Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Heard him voicing a Tfl radio ad over the weekend too. Made me smile.

Never heard of him but loved that! Smart way to get people to think about there shitty driving.

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My old Jaeger clock displayed the correct time twice a day but wasn’t much use before or after that. One bid I forgot about on eBay for £10 resulted in a fully functional replacement with added chrome bits

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Nice!

My out with the old in with the new manoeuvre today cost me £6 off amazon.

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You never know! Life skills either way.

I miss my Panda

I love a bargain me

I've not posted in here for ages, but thought I'd write a little update on mashton's car world.

The MG is tucked away in @BRM's old garage in Brockley. Sitting out the winter and spring showers. It needs repainting, so monies are being saved. I spend a lot of time wondering about colours. Classic BRG or go mental and do purple sparkles. Or cream white. Or sky blue. Hmmmm

My Passat-diesel-child-killer has gone. It was supposed to be sold, but in the meantime I drove it into a lorry on the M20 whilst having a snooze and wrote it off. Oops, but also the insurance paid me a bag of sand more than WBAC would have. So....

I tried to lease a Polestar 2, but they wouldn't let me because Ms mashton earns the money and I drive the cars. Not allowed by the only financing company that Polestar use. Fuck them then.

So, I have leased a Kia eNiro 4+ for two years and have joined the electric revolution.

I love it in almost every way, except that it looks like it has a golf ball for a front end.

The only thing I miss about the Passat Estate is the almost infinite boot size. But I can just about strap four bikes to the eNiro and have 4 people plus luggage in comfort. I can also put a full size gravel bike in the back, with the seats down, without removing a wheel or saddle. That'll do me.

Due to range, the roof rack / bike rack / top box will only go on when absolutely necessary, but I have realised that removing a Thule roof rack is actually a ten minute job and why did I drive my VW around with a permanent bike rack on top, making even more NOx and killing even more children? Doh!

So far the electric car thing has been super straightforward, even without my own home charger. The added bonus of free / megacheap parking in town plus no CC or ULEZ is awesome.

As was smoking a twat in a 911 cabriolet off the line at some lights the other day. Hello instant torque. No it wasn't dammit. Hi Neil!

Nice. Know a few people with the eNiro who really love them.

Hyundai / Kia are doing some really good things with electric cars at the moment.
The IONIQ 5 / EV6 both look great and the common platform makes them affordable.

Just hate the reversing noise they make.

I demand satisfaction- Maccers drive-through in Bellenden retail park at 10pm for a drag race.

I only have the estate mind.

Turn off VESS (Vehicle Engine Sound Simulation) and the reversing sound goes off as well. You have to hit the button each time you start the car, but it's just automatic now, all part of my "pre-flight checklist" that makes me feel like a low rent airline pilot.

Agree about the EV6 GMP platform, looks fantastic. When this lease is up I will def be looking at one of those bad boys.

only have the estate mind.

Ha!

I think I'd beat this in a car park. Not sure about the porker with the GT3++ special engine.

Turn off VESS

Ed, who lives opposite me, clearly isn't aware because it does my head in every time he reverses out of his drive....

Agree about the EV6 GMP platform, looks fantastic. When this lease is up I will def be looking at one of those bad boys.

I think it's the first genuine challenge to Tesla. None of the German manufacturers have anything like it and Ford are only starting to dip their toe.

When my lease is up in around 2 1/2 years I'm hoping for a super competitive market for long range electric vehicles. Would like to buy and keep my next one.

leased e-vehicle for two years

This is the way, if you can afford it. Give a bunch of money away every month and not worry about stuff, plus faux-environmentalist-trailblazer points galore.

Edit 1: Feels like the mobile phone situation 15-20 years ago. You want the latest one but know it’ll be obsolete in a short while.

Edit 2: @mashton beat me to it

I think lease works for EV when the pace of technological change is so great. In two years time there will be something game-changingly better available.

Not true for piston cars.

Holy fuck, hope none of the family or you were hurt.

I was not impressed with the hybrid Niro/kona so that’s interesting.

How does it work out well without a home charger? I thought that would be a pre-requisite.

How does it work out well without a home charger? I thought that would be a pre-requisite.

There are 4 Source London chargers within a 10min stroll of my house, with reserved parking spots for charging EVs. There is one lampost charger (non reserved parking) on my street.

I only need to charge it after a long trip or about once every two weeks if just doing local drives. If I put it on overnight at a Source London charger, it costs me about £8 to go from 20% to full. Which is good for easily 285 London miles or 240 long distance M-Way miles.

Plus loads of incidental charging opportunities. Heading to Guy's hospital to get a covid jab? Cool, park for free at the charging post right by the South end of Tower Bridge and get some electric magic beans whilst you are at it. Thank you very much.

Nice. Will investigate around here!

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Better than my usual Fap Map