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by Swervin_Mervin
Sat Nov 09, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 22042
Views: 3464843

Re: Your fleet running reports

integrale_evo wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 12:09 pm 30k for brakes doesn’t seem too bad to me tbh for mixed driving
I think I managed about 50k with the 330 :lol: It'll be noted somewhere in this thread but I cba looking.
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Decent car YouTubes
Replies: 3093
Views: 747277

Re: Decent car YouTubes

nuttinnew wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2024 8:08 pm
tim wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:45 pm good to see the Castle Combe gathering of understeer mentalists is still going strong... :D
The 107 at the beginning wasn't understeering :D :lol: 8-)
The Z4 driver definitely was :shock: :?
And the Audi near the end. I was howling :lol:
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Is the rent a pittance? I'd imagine just chucking wild flower seeds and entering the stewardship scheme would be better and you won't end up with land which will not be tied up forever more and looking out to an eyesore. Clearly not a pittance! Although I do wonder how many are on inherited land be...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Rum Fred
Replies: 29
Views: 1198

Re: Rum Fred

Remember evostick? Formerly of this parish? He got me into rum properly as he recommended Mount Gay XO. He has a lot to answer for really. Anyway, sadly they changed the recipe a few years ago and it got more serious, and more ££. But it used to be perfect. Fruity, sweet, and neckable. And zero adde...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Nov 08, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Mito Man wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2024 5:14 pm I imagine all those large solar farm projects are funded by large corporations. They cost millions to set up, I doubt even someone like Clarkson could afford the initial outlay.
They are. Like wind farms also. The landowner will just get a "rent", for want of a better word.
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Nov 08, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Rum Fred
Replies: 29
Views: 1198

Re: Rum Fred

Nice, and happy birthday! Although, as a rum snob, I'll just point out that Diplomatico (especially the Reserva Exclusiva) is more of a rum liqueur than a rum. It has one of the highest added sugar %ages of any of the adulterated rums. Spiced rums, by and large, are also fairly heavily adulterated w...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Nov 08, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Yeah, diplomats don’t get paid as much as you’d think do they. The carrot must be the hope of an ambassadorial or cabinet post. Just increase their allowance. Oh yeah, I'm fine with that. I just can't get my head around not increasing their allowance and, instead, asking a business to now give a di...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Nov 08, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

This is a peach from the FCDO - ask for a discount from private schools to mitigate the increase from VAT: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/foreign-office-pleads-for-discounts-from-private-schools-after-vat-raid/ar-AA1tzdPT I mean why wouldn't the Gov't just exempt military or diplomatic familie...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 22042
Views: 3464843

Re: Your fleet running reports

If it's black, round and legal why pay more? I imagine that's what 95% of the public thinks. You're giving them too much credit for even thinking tbh. They'll just drop into Halfords/National/Kwik Fit and be told they need new tyres, and then be given a price. Maybe a couple of prices, and they'll ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 22042
Views: 3464843

Re: Your fleet running reports

If it's black, round and legal why pay more? I imagine that's what 95% of the public thinks. You're giving them too much credit for even thinking tbh. They'll just drop into Halfords/National/Kwik Fit and be told they need new tyres, and then be given a price. Maybe a couple of prices, and they'll ...
by Swervin_Mervin
Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Trust funds appear to be a whole other (massive) loophole. 40% IHT on his £9.4billion would almost solve the UK budget "black hole" that we're all now facing the consequences of.... :geek: They do pay tax. Just not in the same way Yeah sorry - I know trusts aren't tax free. Whilst I am no...
by Swervin_Mervin
Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Yes I was wondering when someone would mention him. He's worth billions, owns swathes of the poshest parts of London, and yet didn't the estate didn't pay IHT when his Dad died. Something deeply wrong there! Trust funds appear to be a whole other (massive) loophole. 40% IHT on his £9.4billion would...
by Swervin_Mervin
Tue Nov 05, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Simon wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:54 am Yes I was wondering when someone would mention him. He's worth billions, owns swathes of the poshest parts of London, and yet didn't the estate didn't pay IHT when his Dad died. Something deeply wrong there!
It's all in trust though with him, so tax will be paid in a different way.
by Swervin_Mervin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: "Always on" or "Always off" button?
Replies: 32
Views: 473

Re: "Always on" or "Always off" button?

What's the aversion to stop/start? Galaxy has it and it works well. Requires about two seconds of anticipation to dip the clutch ahead of the lights changing, but I always use it. Cuts noise and unnecessary pollution. In the case of the Superb it's simply a pretty crude system, like I've found on e...
by Swervin_Mervin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: "Always on" or "Always off" button?
Replies: 32
Views: 473

Re: "Always on" or "Always off" button?

What's the aversion to stop/start? Galaxy has it and it works well. Requires about two seconds of anticipation to dip the clutch ahead of the lights changing, but I always use it. Cuts noise and unnecessary pollution. In the case of the Superb it's simply a pretty crude system, like I've found on e...
by Swervin_Mervin
Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: "Always on" or "Always off" button?
Replies: 32
Views: 473

Re: "Always on" or "Always off" button?

Nothing gets switched on or off in the E91 - it's old enough to be a get in and go car.

Superb - stop/start gets switched off immediately, and the seat dropped a half inch (the memory seats don't ever fully return the seat to it's absolute lowest setting which is very annoying).
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Oct 31, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Pretty much. But odds on those very rich sorts having complicated tax structures minimising the impact on them whilst the small family farms get screwed over. As is the usual case. Cynic in me also says it’s a clever way to release land for development. Farmer dies, kids forced to sell off a portio...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

Mito Man wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:31 pm It’s also a black hole because whatever money you throw at it will disappear never to be seen again.
I'd suggest that particular hole is one mighty fuck of a lot bigger than £22bn
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 22042
Views: 3464843

Re: Your fleet running reports

More details of the 992 centre lock recall here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=230&t=2097699&i=20 - owners have been told not to drive them. ETA: includes Caymans and Boxsters, and Panameras too - not just 911s. But obviously only models with centre locks. Makes me...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bye bye Starmer
Replies: 972
Views: 41800

Re: Bye bye Starmer

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:42 am Black hole sounds scarier
:lol: