Stonekeeper

The signs to say it's dropping to 30 are still on the road coming the other way because they removed the signs but haven't resurfaced the road. I noticed the sign had gone from here the first time i used the road after about three years after it had been removed. it's not just one sign that is removed though is it. When the road is not 30 there are repeater signs along the road as well. Observation is important when driving, i drive a lot and many times remember when roads had higher speed limits posted that no longer exist. I also remember many country roads being National speed limit and it was down to the driver to read the warning triangles for bends etc and slow down for them. Most of those roads have now been allocated lower speeds for there entire length because numpties need telling what to do, otherwise they would belt round at the National speed limit and blame the Council for not telling them to slow down. I was not saying that "you" don't look out of your windscreen personally. I was saying modern Drivers rely too much on in Car instruments to drive their vehicle, hence the sign recognition nonsense, which distracts from Driving the car with proper observation. If you include yourself that's your decision not mine.

The people who live there, who use it most i would expect, were notified more than two years before implementation. They had an opportunity to express their concerns. If i can find it now Two years later there is no excuse for not knowing it has changed. It does make me realise why cars now need traffic sign recognition though, apparently drivers nowadays don't look out of the windscreen anymore.

Public consultation started in June/July 2022

If the road was a thirty going into a forty and now it's no longer forty, just taking the sign away that changed it to 40 is all that is necessary. Signs are only needed when the road speed changes as you drive along it. Not when it happened earlier in the year. Councils usually run a public awareness campaign when it's happening

70 litres?

I have seen stats for the Passat at 18.5 Gallons capacity

50 mpg at an average speed of 36mph sounds good to me?

Hope the info helps you sort it out

Tank apparentley 18litres so if it said it was low and you only put 10 in I don't see what you did wrong. Did you turn ignition on without starting the engine for 30 secs if not maybe do it now?

Check they play normally elsewhere then check the sampling rate/speed https://ownersmanuals.blob.core.windows.net/ownersmanuals/en/Octavia_5E/07-2018/OwnersManual.pdf

https://www.theaa.com/mot/advice/what-do-i-do-if-my-mot-fails

A good place for an independent MOT is the Local council yard/garage

So you can drive the car from the testing station because the old MOT is still valid, The Police would only be interested if it was flagged as Dangerous. If the light has only just come on it would be unlikely the pads were dangerous

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-40-inch-tv https://www.techradar.com/uk/televisions/best

That together with the planning going into creating congestion on the roads.

When the Beeching axe fell i doubt London noticed Coloured lines Historic red today

The big mistake was made by Beeching, instead of using the local lines to create his Intercity network, knocking many local services to hourly and less, they should have built the High speed networks when they had the room. we could now have trams on all the old lines. This is a map of Railway lines in my local area. The green (L&YR) and purple(LNWR) lines are Historic the red are today You can have a look where you live https://www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php

I remember as a child going on Holiday to the IOM in the 1960s We went on the Train/foot/ferry the luggage was sent via parcelforce/post office two weeks before and we got it back two weeks after we came home. Those were the days. I was the first in my immediate family to have a car, i know which i prefer.

"The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) reported 23 fires in 611,000 EVs during 2022, or 0.004 per cent in a year, which makes it 20 times less likely to happen than ICE car fires, which burned 3,400 times in 4.4 million cars, or 0.08 per cent" Whichever group you look at fires are rare. They just make big news.

They fly around the country

Maybe these people can help? https://www.group1auto.co.uk/skoda/motability-adaptations

"So unless I have some genetic deformity and have grown 2 right arms, how can disabled drivers press the brake AND select a gear at the same time???" If the vehicle had "autohold" on the handbrake would that not allow for that in an automatic?

Sun Cable, owned by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, said the approval was “a vote of confidence” in the project.