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Oxfordshire County Council is controlled by one of the nation's most anti-car regimes, or more precisely, anti-private transport. The county's roads are in disrepair and full of potholes; the Office of Highways and Transportation (OCT) blames the government for not providing enough money, but at the same time spends £4 million imposing 20mph limits that are backed solely by the cycling lobby.

No amount of time spent driving about Oxfordshire on 13-inch wheels with 80% aspect tires (remember those?) would prevent twisted rims and damaged suspension.

Here we have 17-inch wheels with plenty of tires. What exactly is a pothole? (Since I don't have a Mini Cooper like Ms. Cooper's, I don't know anything about that...)

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Former Greater Manchester Blood Bikes Charity Lead Duty Controller and Trustee Barrie Green posted the following on social media: "It has finally occurred, and you wouldn't believe it. Heidi Alexander, the transport minister, had her vehicle towed away after a HUGE pothole near Oxford damaged her tires. Alexander then placed the blame on local councils and the current ruling Liberal Democrats for the lack of road maintenance. She threatened to cut funding to councils unless they met their targets for fixing potholes. This is not fiction, folks. For all the drivers out there who have been crunched, banged, or smacked into a bloody pothole, here is some justice at last. Now that you can take a moment to revel in this glory, I hope you all have a good day and be careful on those roads! Ha ha ha, I'm sorry, but this really made my morning!

True enough. Plus, it becomes old fast.

Over the weekend, I had a comparable discussion about potholes with another person. We both agreed that the worst thing is that drivers and riders are so preoccupied with crashing into craters that they fail to look more than three feet ahead of their vehicle for possible hazards.

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Read this article to learn about the unsung heroes that travel the nation on blood bikes, transporting samples and emergency medical supplies. Riding regularly on the roads of Oxfordshire is next to impossible, as I discovered last week when I set out on the K1600. You find yourself continually checking the road surface to prevent damage (or worse) caused by the horrible potholes, rather than looking through bends to achieve a smooth line and ahead for dangers and threats. Riding a Blood Bike at night is extremely dangerous since it's hard to spot the flaws that will eventually lead the user to lose control of the bike. I feel terrible for them.

Both of you, I appreciate your responses 🙂

More power, torque, reduced taxes, and higher mileage are available with the M276 engine, which he should try to get his hands on. I drove it in a turbocharged 2016 E400 and a 2012 E350 coupe. Nothing has gone wrong in the seven years that we've had it, with the exception of the fact that the original nox senors were chocolate.

The convertible I own is a 2010 model with 120,000 miles. The vehicle has had servicing on an annual basis or at intervals of fewer than 6,000 miles, on occasion, from the principal dealer. From inside the vehicle, you can hardly hear the engine running at idle, and it's as smooth as butter. With a 2009 model year or later, you should not be concerned about balancer shaft concerns. Engines with serial numbers 30 468993 and after have upgraded components installed to fix the issue.

Hello there, Can you tell me how the E350s with the latest CGI engines, starting around 2009, look? Can you trust them? The early automobiles had problems with the balancing shaft and other things. Is there anything I should be aware of? My son could be on the hunt for one.

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My estimate, including the MOT, was roughly £450. It is important to ensure that the indi includes the right sort of coolant replacement. A unique cleansing and replacement method is utilised by Kia. Think of it as a renal dialysis machine if you want a good analogy. Given the prior recall owing to crystallisation danger and the shift to a new mix, I do wonder how significant the difference is. Before I bought it in 2021, there was a recall, and then there was a change two years ago. Because of this, I believe that Kia UK is deceiving us. The service book verifies this, since it states to examine just and not make any changes.

The dealer's price of £450 is just absurd. For £300, I was able to locate an independent. Still awaiting a response from another.

To get a feel for the prices at different dealerships, check out the Kia website.

We have driven 32,000 miles in our 6-year-old E-niro. You have received a service warning. Do I need to change the battery coolant? Is anyone familiar with the estimated price for this? Would much appreciate any assistance.

