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Apart from 15 metres faster on the quarter mile. It does the quarter mile in 15 metres less than a quarter mile ? Impressive ! If they're genuinely quoting quarter mile performance as a relative measure and in metres now, it's just an obvious misdirection from discussing how the time difference is ...

I hadn’t, tbh, they seem to start at £13k but are a touch newer for the price so that’s fair enough. However, I expect she’d want a convertible as that’s what she has now, and the electric convertibles only came out last year so they’re still £35k+. It’s a “no” to that :D I like the quirkiness of th...

Oh. You’re right though Dave! it’s a tall vehicle, noticeably taller than the Cayenne. In other news, I was wrong. This is a vanishingly rare event so it’s come as a bit of a shock tbh. The A-B-C pillars *are* leather ! It’s just that Land Rover have somehow managed to make them indistinguishable fr...

Which is exactly as it should do; the speed limit changes at the speed limit sign, not at whatever point afterwards you decide to slow down to the new limit.

Ah, OK. When it's only doing local trips I think the 3-pin home charger will probably be fine. We might even get away with a single overnight full charge per week.

Thanks all - and apologies to Holley for forgetting you had one too ! (but worth checking you get a proper dual charger with it as not all i3's have them except for one of those home plug in ones) ? Is the dual charger part of the car ? I know nothing about this stuff (yet). There's already a hefty ...

This is Carlos & Mito Man I believe. I suddenly, slightly unexpectedly, have a window to add one to the fleet to replace the MINI. Usage would be daily short local journeys (<5 miles round trip) with occasional visits to in-laws (~70 miles round trip). We obviously have the RR for anything longe...

Matty wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 12:06 pm So you can buy the 2024 model, or the 2023 model without it?

Nope. It's one of Mik's polls. Brand new only. Ferrari or Dacia and both have speed limiters (that actually work for sake of argument).

Ferrari bankrupt in a matter of months.

Ah - I wasn't complaining about the roll, that works OK, although you can tell the tyres really don't like it :lol: But that's fine, I don't plan on driving it like that. I meant the general softness, it floats up & down a bit on undulating roads and seems to pitch back & forth a lot, especi...

Won't this massively hit new car sales? Especially in the performance sector? No. Customer walks into Ferrari showroom. "Hello I'd like to buy a Ferarri. Does it have a speed limiter ?" "Yes" "Oh, that's a shame, I'll go and buy a Dacia instead, there's no point in buying a...

https://www.evo.co.uk/news/22326/mandatory-speed-limiters-to-be-fitted-to-all-new-uk-cars-in-2024 Though the UK is no longer in the EU, it has been confirmed that the UK will still utilise the technology, and it's set to come into force in July this year. aka Though the UK is no longer in the EU, m...

Starting to get the feeling that the suspension is way too soft for my taste. I guess that's the famous trademark awesome ride quality. Twiddle with the suspension settings and put it in dynamic mode instead of auto (using the little knob that sprouts up when you press it :lol: ) It doesn't have th...

Barry wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 9:57 am Collision alert panics if I get anywhere near another object, the alert panics me more than the supposed impending collision.

The Range Rover has been doing this to me quite regularly.

Some progress with cars over the long weekend. Friday - the Bentley finally went. I took it for a brief spin in the morning, I'll definitely miss it for the engine and the general ambience, but not the noise from the suspension that I couldn't work out. Saturday - got back on with the Smart now that...

A good thread on a lot of the practical problems such a plan would face:

Oh, a quick Google answered that one.

5,608,310 lbf⋅ft @ 102 rpm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4rt ... er_RTA96-C

But it probably runs at 20rpm and produces a million gazillionty torque.

Cripey !

That made me look at engine configurations again and it quickly got silly. Straight-fourteen sir ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-fourteen_engine The only straight-14 engine known to reach production is part of the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C family of 6-cylinder to 14-cylinder two-stroke marine...

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 8:59 pm Except in the Phaeton, Touareg, and A8.

Indeed. Only teh Bender got turbot.