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by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Apr 09, 2026 10:00 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 25579
Views: 5272408

Re: Your fleet running reports



Will be interesting to see how the Gtecniq it performs with keeping the wheels clean, and how long it lasts. I also bought some of that Turtlewax on hybrid ceramic spray, but I thought for the wheels it's worth putting something more long term on them. Ceramic coating is a new fangled thing to ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Trump
Replies: 3584
Views: 663122

Re: Trump

Filled up the Skoda at the weekend. No SUL at my usual Tesco on the A34, and no diesel either!

Will take the 330 to work tomorrow and hopefully there's still be some UL left for me to brim that.
by Swervin_Mervin
Sun Mar 29, 2026 9:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: No F1 thread?
Replies: 6082
Views: 1169600

Re: No F1 thread?

I've not even been checking results. I caught 5mins today, from a distance (it was on at the other end of the room while I was cooking) and it looked utterly wank with the whole drop off on the straights.

I wouldn't blame Verstappen for nobbing off to do something more interesting.
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 25, 2026 5:17 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: AC Schnitzer
Replies: 22
Views: 1106

Re: AC Schnitzer

Anyone modifying with the sort of stuff that ACS have made recently probably just buys cheap tat equivalents from Temu. The car scene has changed dramatically I think with the younger gen modifying with absolute tat, and the older crows going way more custom and buying older cars.
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 20, 2026 10:13 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 25579
Views: 5272408

Re: Your fleet running reports

2nd incident in 2mo near the airport this week. This time some muppet pulled a manoeuvre in front of me that meant I had to take avoiding action. I misjudged it though and clipped the osr wheel on a traffic island.

So I'm currently having 2 new rears fitted. The tyre didn't blow but the rim put a ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 20, 2026 9:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: Trump
Replies: 3584
Views: 663122

Re: Trump

I missed this yesterday. Sat with the wife watching the 10pm news I said "she's just checked her watch and looks desperate to get out of there. She looks well.pissed off as well."

Wife then tells me what he said and my jaw hit the floor. Even for Trump that's a pretty fucking retarded new low.
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Mar 19, 2026 10:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2972
Views: 910959

Re: The House Projects Thread



I do make a tip run once a month, usually with cardboard.


This was my initial solution too, but when I had nothing other than excess recycling it started to wind me up.


That's fair enough. It's not far for me and no pre-booking required (yet). It winds me up far less than the 4 bins do ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Mar 19, 2026 10:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2972
Views: 910959

Re: The House Projects Thread




Yeah, I think I'd be tempted to lose a few of those bins. Who tf needs two of each?


erm..... :oops: we have two plastic and two cardboard recycling bins. These only get collected every 4 weeks (plastic one week, carboard two weeks later etc etc), so one wasn't enough. I hate that they take ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Mar 19, 2026 9:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2972
Views: 910959

Re: The House Projects Thread


Due to the camera lens distortion I’m struggling to tell if the normal waste bin is one of those slimline ones. Anyway, we aren’t planning on increasing our waste output just because we’ve moved house (other than maybe garden waste) and we currently manage fine with one recycling and one normal ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Tue Mar 17, 2026 2:53 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1814
Views: 1281670

Re: EV Thread

As with the ix3, it seems that they're overstating the "new era of design" aspect of the Neue Klasse idea. It's just a new corporate BMW face grafted on to a body that otherwise looks like a pre-existing model, in this case the dumpy 2-series.
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 13, 2026 10:43 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: The AI Thread
Replies: 144
Views: 56959

Re: ChatGPT

There's no fucking superintelligence going on there :lol:
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 11, 2026 2:29 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Mini E
Replies: 33
Views: 1277

Re: Mini E




Mini E was technically an i3 wasn’t it? At least I remember all the technical stuff underneath the i3 having Mini logos on it. I think I’d just go for an i3 which is more spacious, better city car, rwd, better quality materials.




Also - I'm not sure about the reference to better quality ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 11, 2026 12:23 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Mini E
Replies: 33
Views: 1277

Re: Mini E


Fair enough, and that would make sense considering it was a pioneer of BMWs new eco cars at the time. I think they look fab on the outside.


Agree. BMW haven't topped it yet really have they? Personally I'd sooner have an i3 over a MINI. Every MINI I've ever been in or looked has felt cheap ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:58 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Insurance (general moaning thread)
Replies: 75
Views: 46307

Re: Insurance (general moaning thread)



i expect it’s like they say about informing your insurance company when you’re doing renovation works.


I was just chatting to a friend about that, becuase he was surprised to learn he wasn't insured for building works when he was having kithchen re-done (involving moving windows etc)

@mik ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 06, 2026 10:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 6 Nations
Replies: 267
Views: 84477

Re: 6 Nations


Great game.

Rhys Carre try made me think of this… 😂

https://youtube.com/shorts/XDcqxgDsXDA?si=_HytDxL7N0hvc4rq

:lol:

That was a brilliant moment. His face when he stepped inside and realised he was clear :lol:

Was a great game. Not too much kicking, lots of hits. Wales look like a ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 06, 2026 9:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 6 Nations
Replies: 267
Views: 84477

Re: 6 Nations

Come on Wales!
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 06, 2026 9:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2972
Views: 910959

Re: The House Projects Thread

That’s fantastic news Gav!

Where are things at now in terms of them being out of the place? I thought I recalled seeing you manage to get in there and see the state of the place and get it cleared - is that not the case?
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Mar 05, 2026 3:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Trump
Replies: 3584
Views: 663122

Re: Trump






But which came first? The River to the Sea dogma or the recent aggression in Gaza??


The British and the Yanks. Wooo! Go us!


Judea was there before Britain or America...


In relevant recent history they lived together. Most of the Middle East had no borders 'til we carved it up and ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Trump
Replies: 3584
Views: 663122

Re: Trump




Indeed...

Palestine - "From the River to the Sea, so shall it be". World - "Israel, go and negotiate with these guys"

Iran - "Death to America". World "America, go and negotiate with these guys"


Israels genocide campaign just entrenched the belief that there can’t be agreement.

Same is ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 04, 2026 8:10 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Parents car you hated most as a kid
Replies: 31
Views: 1239

Re: Parents car you hated most as a kid

My Dad briefly had a mk3 Escort company car that was shit. And the Polo breadvans my Mum has were fairly uninspiring.

Otherwise, between both parents, it was

Renault 5
Renault 16
Renault 30
Citroen BX 16RS
Citroen BX 19GT Digit
Renault 25 TXE Executive
Citroen BX 17DTR estate
Citroen AX 1.0