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how do you replace the front brake pads?

What features should a car specifically designed for women have, serious and not so serious answers welcomed. For a start, perhaps the gear knob should be marked as having five gears - but in reality...

Mit

Mains frequency

Why is the current frequency in the UK 50Hz when it's 60Hz in most other countries? Isn't 50 Hz more dangerous?

3Styler

how do fans work

floor fans, how do they actaully make you cooler. is it to do with increasing the amount of evaporation from your body by removing heat as soon as it is evaporated, or is it to do with...

Tock389

My watch has got water in it

Hello. I have an old-fashioned wristwatch, which I inadvertently kept on in the shower and before it was too late, it got water in it. Have tried using a hairdryer to get it out, but no luck. Any...

Andy008

Lottery

On the basis that the chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 14 million, assuming that I was the director of a business with ?14 million cash for investment, how would I go about buying 14 million...

marcus5771

Vauxhall Astra Indicators

I have recently bought a Vauxhall Astra 1.7 TDI. As the indicators flash I cannot hear the the clicking and as I`m tall the steering is in the way of the indicator lights. So is the a bleeper I could...

AngloScot

Soft top conversion

how much would it cost to get my ford escort made into a convertible?

jean88

insurance, road tax and mot

How do people get away without having these documents and still be able to drive their cars on the roads? If they can get away with it why cant we? Whats the plans for government to catch these...

jimmyb01

Gas and Electricity Supliers

How do the gas and electric companies compete against each other. How can your gas be supplied by British Gas one day and Scottish Power the next? If it all comes down the same pipe/cables How...

morgangilson

colours

what colour do you get if you mix light red,light blue and light green together?

toecrusher

provisional driving licence

how old do you have to be to get one, somebody told me the age is going up to 18 next year. Thanks in advance

Cockney_si

Range Rover/ Crimewatch appeal

Did anyone watch the crimewatch UK the other night? A hot and run was featured and the car involved was a rare blue coloured Range Rover (parts were broken off in the collision and left at the...

dave_c

Death of the (Independent) British Motoring Industry

Recently, we saw the axe of the last British car company, my question is, why has the Motor Industry in the UK failed so dismally whilst foreigns companies from the likes of...

gingerflaps

stroabing cats eyes

in cumbria there is a very dark road where absolutly now cars drive down at 4 in the morning and it has these cats eyes where they are always lit up, they hypnotise you after u have drove past as they...

volvo179

mondeo 1800 (1995)

Can anyone tell me where to find the sensors for the oil warning lamp and the engine cooling fan on this model?

MrJamie18

Lost Property...

I don't know if I've posted this in the right place. Last month I went to a clothes shop and left my keys in the changing room. I called the shop and they said they had the keys and I could call in...

MargeB

Barn Owl Hearing

If a barn owl can tell a high frequency sound coming from below because it sounds stronger in one ear, how can it tell high frequency left from right?

HUPTON

sound waves through the ground

sound waves travel through the ground when the ground is impacted upon. they reflect when they hit a harder medium. why?

Xollob

Slide Rules and Log Tables

I'm 44 and remember using a slide rule and log tables at school. Are these things still in use anywhere? Does anybody under 30 know what I'm talking about?

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