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Beany wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2026 11:53 pm Didn't even park in order of size and weight, truly this place has lost it's touch.

They were far more subtle than that - it's a pyramid based on total production numbers!

S1 Elise 8k
3rd gen MR2 28k
G90 M5 27k
Evora 6k

Those are nice speakers. Always loved the finish on Sonus Fabers.

I have no need for any new kit currently but by coincidence I did my usual eBay search for Meridian DSP5200s last night and found a pair for sale 10 miles from me. In silver metallic, almost like unlacquered car paint, so not the ...

Looks pretty good, not sure I’ve ever seen one or even knew they existed.

I did quite like the old 500x


According to howmanyleft up until this quarter there were only about 160 on the road in the UK. There are 60 Abarth showrooms, which presumably have a demo car each, so only 100 have been ...

Collected the Abarth today.

Typically average contract hire vehicle collection from Abarth Nottingham, "here's the keys, bye!" - I didn't want much more than that as I was on a tight schedule, but it would have been nice to be offered some sort of handover. At least they fully charged it!

Given ...

M5 Touring update. Passed 10,000 miles on my journey to Cardiff yesterday. Average fuel economy over that is 43.2mpg.

It's been to most corners of the western half of the UK (from the most northerly point on the Isle of Lewis to Looe in Cornwall via Anglesey and pretty much all of mid-Wales, it's ...

The Caddy was delivered about a week ago to replace the dead Berlingo.



When I saw that photo initially, I was wondering what option you had on the roof before I realised it was a gazebo in the church grounds!


Custom roof tent...

Actually, it's a church in Notting Hill half way between ...

The Caddy was delivered about a week ago to replace the dead Berlingo.

It seemed too decent to immediately hand over to our mid-engineer, so I drove it for a couple of days.
Nice place to be. VW interface is better than the last time I tried it, but still more of a hassle than it needs to be for ...

The state of that interior, what a disaster.

A huge 4 seater car that is both crampt and awkward to get in and out of.

When he started I was starting to warm to it but seeing the video while he sat in it just made me think what a waste. People will buy this for the outside looks and it will be ...

Oh yes! 8-)

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That looks great. My Dad had a 2.0 Sport from new before I was born (as a company car), which he liked, but it ...

Jaguar have always been brilliant at this -
XK120, E-type, XJS, XJs except for the last model, S Type , both generation of XK - all compromised packaging for their size.


Which generation? I always thought my dad's old '65 S-type had a pretty decent boot?

(generic s-type image, not his car ...

How can such a vast vehicle look so cramped inside :? it's like a reverse tardis :lol:
Ever been in a XK8?

Jaguar have always been brilliant at this -
XK120, E-type, XJS, XJs except for the last model, S Type, both generation of XK - all compromised packaging for their size.
Really only the ...

Rich B wrote: Sun Oct 04, 2026 10:11 am J 8OND on a DB9. quite good but kind of tragic.

I sold a car to a guy with that plate in 2003 - An olive green Volvo C70 coupe. I wounder if it's the same guy, who probably aspired to an Aston (or to be Roger Moore but didn't want an old P1800) but could only afford a four year old Volvo!

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The Berlingo decided it wanted one fewer cylinders today as my engineer came to work and has lost all compression on one. You roll the dice with these puretech engines and despite giving this one a major service and belt change as soon as I bought it, we still have a dead van 15,000 ...

How would you cope with the house that we're commissionig this weekend -
Two thermostats per room, so the underfloor heating keeps your feet warm while the a/c cools the air. Clearly not energy efficient, and against building regs in the UK, but this is in Spain, so it's ok!

They look great unadorned on nice simple alloys.

Quite a decent spec for a police order. Usually you’d expect some hard-wearing cloth and missing stuff like climate control or centre screen 😂


In my Volvo dealer days (2002-5) we used to prep and service City of London police cars. The 05/06 ...

There needs to be an optional placebo controller for the passenger side :lol: Either that or if you have multiple zones, allow it to be synced without the passenger control showing that it's ignoring the inputs.


We have been known to do placebo controllers (that only alter the temperature +/- 1 ...

Probably pretty similar then. I look forward to my M5 being worth £6k in 12 years 😃


I was having a chat with a friend this morning who is a used car buyer for a dealership (SE London). They stopped buying in electric cars to retail a few months ago, and trade out any electric part exchanges ...

Can get that off a new M5 now can’t you? M8 but be even more, I think they have the record for the most depreciating car. Which is odd as I don’t think they’re bad cars at all.


Not sure about the saloon but for the touring, not as much as £38k but nearly £30k off - but since the optioned ...

Also remember that these had massive discounts 2014-6 as the dealers couldn't shift them, so the first owners were buying a deal on a PCP to thrash around for 2-4 years and hand back. They were something like £95k new and my mate (sales manager at Berry BMW Heathrow at the time) could give me £38k ...

Three different hire cars in 3 weeks -

BMW i4 M35: (£671 for 4 days! - needed a car in a hurry)
More than fast enough for the entry level model
Better damped than I expected when compared with recent BMW non-M products - could cover country lanes swiftly
Average range
Pretty forgetful driving ...