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    RogerL replied to the thread Visitor tax.
    How can you say that sellers are more responsible for bloated house prices than buyers? The price of a house is whatever the buyer and...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Ratchet advice required..
    I didn't realise so many brands need an auxilliary battery to cope with stop-start - I thought they were all like my VW where the...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Advise on towing.
    I'm not sure the presence of the caravan makes any difference - the numpties out there drive like that all the time. Since I retired I'm...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Visitor tax.
    In 1971 I moved up to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire with my first wife when my career at Rolls-Royce Motors was abruptly cut short as their...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Visitor tax.
    More to the point - why did they remove the toll for the Skye Bridge? On a general note - excessive tourism spoils places - I'm...
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    RogerL reacted to Challenger's post in the thread Visitor tax with Like Like.
    We have been paying a tourist tax on camp site fees when visiting France and Benelux for many years. We often thought what a good idea...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Visitor tax.
    As an example - the retailer's margin when selling fuel is only 8-12 p/litre, the rest going to central government or international...
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    RogerL reacted to Guzzilazz's post in the thread Ratchet advice required. with Like Like.
    Unfortunately, "smart alternators" are programmed to work to a specific AH battery, and won't utilise the benefits of a higher capacity...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Ratchet advice required..
    Modern smart alternators and their associated battery management systems need to know the capacity of a battery as well as it's current...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Ratchet advice required..
    Be wary about using a different capacity battery to the original - the electronic management on modern cars may get "confused"
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    RogerL replied to the thread B&Q market place.
    For things like that, I have things delivered directly to my local trusted independent workshop and pay them to fit - my Touareg battery...
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    RogerL replied to the thread Visitor tax.
    It's probably more efficent administratively to do it Bournemouth's way. The businesses just pay the higher Council Tax / Business...
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    Tassle,hope these are of use..
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    Both Carver and Truma of that era had a variety of exhausts - underfloor, sidewall or roof
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    RogerL replied to the thread Visitor tax.
    Do you have inside knowledge of these plans to escalate ten-fold - or is it just Musk-type misinformation?