MG
The Classic Marque

I sort of agree re house prices.

I remember thinking I'd never be able to buy a house. I bought my first in 1992 in the 1990s price crash. I'd been saving hard for yonks, and had enough for a deposit. Study, long working hours and more hard saving, and sacrifice, then enabled me to move up the ladder and buy my 3 bed semi in t/wells.

I agree it's **much** harder today, but not im...

Anam
I agree with you about having a "poll" tax on the individual as I think it's fairer. What Mrs Thatcher should have done was make it means tested - that would have been fairer IF based on income, not fixed assets like property and how much cash some have taken the trouble to save for retirement.

It isn't our fault that house prices have increased - I didn't want them to especiall...

Apparently they are making a comeback.

Something I have been moaning about for years, too many functions being buried in menus on touchscreens.

https://www.startrescue.co.uk/news/motoring-news-2/bring-back-buttons-says-start-rescue?utm_source=startrescue.co.uk&utm_campaign=7d2e0eae62-SR_NOV_NEWS_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dfa6478537-7d2e0eae62-614326921

Ah right Guy. 😶.


That aside, is everybody here, happy to have their council tax whacked up, because the house they bought yonks ago, is now worth more money; -- even though their income has diminished significantly?

For HS4 carbs 12 thou is the clearance where the finger is against the choke spindle. That will give some free play at each clamp but it will be less than 12 thou as the finger is longer than the clamps.

The WSM says at the choke spindle for HS4 and at the clamps for HIF. Are you using Haynes? In that Section 21.11 mentions and Fig.13 shows measuring it at the choke spindle. For the...

Thanks for that Paul. Since posting I have discovers that clamps AandA also should have a 12 though gap to the bottom when tightening, that’s the main thing I wanted to know as there is quite a lot of movement there.
I intended to have the carbs re bushed but after taking advice and the price for this I decided to just fit new spindle shafts, I then fitted mini valve stem rubbers over the end...

Sorry yes A and A!

Anamn, my laughing emojis were laughing that you could pretty well cover the reasoning behind Thatcher's ill fated poll tax, without actually mentioning it by name.
I wasnt laughing at the poll tax, or at the reaction it created. It was too serious for that.

Yep I do Guy. Was it funny? Please explain. Don't bother, I know. Another form of TDS. 🙄 🤣.

Anyway, actually, in principle, I agree with a tax on the individual. I recall at the time being quite happy with the result. It being less than the rates previously.

People use the services. Not properties. A large house or a small one sits there using nothing, unless occupied by pe...

in our little town house rates/taxes are made up of a few set charges like fire levy and drainage,street maintenance, etc, but the main value is set by a set percentage(as in cents in the dollar)of what they call assessed annual value which is made up of the value of the property and what it's rental value might be---seems to work reasonably fairly--from memory it's about 0.28cents per dollar valu...