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Post by elstoof on Jan 30, 2022 23:33:58 GMT
Legit thought that "champignon" was some car bro phrase that Nick would be angry at me for not knowing. It comes from the French popular song “Chauffeur, chauffeur, si tu es champion, Appuie sur le champignon.”
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 31, 2022 0:06:46 GMT
I'm not sure I can speak whatever language is going on it that thread. Is it where the Eurogamer.it guys ended up? Sadly, they seem to have buggered off to their own Discord server. You can @ them and they'll pop up before vanishing again I miss all those two guys. So many questions about spaghetti still unanswered
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Post by dfunked on Jan 31, 2022 0:09:51 GMT
Randomly enough I'm watching a review of cascatelli and would've genuinely been interested in their input.
They seemed like a nice bunch.
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Post by Danno on Jan 31, 2022 0:10:24 GMT
Sadly, they seem to have buggered off to their own Discord server. You can @ them and they'll pop up before vanishing again I miss all those two guys. So many questions about spaghetti still unanswered four or five tbf. And all good value
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Post by technoish on Jan 31, 2022 0:20:28 GMT
I see that, I definitely got used to it towards the end of the test drive. I just wasn't sure what to do when the vehicle comes to a full stop, do you keep your foot on the brake pedal? I wasn't sure, I did it anyway as I couldn't find the parking brake. I got in the habit of putting the Tesla in Neutral as well as I honestly had no idea what was safe. It seems like you can just forgo using anything but the accel pedal for everything. I'm rambling sorry, I just found it really weird. yeah, either keep foot on brake or, like an automatic, just put in P for park. I have never used neutral. And like an automatic the parking brake is automatic (and electric). Usually a button somewhere (Tesla might be special). On the Niro you can set the regenerative braking level, assume it's the same on a Tesla. Tbh I end up using the adaptive cruise control a lot, even around London on the roads in and out. On a Tesla that stuff is supposed to be even better.
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Post by dam on Jan 31, 2022 8:36:59 GMT
I got one of the first Tesla Model Xs in the UK, 5 years ago, and my wife has a M3. Love both of them. The MX is out of warranty now, and I do worry its going to start needing a lot done, so going to swap for a Model Y.
I think for most people, if you have off-road parking, and get a cheap night time electricity rate, then it's a no brainer.
We drove to Sweden and back a few years ago, no issues.
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Post by dam on Jan 31, 2022 8:46:31 GMT
Only read the front page of this and missed the rest....TBH I cycle more than drive my over-priced electric go karts. And am banned from local FB groups discussing new cycle lanes.
The regen braking can be turned down, but it doesn't take long to get used to. I prefer it now. When stopping a Tesla, I think it puts it on P for park when you open the door. You don't do anything.
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Post by snackplissken on Jan 31, 2022 9:04:06 GMT
I sort of miss driving everyday. When I do drive I always seem to end up in the worst traffic jam ever. Then I think ah I'm glad I can work from home.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 31, 2022 9:26:20 GMT
Yeah, I kind of miss the like 75% of my commute that was free flowing open roads. Stick a podcast on and zone out. The 25% where I arrived into civilisation, however...ugh.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 9:32:24 GMT
Only read the front page of this and missed the rest....TBH I cycle more than drive my over-priced electric go karts. And am banned from local FB groups discussing new cycle lanes. The regen braking can be turned down, but it doesn't take long to get used to. I prefer it now. When stopping a Tesla, I think it puts it on P for park when you open the door. You don't do anything. Haha I also am banned from my local group due to cycle lanes. And that is because I am a cyclist who quit as the new lanes are too dangerous and much worse than the road riding they replaced. In chiswick they made a 2 way cycle lane on one side of the road. Sounds great in theory, bit in practice it is the most dangerous thing I have ever seen see and I have personally been knocked off due to it. Basically anyone turning onto the road looks right for oncoming traffic, then pulls out, not noticing the 20mpg cycle going the WRONG FUCKING WAY down the main road. And it is not any road users fault, visibility is crap, and you can't blame car drivers for not noticing a lycra twat who doesn't have lights on his bike and sped through the last 4 red cycle lights anyway.
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Post by patrick on Jan 31, 2022 10:01:00 GMT
Anyone ever done one of those driving experience days? I've got a few tracks/aerodromes relatively nearby and quite fancied booking one, despite not having much driving experience.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 31, 2022 10:08:20 GMT
Yeah, Ive done a few at silverstone and abingdon. Ive done a supercar experience, hot hatch experience and a few 'run what you brung' days.