The windows, steering, lighting, and gear shift are all powered by electricity. My arm, which is gripping the window winder, moves around and around in response to an electrical signal from my brain whenever I wish the windows open. As if by some enchantment, the window descends. Similarly, when I wish to park in reverse, my brain communicates with my arms. With one hand, I shift into backward while the other controls the wheel, and I park the car. My brain alerts my right arm, which then extends forward and flips the switch to the "on" position for the headlights whenever I detect that it has become dark outside. When I wish to shift gears, my brain signals my left arm, which in turn moves the gear stick. First, I'm smart, and second, I passed the driving test, so I can do all these amazing things. These high-tech vehicles equipped with computers are perfect for those who lack intelligence and have not yet completed their driver's license exam. The mechanics at the garage, alas, lack brains. Instead of utilising their limited cognitive abilities to accurately identify the issue, they blindly follow the instructions on their computer. So, the client ends up paying a hefty sum for unnecessary services.

Although it should be said that less electricity is preferable, the industry is unfortunately moving in the other direction at high rates.

Oh, I see. Buying my 1983 W123 200 is the way to go. I will not be using any electronics, adblu, DPF, warning lights, wind-up windows, LEZ fees, road tax, or MOT (though I'm sure someone on this forum will renew mine tomorrow), and my insurance is £89 a year. But the problem is that I have to sell it since the sitting position is too much for my old knees.

Since he hasn't returned since May, I highly doubt that you will receive a response.

I was wondering whether this was ever resolved. If such was the case, what did they find?

Salutations, comrades, I am a newbie here, and my 2014 ML350 Bluetec has been giving me nothing but trouble. 'Soot content in the diesel particulare filter is improbable,' error code 111500, first appeared in December and was reportedly triggered by the differential pressure and exhaust back pressure sensors. This was the beginning of the problems. Both sensors were swapped out without success. I replaced the DPF since it was not renewing and the fuel consumption was quite high (23 litres per hundred). All issues up to this point have been resolved; fuel usage is now stable, and the CEL is no longer an issue. A few 300 km afterwards, an additional CEL appeared, and not long after that, the infamous Adblue Remaining Starts 10 notification. You may skip the "500 km remaining" and "16 starts remaining" Adblue messages and go right to the 10 starts. I filled up the Adblue since I felt it was low, but it didn't fix the CEL. And to top it all off, the exhaust began to strongly smoke a grayish-white colour, and the automobile had an odour that was completely foreign to me—neither diesel fuel nor ammonia, as far as I could tell. Everything calmed for another 200km when the fault codes (16CE00, 16CF00) were cleared, until CEL sprang up again. Official dealer recommended updating the ECU software since Adblue wasn't talking to it correctly. That fixed the Adblue-related codes, but now I'm getting 14CF00, which means "The positive control deviation during exhaust gas recirculation control is too high," and 178200, which means "Efficiency of SCR catalytic converter." Since the DPF problems began in December, the 14CF00 code has intermittently prompted the CEL; the dealer says I must now clean the EGR valve, pipes, etc. This is great with me, and I will have it done. My biggest concern is pinpointing the source of the smoke; is it related to the EGR problem, the Adblue problem, or the just installed DPF? Both possibilities are being considered because the smoke didn't begin until after the Adblue tank was filled, and it was also soon after the DPF was replaced. The smoke appears out of nowhere on both highways and city streets, lingers for two to five minutes, and then disappears. The dealer claims, "It's just DPF regeneration," but I don't buy it because the DPF is brand new and I've never had problems like this before the Adblue problems began. If you have any advice, please let me know.

As soon as I get a new car, whether it's a front or rear-mounted one, I remove the plinth and attach the plate to the bumper using extra-strong 3m or something similar to hide the mounting screws. The removal of those unsightly plastic pieces always makes a car seem better, in my opinion. Important Notice! The front plate on my current car is held on by two screws. The tape wasn't able to adhere the hard perspex plate well enough to follow the curves of the bumper, but at least the plinths are gone!