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No way, their next ad will be it has 4 wheels to allow you to get to a charging point conveniently and comfortably, Hyundai have increased sidewall thickness to give you a floating feeling whilst travelling over bumpsWell, it not quite flat as a bed :
Well, it not quite flat as a bed :
There is nothing novel about theses reclining seats:
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This feature was handy 40 odd years ago whilst waiting for the AA.
A car ahead of its time in terms of functionality. Shame it was BL derived.Austin Maxi
Very Good!They look very good in the brochure image though!
Still doesn't sort out the issue of what to do with rear passengers in a car. That said I tend to find that over the years the only times we have used reclining seats to actually stop and rest has been while travelling singly or as a pair.
Maybe they should incorporate an extending roof shelter and provide a couple of extra beds up top.,
They look very good in the brochure image though!
Still doesn't sort out the issue of what to do with rear passengers in a car. That said I tend to find that over the years the only times we have used reclining seats to actually stop and rest has been while travelling singly or as a pair.
Maybe they should incorporate an extending roof shelter and provide a couple of extra beds up top.,
A car ahead of its time in terms of functionality. Shame it was BL derived.
A car ahead of its time in terms of functionality. Shame it was BL derived.
Can't quite figure if the 'only one parking spot' is the charger's limit or a consequence of the land prices in London?No. There's only one parking spot next to the charger, and only one LCD display and one credit card reader.
Can't quite figure if the 'only one parking spot' is the charger's limit or a consequence of the land prices in London?
One credit card reader shouldn't be an issue as surely card is only required at commencement (and maybe termination) of charging?
And the LCD display- not the only method of monitoring charging progress?
Ahh but petrol stations can serve two vehicles simultaneously. One each side. With better positioning of an EV charging point in a car park, it could serve four cars simultaneously. But I guess thats too obvious for the council to think of.By
The parking spot is the last space in a long parallel parking bay, which is a Pay-by-Phone bay (aka Pay-and-Display).
This is from Google Maps, showing the location before the new charging station was installed:
The EV charger parking spot is where the blue/grey Renault van is parked in the photo. The new charging station is located on the pavement between the Renault van and the black lockable bicycles shed. It could have easily been located behind the white Ford van, thus providing charging for 3 vehicles simultaneously, if this was the intention.
The charging is operated via the LCD panel, and I don't see how it can accommodate two people at the same time, just as a petrol station pump may have many nozzles on the same side but only one can be used at any given point of time.
Why only charge one car at the time? I don't actually know. Possibly taking-up three public parking spaces was considered too much (I don't think property prices come into it, the parking slots all belong to the Council anyway). Or, perhaps this being a fast charger, it can only support maximum charging speed for one car at the time, and a more-expensive charger would have been required to support three vehicles fast-charging together. Or, it may be the case that the Council didn't think that more than one additional charging space was needed? Given that there are two older slow public chargers around the corner from the new charger. And, a reminder that the entire street has been converted to lamppost charging, though, again, you can only park next to the lamppost chargers if you have a Resident's Parking Permit, while the public chargers can be used by any EV or PHEV for free for up to 4 hours.
My old dad had one, hated it so it didn’t last long with us, he did approve of the seats and the radio for some reason.A car ahead of its time in terms of functionality. Shame it was BL derived.
My old dad had one, hated it so it didn’t last long with us, he did approve of the seats and the radio for some reason.
It was traded in for a Fiat twin cam which was a flyer at the time.
I learned to drive in a Morris 1800 when I was a child. It was parents car, inherited from my grandad when I was a toddler and probably kept it almost 20 years. Great car, shame it rusted terribly.It was of its time. We had one in the household when I was younger - my recollection is that there was quite an art to changing gear - even by the standards of the the other BL family cars of that era with transverse boxes and the north south / left right linkage translation.
People forget that along with the older mini that the Austin 1100/1300 and 1800 were very good in terms of packaging of space - and the hydrolastic / hydragas suspensions were pretty good.
These are opening everywhere around me and they look very impressive - though at £0.39/kWh they should be.
Maybe a FIAT 131 SUPERMIRAFURY,It was traded in for a Fiat twin cam which was a flyer at the time.
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