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by Mito Man
Fri May 08, 2026 7:23 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1835
Views: 1311133

Re: EV Thread

They’re very clever, they built up all their infrastructure over the past few decades and could see net zero coming to capitalise on it. World leader in solar, wind power, batteries, AI and sheer man power and cheap plentiful energy to support the industry.
The Western politicians wrote up the ...
by Mito Man
Fri May 08, 2026 11:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 1803
Views: 409039

Re: Bye bye Starmer

:D

The psychological process is logical. People voted for X, things got worse so then they voted for Y but things got worse, so now they’re voting for Z.
The issues at heart run way deeper than immigration but somehow that’s what every person and party seemed to concentrate on. It’s hard to admit ...
by Mito Man
Fri May 08, 2026 11:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 1803
Views: 409039

Re: Bye bye Starmer

The psychological process is logical. People voted for X, things got worse so then they voted for Y but things got worse, so now they’re voting for Z.
The issues at heart run way deeper than immigration but somehow that’s what every person and party seemed to concentrate on. It’s hard to admit you ...
by Mito Man
Fri May 08, 2026 10:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 1803
Views: 409039

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Starmer’s response - that Banksy sculpture couldn’t have come at a better time.
by Mito Man
Thu May 07, 2026 10:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 10240
Views: 2285928

Re: Randomness

Simon wrote: Fri May 01, 2026 2:27 pm
I like how this was a joke video and someone in China has now gone and actually made it
by Mito Man
Tue May 05, 2026 7:23 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Gordon Murray T50 Live Launch
Replies: 295
Views: 71217

Re: Gordon Murray T50 Live Launch

I have stumbled upon that T50 owner’s previous car
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/20029201
by Mito Man
Tue May 05, 2026 1:24 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 25661
Views: 5596152

Re: Your fleet running reports

Good point with the bearings. I think cars with ball bearings behave very differently when the bearings fail vs the older taper bearings. I've never had play or noise changing with direction on a bad bearing but they did all increase in noise/vibration with speed.
by Mito Man
Tue May 05, 2026 11:20 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 25661
Views: 5596152

Re: Your fleet running reports

I’d still think driveshaft, maybe a bush or even an axle? You’d think it would have to be a component that rotates.

Speaking of X5s I ordered a set of TRW front control arms for it from Germany (they made the originals). They were only £80 a side and I ordered separately to get over the stupid ...
by Mito Man
Mon May 04, 2026 11:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: No F1 thread?
Replies: 6103
Views: 1233634

Re: No F1 thread?

Hamilton got a penalty for the exact same thing last year I think so they’re pretty consistent on corner cutting when driving a damaged car.
by Mito Man
Sun May 03, 2026 10:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: No F1 thread?
Replies: 6103
Views: 1233634

Re: No F1 thread?

Yep McLaren ballsed up the pit stop strategy. They’ve always been quite bad at strategy and not having a considerably faster car than the competition is really hurting them.

The overtake system is weirdly frustrating rather than exciting. Seems like it’s unnecessarily drawn out with the clearly ...
by Mito Man
Sun May 03, 2026 8:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Food reset, sadly no Felicity Kendall.
Replies: 18
Views: 3435

Re: The Food reset, sadly no Felicity Kendall.

Been experimenting with growing mushrooms for a while. Finally got my DIY grow tent set up to a place I’m happy with:
https://i.ibb.co/hFFgGGKw/IMG-3006.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/5hcPkF1D/IMG-3009.jpg
Oyster mushrooms. Also have shiitake but they take a bit longer to grow.
As the proof of concept ...
by Mito Man
Sat May 02, 2026 5:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: No F1 thread?
Replies: 6103
Views: 1233634

Re: No F1 thread?

This is dreadful…
by Mito Man
Sat May 02, 2026 1:25 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Invisible indicators
Replies: 4
Views: 155

Re: Invisible indicators

Thought this was about the ix3
by Mito Man
Sat May 02, 2026 10:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Alex Zanardi
Replies: 10
Views: 202

Re: Alex Zanardi

Damn :(
RIP
by Mito Man
Fri May 01, 2026 1:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Food reset, sadly no Felicity Kendall.
Replies: 18
Views: 3435

Re: The Food reset, sadly no Felicity Kendall.

Just bought a Magnum for the first time this year - bog standard chocolate coated vanilla one. The chocolate shell has been reduced to the thickness of a gnats penis 🙄
by Mito Man
Fri May 01, 2026 11:59 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Perfection
Replies: 15
Views: 367

Re: Perfection


the new owners collection is somewhat “special”… :shock:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Perrodo

link updated!


The dude became famous/hated after unfortunately taking out the leading Corvette in the ‘22 Le Mans
https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/corvettes-le-mans-victory-hopes ...
by Mito Man
Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 10240
Views: 2285928

Re: Randomness

Hamilton got reprimanded for undoing his belts and waving to the fans on the cooldown lap 😂
by Mito Man
Thu Apr 30, 2026 10:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: How much do you spend on shoes?
Replies: 79
Views: 1741

Re: How much do you spend on shoes?


Agreed that £100 seems to be where the better shoes are these days
Loake have boat shoes section....so I already know where they sit on the scale :lol:

It's odd around percievd value though. Had a meal last night that was £60pp. While that's not common for me, I do wonder why that's considered ...
by Mito Man
Thu Apr 30, 2026 10:33 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Porsche's finances
Replies: 53
Views: 12988

Re: Porsche's finances

Remember when VAG lost £6 million per Veyron and then Bugatti were forced to make the Chiron profitable or have the plug pulled. Can’t really see if it was in the end.
I find Mate Rimac’s financials/background a bit odd. Young lad converts an e30 to EV, then starts a supercar company which has ...
by Mito Man
Thu Apr 30, 2026 10:12 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1835
Views: 1311133

Re: EV Thread

We had loads of problems with blowing the 100 amp fuse. But were never pulling more than 18kw peak loads. A few months ago UKPN caved and upgraded the transformer 100 metres away. Turns out when they built 6 new heat pump houses down the road they never upgraded it as it was still within spec. So ...