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Classic Mini Shell Restoration & Repair The Quarter Panel ( Tips & Advice )
I will finish off the welding on the second hand roof section and then lead load over the stitched sections were there maybe any low points. The restoration will be on hold until mid Sept when the repair panels arrive from the UK. I would like to have a rolling shell by the end of Sept / Oct 24
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WOKE & ENTITLED World We Need To Change.
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It seems to me the world today has become a society where common sense and self respect and respect for others is at a very low ebb indeed. Due to the PC brigade and the loony left bringing up this generation who believe they're entitled to everything without earning it for themselves.
Jaguar XK Restoration Interior Trim & Door Cards
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Luckily we found some chrome trim tabs so i could fit the chrome tops to the door cards. Unfortunately i have to order the door clips to attach the card to the door frame. Hopefully i can have all the paperwork completed and on the road by March 2025 as a 70th birthday present to myself.
Cyclist Should Pay ( Registration & Insurance ) My Rebuttal.
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Unfortunately these days people only hear and see what they want to see and hear. The media is a perfect example of this where TRUTH is an irrelevant fact and they push the media bosses agenda & narrative. Politicians of course do what they're told by the Rich & Powerful.
1958 Jaguar XK 150 OTS Restoration ( Tonneau Cover Issues )
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I think we have the issues sorted out with fitting the tonneau cover now. They covers are normally made from vinyl or a canvas hood type material. As i wanted leather it may have made the fitting slightly more difficult.
Classic Mini Shell restoration & Repair ( Replacing The Quarter Panel )
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Sorry i can‘t show every detail in these videos as they would be far too long to watch and upload. They are made to give a general overview of the work and hopefully a few tips and tricks along the way.
Cyclists Should Be Paying For Road Use. ( Registration & Insurance )
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It seems to me that more and more cyclists and e bike or e scooter users are not obeying the rules of the road. Drivers would be fined or worse for committing the same acts that cyclist get away with on a daily basis. Your thoughts in the comments would be much appreciated.
Classic Mini Shell Restoration & Rebuild Part 4 ( Fitting The New Floor )
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The restoration of 50% of this shell gives a good insight in to how much work and preperation has to be done to rebuild a complete shell from top to bottom. I hope this helps anybody doing the same kind of work.
1958 Jaguar XK 150 OTS, Making Parts & Fitting The Tonneau Cover.
Просмотров 279Месяц назад
Slowly but surely we are getting closer to finishing the complete restoration of my Jaguar XK 150. This has been over an 8 year period on and off as other projects have come and gone. The end of the tunnel is in sight.
Jaguar XK 150 OTS. Brake Problem Solved & Tonneau Cover Fitting.
Просмотров 366Месяц назад
Very happy the brakes are working properly now after a near miss incident last time it was driven out of the garage. The Tonneau cover fitting is going well and hopefully it will be in place but not completely finished by the time the Sunday night video is posted up.
Classic Mini 1100 Final Cost Of The Repairs ( Before & After )
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This video is a little longer than normal but there was a lot to pack in to the final update of the Mini. I have no hesitation in saying the labour bill would have been double in a commercial workshop. I very much enjoyed taking this mini from what it was after the accident to what it is Now. A great little fun car that just puts a smile on your face each time you get in and drive it.
Classic Mini Handover After Crash Repairs Part 2
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I‘m happy that the Mini after such a lot of major repairs drove from Austria to Croatia in over 40 deg heat and didn't miss a beat. I know from what Jeremy told me that the heat was extreme and Toby probably had a bit of heat stroke or wind burn from having the roof off.
Classic Mini Handover After Crash Repairs Part 1
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As the Owners are coming on Monday the 15th of July to pick up their car I wanted to show you some finishing touches on the 1100 Mini. I will video a part 2 when they see the car for the first time since all the repairs have been completed. Hopefully they will be happy with the work.
Almost Crashed My Jaguar XK 150
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I haven't had my arse twitch as much as it did when this incident happened in decades. The last time i had this amount of adrenalin rushing around my body was in the 1970s on tours of Northern Ireland while serving with 45 Commando Royal Marines.
