In article <11EEFA4B6844D511A0E70008C71E9F018F397E@ABDEXH01>, Richard Gosling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Mike, > >Carly really seems to attract attention from the wrong sort of people, >doesn't she??
Yes. :-( > >May I suggest a magnetic tax disc holder? These have a magnetised ring that >sticks to the windscreen, and a thin metal disc that will cling to the back >of it. Then you could remove the tax disc while the car was parked - a faff >to do every time, true, but less of a faff than getting yet another disc >from the DVLA and maybe replacing yet another hood. Yes, but also illegal (a tax disc must be displayed at all times when the vehicle is on a public road). > >I have a vague feeling I saw some on a stand at TRGB, but I might well be >wrong. I'll see if I can find one in Halfords today. If I get nicked, I can always try to argue the case. This business of having to keep the damn thing in the lower-left-hand side of the windscreen is such a pain. If I could mount it in a metal frame (like motorbikes have), perhaps on the front bumper, it would be a lot less vulnerable. > >Be glad, at least, that Spit hoods are quite cheap. Nevertheless, I'd rather lose the tax disc than lose the tax disc and the hood. That tonneau cover is staying on. > I remember an MX-5 >owning friend getting a new hood for his car, and that was about #400, plus >it could only be fitted professionally at extra cost. The last time I lost the tax disc, the policeman to whom I reported it mentioned that several other convertibles had had their tops slashed for access to tax discs the same evening. One BMW owner was looking at a GBP1300 bill to have his replaced. ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
