ColinD

More Lakeland views today. scratted around in the dark looking for my head torch that I knew I’d packed. By time I found it, it was light enough to walk. Missed the first top and sunrise by 8mins. However this is the longest walk I’ve managed without significant pain in my leg. Even managed to buy four mtn rescue folk a round as they were out training their dogs. Plus no actual bar under high crag… enjoy it later fellas! one for the gold miners… no sign of Parker! got to love a bit of industrial blight

Forecast on Tuesday was for low cloud, fog with a high holding to the weekend. Booked a bed for Thursday night and off I went. Perfect weather to get up to the lakes and above the clouds… was my hunch, the gamble paid off. the lakes with an inversion. Looking south from skiddaw. then something I’d never seen before. It was for I g really slowly then vanished. In all my days I’d not heard about or seen… this is a white rainbow or a Fogbow. Fogbow with brockenspectre for bonus points now I just have to work for eight hours without falling asleep.

Maybe it will be the mast of a future navy ship … sadly I can’t pick the tree type, I’d pick oaks… but then we need them all. some of the names are quite interesting.

This specific forum will disappear in a few days. clubs will become a top level menu item next to forums. the content will appear in the activity/unread just as it does now, so if anything that’s a higher billing. there are a lot of forums. The most common bit of feedback I get is…. It’s too confusing where stuff is. Most of this is related to the model forums. But the additional forums on many levels just distracts and takes up space. Clubs in a way give it a whole clean layer to exist within. Most folk won’t join the forum to post about a run. Once you’ve been around a bit, the community/ancillary side takes on more importance. hth.

It and a subsequent vrs were both for want of a better phrase done with a laptop. it did go on rolling roads, but not to be mapped. for a stage one it’s not worth it. Your butt dyno will give you all the vital data you need even a mild remap transforms it! more so on twisty roads thanks to its smaller turbo it’s kind of ready to go. Plus the haldex you can get on it sooner Just the body roll to learn/ lean into That can be solved with anti roll bars and dropped suspension kit, dropped to normal height. I miss not caring about the height of things. I don’t know how “slammed” owners get anywhere so long way, dyno not essential on an established unit like that at stage one. if you even want to do it at all

@AnnoyingPentium have updated the tree list. You will see there is another one between... the reason will become obvious shortly...:

There might be *IF* there is and that's a vanishingly small if... It will be closed and content will only appear to those members. There will also be a set of very tight rules to agree to on joining said club. So not like any club of the eton mess.

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So new year and I could not resist a bit of tinkering... and that is my cover story for having not gotten around to this sooner... (like last year). There is a feature of the software that we've largely ignored. Trying to find a good use for it. Well, after a bit of thought and looking... We may have one and the health hub is the first one to go Introducing... The Health Club. Yep, I used all my creative nouse for 2022 on this one. This is a link to it: In essence it's a section of the forum that behaves like a club. I.e. you join it, you post topics. But it's a club if that makes sense. ie others with this subset of interests. One of the biggest challenges in any forum is making it easier to find stuff, be that content or people of a like mind. so we join a club, the local running club if that's your torture. Other clubs to follow will make more sense ie you have to join to see the posts, or reply to them. Health Club is open, so anyone can still contribute while we get them off the ground. You'll see a new navigation entry; Clubs, I know awesome creativity here. This will take you to the clubs, others to follow as hinted at... eg regional meets & events, EV talk and so on

As a former owner I feel I should know. however, I don’t. there weee a lot of similar options kicking about back then. whilst being 150 out of the box it remapped to 180, 200 just fine. Comparable to the vrs at the time, just with more body roll. id definitely try the legit paths to elsawin. One never knows how damaging copied or forged, unlicensed material can be. Good luck!

It is now the 19th year yes. What a year though. Did it happen? Also brings to mind next year, 2022 is the twentieth. do we have a giant bash this summer or next summer? I’m thinking bbq, track day, museums, chip shop, promenade, a grand tour, who knows. new thread for sure. thank you to all who make this a great place for yourself and everyone else to enjoy.

Haha ok I’ll take a pic on sat from the pub car park… although thinking on…. It’s in the photo. At least four I’d happily walk/go to are. Deceptive hills hiding stuff.