1970 Mk3 Classic Mini Shell Restoration Part 3
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The restoration is moving on quite well but as Amir is on his break for 2 weeks. It will be difficult for me to carry on working on my own due to the weight of the floor. Hopefully i can prep some the floor for welding.
Classic Mini Cooper Emissions Accomplished For MOT.
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Classic Mini Cooper Emissions Accomplished For MOT.
1970 Mk3 Classic Mini Shell Restoration Part 2
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1970 Mk3 Classic Mini Shell Restoration Part 2
1970 Mk3 Classic Mini Shell Restoration Part 1
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1970 Mk3 Classic Mini Shell Restoration Part 1
Home Made Algae Removal System In A Natural Swimming Pool. Part 1
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Home Made Algae Removal System In A Natural Swimming Pool. Part 1
Jaguar E Type Drive & Classic Mini RPM Gauge + Removing the old floor
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Jaguar E Type Drive & Classic Mini RPM Gauge Removing the old floor
No Cars Or Projects Were Harmed In The Making Of This Video.
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No Cars Or Projects Were Harmed In The Making Of This Video.
Real Barn Find Collection Walk Around.
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Real Barn Find Collection Walk Around.
Barn Find Citroen & Jaguar E Type + XK 150 and Mini Cooper
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Barn Find Citroen & Jaguar E Type XK 150 and Mini Cooper
1966 Jaguar E Type Disaster Breakdown & Projects Update.
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1966 Jaguar E Type Disaster Breakdown & Projects Update.
Cheap & Easy Pick Up Truck Bed Liner Build Part 1
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Cheap & Easy Pick Up Truck Bed Liner Build Part 1
Jaguar XK 150 Tips & Advice On Fitting Door Interior Parts.
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Jaguar XK 150 Tips & Advice On Fitting Door Interior Parts.
Classic Car Show, Jaguar XK 150 Interior, 1930s Pick Up Wood Bed
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Classic Car Show, Jaguar XK 150 Interior, 1930s Pick Up Wood Bed
1958 Jaguar XK 150 OTS & 1935 Citroen Pick Up Truck Bed.
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1958 Jaguar XK 150 OTS & 1935 Citroen Pick Up Truck Bed.
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Looks a Great restoration done there, and love the Radiator Cut out on the inner wing, 💯👌
Ok, I watched another video on a carpet install and they fixed the carpet so you could not flip it back to get to the jack point from the inside to use the jack. I had a 120 and the carpet wasn't fixed so you could access the floor /cover/plug. When I pointed this out they said that was the way it was in the parts /repair manual, and it was correct to secure the carpet so it couldn't flip back for access. So how is this done. I just picked up a 61' XK150DHC and can't get the carpet laid back to access the jack plug/cover. What is a proper carpet installation? How do I need to change it?
Dave, thanks for the walkroud the job. We learn so much from you. Keep up the excellent work.
Raj, Thanks, I always hope that the videos will help some one in some way. Cheers Dave
True comments Dave, no respect for authority - and then they wonder why there are so many stabbings in London. The Police used to search youngster and found many knives. Now they are not allowed to search youngster so knife crime goes through the roof.
Dave if you use the road I think you should have insurance because if there’s an accident the first thing they will do is claim of your insurance but if it’s there fault your get f all
As yio say Dave , it's all in the detail , and how ! My you tube's been down for nearly a week so l'm miles behind .....again ! Cheers !
