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« Reply #10260 on: March 09, 2018, 05:36:13 PM » |
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To be on the safe side just do.
50 on a single carriageway - 60 on a dual - 70 on the m/ways
any other as normal
Did you make those numbers up terry? If you say that's what the numbers are then no I shan't need to - the motorway one is what threw me, I thought motorways and duals were the same - you live and learn.
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« Reply #10261 on: March 09, 2018, 06:23:09 PM » |
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I swear I was taught on my driving lessons, in the late 1970s, that dual carriageway were 60mph, but no-one else ever seems to agree.
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« Reply #10262 on: March 09, 2018, 07:30:33 PM » |
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To be on the safe side just do.
50 on a single carriageway - 60 on a dual - 70 on the m/ways
any other as normal
Did you make those numbers up terry? If you say that's what the numbers are then no I shan't need to - the motorway one is what threw me, I thought motorways and duals were the same - you live and learn. What else are they meant to mean.
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« Reply #10263 on: March 09, 2018, 09:38:32 PM » |
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A long day at work today, finishing in the rain, so my planned afternoon flatting back the paint didn't happen. Instead I spent 2 hours fighting 8 screws that somehow refused to line up with their threaded holes in the fuel tank mounts, to fit the freshly scrubbed & bootpolished leather straps, (they'd gone white & furry since the Pop was last on the road). My perseverance eventually paid off though & I got them fitted without a scratch to the paintwork.
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« Reply #10264 on: March 09, 2018, 09:39:01 PM » |
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« Reply #10265 on: March 09, 2018, 09:44:26 PM » |
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This gives a better idea of the difference in paint shades. The paler tailgate is the colour I'd originally planned. The darker fuel tank is the colour I'm going with after getting fresh paint mixed to the wrong code. I actually prefer it -not as accurate to the original Ford colour, but less wishy-washy, with a bit more oomph to it. Now I'm going to have to paint everything though, including the grille shell, engine bay bulkhead & dashboard, which I'd hoped to leave as they were.
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« Reply #10266 on: March 10, 2018, 09:11:36 AM » |
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Yep, that's a different colour ! Nice though. I swear I was taught on my driving lessons, in the late 1970s, that dual carriageway were 60mph, but no-one else ever seems to agree.
Your memory is correct sir. During the 73 oil crisis (caused by the yanks interfering in the Yom-Kippur war) a blanket max speed limit was imposed for a short while. 1974 saw the introduction of reduced maximum limits (to reduce our oil imports) on single and dual carriage ways of 50 and 60 mph and these remained in force until mid 1977. With usual Gov. efficiency they didn't publicise the reinstatement of the higher limits much and for years, many drivers, were adhering to the 50, 60, 70, mantra for single, dual, motorway, whenever they saw a national speed limit sign.
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« Reply #10267 on: March 10, 2018, 01:32:59 PM » |
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Hurrah! -I'm not losing the plot after all!
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« Reply #10268 on: March 10, 2018, 07:48:56 PM » |
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To be on the safe side just do.
50 on a single carriageway - 60 on a dual - 70 on the m/ways
any other as normal
Surely the weight of your Pop will class you as a car derived van and therefore 60 single, 70 dual & 70 motorway and of course not a mph over. ☺
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« Reply #10269 on: March 10, 2018, 08:41:35 PM » |
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Surely the weight of your Pop will class you as a car derived van and therefore 60 single, 70 dual & 70 motorway and of course not a mph over. ☺
It's not a car derived van. It's a single cab pick-up. There seems to be no such thing as a car derived pick-up when it comes to speed limits.
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« Reply #10270 on: March 10, 2018, 09:06:37 PM » |
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Its a commercial,, it went through the commercial version of the SVA
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« Reply #10271 on: March 11, 2018, 08:31:18 AM » |
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Think I'll just cruise & enjoy the ride as I always do -I'm rarely in a rush to get anywhere It does illustrate how easy it is to fall foul of regulations without even knowing it though.
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« Reply #10272 on: March 11, 2018, 09:47:03 PM » |
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It's a big problem with campervans too -not for me as the California comes straight out of the VW factory, but with conversions it's tricky. People think if they get the type changed to 'campervan' on the V5 they cando 70 on dual carriageways but it depends on whether it's M1 or m2 (or something like that) and people have been caught out.
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« Reply #10273 on: March 11, 2018, 09:55:13 PM » |
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Most T5 vans I see are weaving about all over the place on the motorway, changing lanes every half a mile, trying to get an extra car length ahead of everyone else, no indicating, doing 90 in the outside lane, or sat 6" behind me when I'm doing 70. I don't like T5 owners.
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« Reply #10274 on: March 12, 2018, 11:09:35 AM » |
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Me neither, but they don't mind spending the money with us T6 are worse Not a patch on grey audi drivers though
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