Not quite middle of nowhere, but the scenic path back from the post office. I’m so unfit at the moment. Days past I’d go out to beyond the skyline and back for a pub lunch.

I remember learning about the difference between petrol and diesel. Arh warm memories flooding back. petrol filled paint cans went up quite easily. Diesel took much longer and often required a tap with a long pole after a few mins. I later found out books had been invented. To be fair they went up quite well too. One of the above statements isn’t true. Although I may of burnt a book so who knows. Dan that’s another tree to plant. Naughty colin. yea batteries… fire… scary. also rac/as towing is a challenge. But so is a 4x4 so that’s a moot point for me at least. One thought I did have is how long before the bmw meme with snowsocks on the front wheels will be replicated. the irony as bmw starts going fwd and 4x4, most other tanks go rwd.

Don’t know if it’s profit related, but sales guy did mention not putting a lot in to a pcp deposit. For the simple fact if you lose it, ie write off, that deposit is gone. Assuming there is no gap or similar. My insurance Co; broker, said all electrics had to be referred to the insurance provider as more complex to insure. I took that as new and unknown. Although that can’t be true for much longer. @Luckypants thanks for that my elvenses sorted.

Big box… fun test. I have a gravel bike. It fits easily in the superb boot, seats down. id4, this test pass would seem logical. The frunk is a bit of a miss. that said the ford looks longer, deeper wonder if it’s long enough to sleep in I don’t know why under boot floor cable storage is a thing. Got a boot full of stuff for you hols, you’re not emptying the boot to get to those cables. I guess as we do with the focus now, fill those up with stuff stash the cables on top, or the frunk. the ford, has a good price, super easy building it too. You don’t need a degree in config management to get the things you likely want in a 50k car. i’m still tempted to do a spreadsheet for the enyaq/id4. backup seems to be id3.

Thanks for being a member. Duration matters not, enjoy your new ride and stay safe.

Yep just a big on multi quote. I’ll take a look over the software vendors pages… can’t promise a fix. It may even be fixed, we’re an update behind and waiting on the final release of the next one to update. Hopefully before year end. On this my hands are tied. for now let’s see if we can do it again and then note it might happen. Multi quotes don’t get used that often, so good spot. thanks

Still the front runner for most boring car... not a great opening line. But the rest of the article makes for ok reading. I'd sort of landed on the ford mustang as ticking most boxes till we got to the boot. Probably didn't help I followed one the other day for a while. I used up more of my fuel than he did his I reckon No idea which version it was, but it can't of been the GT one. Not looking that far up the order anyway. The polestar2 again strong choice, but the boot. C40, same thing the boot... In that sense the enyaq wins out. It wins in other criteria too... None of then win as a 'driving' car. But that's possibly not a bad thing, as the MG5 review suggests, the ev's aren't going to draw out the hidden hooligan, unless you have a ludicrous mode one The e208/corsa/id3 size is spot on. Enough to do local, regional and the odd sprint into wales. Heck I used to make the citigo work for scottish trips. That had an effective range of 200miles. and was hard work to drive. Granted it only cost a few kiwi fruits to buy. More torn now... have to resist the 'quicker' variants. That includes the 80x... soon as 50k rolls up the market is very, very crowded and I reckon likely to get more so in 12 to 18mths. In part I want the grant to be gone so the prices will not be inflated by the grant and maybe even begin to make them compete on ICE prices. Timing... Or just go and sign the damned order and get on with something else like shedding the mince pie collection.

Have cleaned the topic up a touch. I think the essence is left in place.

@SC03OTT I'll hold my hand up to that. Never done a PCP before so just looking at the headline small print I can read easily. Seeing the 8p per mile, so only an extra £80 if I want to go to scotland. I think I'll of saved that by then none the less, it's still a 'restriction'. Not used to it, so fair for me to consider it. @roottoot Yep that's a really good point. I was about to suggest we switch t Octopus before the energy crisis hit and SWMBO wanted to stick with eon, figuring if they fail then everyone else has too and the market will be dead. Would be lovely if all the profits were just not there and there was a simpler tariff everyone was on. @roo sure most of my trips are crica 70 miles, those trips I just don't want to be bothered with a charge, get out climbing quick while the weather holds, pop to the pub for juice and crisps, get home fall asleep get up for work. Not really seeing a 30min wait at a charger at midnight In that sense any of the PSA would do, but I'd feel robbed soon as I went over the county line I'd not thought about the MG5, that works