John, I‘m at the point now where we are in to new territory so a lot of the interior fitting is a bit of trial and error but we‘ll get there. Cheers Dave
Hee hee, I like this one. If a bike gets stolen...nobody cares, certainly not the police. They taxed/fee'd/licensed scooters a few years back. The years that followed saw fewer and fewer scooters. All those commuters now are back in cars. We have really bad traffic in this area due to bad drivers who don't want to be driving in the first place. Pogo sticks, skateboards, roller blades, zip lines....I'm all for it..whatever just get the people who don't really want to drive cars, riding something else and then there will be less traffic for all of us I hope they don't come after my bikes....My thinking is they are still harping on second hand smoke and mold or something....I still have time, I just want to jump on my old Schwinn, no helmet, no gloves, just t shirt and some yard sale shoes and be on my way. I made a video about the car inspection in this state some time back. What a racket. Not as restricted as the Austrian non modification rules...but still...I don't believe we need to inspect cars the way we check airplanes. Florida has no state inspection and cars don't blow up. I took my car to another state and passed the state's annual inspection once, then again a year later...and now a third time......I never made any of the trumped up repairs that first state said I needed. ( Just an update...the scooters have gone only to give way to guys on stolen dirt bikes. They ride the streets doing wheelies and the police are helpless. It shows the rest of us that we will get hammered for a taillight that broke while we were working, while these guys living on the dole riding a wheelie on what was your neighbor's four wheeler have dicklamatic immunity ). President Oba put fees and taxes on the bullets...very clever back door approach to accomplish what he wanted. Ironically...some of my bikes are called Bullitts. ( Which have speed restrictions in the EU ) Fun video
I have no issues with good cyclists whatsoever and the same with vehicle drivers! My issues are with local councils who seem to have no critical thoughts on road design. We all know some road users are the dregs of society but never seem to get caught and have very little repercussions for they're actions. Cheers Dave
Dave, it's going to be better than when it left factory!!! What an attention to details you have...and it's paying a divident at the end. Keep up a good spirit. You are on the last mile now 😊
Jukka, I say the devil is in the detail but it‘s in my detail it‘s not concours shows or being judged it‘s what I think looks right. I don‘t mean that in a flippant way but you know when it‘s right and even though it‘s not factory who cares apart from the owner and more importantly the driver. Cheers Dave
Blink and you miss it. Blimey you guys don’t hang about. Great to see new metal being added.
exactly!!!! These guys are not sitting on their hands! It took me a month just to finish a video about nothing..meanwhile half this car is welded up in the last weeks!
This project has been shelved for far too long and as I want to stop ground up restoration by the time i‘m 70 years old I need to get it finished 😉 Cheers Dave
I just want to be left with the Citroen pick up to finish by March next year so we need to crack on 😉🤣😂 Cheers Dave
Once an interesting British car channel has become quite the personal diary. Sorry, not why I subscribed.
It is predominately a car channel but i also do the odd video rant or go off topic which I don‘t need anybody's permission to do! If that upsets you then don't watch it and unsubscribe it‘s your choice. Cheers Dave
If Dave is having a rant, you have the choice to NOT watch the rants and just keep up with the cars, nice and easy to do, You took the time to reply are you a lycra clad cycle warrior? It's Dave's channel the content of which is down to Dave..
Just letting a good content creator know why someone unsubscribed. No harm meant and wish Dave & channel the best. Enjoy your ride
@@DavidsProcessWest Thank you for your comments and it‘s a shame you felt that way about certain videos but we're all entitled to our opinion. Cheers Dave
I was away in the woods for two weeks. There are no problems out in the woods.
Exactly why I live on a road that comes to a dead end and near a sleepy little village in Austria 🤣😂🙂 Cheers Dave
Well said, thank god us dinosaur’s aren’t extinct!
Geoff, Thanks at least I‘m not on my own 😉I would rather be a dinosaur than a parasite like some of these self entitled types. Cheers Dave
I can't belive it, Your 1/2 way around the world, and You could be a bloke that went to school with me in Kentucky, where Common Sense is indwelled in you growing up.... respect for the Police, Veterans, God, Country, Mom and Apple Pie!!! We're starting to get sick of all this Woke Crap Ruining our Country.
I perfectly understand there are generational changes which in theory should make the next generation wiser and more thankful for a better life 🤔 But it seems the opposite there more dumbed down and self entitled 🤪Unfortunately you can't teach common sense in a classroom. Cheers Dave
I saw in the news yesterday the uk police was threatening to come to the usa and extradite Americans who said anything about the riots online back to Britain. I wanna see them try that one in west texas! This world has become a circus and the clowns are running the show.