The supercar was in a Nissan GTR Nismo and with an instructor who was an actual maniac. My brother did it, too, and the instructor wrung some annoyingly fast laps out of him despite barely ever driving on the road, so I think you would be ok.
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Post by dam on Jan 31, 2022 10:09:53 GMT
Only read the front page of this and missed the rest....TBH I cycle more than drive my over-priced electric go karts. And am banned from local FB groups discussing new cycle lanes. The regen braking can be turned down, but it doesn't take long to get used to. I prefer it now. When stopping a Tesla, I think it puts it on P for park when you open the door. You don't do anything. Haha I also am banned from my local group due to cycle lanes. And that is because I am a cyclist who quit as the new lanes are too dangerous and much worse than the road riding they replaced. In chiswick they made a 2 way cycle lane on one side of the road. Sounds great in theory, bit in practice it is the most dangerous thing I have ever seen see and I have personally been knocked off due to it. Basically anyone turning onto the road looks right for oncoming traffic, then pulls out, not noticing the 20mpg cycle going the WRONG FUCKING WAY down the main road. And it is not any road users fault, visibility is crap, and you can't blame car drivers for not noticing a lycra twat who doesn't have lights on his bike and sped through the last 4 red cycle lights anyway. A lot of these schemes are "designed" by folk in the council with seemingly zero experience of roads, driving or cycling. Glasgow used to part employ a Dutch bloke from Sustrans who gave advice on all proposals. I'd be happy sending councillors on a weekend to somewhere in the Netherlands, just to see how it could work. No whores on expenses.
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Post by brokenkey on Jan 31, 2022 10:13:21 GMT
Anyone ever done one of those driving experience days? I've got a few tracks/aerodromes relatively nearby and quite fancied booking one, despite not having much driving experience. I got one for my 50th but haven't booked it yet - a lot of the reviews sound a bit sketchy - if its remotely wet they won't let you drive fast, there's an additional insurance waiver fee, a lots of the cars haven't been services/have CEL light etc.
Now, what I did that that was good, was went to Thruxton's skid pan with a few other people, and threw my '86 round that for an hour. They don't care who's driving, so my non-driving son got a go too.
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Post by スコットランド on Jan 31, 2022 10:52:03 GMT
The landlord is installing charging points in all spaces in the underground car park below the apartment block so not far in the future we should have a very convenient setup for an electric car. We have a 2014 Volvo V40 T4 AWD which has 80,000km on the clock and we only do 7-10k kms per year. I like the idea of having an electric car but do wonder about getting rid of a perfectly fine car for a nearly new electric.
I do wonder what'll happen with the 2nd hand market for electric cars with prices in the toilet after a few years for models whose battery tech isn't cutting edge.
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Post by elstoof on Jan 31, 2022 11:15:35 GMT
They’ll need a new battery by that point anyway, gotta keep those those rare Earth minerals dug up and shipped round the world several times for processing
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Post by ionic on Jan 31, 2022 15:02:02 GMT
Someone went into the back of me at relatively slow speed today. The number plate is cracked, one parking sensor is loose and paint rubbed away at the point of impact.
It doesn't look too bad but the bumper has a small area by the number plate where it's slightly deformed. From what I've been told it's designed to bounce back but there's damage underneath.
Local garage has had a look and given me a quote for just over £400 to remove the bumper, repair and refit it. If the other person doesn't pay up will it cause more agro then it's worth to go through insurance?
I could live with the paint marks but don't want an unsafe bumper for the next collision in case it's a big one!
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Post by dogbot on Jan 31, 2022 15:04:45 GMT
Someone went into the back of me at relatively slow speed today. The number plate is cracked, one parking sensor is loose and paint rubbed away at the point of impact. It doesn't look too bad but the bumper has a small area by the number plate where it's slightly deformed. From what I've been told it's designed to bounce back but there's damage underneath. Local garage has had a look and given me a quote for just over £400 to remove the bumper, repair and refit it. If the other person doesn't pay up will it cause more agro then it's worth to go through insurance? I could live with the paint marks but don't want an unsafe bumper for the next collision in case it's a big one! If they've hit you, it's pretty much automatically their fault, unless they can prove beyond any doubt you brake checked them. I'd go insurance. If you don't report it, there's almost nothing to stop them making a claim (eg, personal injury) against you in the future.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Feb 1, 2022 9:07:56 GMT
Finally got my gammon edition driving licence through the post yesterday. Chalk one up on the 'Brexit gud' column for that.
