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  1. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    AFAIAA this isn't normal MB practice. They try and hold the official apparent price of an outgoing model with special; editions - or with leasing deals. I haven't previously seen them dump pre-registered current plate delivery mileage cars at deep discounts in this manner.
  2. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    And in the UK the cost of a pre-reg delivery mileage 73 plate Mercedes EQC seems to have dropped yet further - £49998 a month before Christmas, £47998 after Christmas, and now £45998 as we head through January.
  3. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    In SE Asia it's perfectly normal for a small car to have an automatic transmission. The UK has a hangup about them, Since the early 2000's it has been normal for automatic transmissions to have lockup. Since mid 2000's then robotised automatics have been available - DSG or single clutch setups...
  4. Dryce

    What makes the perfect Winter car

    I have a previous generation Touareg with Michelin Cross Climates. Something smaller and lighter like a Panda 4x4 might be better solution in some situations. But TBH the Touareg has a reasonable balance between road clearance, permanent four wheel drive, and is easy to drive smoothly in poor...
  5. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    In the tropics we tended to find that the AC overhead was high in urban conditions in the sun - high ambient heat and no airflow. And then a lower (but still high level) during daytime driving on the highways. Impact on consumption (and at times on vehicle performance was tangible). In the UK...
  6. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    Maybe for you. I do a spreadsheet before a car purchase and look at the projected cost over the period I plan to own it and factor in anticipated depreciation when figuring the likely cost. As for other purchases then -= yes the issue is was it worth the price I paid at the time of purchase...
  7. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    See - unexpected bonus replies - this thread continues to deliver to new levels.
  8. Dryce

    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    I've heard this mentioned recently - but I'm fairly sure it's not true. It's also a bit verbal for IBM - if they were the origin it would have more likely been along the lines of something more terse - eg.. Intentionally Blank Page Page Intentionally Blank Specified Empty Page...
  9. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    LOL ..... No one expects the Spanish inquisition.
  10. Dryce

    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    The ownership and control by Fujitsu goes back a good deal further back - effectively to 1990. The brand disappeared in 2002.
  11. Dryce

    Annie Nightingale RIP

    Sad news that Radio 1's first female DJ has passed. My recollections of her are actually more centred on her association with Grey Whistle Test on TV rather than her radio career.
  12. Dryce

    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    The problem for the last 30 years has been the relationship between the region as a whole and Iran. The situation with Israel just complicates it - possibly even at times creating a veneer of common ground that has masked the regional differences below. One of the countries to watch in the...
  13. Dryce

    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    The situation in Afghanistan wasn't the US getting out 'in a panic'. They just got out. But Afghanistan got into a panic and effectively collapsed. That might indicate to some that the US shouldn't have left - and to others that brittle collapse and panic showed the effort it was expending was...
  14. Dryce

    F1 2023

    I would assume that the customer teams end up quite a few compatibility / interfacing / design tuning quirks that put them at a disadvantage regardless of how fair the system is in principle and even if the supplier isn't doing anything deliberate to disadvantage them.
  15. Dryce

    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    And I suspect the Houthi situation is an experiment being conducted remotely by Iran to yank the global supply chain and seeing what effect it has and how the world reacts.
  16. Dryce

    Stop expanding the ULEZ to all the London boroughs in 2023

    Bus lane effect. Setup a bus lane with part time restrictions - and a proportion of drivers will always avoid driving in it - treating it as 24 hours. I know people central Scotland who have LEZ compliant cars who won't take their cars near Glasgow city centre any more. I suspect that with...
  17. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    Ahem ..... being picky ..... One of your examples appeared involve the academic world - so presumably wasn't outside it.
  18. Dryce

    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    The problem is that if you take this approach this is a bit like a ponzi scheme. It never stops needing more new people to be added to deal with those who were previously were added and will eventually age. Back in the 90s there was the 'realisation' that there were not going to be enough...
  19. Dryce

    The EV fact thread

    I'm inclined to call b*ll*cks. I smell marketing here. The EV makers want their cards to be perceived to be quieter so sell them with the tyres that have foam inserts. It's not about need but market differentiation. And having special EV tyres where the buyer doesn't have to worry about load...
  20. Dryce

    The UK Politics & Brexit Thread

    Is socialism still 'a thing' anymore? I didn't regard Mr Blair as a socialist. I didn't regard Mr (Ed) Miliband as a socialist. I thought Mr Corbyn knew how to spell socialism but was actually a contrarian who would fight against socialism if his party was actuaily socialist. And Mr Starmer ? I...
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