Here due to reports. Reviewing the posts, I think it's fair to say both are right/valid for different reasons. However one has to consider my skills vs the skills of someone else. Knowing my luck I'd drop the wire in front of the airbag, you may not @SkudMissile21 but others may. So a note of warning is fair, saying do not, might be too far. For as you have noted different people have different skills. That's how I've read it all and I'm sure @ApertureS would concur. End of the day, it all it's an owners choice and being made aware of the risks is fair. The role of the forums is of course to promote discussion and exchange points of view, knowledge and information. In that sense this thread has done that. We won't all agree and we won't all think the others view isn't right, discuss.

Found this interesting... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011wn5 well more challenging than interesting. I think the fact people get screwed over by big corps is well known.

Went to scratch my electric itch the other day thanks to rainworths for the loan of a Enyaq 60 in loft. Nice damp /raining day so found it quite good fun, in a don't stack it kind of way. Definitely feel the electric car is made for A/B roads and less so motorways. In that sense I'm sold. It's more than good enough for all my local, regional needs. Do I need it to be so big, no. I don't need the superb either. Octavia is fine, fabia estate would be sweet too. So a e208/, id3, born should be considered even a leaf... capping at 200miles real range logic. I'm still wary on the longer 'special' trips eg 'popping' up to Scotland for a long weekend. 1k round trip. I've been planning my superb drives as if it were electric, I can see the charging wait work. Although a few times found charges in use and a queue. A1M/A66. I guess being canny one would stop just before a 'hotspot'. Or stop often but for less time. If stacked/broken carry on... kind of the never halve less than half a tank in the highlands logic. Having popped the superb to the local tesco's for her fill up, it's been a while, and hitting the card limit I was more than resolved to decide something this year. Partly as the trade in offer on the super at the moment nets me at 140quid a month deprecation from what I paid in Aug 19. 3yrs old in March. However a quick bit of research, with other deals eg peugeot, kia, most of them popped another grand on the value and more discount to boot. I can play harder ball of course, if I want a enyaq... So now I'm torn, the enyaq, never thought I'd like a SUV. I actually fell out of it, mis judged the step height and ... I caught myself. So I'm really torn. The bigger the car; anything more than the fabia size needs a drive adjustment to fit. So that's a few physio trips to sort my back to add in That and lots of options/models will be coming in the next 6 months, perhaps some that fit between small city only and inter city... In part I just want to PCP a bog standard one for a few years, ride out the technology shifting phase. Heck might even see hydrogen in 5 to 10. In part just keep the superb, swallow the fuel cost, it nets out while I'm not doing much mileage vs high monthly pcp ( I paid cash for the superb on a 10yr plan in Aug 19 ) Timing eh Also tor on mileage caps for pcp. Never had to think about it and feel I'd be restricted. That said SWMO has an unlimited focus lease so south of france in yr 3 with 500miles left on allowance is still doable. Or the other side of the tear in my mind is the superb owes me little as in I spent the cash, and I can drop 100 quid in her and go 400miles. maybe 450 if I take it out of sport and use the eco setting on the magic throttle pedal box instead of sport+1 at junctions So existing car, new car costs, ongoing costs who knows maybe in three years I'd still get a good price and keep the 140 quid a month depreciation curve. Doubtful I know. So all in all, I liked the enyaq, I kind of hoped I'd hate it to finish the itch. Now I find myself really trying to reconcile the man maths... I'm not drawn to it like I was the 270+ superb as a motor to go and have a drive in... but if I truly wanted that I'd have a GTi or GR Yaris... Neither of which would be on my drive come sun up. So I just want to get from A to B well, with minimal hassle and truth be known because I can do something about my impact in the environment buy a brand new car lol... I just can't make sense of the voices inside my head. Anyway, nothing really to add.... Maybe see you at a charging point in March/April... but what will I be driving. Open to thoughts others may have or have had, outcomes, regrets, joy etc

Out of interest, how would an unsuspecting; £50quid in the pub buyer 🙄, be able to identify this as stolen. Ie is there an easy way to see, guessing you don’t have the serial number etc/changeable. just thinking about a few things we can do better as a community with some tools