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by Rich B
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 192
Views: 3827

Re: Test drive report

The room above it makes it make a lot more sense.

I actually quite like the concept now I've seen it - having proper hard standing (and lawn) behind the house rather than just in front is probably quite a nice/useful thing.
by Rich B
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1209
Views: 260511

Re: EV Thread

I quite like the Buzz too, but 250 miles just seems a little too low. It would mean I couldn't use it for the sort of thing I'd want one for. Loading up 4 bikes/riders and heading to Wales for the day or driving down to Cornwall with the family. I just don't see the large practical car as the right ...
by Rich B
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 192
Views: 3827

Re: Test drive report

That's a really short "garage/arch/thing" - the ID Buzz isn't much over 6 foot isn't it? Got to be less than 2m all in?

I'm still trying to picture this odd set up with the back (and front?) of the garage removed to drive straight through - why didn't they just remove the garage?!
by Rich B
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 192
Views: 3827

Re: Test drive report

I was behind a very dark green Emira yesterday - lovely car, wrong colour though. It just didn't work with the shape at all for me.
by Rich B
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20192
Views: 2430709

Re: Your fleet running reports

Yep 2.5 PHEV. so it's not really 80mpg, you're putting in electricity too. My M2 does around 5000 miles per gallon (of oil - I'm ignoring the petrol for my calculation). I'm not paying for the electricity, and you don't measure consumption of electric in gallons, so I'm 100% sure it's doing what I ...
by Rich B
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20192
Views: 2430709

Re: Your fleet running reports

Haha, it's very good on fuel, my wife uses it more than me and her commute is 8 miles each way on very hilly roads and she can get 2 days on just electric without needing to charge it, if I don't use it for work it would never use any fuel! is it a PHEV? Yep 2.5 PHEV. so it's not really 80mpg, you'...
by Rich B
Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2982
Views: 401000

Re: The ebay thread

Hard no on all of those :lol: This will be rough as anything, an ex-Everyman Racing driving experience car, but it's the cheapest 360 I've seen, so that's where the bottom of the market is now: asking £37k. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375378508458 they can ask it, but is anyone going to pay it?
by Rich B
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20192
Views: 2430709

Re: Your fleet running reports

16vCento wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:16 am Haha, it's very good on fuel, my wife uses it more than me and her commute is 8 miles each way on very hilly roads and she can get 2 days on just electric without needing to charge it, if I don't use it for work it would never use any fuel!
is it a PHEV?
by Rich B
Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye Bye Sunak..
Replies: 531
Views: 109023

Re: Bye Bye Sunak..

I say give everyone what they want and let the 5% provide all 😎 This is pretty much the system we have. Most of the population don't pay their fair share of tax at this point. 53.8% are net receipients of hand outs from the state and over 40% pay no income tax at all. Maybe we need to invert the ol...
by Rich B
Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 192
Views: 3827

Re: Test drive report

It’s the same weight as two MX5s though 😂 yeah, that is obviously other problem! But if they can work it to take advantage of the low CoG like a model 3 does, then it's potentially not as much of an issue as it could be. Helped by the fact it's also about 3x faster accelerating than an MX5. I just ...
by Rich B
Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 192
Views: 3827

Re: Test drive report

The Cyberster looks good but I don’t know what it is. Is it a Chinese attempt at a British sports car with some detail changes made in the U.K.? I’d rather have an MG that was knocked up in a shed by plucky British engineers. it's presumably aiming to be just an EV MX5 non? I quite like it - it's f...
by Rich B
Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 192
Views: 3827

Re: Test drive report

I'm more concerned with the idea of a £50-60k MG.
by Rich B
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2982
Views: 401000

Re: The ebay thread

Are the M5s that bad? My M3 was reliable and no problem for daily use - and it's effectively mechanically 80% of the M5. Yeah but age will be playing a part now. It's a 20yo car no? Lots of brittle plastic and rubbers (I've not watched the vid so no idea what work's been done!). People always seeme...
by Rich B
Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 192
Views: 3827

Re: Test drive report

Yep, Emira is a very correct decision for me. Something like an mx5 seems like a missed opportunity to me.
by Rich B
Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2982
Views: 401000

Re: The ebay thread

Are the M5s that bad? My M3 was reliable and no problem for daily use - and it's effectively mechanically 80% of the M5.
by Rich B
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2982
Views: 401000

Re: The ebay thread

I love it when they say in ads for cars like that “Lady owner”. Like it’s only be used to ferry some dotty old retiree to the WI and her meals on wheels round. :lol: The previous lady owner is a petrolhead - people who buy 8 year old M5’s and then drive them for another 8 years are petrol heads. He...
by Rich B
Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Car Hire Lottery
Replies: 96
Views: 9557

Re: Car Hire Lottery

The overriding thing i'll take away from the experience however is the nannying. That’s pretty much anything modern really. My focus is a 2020 car and has such niceties as an over enthusiastic collision warning system- big red display that beeps and eventually brakes for you. Shits itself if you’re...
by Rich B
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Amazon and Proximity
Replies: 15
Views: 236

Re: Amazon and Proximity

The cheekiest example of geo targeted advertising is you have location always on for an app like uber. They track your location 24/7 and sell your data to retailers, they check that location data to see if you spent any time in a store and if you have they’ll start targeting you for marketing. Ther...
by Rich B
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:28 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Amazon and Proximity
Replies: 15
Views: 236

Re: Amazon and Proximity

They're definitely listening, but presumably this was a fluke? I remember talking to my missus about selling our old prams, push chairs and stuff ages ago - we decided it would end up being hassle because they needed properly cleaning and stuff., I then looked at my phone for something else and had ...
by Rich B
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:04 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: “Black Edition”
Replies: 19
Views: 450

Re: “Black Edition”

I drive past a transit with "black edition" on the side today. Made me smile!