skomaz

https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons/interests/publications?SessionId=39 Feel free to review the above

Don't talk daft - you've seen the list of those on the take that includes many Labour MPs - especially those at the highest levels...

In that case I'd buy some automotive lashing rings or grab handles and screw them into the rigid trim in the boot to allow me to tie things securely to them. I have some aftermarket 'mushrooms' in my Suzuki that are similar and came with a cargo net and they are more than sturdy enough to do the job.

I take the wheels off my daughters and secure them either side... But that's in a Mk1 so not sure if you could do the same in a mk2.

Hi there. Another sheffielder here...

That 'blanking plate' will be the front cover of the main infotainment unit as the screen in the dash is just a screen...

Unfortunately there is one person on this forum who does profess to know it all... From his familiarity, qualifications, experiences... Oh and many jobs. 😉

I give up... Some people are just completely tone deaf...

Indeed... Some people don't willy wave with thier heads up our arses all the time though. 👍 Anyhow enough of that... Now back to EVs

Very little with the local council actually. Mostly private sector consulting with major clients such as National Grid, water companies, Manchester Airport Group, Ports of Jersey, Royal Mail, Environment Agency, British Steel, National Highways plus stuff I can't tell you about and the like. Proper stuff not your messing about with boats and spreadsheets etc. 😉

Nowt to do with luck but everything to do with concentration and exposure levels. I've done testing and risk assessments etc. for contaminated sites and the like. Read up you might learn something... 😉

He he .. my 'arts degree' was Engineering... Of all types... I've probably forgotten more than you've learnt from your multiple jobs. Ps I never said the system was 100% perfect but even at 85 to 95% you'd struggle to smell the fumes and as you imply Anyhow onwards and upwards eh?

Those gases aren't actually released into the atmosphere... they area recirculated back to the storage tanks via a vacuum system incorporated into the filler nozzle. You really need to stop making things up, or at least do some research.

More likely they're skint - I think Greece has the oldest car fleet in Europe and the lowest EV sales (about 2% IIRC) as well as one of the lowest sales figures for 'premium' marques

I'd suggest that out of the cities the vast majority of houses had space off road to charge, from villas, to properties with a garden to what I would call crofting shacks with a bit of land. Some of the older villages had limited space and hence might struggle, as might those in the city where there was limited off street (generally underground) parking. However, where we were I reckon most could find a space to park and charge if needed.

Just thought I'd chip in to this thread with a small observation. I was in Greece last week and expected, with Thier use of solar for a lot of things, like hot water and power, to see quite a lot of EVs based on the fact that most properties already have a solar installation so could therefore use it to power and EV. In fact in the week I was there I saw just two EVs. There were quite a lot of mild hybrids but none were PHEVs. It seems strange that they have so much opportunity to take advantage of but little inclination to do so, with the majority of vehicles seemingly low spec small runabouts from Japan and South Korea.

there is nothing new in requiring charge points and cabling in covered car parks - schemes I have worked on for a number of years back to 2021 have included MSCPs with provision of active and passive charge points... we've also been including similar arrangements for ebikes.

Ah but EVs are so easy to use with no anxiety... 🤣 Apologies that was a tongue in cheek joke just in case someone takes it the wrong way... I just couldn't resist 😀

Apologies to the person in question but I can't quite believe someone is getting worked up about having to change a clock twice a year. It's simple, takes seconds to do and probably needs doing to a lot of other things too.

Think you may have hit a nerve there @Graham Butcher judging by the replies...

And yet you were wittering on the other week about the 5 being too small for you to fit in...

TBH on the photo you can only see a few on the bonnet and the sides look OK but in person it looks like it's had a close encounter with a hawthorn hedge or similar ( IE it's been trough one recently)... the sides have full length scratches and the roof and rear spoiler are losing Thier lacquer. Buts it's done the job and is tidy enough inside (or was until we hit the beach... 😀)

Ta da....

Aaand we have a winner... Congratulations that man! Yes it's a totally base model fiat Tipo in dark blue with a few dings and a fair few scratches that has clearly had quite a hard life over the years (it looks to be an early pre face-lift model) but from a distance looks pretty good and to give it its due it drives well. To be honest though it's perfect for the rough greek roads and if it gets another couple of scratches I doubt anybody will be too concerned. Rather perversely though it has been fitted with an aftermarket all singing and all dancing Huawei based head unit complete with sat nav. The latter is totally unfathomable though and doesn't seem able to find anywhere we need it to as its set up to use English but can't recognise the English versions of Greek placenames... Which means it's useless as we don't know greek and it doesn't have a Greek keyboard. Halelluia for sygic and Google maps though as I discovered yesterday that it also has android auto! Pictures can follow tomorrow when / if it stops raining. Ps the spare wheelwell is also a miniature swimming pool but I'm not sure if that was due to the hire place washing it before we collected it or the torrential rain we've been having

Nope nothing that high brow...