I'd advise people avoid postal applications with the DVLA at absolutely all costs currently though. Nearly 5 months this bastard has taken to land through my letterbox. All because the website wouldn't accept my details for love nor money for a simple change of address. Not only are they about 3 months behind on all postal applications, if it magically gets misplaced when they do get around to it (like happened with mine), you're looking at another few weeks waiting around for them to get off their hands about it. That's if you can even get hold of someone on the phone, which is also fucking impossible at present.
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Post by mikeck on Feb 2, 2022 13:53:59 GMT
Someone went into the back of me at relatively slow speed today. The number plate is cracked, one parking sensor is loose and paint rubbed away at the point of impact. It doesn't look too bad but the bumper has a small area by the number plate where it's slightly deformed. From what I've been told it's designed to bounce back but there's damage underneath. Local garage has had a look and given me a quote for just over £400 to remove the bumper, repair and refit it. If the other person doesn't pay up will it cause more agro then it's worth to go through insurance? I could live with the paint marks but don't want an unsafe bumper for the next collision in case it's a big one! If they've hit you, it's pretty much automatically their fault, unless they can prove beyond any doubt you brake checked them. I'd go insurance. If you don't report it, there's almost nothing to stop them making a claim (eg, personal injury) against you in the future. 100% this - report it to your insurer. In 2018 I was on a garage forecourt and slowly pulled into a pump, the van in the space behind pulled forward without me realising and we collided. No damage to their big white van, rear door on my driver side completely crumpled and needed replacing. I asked them if they were alright and they laughed at me because it was a nudge for them and no damage - cue to a year later I'm being told they are claiming injuries and are seeking a settlement from my insurer. It's still ongoing at the moment, court date in March, but the insurer is fighting them every way - had I not have reported it (and my insurance not have full legal protection) it would be my time and money being spent defending from this fucking scummy bastard.
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Post by mothercruncher on Feb 2, 2022 14:02:46 GMT
I think there’s some sort of buried clause whereby you’re supposed to report everything to your insurer, no? I had someone smack their car door onto mine at a service station, bit of an argument when they insisted it was nothing (it was a 2 inch long dent) but eventually they gave me their details. Got a letter a couple of months later asking me whether I’d go to court because their insurer was claiming they were never there in the first place. Luckily, I’d stood back and snapped a photo of them. Defo ring the insurer- you pay them enough, might as well actually get some work/action out of them.
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Post by mrpon on Feb 2, 2022 14:06:21 GMT
Don't be surprised when your premium goes up £400.
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Post by mikeck on Feb 2, 2022 14:07:53 GMT
Mine hasn't, my 10 years no claims bonus was protected and my insurance even went down this year. I'm sure that might not be the case for everyone though.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Feb 2, 2022 14:10:06 GMT
Yes you should report it no matter what, the other party can still pay you off with some cash which they may well do if they think their insurance will cost more in the future because of a claim against them. And your insurance company will not have a problem with that, you can just cease the claim. But there will be a record of an incident which is the vital thing if the other party did kick up later on.
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Post by Mr Wonderstuff on Feb 2, 2022 14:28:50 GMT
Not sure how many forumites have those massive 4x4s but I did chuckle whilst at the gym watching someone trying to park their oversized monstrosity between two cars - 5 mins of trying they eventually got it in..yay!? Short-lived celebration as they realised they couldn't open their door. Oh how I grinned.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 2, 2022 14:39:16 GMT
My insurance went up after I was rear ended a few years ago. Absolutely no fault of mine and the renewal and other quotes were still higher. Absolutely fummin.
Algorithms, innit?
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Post by gray on Feb 2, 2022 17:27:28 GMT
Similar situation. Someone drove into the driver-side of me whilst I was stationary at traffic lights 3 years ago and wrote off my motor. Quotes went through the roof enough though I wasn't at fault. However this was the first year in 20 that mines went down. Only because I was bored enough to phone them up and say I got it quoted £150 cheaper elsewhere, can you match it? 10 minutes later a magical £150 cheaper quote appears.
Maybe I've been doing it wrong all these years.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 2, 2022 17:55:19 GMT
Mine went down, too, although not as much as I was expecting after having taken ‘commuting’ and 10k miles off the quote.
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Post by 😎 on Feb 2, 2022 18:05:51 GMT
Less cyclists ran over too, that helps.
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Post by Rich on Feb 20, 2022 12:20:39 GMT
Sigh. Check engine light started flashing this morning for a few minutes. It went off again but flashing is generally a bad sign right?
MOT due in a few weeks.
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