Well said Dave as usual. The pride movement is taking over where i live. My friend in France sent me a clip. Word for word as follows. Eighty years ago we stopped an entire german army crossing the channel.. Today we cannot stop an effing dinghy.
I get so many WhatsApp I may just do a compliasion video every now & again 🤔 I have the very WhatsApp with a WW2 Tommy on it. Cheers Dave
Dave, loved the last rant. These ridiculous bike lanes and bus lanes are total bull 🐂 shit 💩. In my home town these moron politicians buy these gigantic articulated busses with usually 8 or less people. Taking away lanes, parking and creating traffic problems. I guess this woke libtard shit is universal. Cheers 🥂 John
Really looking the muts! Congratulations Dave. You should be rightfully delighted!
Alan, It‘s getting there. I am happy but I guess there is always that bit that you think you could have done better. Cheers Dave
Looks great Dave the devil is in the detail if you want it to look nice
Carl. Thanks. The last 10% is 90 % of the finished restoration if that makes sense. Cheers Dave
Do you keep the cars or sell them
Donald, I normally only restore and build them for myself but I have restored other cars for people. The E Type will be sold when the XK is finished and on the road but the market is not good and it maybe a few years before it comes back. Normally its about a 7 year cycle from up to down. Cheers Dave
the chrome trim just looks amazing, Dave!
LH, Thanks very much almost there and yet so far away 🤔🤣😂 Cheers Dave
Your attention to detail is inspirational
Brendan, Thanks very much it‘s good of you to say. But that's what friends are for 😉🤣😂Cheers Dave
we call those dirt diobbers in the US
Third party insurance should be compulsory, not bothered about tax
100% that's all I was saying I never mentioned road tax the title clearly stated Registration & Insurance. Cheers Dave
Totally agree Dave
Brendan, Thanks unfortunately it seems in our PC Woke world we not allowed to offend others BS. If we don‘t discuss how do we move forward. Cheers Dave
Thank you Dave for speaking the truth ! and protecting your democratic views of our roads...great videos as usual.
Eric, Thank you for your time and making a comment. I am a massive advocate of free speech and that will never change 🤔 Cheers Dave
The car is looking as beautiful on the inside as it does on the outside. Cant wait to see you driving it
Brendan, Thanks very much you will get your wish sooner than you thought as I‘m moving it tomorrow back to the ramp but I might take it for a quick trip to the end of our lane and back nothing exciting but I would like to see how she runs. Cheers Dave
My goodness Dave , the patience of a saint ! Not that you'd ever call yourself a saint ! 😅
John, I have to say I'm not a naturally patience person but with cars and the older i become it seems to go with the territory. 100% Sinner 🤣😂 Cheers Dave
Thanks Dave for the follow up video! If I was a cyclist I would definitely have insurance just cover myself!👍
Andrew, Your welcome. I really wanted to show how quickly they pick up on a topic I never even mentioned. Me too even my car trailer insured. Cheers Dave
That's what puts me off getting a concentric slave for my 1275cc MG Midget-engined Minor Traveller, having had to replace one on a Vauxhall Corsa C 1.0 once, which was a right royal PITA, both to fit and to bleed. The standard carbon thrust bearings do wear fairly quickly, but at least are relatively simple to change; last time I did mine, I slid the engine forward off the gearbox on a trolley jack and was able to reach in to change it.
This conversion was a nightmare which is why he ask me to do due to having the 4 poster ramp. Cheers Dave
More government control is always the answer 🤡
100 % behind you. Keyboard warriors (w4Nk3r5) fits them well.
