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We had a t-cross as a courtesy car, where the boot is even smaller.

Didn't work out very well as soon as we added a dog and a pram

Only 20,000km too far away 😂

I’d still like an XC70, I think they’re cool.

We also had an Octavia Scout, 140bhp 2.0 TDI and that was great.

I really liked my Dad’s yeti 4x4 TDi.

I found the boot space a bit underwhelming sometimes though, and the seats don’t fold totally flat, although I think there’s a version where you can remove them entirely?

Miami Blue Macan anyone?

2.5 is more common in the US I think from the Hawkeye onwards.

Unfortunately quite prone to ringland failures though

Yes i saw it's the Subaru one, but which? I'm assuming it's a FWD gearbox, not a 4WD box converted

Appreciate the offer but the cost is probably prohibitive to send one to NZ!

I quite like that.

I wonder which gearbox is used, normally people use the VW / Porsche gearbox flipped over with a bellhousing adaptor plate

Amazing, i saw the Bobike mini was well reviewed but it's not available here unfortunately.

Yeah I think the front mount is a better idea. We are going to get one anyway I think, and it may only go on the Brompton temporarily until one of us gets a non-carbon road bike

I found a couple of posts on reddit of people using this setup who claim the extra weight on the front actually reduces the twitchiness.

Plus my bike has 600mm bars on it

Hey, is there any reason i can't mount a stem mounted kids seat like this Thule one on my brompton?

Try the 3D printing thread in the miscellaneous section of the forum, there are various people on there who have hobby machines who i'm sure can print some bits for you

I have the travel bag, i've used it for everything other than riding a bike.

It worked great for me for business trips / flights but it's very boxy, i never liked getting on a bike with it. The clamshell design is good though and i would recommend getting that design for any travel type bag tbh.

I found 25L was a bit cramped - I have a 30L bag I use more often now.

If you're going to spend that sort of money there are better options out there - there are entire forums on Reddit dedicated to this topic too, common recommendations are things like the Bellroy Transit for example

Self cleaning Pyro mode on our products is 460°C

Temperature accuracy is only really required for sous vide steam cooking.

As you say though, convection cooking uses a thermistor to sense temperature and then uses either bang bang or PID control to turn various elements on/ off depending on the cooking function chosen.

The F&P stuff is spec'd to be ±1°C.

I'd assume the competitors are the same at that level, but again it'll come down to how much you spend.

The steam oven we are just about to put into production is designed for mid wall and under bench install.

The only thing i would say is the air which comes out of the exhaust duct can be quite high humidity so you might get a damp crotch if you are also chopping veg above your oven.

I design wall ovens, realistically, it depends what you want to spend - they can be full golf club chat spec.

I personally don't like pyrolytic cleaning - it consumes a huge amount of energy and even though they emit "safe" amounts of emissions, they still still release an amount of combustion gases into your house. If you do go pyro, use it while you're out and leave a window open.

If you just want a no-nonsense decent quality electric oven, you cant go far wrong with the Miele / F&P / Neff offerings.

I am a total convert to steam ovens - if you're re-doing your kitchen you could take advantage and get one that's plumbed into the kitchen at the same time. The cooking results for steam assisted roasting, bread baking and (if the oven you buy has it) sous vide cooking are really good.

Meanwhile in New Zealand

I dislike the cutlery drawer things too, maybe I’m just not used to it.

We have a dish drawer from F&P which I also have a love hate relationship with, but we have a really old one that doesn’t have any of the features of the newer ones (paddle stall detection etc), when it works it’s great but there are various reasons it’s extra faff.

I also hate washing up so when I move I will probably invest heavily in the least shit dishwashing experience I can find

I have found in some instances that when I used main dealer for servicing and MOT their "pre-mot health check" was a mechanism to just sell parts earlier than you really needed.

Dealer health check vs an MOT tester will be two different things.

They will probably last a lot longer than 7k miles (depending on how much you drive and how / where etc). Rust is normally lack of use!

I'd probably run them until they fail an MOT. (you may not want to do that though.)

My Subaru has had an "advisory" on it's rear brake pads for 3yrs on a trot and i've never changed them and it's never actually failed on them.

Off the top of my head:

The iRobot was the market leader at the time but i really don't think they command the price point any more.

the Eufy robot design was licensed to make the early Shark ones, so we did a lot with them. At the time the one we used was just a random bounce - it didn't have any real ability to navigate and was annoying for that reason.

I think if it was me I would go for one of the better spec Eufy models, G30 as others have said seems good.

Not sure i'd bother with auto emptying. The docking station that empties them was always really loud, and whether the dust cup gets emptied properly or not was seemingly random.

We did start on a mopping version but I don't really think the performance is very good, i wouldn't bother.