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Post by mk1andy on Dec 31, 2012 1:48:48 GMT 1
The only thing that makes a vehicle a potential deathtrap is the way it is driven. A loaded gun will only kill if someone pulls the trigger! LAVs only compensate for a badly loaded or driven van.
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Post by m201 on Dec 31, 2012 11:23:27 GMT 1
The only thing that makes a vehicle a potential deathtrap is the way it is driven. A loaded gun will only kill if someone pulls the trigger! LAVs only compensate for a badly loaded or driven van. Please would you present your arguments on that notion Andy. ;D
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Post by stoney on Dec 31, 2012 15:24:02 GMT 1
No LAV on any of my mk1's probably would make sense to fit one to the beavertail, having said that I had no trouble with it when it was a tipper and I drove it with all kinds of loads, overweight and all.
Having said that I drive my trucks like a granny cos I'm tight with fuel!
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Post by m201 on Dec 31, 2012 15:38:51 GMT 1
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Post by stoney on Dec 31, 2012 16:58:33 GMT 1
Nope not me, My mk1 camper never had one fitted from the factory, my mk1 rat beavertail pick up was also built on a camper chassis and hasnt got one fitted, the extended chassis one either never had it or it was removed at some point in the past
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Post by m201 on Dec 31, 2012 17:09:33 GMT 1
Nope not me, My mk1 camper never had one fitted from the factory, my mk1 rat beavertail pick up was also built on a camper chassis and hasnt got one fitted, the extended chassis one either never had it or it was removed at some point in the past Were they all originally SWB models then Stoney?
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Post by stoney on Dec 31, 2012 17:11:54 GMT 1
nope, all lwb, extended chassis was xlwb its now more like xxxlwb lol
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Post by m201 on Dec 31, 2012 17:14:47 GMT 1
nope, all lwb, extended chassis was xlwb its now more like xxxlwb lol How do you get them through an MOT Stoney?
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Post by stoney on Dec 31, 2012 20:10:06 GMT 1
never had an issue with brakes, pulls up fine on the rollers on all 3
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Post by muttleymk2 on Dec 31, 2012 20:32:13 GMT 1
Spud doesnt have an LAV, he stops fine. Its all re-piped up the back and MOT exempt so no worries there
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Post by m201 on Dec 31, 2012 21:52:21 GMT 1
Spud doesnt have an LAV, he stops fine. Its all re-piped up the back and MOT exempt so no worries there Ever tried it against a Tapley Muttley? If so, what reading did you get?
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Post by m201 on Dec 31, 2012 21:55:27 GMT 1
never had an issue with brakes, pulls up fine on the rollers on all 3 Have you got the bolt holes in your chassis for the valve, and on the axle for the attachment please Stoney?
Do your rears lock under heavy braking unloaded?
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Post by stoney on Jan 1, 2013 18:23:48 GMT 1
nope, no spare holes anywhere, never had it lock up either but as I say I drive like miss daisy.
To get me onto a trade policy when I was 22 the dealer I worked for at the time sent me on a few advanced driving/riding courses as they wouldn't normally accept anyone under 25. I'd like to think this has made me a better driver, I do notice that I do a lot of things many other people don't.
I seem to get a lot more life out of my brakes/tyres than most, I did 40,000miles in 2 years in my last van without so much as removing a wheel. my last car I bought with a knackered clutch and still managed to eek out another 25,000 miles from that before it finally let go.
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Post by m201 on Jan 1, 2013 19:09:29 GMT 1
nope, no spare holes anywhere, never had it lock up either but as I say I drive like miss daisy. To get me onto a trade policy when I was 22 the dealer I worked for at the time sent me on a few advanced driving/riding courses as they wouldn't normally accept anyone under 25. I'd like to think this has made me a better driver, I do notice that I do a lot of things many other people don't. I seem to get a lot more life out of my brakes/tyres than most, I did 40,000miles in 2 years in my last van without so much as removing a wheel. my last car I bought with a knackered clutch and still managed to eek out another 25,000 miles from that before it finally let go. Thanks for that information Stoney. I'd forgotten that Transits didn't get load sensitive valves until '77.
Good job you went on those advanced driving courses.
Have any of them got a metering valve please? Probably mounted above the servo, but sometimes along the chassis rail.
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Post by mk1andy on Jan 2, 2013 1:35:56 GMT 1
The only thing that makes a vehicle a potential deathtrap is the way it is driven. A loaded gun will only kill if someone pulls the trigger! LAVs only compensate for a badly loaded or driven van. Please would you present your arguments on that notion Andy. ;D It's a bit like reversing sensors. Before they were invented, we somehow managed to park without crashing into things all the time, or for that matter, automatic lights & wipers, personally I've never had a problem working out when it's dark or if it's raining. What I'm getting at is that for donkeys years (and probably a bit more!) vans and trucks were produced without all these fangled gadgets. They were used quite safely without killing everyone who came within range of them because we as the drivers, used our skills to know what a vehicle is capable of and therefore, drive it within those limits. Driving these days is being dumbed down so much that it's almost a case of getting in the vehicle and if only it would steer itself, you'd just set it going and when it reaches your destination, you'd turn it off and get out. I know it sounds a bit extreme but I think you'll know what I'm getting at and why so many of us are keeping older vehiles on the road
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