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Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 9:00 pm Absolute best I could get from the W12 was just over 20mpg on a long run while concentrating. So this is 20 mpg while driving a Passat. And a person/people has done that for 185k miles. That doesn't even make sense.

B5 Passat fans are weird. They're like VW T4 fans and Ford RS fans.

That is American BHP per litre levels :lol: I'd agree, but it's not even that torquey - 270 lb-ft. And it drinks like a fucking fish. https://www.fuelly.com/car/volkswagen/passat?engineconfig_id=&bodytype_id=&submodel_id=1235 (don't forget to change it to UK units - for the devoid of clicki...

I used to know a few around Scarborough, but around here, I've not really had the chance to find any.

I should probably do something about that now that I can afford the fuel and I'm not on call 24/7 any more (and so don't have to be near a computer all the time).

I've just checked, and indeed that apparently exists on this car in the manual (I was under the impression it was added during the cars lifecycle and didn't want to just try it for fairly obvious reasons) Bigger issue would be finding somewhere around where to properly try it. One day. Not today :lol:

Er, with two inches of usable wheel travel, that thing won't survive a speed hump in a car park.

Musks mostly seems to be appealing to neo nazis lately, and why couldn't a neo-nazi be interested in an electric car?

The rest? Thick cunts with money to burn.

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 9:18 pm That's shocking. How bad a fanboy do you have to be to put up with issues like that?

They're not fanboys.

They're members of a cult.

Having never owned an auto before, I tried 'two foot launching' the car this evening - not hard, barely 1500rpm, and only for a moment, with the brakes held down quite hard. It was enough to surprise me, it launches hard. Believe the ZF8s don't like being held on the brakes under a load greater than...

Given that now the paid influencers have stopped making videos, and actual reviewers are laughing till they fall over at the panel gaps, I imagine they are not having a good time.

Rich B wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 12:57 pm I spent a LOT of time letting Jordan Mechners brothers fall into pits of spikes on our Amiga 1200 as a kid.

...is now how I view all the times I played Prince of Persia.


(PC for me)

Update Petition got a response, and it was a mealy mouthed affair that basically said "go to the citizens advice bureau, scum" and that didn't actually get to the core of the issue; just waffle to make it look like it had been thought about. The Petitions Committee has caught wind of this,...

MikeHunt wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 2:54 pm It's been a long time since I drove an Fxx and don't remember them looking like this.

Based on the new GRY, Toyota aren't big on interiors.

F20 1-series auto climate panel

holy fuckballs, that's atrocious

The gearstick is really lazy on the Morgan, looks awful and totally out of sync with the rest of the interior. Toyota didn't a much better job, as did Land Rover mentioned above. https://i.ibb.co/7Ysb115/toyota-2020-supra-interior-gear-shift-console-gallery-08-l.jpg I mean, that AC panel is basical...

At least one of the directors at my work is a CG, there was a Ferrari 812 Comp parked outside yesterday when I was leaving. Another one has a Maybach S600. Spotting the cars is cool but parking £600k car at work when the average salary is just bumping £30k seems gauche :lol: Same at my old place. M...

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 7:51 am

A lot of content like this is engagement bait (IE completely fake), don't fall for it.

I have no memory of interacting with him either.

But we regularly had TVs (writer) Richard Porter so that probably made up for it.

I mean, I'm pretty sure you'll fuck yourself with that, too. My wine is very, very regular. Friday night - down to Lidl, get food and a bottle of St Emilion Grand Cru https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/st-emilion-grand-cru-aop/p10000289 Usually have something meaty on a Friday night, and I don't just mean yer...

More rampant, petulant incompetence from Tesla/Musk https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1790400271870509368 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/tesla-does-180-on-superchargers-rehiring-laid-off-staff-amid-new-plans/?trk=storyline-feed_main-feed-storyline-activity-card_feed-article-content That ...

So it's OPEC, but for batteries?

Hurrah! No, wait, that other one:
Oh no, not again.