With both the World Cup and the race on TV I'm thinking of investing in a mobile satellite setup for this year..
How does it work?
There's a kit that you can buy in Maplins which is basically a plug and play setyup that comes with a dish, decoder and stuff and gets Free To Air programmes.
There's another kit I've seen which has the dish, a satellite finder and room to store a digibox..

So now I'm confused..

Is FTA the same as Freeview, in which case that takes care of the Football, but what about Motors TV...?
Is that FTA or only available witha Sky subscription?

If it needs a Sky subscription how do you avoid paying for a full year when you only want a couple of weeks in the year and can you buy a second hand digibox and use that?

Anyone know the  way through all this?

Steve

http://www.wyleshardy.com/salesCatalogue.asp?WhSalesCatelog=1,17&Auctionid_in=29&pageval=40

There's a couple of race cars, including the Bonneville 75 estate.

Team TickleThe Dragon are on the shirt but not on the list...
Could you add us to the list please Paddy...

And add an order for 1 Large shirt...

Thanks

Until the ACO work out a way that you can purchase tickets directly, instead of going onto a 'list' through which you may (or may not) get the site you are after, the likes of JT are going to be able to continue taking large sums of money off of those (like me and TTTD) who camp in the same place every year.
The one time we didn't use JT we got 3 Tertre Rouge and 7 BJ.
So we sold the BJ tickets and managed to get 7 TR ones from JT very late in the day.

It seems that the ACO are quite happy to run this proceduer and nothing will ever chane, so we just keep paying over the odds.

So how am I going to help her get at her desceased husband's money now???

When I watch it the pictuer is OK for about 5 minutes and then goes to Black and White.
It also seems to reset my whole Sky system to B&W unless I turn the TV off and back on again.

My Portsmouth Caen overnight on the Tuesday went from 326 to 432, so they offered me the 15:15 on the Wednesday at 296...

Thanks Robbo,
I'll get a letter off to them and see what they say...

H' something for you to think about with your 'A home built car with a big engine should be tested stance'

If I decided to put a 500bhp Supercharged and Nitrous Injected Chevy engine in my Rover P5b, but kept everything else standard (Chassis, Brakes, Gearbox, Suspension etc) the car would NOT require any kind of SVA test on what would be a potential deathtrap of a car?
Yet if I put in a 305TPI, 700R4, Uprated the brakes, suspension, handling etc (making a very safe, practical vehicle) it WOULD be subject to testing.

This is the stupidity of the proposed legislation

It won't matter anyway, if the DVLA get their plans through, because you won't be able to use anything other than this year's soft roader with it's standard tyres on it.

The attacks are coming from all directions and everyone needs to get together and put up a united front to get them fought effectively.

This is the response document that has been sent to the DVLA as part of the campaign.
For those who think we are just trying to get overpowered, under engineedrd vehicle on the road it should prove enlightening reading.
For those who understand the issues at hand it shows what's being done.

http://www.nsra.org.uk/editorial13.htm

You've hit the nail square on the head there Lorry.
It's Health and Safety gone crazy, masterminded by people who haven't got a clue.
If you read the responses to the consultation document, the police are concerned with spotting ringers and getting them off the road.
But here's a thought.
You could easily go out and buy a crashed 2 year old Mondeo, take running gear and interior out of it, bolt it all into a new shell and put it back on the road.
You take it to the MOT station and the guy looks at it, tests it and, because it is not modified, it goes back on sale no questions asked...... No SVA.

Of course that doesn't mean it's a dangerous wreck does it?it's safe because it's not been 'modified'

Or you could take a completely rebuilt 1960 Zodiac, with a full cage, race derived suspension, race derived brakes, built by 'say' Andy Robinson. (For those who don't know, one of the top chassis and racecar builders in the UK) to the same station.
It would be reported to VOSA as modified, subject to SVA and would fail.

Of course it's not safe is it, because it doesn't have reversing lights, foglamps and the switchgear has the wrong radius..

The Zodiac has a C4 auto box...
At the moment I am hoping that we can get the rules changed, if not shelved, with enough pressure.

People have been modifying cars, safely for a very long time now, the trouble is that they are trying to pass impossible laws that will outlaw it all without knowing what they are dealing with.

How many of the people who are formulating these proposals even know what a Hot Rod is???

Lorry,
It works in Australia and in certain states in the US, where the cars are inspected by registered people who are cretified by the Hot Rod organisations (NSRA, ASRA).
There are guidebooks that show how a car 'should' be built.
These guys are experienced car builders who know what they are looking at and know what to look for.

It's not about not testing the cars as has been suggested by others, it's about knowing what you are testing and testing appropriately.

My Zody is certified down to 10 seconds on the strip and passes it's MOT each year with no problems.

It would never pass an SVA test though, because the SVA tests based on 'current' safety legislation.

Not in terms of how well the car is built, but how 'pedestrian and occupant safe' it is.

A standard 1960 Zody wouldn't pass, so why should a modified one even have to try and pass?

So far as B goes H.
I, personally have no problem with a Q plate if that is what it takes, my problem is with a Q plate and requiring SVA which is a totally inappropriate test, because it would be impossible to pass with anything built before 1998 because nothing that early is designed to get through.
Side repeaters, fold back mirrors, etc.

The restoration issue is even more complicated, see my previous post about a Lotus Elan. The new chassis and engine would improve the car and make it safer, but it would not pass SVA, therefore it would never hit the road..
And what happens when the supply of NOS parts dry up?
Remanufactured parts make the Identity of the car suspect and therefore the risk of SVA comes up again.

This is not the time to bury your head in the sand and say "Everything should be tested", Everything is tested, It's called the MOT.
But this is a test that pre 1998 stuff cannot pass, therefore it will never get to an MOT.

I'll accept an Engineer's report on my Zodiac any day, Done by someone who knows what he's looking at and can tell the difference between a well enginered car that is built to RACMSA specs, which allows it to run 13 seconds on the strip, and a car that doesn't have  fold back mirrors,  side repeaters and nicely shaped headlamp dip switches.