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Oil prices falling for months. £ going up for the past 3 years (weak £ was their excuse last time). Petrol prices seem like they've been at 1.41-1.45 all year

What a find.

I saw some maths on a tweet but it’s more like 1 in 11 or 12 cars can be ICE/hybrid. But then you’d also have to consider carbon credits sharing and pooling. Is it more valuable for BMW to make a hybrid M3 or just have a M8 and give the rest to Rolls Royce.


I’d have thought the more luxurious ...

I saw some maths on a tweet but it’s more like 1 in 11 or 12 cars can be ICE/hybrid. But then you’d also have to consider carbon credits sharing and pooling. Is it more valuable for BMW to make a hybrid M3 or just have a M8 and give the rest to Rolls Royce.

Sweet, better than a street circuit. Surprised Portugal can afford it though.

Yeah, but kinda will be the same thing. We’re currently not even in the 55% emission reduction bracket which will take place in 2030, just look at how heavily hybridised and expensive everything has got. And many manufacturers haven’t even hit that and are backdating it with proposed future EV sales ...

It’s meaningless for most people though. It’s pretty much an exemption for very high end cars. 10% of car output exempt and a host of other strings attached on top. Good news if you’re buying the next generation La Ferrari or P1 or 918.

I've just had a KitKat chunky, probably the first one in over a year. WTF has happened to these? Chocolate part tastes pretty bad, it's almost like sickly sweet dark chocolate.

If it looks like shit, smells like shit...

Oh, and £3k a year for a non-dealer warranty sounds expensive to me. I know they have a penchant for being expensive cars, but if it's that for third party, how much is the main dealer warranty!?


I don't think that sounds bad value for a warranty on a Maserati which was £140k new. I wonder ...

You’re meant to change them yearly. Would add up pretty quick on a few cars.

Now he'll just be paying the mechanics crazy amounts a month - it's a fucking Maser Levante

Aren't they, like, famously unreliable, even by "Italian car" standards? Even by modern Maserati standards, which aren't exactly high to begin with?


I’m not sure if the V8 is also terrible, seems like ...

Father and son ffs

Wtf is he on about in the end? Is that a euphemism for shagging his car?

Kind of watch I’d expect Epstein to wear

IanF wrote: Sat Dec 13, 2025 4:05 pm Think it’s just the updated design of Michelin tyres.. think tyre review mentioned it

Inconclusive. The tyre pictured on the eBay ad is dated 1125. The ones my dad had fitted recently are 2625 and 4125 and they are not fancy

Chaps. I have noticed something.
Whilst sitting at the soupcharger I noticed the brand new Model Y beside me was shod with Michelin PS4S tyres. But they looked fancy . Looking online I have found a PS4S with the fancy tyre wall I’m referring to
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365755548292?_ul=UK&mkevt ...

Offer them £1.9 milly due to the upcoming mansion tax.
Think of the headache you’ll save over renovating your current place

I found out something silly about electronic handbrakes recently. They’re designed so as to not be accidentally activated, so if the car is moving you need to hold them for 3-5 seconds depending on manufacturer for it to activate. 3-5 seconds is a long time if you have an actual brake line let go or ...

Needs aggressive advertising. No NCGs know about Pistonheads. But when we had all those rubbish online car supermarkets pop up everyone knew about them in a short space of time.