December 2021
1. Really?
2. Owner expectations?
3. Lack of tech kit to go wrong in the first place?
Must admit I’m very surprised. Read more
You must have been the result of a prank Don't take it too seriously . Read more
Thanks for the info.
unless you can always charge at home don't buy an EV charging at public charging is expensive and unreliable. There are many Youtube videos showing this one is by PetrolPete. Read more
Since when was a starting price of £14,000 for a car from the smallest / built-to-a-budget car class been considered cheap?! And we're not talking of a manufacturer known for build quality and reliability here either.
I usually get responses to common sense statements like that from people involved in the car trade saying "It's cheap compared too.." then they quote another recently introduced model that gained a huge price hike over its very similar, sometimes almost identical, previous model.
This is why people aren't buying cars in the same numbers they used to (even before Covid and chip shortages etc.) it's because car prices have gone past being too expensive and have now become obscenely ridiculous in recent times.
Although it's probably part of the car makers wider plan to convince people, then get them more comfortable with, accepting the idea of having two never ending, interest boosted 'mortgages' - one for your overpriced home and one for your overpriced car, neither of which you'll ever actually own.
If that's their plan, along with the great EV pricing scam, I'll be keeping my current car, and keep fixing it until I don't need a car any more. Read more
New car prices have risen considerably. They used to be about 60% of the cost of 1972 cars when inflation is taken into account, until about 4 years ago. Now we have the situation where even very ordinary cars like the Kia Rio are £19000 if you want satnav, aircon, reversing camera etc.
Manufacturers are making hay whilst the sun shines....
Trouble is, these new nice looking electric cars are sooo expensive that the average driver can not afford them. It’s ok that the government want us to go “electric” but at what cost!!!! and I realise we have to help with climate change, things need to be done but again at what cost. It all comes down to governments make the decisions, but we end up paying for these one way or the other.
Hopefully the price will come down as production ramps up, but in my many years life experience with various models this dose not happen (prices seem to always go up and never down) as the big players seem not to want to do this.
Ah well we can only dream of what’s it’s going to be like in the future, (flying cars next stop) ?? Read more
It looks like what the next Lexus UX should be…
I agree looks very lexusy well on the outside anyway
BBC reports over 6000 miles not 7000 miles. Don't embelish the facts. No report about whether tyres were actually legal (1.6mm+) or not. Many MOT testers advise tyres at near legal limit to drum up business. Mine failed MOT on brakes, with an advisory that tyres were near the legal limit, but on the retest they had magically grown to 4mm of tread.
Why would a Mercedes fishtail? Aren't they front wheel drive?
This sad story should concentrate on the real reason, a drunk unskilled driver, aggressively driving a powerful car, probably at excessive speed in a dangerous manner for the road conditions and the limits of the car/tyres.
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i think that, despite the headlines, the tyres are a red herring.
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Hi,
Just looking for some information that I was thinking when driving around today.
There is a Grey Box Red Light Camera situated on Park Place Road by the New Theatre Cardiff and a set of lights there consequently. If you go straight ahead, there is another set of light with no Red Light camera; I was wondering would the previous Grey Box camera trigger for the second set of lights which is approximately 121 metres away or would it only trigger for the set of lights that it is closest too?
Thanks! (No need for berating nasty comments, i’m just wondering and would like to further understand the rules of the road) Read more
Red light cameras focus on the stop line. If you cross it after the light is red (there's a small margin for error) then you're photographed and ticketed.
The Leicester junction shown has what look like repeaters to help visibility. They're after the stop line so provided the line wasn't crossed on red you're OK. ...
A car owner who did not replace his worn tyres has been jailed in a landmark case.
Henry Reynolds, 31, a father of two, was warned after an MOT test that his Mercedes’ rear tyres were near the legal limit but continued to drive a further 7,000 miles on them until the vehicle was involved in a fatal road collision in May 2018.... Read more
I am not always keen on clicking on links to sites I don't know, for obvious security reasons -
Neither am I but the topic was started by a trusted forum member thus I felt safe clicking on it....
My situation is I'm starting a new job in the new year and handing back my company car. I'll have a 20 mile around trip each day which is mainly A roads. Just need to get to A to B and back to A. Got a budget of £3000 but can be pushed. Interested in what people think of South Korean options Kia and Hyundai as used cars or just stick with proven Toyota Yaris / Honda Civic.
LE11 area if anyone knows of anything. Read more
Excellent news. Thanks for the update. Let's hope it gives you good service and best wishes for the new job.
The other day (not much on the usual channels) we watched an episode of "Scotland Yard" from 1960, black and white footage of London as detectives solved a crime.
Older members may recall this series (narrated by Edgar Lustgarten) younger members may find pictures of 1960's life of interest.... Read more
Has anyone not seen the Searchers with John Wayne at least 10 times....
Oh at least 10 times. My favourite western if not my favourite film . One of the Dukes best ever. Not watch it? That'll be the day.
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