Always makes me laugh when the hot users pop up this time of year telling anyone who will listen how amazing hot water is 

I managed just fine with cold, started at 8, it was 5 degrees by 10am and 10 degrees in the afternoon. 

Minus 2 degrees when I started on the glass this morning. I could feel the ones parked up deicing their windscreens wondering how my water was pumping away without any problems

My pump went after a year so I bought 2 because I was expecting the other to go and that was 5 years ago. Always better to have a spare lying about so you can replace it right away. 😉

Hard frost here again. So glad im not using cold water! Ill be de icing skylights and sills this morning and anybody who's scraping their car windows if they want me to!😆 🔥

Quote from: Slacky on November 19, 2025, 05:48:54 am

Over here in Canada, I don’t have to concern myself with MOTs, they don’t have them here.

Nor road tax.

Really? So no test whatsoever to see if your vehicle  is roadworthy?

South Africa doesn't have an annual vehicle inspection either. The only roadworthy test is required when transferring vehicle ownership.

Zimbabwe also doesn't have an annual roadworthy test either. (I also don't ever recall my father having to have his vehicles inspected in Zambia either.)

In both countries there is a vehicle test station as part of the new driver test centre. If your vehicle is stopped by the police and deemed to be unroadworthy, then you are given a ticket to report to have your vehicle inspected at this test centre.

Having lived in both countries, the owner of the vehicle is responsible to ensure his vehicle is in a roadworthy condition. Rust was not an issue. So roadworthiness was ensuring the vehicle was kept in good order mechanically.

Unfortunately, a large number of vehicles on the road in South Africa would fail a roadworthy test mechanically in this country.
And the other issue is untaxed, uninsured cars being driven by people with no drivers licence.