Insignia Vibrating When Idle? (not bought yet)

[LadFromWales]

Pretty sure it's not illegal to sit in your car with the engine running with the gearbox in neutral. If it was, where is the line drawn? Sitting in traffic stationary for too long? Loading the car with stuff before a long trip?
It is definitely illegal to get out of your car while leaving it running, though!

But it does sound like flywheel...My Focus vibrated a fair bit when the DMF was failing. Quiet and "non-vibratey" at idle now!

 

[Orionaut]

Pretty sure it's not illegal to sit in your car with the engine running with the gearbox in neutral. If it was, where is the line drawn? Sitting in traffic stationary for too long? Loading the car with stuff before a long trip?
It is definitely illegal to get out of your car while leaving it running, though!

But it does sound like flywheel...My Focus vibrated a fair bit when the DMF was failing. Quiet and "non-vibratey" at idle now!

Rule 123
The Driver and the Environment. You MUST NOT leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running or leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while that vehicle is stationary on a public road. Generally, if the vehicle is stationary and is likely to remain so for more than a couple of minutes, you should apply the parking brake and switch off the engine to reduce emissions and noise pollution. However it is permissible to leave the engine running if the vehicle is stationary in traffic or for diagnosing faults.

It is a "Should not" rather than a "Must not", but the rule is still pretty vague "More than a couple of minutes" Is that "Two minutes" (As in 120 seconds) or "Several minutes but not too many" and what does "Generally" mean in this context? :/

 

[Blackhawk47]

Highway Code is not the law. That said some rules in the Highway Code are law...as indicated below:

The Law
Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be sent to prison. Such rules are identified by the use of the words MUST / MUST NOT. In addition the rule includes an abbreviated reference to the legislation which creates the offence.

Although failure to comply with the other rules of the Code will not, in itself, cause a person to be prosecuted, The Highway Code may be used in evidence in any court proceedings under Traffic Acts to establish liability.

 

[bloodhunter]

I suspect the DMF too, it's possibly gone off centre and vibrating due to being well out of balance as a result.

 

[Kuros]

It is definitely illegal to get out of your car while leaving it running, though!

In which case quite a few people around here who are breaking the law whist defrosting the windows (as well as all the repair shops that leave the engine running whilst looking at stuff?)

 

[Nasher]

Might only be illegal on the road.

 

[Big Spender]

the key part in this is "on a public road", so sitting on your driveway defrosting your windows, or in a works car park eating your lunch with the engine on for heat/aircon is perfectly fine!

 

[paradigm]

the key part in this is "on a public road", so sitting in a works car park eating your lunch with the engine on for heat/aircon is perfectly fine!

But would definitely be a rather odd thing to do. I'd rather sit in the office.