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Synthetic fuels for ICE and leave EVs as an alternative choice rather than mandated

Looks nice enough Has FSH , MOT check is clear, price is about right for a trader, it's at a convenient location for you, vehiclescore is not bad What's there not too like? Personally I would just be arranging a test drive and if you like do the usual due diligence and carry out a HPI & Damage check for a few squid then hand over the dosh and enjoy https://www.dwcarsales.co.uk/used-cars/skoda-octavia-2-0-tfsi-vrs-euro-4-5dr-202405310278824 https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/results?registration=PG06JWZ&checkRecalls=true

FYI @BigCrayon DIY = Do It Yourself IIRC = If I Recall Correctly OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer kg = kilogram HTH

Did you miss the emoticon ;o) mines a petrol 🙂

wonder why these never caught on? Was it because of the Health & Safety mafia and some poppycock about problems opening externally in case of accident/emergency? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAtkoje4-eM

and at least twice the hassle as an ICE. I can get 600 miles + from a 5 minute fill up of my Superb and even if I m down to a quarter of a tank (which is where I generally fill back up) that's still ~150 miles of range for "emergency" use without having to worry about finding an open petrol station. Really not helping on selling a switch to EV ;o)

I was going from your original statement that "I noticed today that when the other cars stationary at the traffic light, my car does not brake automatically" Which I read as "when I approach already stationary traffic but not following another car within ACC RADAR range then my vehicle does not stop" . This is correct. ACC will not bring you to a stop in this scenario and the handbook explicitly states that. If however the scenario is " When following another car (within range of the ACC radar) and I am using ACC and the car in front slows to a stop my vehicle does not brake" then that is a different kettle of fish and may be indicative of a fault scenario,

@crankcase mine rigidly sticks to the 3 seconds Not something I've personally encountered and I have mine set at "Early" warning

I'm lazy, it's easier I find to tap the pedal

If it moves off within 3 seconds ACC will autofollow (ACC Ready will be shown on dash). After 3 seconds you need to tap the accelerator

I believe you can change the sensitivity somewhere

That will be a seperate assist system kicking in. If you are driving on ACC it will not stop for stationary vehicles although automatic braking may intervene seperately. However this is an emergency assist system and should not be relied on for daily driving IMHO

am I the only person thinking that emergency braking assistance is an emergency system and not something you should be relying on in traffic? That's what the brake pedal is for. FYI if you're talking about when you have ACC enabled (which will bring you to a stop if the vehicle you are following slows & stops) then the handbook explicitly states it doesn't stop for stationary objects.

You just know this will become more commonplace

Because if people can they will

so take it past where you want to be and then press the B button and bring it back down 1mph/kph at a time ;o) That said I find with the Adaptiveness of it 5mph increments are just fine

I think what this legislation does is effectively autoset the speed limiter (as fitted to many vehicles already) to the speed limit for the road you're on and will prevent you exceeding the speed limit unless (as you can with any optional speed limiter) push through it So as you say its not auto adjusting the speed but rather the speed limit setting

I was just quoting th elinked article but yes most of these are fitted to most cars already so it makes it a pointless bit of legislation (unless its to make sure enough money is spent to justify next years budget)

why single out big powerful ICE vehicles, this is all new vehicles. Ah lots of other Nanny features being mandated as well. In addition to speed limiters, the new EU regulations include other safety features like autonomous emergency braking, black box technology, emergency stop signals, driver fatigue detection, lane keep assist, built-in breathalysers, and reversing sensors or cameras DOn't get me wrong I like a good gadget as much as the next man but it becomes a Nanny system when it's mandated by law IMHO

this is about as "daft" as vegetarian sausages, burgers and sunday joints ;o)

doesn't the 2.0TDi 140bhp model have a dry clutch as well with the 2.0TDi 170BHP model having a wet clutch?

ah this makes sense (ofk this is all in relation to air transport but......) These changes have been adopted by ICAO into the 2025-2026 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Technical Instructions). The objective of these changes is to reduce the potential risk posed by lithium ion batteries in air transport. It has been demonstrated that reducing the state of charge in a lithium ion cell or battery reduces the potential for a lithium ion cell to go into thermal runaway. https://www.iata.org/contentassets/05e6d8742b0047259bf3a700bc9d42b9/lithium-battery-guidance-document.pdf

and that is probably where my confusion about the state of charge being relevant kicks in. Surely it makes no difference if the battery pack is charged to 20% or 80% the amount of chemicals in it that can contribute to a conflagration remain the same

which is an interesting point. Technically a full tank of liquid fuel is safer than a partially empty tank of liquid fuel as there is less gas (which is the flammable part) in a full tank (although as liquid fuel can "go off" then there are other factors in play as to why that may not be the case in reality)

Maybe it’s too late at night but why would level of charge impact the risk ? /me waits for a slap head moment when he wakes up