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I'm aware of that which is why I said maybe it's the Essex boys popping to the east of London 🙄

Maybe it's just the Essex boys popping to the east of London then who fancy a joyride in the county of Essex 🤷 Southend is at number 10. @toot is safe enough. Very rare when traveling to the ferry at Harwich not to see a burned out vehicle on the A12 https://totallossgap.co.uk/blog/post/the-worst-and-best-areas-for-uk-car-theft/518

My first thought as well. I didn't notice what Graham describes in any places I've lived. Essex was famous for car crime and car theft IIRC.

If you want a fully loaded EV van to go and do your job of work a few hundred miles away (ie 200 miles or more and not necessarily in John O Groats) then good luck getting there never mind back again on one charge. IIRC only the E Transit comes close with a full load range of 196 miles. BT/ Openreach are testing them last I heard. Not so practical for the work I did which needed a van with a work bench and full height to work in but possibly doable. More suited for local home installers/ testers/ planners/ managers etc.

So one battery fire and four other cars parked in close proximity, a rubbish truck fire due to some dumbass putting batteries in their waste and an e-scooter battery fire. Was it a cheap Chinese import. I note all the stories were from the Daily Fail - a 'newspaper' that, like others, seems to have an agenda against EV cars. Scaremongers that lot. Not even fit to be used as a Wikipedia citation.

They've started using the taxi version of those round here. Just call one via the app like an Uber https://vhhbus.de/hop/

Google references are neither here nor there. What matters it's what's specifically worded in the MoT requirements which don't use the word strict. Strict could be a sliding scale. If you want strict, get a car MoT'd (TüV tested) in Germany. It'll undergo a several hours long scrutiny. Granted, the TüV is valid for two years but there's nothing overlooked and no detail too small to fail you on. There's also no such thing that I know of as a 'friendly test station'. LED reverse bulbs I had on my MkII Fabia which passed an MoT in the UK I removed upon selling it in Germany. Placed them in my Rapid and were pulled out and replaced with standard bulbs at its TüV test. I was told not to refit them. That's about as friendly as a friendly tester gets here. That was at a garage we (family wise) have been using for decades. Just remembered, I had HIDs on it as well. I was told to remove them before the dealer I bought my Rapid off would accept it as a trade in. They also passed a UK MoT.

It doesn't mention 'strict test' in that. Only that most vehicles must be tested. The word 'strict' doesn't appear at all. It also says they're 'usually'tested using a meter. Usually doesn't mean always.

That was 'Witness' co-starring Kelly McGillis (Charlie in Top Gun). It was about a young Amish boy who witnessed a murder in the city. Ford's character was a city detective who went to the Amish community to try and find out what the boy had seen. The scene you describe is where the community were raising a new barn. A fine film from the mid 80's. No Amish were harmed in the making of this film. Nor were any actual Amish in it.

Anglia? My dad had one of those. 1600 I think it was. He told me he put a diff from a lower powered model in and said he could almost pop a wheelie at the traffic lights.

Bloody hell those things have a fully rear end. I saw a Lynk & Co 01 the other day. Not too bad looks wise but Chinese I believe.

Same. And Frosties, Coco Pops or whatever was sweet

I was watching The 1970s Supermarket on Channel 5 last week. They showed how much (little) wheat went into a pack of Sugar Puffs if you want to get an idea of how much it expands. https://www.channel5.com/show/the-1970s-supermarket/season-1/episode-3

I was almost with him on everything until he said he wouldn't take it on a track. Well WHY would you? It's not a track day car. It's a GT for long journeys in relative comfort.

It was a solid car.No rust in sight. It was a very dark purple with tiny metallic flakes. Personally I'm not a fan of the skirts etc. IMO it'd look better stock. No idea why the owner was using trade plates to visit a flea market 50kms away from where it's registered on a Sunday

Linky no worky

Lithium hates water. It gets angry and very hot and will boil the water.

Spotted this today, Rob. Er, nice wheels

That front end reminds me of basking shark lol

Wait until the kids have buggered off and you have so much free time you can indulge in all those frivolous projects you had in mind

I saw a now deleted post on Twitter this morning. A chap so annoyed that he was having to sell his classic Citröen DS because of ULEZ. He deleted it after being told by many people that as it's from the 1960s and therefore over forty years old and ULEZ exempt. How many more Muppets haven't bothered to check the facts before whinging online about it.

Most Arsenal fans going to watch Spurs would use the tube or overground and vice versa.

A small but related aside I was reading the other day. More than 150 models of new cars are too big for parking spaces. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/26/more-than-150-car-models-too-big-for-regular-uk-parking-spaces

You can't end things now. I've just ordered another half ton of popcorn.

The tens of thousands he was referring to is for Paris. In the closing paragraph he said there's 2000 or so in London. Not easy to follow I agree but he's not incorrect 👍