Malcolm, Thanks buddy, I will have to use that letters & numbers in brackets some time 🤣😂 Cheers Dave
Dave - you have hit a raw nerve. The UK is somewhat worse, with E-Bikes/Scooters travelling more than speed limits with no penalties and the driver always held accountable for any form of accident. Unfortunately, a few miles away from where I live, things go out of hand between a driver and 2 e-scooter riders = Driver to face murder for one and manslaughter for the other rider. just shows how dangerous and un-governed society is with poor decision making and more so repercussions for poor decisions
Bravo.
Douglas, Thanks, I just think it would be fair all round and make the cyclists accountable for action just like it does for motorists. Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave the evidence is that if you make cycling harder more people will drive. More cars on the road guarantees an increase in serious injuries and road deaths. Is it really worth swapping unaccountable minor infractions for accountable dangerous and deadly ones?
Hi Dave.. Think l said what l needed to say in your first video . We both speak from the same page !!! Cheers !
John, Yes you did and I appreciate your comments on all the videos. What surprised me was how quickly they jumped on it and tried to defend their position. The worst cyclists are so arrogant and believe they have the morale high ground because there saving the world 🤪🤣😂 Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave a few years ago in a village just outside my town, a guy in a land rover mounted the curb while texting crushing a pair of new mothers out for a walk with their babies. You lose the moral high ground because every time you choose to drive you increase the risk to others while minimising your own.
@@philroo1 There will always be accidents as the humans driving or riding is the weak link. I agree I see people texting quite a lot in cars but cyclists do it as well. This tragic accident could have been easily avoided and I hope the driver ended up in prison. Once again I am NOT anti cyclist just anti bad road users. Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave you said it "accidents will always happen". When you *choose* to drive you're accepting that the consequences will likely be severe and felt by someone other than yourself. Cycle or walk and the odds of you being the cause of someone else's death when the inevitable accident occurs falls to practically 0.
5:22 I think the minimum cyclists should have is insurance. Personally I'm bothered a bout car tax (VED...Vehicle Excise duty in the UK) as the majority of them probably own a car so they do contribute to the roads, but I it should be mandatory for them to have insurance at the minimum. I saw a video the other day where an E Cyclist in London had run into the back of someones car, smashing the rear window and damaging the tailgate and yes you guessed it, he got up and rode off! Has for electric cars, they should pay car tax, especially when alot of them weight wise are pushing 3 ton.
Paul, The EV exemptions are slowly but surely being removed and rightly so. As you say the weight alone of an EV should put them in the top tier of VED. I have no issues with good cyclists but unfortunately they all seem to think they have the morale high ground & can do whatever they like. Cheers Dave
The problem with cycle premiums is they're so low, insurance companies normally will only deal with bulk purchases through clubs etc. If you make it mandatory then you'll have to pay the police extra to enforce it, likely your mandatory insurance system will cost taxpayers more than it costs cyclists.
@@philroo1 A few Sundays ago at 5:15 I was hit by a US Postal mail truck. Hit and run. Police were not interested. Pretty sure you could insure all the bikes out there and it would only result in good mannered people paying more and more while the hit and run guys would just keep doing what they are doing.
@@philroo1 Completely disagree if your on the public roads you should have a basic third party cover. Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave so pedestrians insured as well?
You hit them in the hip pocket nerve, they don't want to pay, and they'll find every excuse they can. But they want safe cycle ways etc. I have this discussion with my son.
Stewart, 100% that's why I got an avalanche of comments and their arrogance to believe there always in the right 🤨 Cheers Dave
Na he got them in the hypocrite nerve. Maintaining car infrastructure is incredibly expensive and it is not covered by motor related taxes, the rest is paid for with things like income tax that will in part be paid by people who have never driven. Maybe you should pay your own way before pointing the finger at others.
@@philroo1 I think you have lost the plot here! All the things that we buy and need Food, Clothing etc is delivered by road so without the road system we would have total collapse of society. Then we would have complete anarchy on our streets. Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave food and clothes have normally travelled on a boat or plane before they travel by road, do you pay a flying or boating tax because you're an indirect beneficiary? No those costs are covered in the price you paid at the checkout, which is also where most of the road transport costs are covered (fuel, wages, asset depreciation). Motorists paying the full cost of the wear and tear they cause would not be the end of civilization.
