OV9

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.

Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 8:01 am Most. English. Thing. Ever.

In the index of the hand book:


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What's the tea cup alert? Drowsiness warning? (IE pull over and have a cup of tea)

It's what they tried to do with the japanese makes in the 90s, when it was obvious that the Japanese cars were significantly higher quality, more economical and cheaper than the USDM models.

For being The Best In The World At Everything, the americans sure are shit scared of a little competition.

I mean, the correct response to that was clearly to pick up one of the hundreds of cones, and wang it right into his face repeatedly, pointy end first.

Can't drive like a cunt if you've got no eyes.

He added: “But we explained the concept, the rationale and where it came from, especially with reference to F1, and they started to understand what the idea behind it was. However, they said that their drug dealing gangster mates weren't impressed if they couldn't straight pipe it and make it sound...

That last one would be interesting - I know they aren't as accurate as a proper gauge but a bit of a heads up on a slow leak would be nice.

Got Bimmercode/bimmerlink and a suitable OBD thingy so I can now annoy the neighbours and locals by fiddling with my flap. Also, I think I have told it to stop turning off AC recirc after a few minutes, it's supposed to automatically do it based on air quality, but I've never found that to be reliab...