good job your Not on safari! What they want you to do, chug around on two wheel drive for ‘a while’? Emmm...! Please disregard my previous post!! And use very small words...
  3. mikethehat

    Some help/advice please

    5 inches? Is that a male or female 5 inches, you didn’t say!!! They do take some bedding-in, though. (I’m ready now, nurse!) Stick some weight in the back. All sounds fairly routine so far to me. And the ‘bring it back’ is always good. Stick with it... When the clutch is fixed! Whatever you do...
  4. mikethehat

    Parabolic springs

    I too have parabolic springs fitted. (Children point and laugh at me...!) They give a hard ride unless you have a load on (I’m not touching anything, nurse!), which is what they are supposed to do! But having tried other setups, they are the ones of choice for me. A word to the wise, if you are...
  5. mikethehat

    Snake Oil again...

    HHO, h2o, the nurse that likes to say "Yes"! It takes 200 ltrs of water to make 1 ltr of beer!! And 350 ltrs for a kilo of beef! My point? ANYTHING that uses water, clean water, is very inefficient. See, like all of us, it dosn't like change! Needs HUGE amounts of energy to get it to do...