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Think I averaged 19mpg in my pre LCI F10 M5 never really saw any better than 28/29...


That's handy to know, ta. Averages are a bit meaningless as they - obviously - depend very much on a person's "average" day. But "best" is going to be 60-70mph motorway and that's more repeatable between ...

I'm rarely on a long haul these days, but on Euro flights I'm amazed how variable the main companies seem to be.
In one direction you'll get a brand new plane, happy staff, decent seats and on the way back a rattly cabin that feels like it was last refurbished in 1995 and slow food with a lack of ...

I have stuck to Sony's for the last few TVs


I’ve vowed to never purchase another Sony product again if I can help it. Because PlayStation are absolute TAUCs.


Playstation? The online store?

I am a Sony fanboy I must admit, so I doubt anything you say would put me off.


Sony have sold ...

Bought a new Samsung TV, one of those Frame jobbies - don't care about the art, just that it's nice and flush to the wall for the bedroom

My Panasonic downstairs from about 8 years back is still going strong. It's just a TV with some basic apps, it's perfect. Turn it on, and it's just TV....this ...

None of this is new - it was introduced at H.R.Owen in 2004 when I was a business manager there and I'm sure that others did it before them.
Dealer groups drop in and out of doing this, depending on their profitability and senior managers.
I disliked having to ask my salesman to present prices in ...

240PP - 2019 Audi A5 40 TFSI
Andy - 1995 Mazda MX-5 V8, 2013 BMW M135i, 2006 Smart ForTwo, 1992 Honda NC30, 2004 Honda CRF450R Supermoto, 2005 Honda CR125R, 2011 Ford Transit T350 140 AWD
16vcento - 2022 Golf GTE, 2023 Kuga PHEV ST Line X.
Alex_ - 2015 M235i
Barry - '24 Hyundai Ioniq6 Premium ...

In "oh bollocks" news, the ML needs a gearbox rebuild. It shifts lovely, smooth, as quick as it always has but when doing a gearbox oil change it had brass in there and I've got a bit of a whine. 170,000 miles on it now and 110,000 done by us.

I can't find anything I like that won't cost me 15 ...

Yes, it has a panoramic roof unfortunately. Would have preferred one without but was standard fit on the 4.8.

It’s broken, like most of them are so both motors are disconnected to save it jamming open, which is going to make it a bit awkward to open it to poke the drains!

Anyway, cleaned ...

That 1.3 Endura engine was fucking awful though :lol: it was all noise, vibration and no power.


I think by that time it probably only cost Ford about 50p to make them, given that the same engine had been around for so long with a different name when they altered the fuelling.
My first normal ...

FECPOTY 05?

I can’t remember what other people on the forum bought that year though 😅


I bought my Clio v6 :)

21 years ago :shock:


I bought a focus 1.8!


I didn't buy anything in '05 , but worked my way through three company cars -
XC90 T6 SE
C70 2.4T Cab
XC90 D5 SE

Is it sad that ...

The X5 is on winters to go skiing. The mountain roads were fine (no snow for a week), but we were driving through this near Reims a couple of hours ago -

It's years since I've driven one, but seem to recall that the pedal spacing on Clio 182s wasn't great for H+T

Nice. 8-)

Hopefully the gear lever is easier to use than the Manuel Supra I tried (where the centre console required a very “elbow high” arm position that I didn’t love).


Saw a Supra today with the yellow DRLs that are spreading across every BMW.. :?


I had a guy approach me when I got ...

Met him a few of times - he was a good mate of my classic car boss, who grew up with him. He always used to turn up in the showroom for a drink and a chat at Christmas.

Came across as a really nice guy, and had a few fun car stories from when they were teenagers.

RIP

I'd be impressed if it still wore R2CWS, which is on the X5 parked in front!
I still have the MT55WTN plates that I took off when doing the plate transfer.

You got me thinking about R2CWS -
I've had it since 2008, when I bought an £800 part exchange blue E36 323i that had worn it from new ...

I found some photos from March 2015 when I was putting it on Autotrader. At some
Point in the last 10 years the wheels have been swapped out for a very similar style, but otherwise it was identical to how I sold it, including the E46 ZHP gear knob.


You're not fooling us - that's a different ...

Oh that’s fabulous Jim. What a lovely coincidence.


I found some photos from March 2015 when I was putting it on Autotrader. At some
Point in the last 10 years the wheels have been swapped out for a very similar style, but otherwise it was identical to how I sold it, including the E46 ZHP gear ...

Not my current fleet, but I parked behind Tate Modern today to pick up my daughter and when I returned to the car a 325 touring was parked behind, which was my wife’s car 2012-5, and I think we sold it on Autotrader to someone in Somerset.

What are the chances of that?!

Plenty of stories/pics around of dealers missing the e transit blocks during the PDI. And the result is usually as you describe.


When I was in the trade it used to happen in two different ways -
1. When the sales team would 'un-wrap' a stock car and get it cleaned for the showroom, without ...

Yes, permit holders 6:30 to 8pm.

ETA: unless other signs, you can park on single yellow lines after 1830


Weirdly Ringo lets you pay on that code until 10pm!
Unless there's a Controlled Parking Zone sign with different hours, as others have said it's still free after 6.30.

The one I've not ...