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  1. Oh dear, that's looks like a Chinese knockoff of a Maybach. But maybe that was the look they were going for since everything seems aimed at that market.
  2. One of the keepers had a Mog the other weekend. It was right rough looking thing.
  3. It would seem unlikely that Skoda could patent such a basic system as this. In effect a coupling that indicates green when fastened and red when unfastened. Like every ISOfix baby seat for the last 10yr. I've not honestly ever heard of anyone who has said, "I am unable to tell if I have fastened my seatbelt properly". Plenty find it hard to do or can't be bothered but needing a light to tell you it's in properly? A light you can't see without looking in a very awkward place?
  4. the new M4 is smaller than my RR but still big enough to find supermarket parking a prblem Yeah it looks like it's big enough to be a pain in a supermarket car park.
  5. Donald Trump suggested you inject yourself with drain cleaner to cure COVID-19. Everything I've ever read would suggest that this would be a very bad idea and established science would also support the theory that injecting or drinking bleach is a bad idea. However I suppose it's just a theory and I've never tried it.
  6. That's a copy of the old Sony Vaio UX I always wanted one of them but had absolutely no use for it.
  7. Can someone put one in a Psion 5 chassis with a colour screen and then phone me up and ask for money I know there is this but it's not the same - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gemini-pda-android-linux-keyboard-mobile-device--2#/
  8. You know... it doesn't look any worse for it. But it's about the same as putting Shame McGowen in a tux.
  9. Touch screens in cars are a bad enough issue, very distracting and hard to use while on the move. Commen car conrols should all be physical knobs and switches so you can do what you need to do by touch alone. anything make makes you change you point of focus is not great. A basic hud which is is focus as you look ahead isn't a abad idea but only very basic info. I think in the future you'll have systems wich will point out items of note using FLIR etc but it won't be a streaming screen at short reach. It'll be imbedded into the screen
  10. Maybe or just dragging out the sale so you get frustrated and sell at a lower price. It might just be as it sounds, someone half heartedly going through the motions then giving up when they'd rather watch telly. I think I'd just do as @Sofo says, say come at 5pm. And also just add that the car is staying up for sale and it's first come first served. So basically if they turn up and buy fine if not you've lost nothing and promised nothing. Avoid cheques and Western Union BTW. Both are voidable payments. If you're doing cash have a tester pen to check for funny money. Plenty of fake £50s doing the rounds
  11. Curly Wurlies were yard long back in the good ol' days
  12. Current M2 is 100mm longer than the original M3. says something about how porky our cars are these days
  13. Yeah I think this has been set since the boot doesn't open super high. I think the boot has only ever acted oddly when I've opened it using the keys, which makes me think I'm not quite doing what I'm supposed to. I saw those buttons they're next to the tow bar button that gets clobbered by the pram. I've not tried them yet, well not knowingly anyway. Best option I've seen so far... https://accessories.landrover.com/us/en/range-rover/interior/function-technology/vplgs0441pvj-tailgate-event-seating-in-ebony-leather/ For only $3400. I'm sure the UK option is the same with a £. I think I'll just treat myself to some rubber mats from ebay I need to sort my ins tonight, I've been running on the free 7 day drive away ins so I could wait for the V5 to come through and I can transfer my plate and do the ins on that at the same time. Quotes for the RR are surprisingly low, lower than BMW despite it being a lot more valuable.
  14. A few things I don't like The indicator noise. The automatic windows wipers are hyper senstive they won't behave themselves. TBH that's my experience of most auto wipers. I'd rather have an intermittent I could control manually. The boot opening and closing is a bit sensitive. It like to stop. I've a feeling I'm not doing something quite right with it. The deployable tow bar button is nicely located so you can hit it putting a pram in or out of the boot. Power sockets in the boot are under a cover, why not this? The ICE and connectivity is horribly complex. I've set up at least three seperate accounts for apps, nav and other things but still can't see how to get a map update. It's got Android CarPlay which is good, but figuring out how to switch to it is basically pot luck. Everything else is great. I love how quiet it is on the motorway The mpg is really quite reasonable (~35mpg) but I'm finding I drive much more slowly now. The 335d made you drive faster. The V6 noise is nice Love the space Surprisingly now I'm driving a car I used to always accuse its drivers of tailgating me I'm now getting tailgated a lot and cut up. People seemed more wary of the BMW, but not this, it's the size of a house but it seems to bring out the nutters.
  15. I did this for a while, but it's not ideal. It's expensive to keep two cars on the road if you're only using one occationally. Might be cheaper to hire a car to do those occasional tasks then to keep a second. I had a whole thread on whether to get a 3rd car just for offroading but it didn't stack up and I took a long path to swap to a car that can do everything I need.
  16. It might only be a Jimny but they're not cheap cars. Would be nice to to worry about a £24k motor
  17. If it's a wee outside car wash place their chrmicals can be quite strong and leave a lot of wax. If you don't like vinegar use windolene (which has vinegar in it). Car glass has a clear coating on it that might holding onto the water
  18. It's really not a bonny car. Grill too big, wheels too small. Might be a bad angle I suppose. It's probably lovely if you look at it from behind a brick wall.
  19. Actually every NHS trust is a seperate legal entity, 14 in Scotland alone. GP's surgeries are also independent businesses as are pharmacies and dentists. The NHS is quite an odd conglomeration of bits and pieces that get referred to as a single thing.
  20. New models are often a bit flaky. With so much tech it's not really a surprise that the majority of issues inthe future will be software related. There is probably nothing wrong with that camera module, it's probably not compatible with the car software update, or the update is applied in the wrong order. If you've ever worked on computers for a living all these issues start to sound familiar
  21. If I'd bought a Sport I'd have to agree with you. I'd like to think I've made the gentlemans choice Some more good new for me though. Since I have the RR with the smallest alloys there are proper off-road tyres available. the 21" and 22" alloys don't really get anything knobbly at all. My mate boasts about having to pull a Discovery out of mud with his ancient Subaru. I'm not having that
  22. A little too late now in afraid with the RR on the drive. The Grand Cherokee would have fit the bill but they don't sell them any more. As said I didn't really want a3rd car and if I was swapping the bmw for a 4x4 it had to be a nice place to be since it'll get used for some long trips down south. Nearly bought a Landcruiser but ended up with a RR.
  23. Might have been a couple of gallons left. Trip said 70mi left in the tank.

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