Keyboard trolls can just go forth and multiply, don't waste air on them.
Gary, I really touched a nerve with the spandex crew because they know what I said is correct. Cyclists & pedestrians seem to think they're above the law. Cheers Dave
Hey, it’s my job to piss people off not yours. You trying to take my thunder.😂😂
Gary, I‘m a rank amateur when it comes to stoking peoples anger or opinion 🤔🤣😂 Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave "cyclists and pedestrians think they're above the law" 😂😂😂. Uh you do realise speeding is against the law, most drivers are breaking the law most of the time.
Where I live in Arizona the bike lanes are a line painted on the road and cars are not meant to go into it, my biggest bug bear is that cyclists use that lane and cycle towards the traffic when they should be going in the same direction , they even painted arrows to show the cyclists how to use it, the plus is they are easy to hit unlike your lanes where you have to go across the grass to get to them. Isn't one of the major benefits of using a bike to get exercise and save the planet, if your dumb enough to have an electric bike you have defeated it's purposes.
In my city the roads are getting plugged with cars, so we need to incentivize alternative transport.
Richard, Most of the comments I got in the negative completely missed the point I was making about Registration & Insurance. I have no issues what so ever with cyclists it‘s a good thing but the first thing they did was attack me as an anti cyclist which is completely untrue🤔 Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave the title of your last video was "cyclists should pay for roads use". Car drivers pay through taxes so you're obviously implying cyclists should pay a tax also, don't know why you're claiming otherwise now. Every country that has had a system of registering bikes has abandoned it, simply costs more to manage than it returns in positive outcomes. Insurance is a similar story, for a car you pay a few hundred a year to cover the damage you might do with something weighing a ton and a half and can go 100mph. How much for something that weighs a few kg and rarely doing more than 20mph? It's in the region of €10 a year but you can't buy it direct, insurers don't want to deal with such tiny premiums. I used to get insurance as part of my €17 a year club membership fee, I now get it free with a magazine subscription. Somewhere else you mentioned moral high ground, just on road deaths and injuries cyclists have it in spades. Motor accident is number 1 cause of death in the under 40s, every day you choose to drive you massively increase the odds that you'll be the reason someone dies that day (disproportionately children). Cyclists on the other hand are responsible for fewer deaths than lightening strikes!
Classic straight talking ,you have the cars ,
James, Thanks I‘m very proud of taking them from almost scrap or ugly ducklings into beautiful swans. They are a very touchy group these cyclists and seem to sing from the same hymn sheet. Almost all to them mentioned TAX a word that never crossed my lips. It‘s obviously a soar point with them. Cheers Dave
What a moaning old C**T! - Clean your windscreen and that will improve road safety for everyone!
Council makes a mess of building a cycle lane, so this guy blames the cyclists and thinks they should pay. Newsflash buddy we all pay for roads, not just entitled car drivers.
If a car driver sees another car driver being a ####, he doesn't tar all other car drivers with the same brush; it's just that make of car, but if he sees a cyclist being a ####, all cyclists are blamed.
Why stop with cyclists? By your silly logic, why not charge pedestrians for using the road too? Meanwhile, E-scooters are clearly the future of urban transport.
Inching ever closer. I remember what you started with. Congratulations 🎉 Cheers 🍻 John. Thanks for stirring the 💩 with the spandex banana 🍌 hats 😂😂😂
John, Thanks for your support as you have seen the cars come from almost scrap. I will do a follow up as just about every comment from the cyclists talks about TAX I have reviewed the video many times and I never mentioned the word TAX even once. Cheers Dave
This sounds an awful lot like I don't like cyclists because I drive a car. How much wear and tear is done to a road by cyclists when compared to motor vehicles? How much greater is the production of emissions from motor vehicles compared to cyclists? How many cyclists cause huge incidents on the highway requiring police, paramedic and police assistance. How many pedestrians and cyclists are knocked down every day by idiotic drivers who think that the road is theirs because it is nice and straight?
