EV Thread

[integrale_evo]

I told my dad on the day the war started to quickly order heating oil. He got it for 62p, just looking now and it’s £1.30!

My Dad and Brother tried the same but the Oil Companies aren't accepting Payment in advance - Bill will be the price on the day...

Yep, pisstake.

Crude had gone up about 25% at the time, but heating oil had more than doubled in 4 days. Ours was ordered the week before and delivered Friday for £338 for 500l inc vat.

Petrol has jumped 8p at Tescos, but less at shell, so only a couple of pence between the two. Diesel however approx 12p/ litre more at shell than Tesco.

I think fuel being stable so long has flattered inflation rates, it doesn’t seem to have moved more than a few pence either way in 3 years or so.

[V8Granite]

Sadly not but in winter our gas bill is virtually no different.

We had a back boiler but the plumbing wasn't suitable to go with our boiler so we had to remove it. The next house will have a Russian Stove and back boiler definitely as we will have more space.

Dave!

[John]

I drove quite a few miles on the A1 yesterday and the large difference in fuel prices was surprising, the garages taking the piss at not far off £1.70 a litre for diesel were mainly deserted. I filled up at one charging £1.44 which wasn't bad for the location.

[dinny_g]

I told my dad on the day the war started to quickly order heating oil. He got it for 62p, just looking now and it’s £1.30!

My Dad and Brother tried the same but the Oil Companies aren't accepting Payment in advance - Bill will be the price on the day...

God bless a woodburner

Dave!

Brothers quote has gone up €100... since yesterday (€850 to €950)

[Mito Man]

New i3. No not a new version of the old i3. New 3 series i3.


Why did they make the back like a 2 series coupe

[Rich B]

i quite like the front, not so much the rear. The (awful) steering wheel looks like it’s upside down and the big screen looks like it’s been sat on.

[Swervin_Mervin]

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.

[Jobbo]

Definitely taking too many cues from the X2 there. It manages to make the 3-series look narrow and tall from behind, not low and wide as it should.

Neue Klasse? Bag of shite.

[Simon]

WTF IS THAT STEERING WHEEL?????? WHY DOES IT NEED 4 SPOKES?

[Mito Man]

WTF IS THAT STEERING WHEEL?????? WHY DOES IT NEED 4 SPOKES?

3 spokes was the old class

[integrale_evo]

I was hopeful this would be the first decent looking new bmw for a while.

I don’t dislike it, but the rear end is pretty disappointing, and the steering wheel is daft.

[IanF]

WTF IS THAT STEERING WHEEL?????? WHY DOES IT NEED 4 SPOKES?

I think there’s only 2, top and bottom. Hard to tell though

[Beany]

WTF IS THAT STEERING WHEEL?????? WHY DOES IT NEED 4 SPOKES?

To distract you from that fucking screen in the middle, obviously.

[Mito Man]

The interior is disappointing. It’s just a Tesla dash with an ugly steering wheel and wonky screen so you can differentiate it.

The new DS looks nicer inside - again minus the steering wheel

[jamcg]

That’s French, it’s allowed a little crazy

[Jobbo]

That new DS looks just like every other Stellantis product - I have lost track of what the models are called but Peugeots, Vauxhalls, DSs all have the same slightly tall slab-sided proportions.

[Rich B]

WTF IS THAT STEERING WHEEL?????? WHY DOES IT NEED 4 SPOKES?

The scary thing is, those 4 spokes aren’t the 4 you think. there are actually 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom.



it truly is the ugliest steering wheel i have ever seen.

[Jobbo]

There are four steering wheel designs... one spoke, two spokes, three spokes and four spokes? Each deleting one more of the spokes on the 4 spoke wheel?

It's weird that there are gaps which aren't big enough to slide your hand through. Getting you little finger caught in one appears to be a genuine risk.