I disagree that cyclists should be paying for road use. A number of countries and administrative areas have had bicycle registration/licensing schemes in the past and have retired them. I invite you to check why these have failed to understand why this is a bad idea. The City of Toronto required bicycles be licensed from 1935 to 1957. According to a City of Toronto web page on the topic of bicycle licensing part of the reason given at the time for repealing the by-law was "because it often results in an unconscious contravention of the law at a very tender age; they also emphasize the resulting poor public relations between police officers and children." In the intervening years the idea of licensing bicycles again in Toronto has been investigated three times (in 1984, 1992, and 1996) and rejected each time. According to the city the major reasons why are: * The difficulty in keeping a database complete and current * The difficulty in licensing children, given that they ride bikes too * Licensing in and of itself does not change the behaviour of cyclists who are disobeying traffic laws The web page goes on to give more detail on these and other issues: Cost The cost of obtaining a license to drive a motor vehicle is considerable. Much of that cost covers the administrative costs of maintaining an accurate database, and processing licenses. The costs of developing a system for cyclists would be similar. When asked to consider such a move in the past, the Ministry of Transportation has rejected it. If cyclists were asked to cover the cost of licensing, in many cases, the license would be more expensive than the bicycle itself. Enforcement The discussions about cyclists and the law have raised the question about how we want our police to spend their time and limited resources. Do we want them checking up on and enforcing licenses, or do we want them enforcing traffic laws? Most people would argue that enforcing traffic laws is more worthwhile. Police who have been involved in the studies of licensing have determined that the HTA already gives them the necessary tools, such as Section 218, to do the enforcement job. Effectiveness In each of the above cases, major problems and difficulties arise in establishing a licensing system. The studies asked what is the goal that licensing cyclists is attempting to achieve? If the goal is to increase cyclists' compliance with traffic laws, and to reduce the number of conflicts with pedestrians and other road users, then licensing as an approach needs to be compared with other possible initiatives. Is the creation of the major bureaucracy that licensing would require worth it? The studies have concluded that licensing is not worth it. Other solutions: blitz enforcement of rules on riding on sidewalks, public awareness campaigns, skills training through CAN-BIKE, and the provision of bicycle-friendly facilities, such as bike lanes, while not perfect, are more effective in meeting the goals of cyclist compliance with traffic laws than the investment in licensing. Public policy considerations Concerns over cyclist compliance with traffic laws are real, and require ongoing attention. If, however, major investments are to be made by governments or by cyclists themselves, then the overall public policy goals behind that investment need to be addressed. For example, there is a strong public policy case to be made for licensing motor vehicle drivers. Hundreds of lives are lost each year because of motor vehicle crashes and collisions, and many thousands more are injured. Cyclists are involved in a smaller number of incidents, which must be addressed. However, given the benefits of cycling to health, the environment, and the community, on-going efforts to increase cycling compliance with traffic laws must be a part of an overall strategy to promote safe cycling. I agree with your points regarding poorly planned cycle paths. Cycling advocacy groups in some areas are working hard to correct stupidity at the planning stage. I have no idea why that couple were not both in the cycle path. Reasons for me not to use one are broken glass/debris recently encountered, poor surface, making a turn soon, or in the case of mixed-use paths, too many meandering pedestrians/joggers wearing headphones causing a safety hazard.
I bet when they built your car they didn't use kiddy measurements (CM/MM) they used REAL measurements. Don't you just love it when the damn light crap out just as you are filming !
Gary, Thanks for mentioning how good the tonneau looks 🤔Maybe not but the metric system works very well. Battery inspection lights are a pain in the arse at times. Cheers Dave
@@ClassicCarCave i’m old-school i can envisage what a 1/16 a 1/4 or 1/2 inch looks like but I have no clue how big a millimeter centimeter kilometer is and have no desire to learn I’ll stick to what I know
Gary, So everyday isn't a school day then 🤣😂 Cheers Dave