The Car thread - The Bear and Badger

g.man

...if at all.

Dinostar77

Cheers g.man. balls gotta pony up some money to get myself added to her car insurance policy.

Eric

You might be surprised Dino, sometimes adding a named driver reduces the policy price. Mid contract that will be unlikely though.

Dinostar77

Eric wrote:

You might be surprised Dino, sometimes adding a named driver reduces the policy price. Mid contract that will be unlikely though.

Shes up for renewal so sorting it out today. My knowledge of fully comp for other car in household was wrong. Glad i didnt have an accident in her car these past few years.

Adding me brings the price up, even though im older, had no claims for over 5 years etc. Go figure.

Eric

Yeah it's just random. I added my dad to mine and it went down £50.

Job titles affect prices too apparently.

Dinostar77

Looking to replace my car later in the year. Its old and needs some tlc. The tlc costs more than the car is worth. It needs new 2 x new front wing panels as both have really bad rusting. A new rear wiper and motor. It has a stuck starter pin. Though car still runs. The exhaust muffler metal has corroded and come off. Well layers of it have over time. Also camshaft sensor needs replacing. Been advised that cambelt and water pump should be changed this year as well. Depsite all this it still passed mot.

Seen a few Octavia VRS's (2010 and around 70,000 miles) for around 5-6k mark. That would be the most ive spent on a car ever. Anyway my current car a diesel tdi has 115,000 on the clock. But all the repairs i dont think are worth it. Though i really like the car.

Bob

Dinostar77 wrote:

Looking to replace my car later in the year..

Hullo!

Dinostar77

Bob wrote:

Dinostar77 wrote:

Looking to replace my car later in the year..

Hullo!

You live on an island so how would that work i.e. me getting a car from you? Thats alot of travelling from hampshire.

Bob

It doesn’t really just a bit of car
Sales humour

HawBawJaws

SonicBoomBoy

Bob wrote:

As all
My mechanic friends say £100
An hour they charge is not for the time it takes it’s for the hours it took them to learn the skill .

Tip tip go to Halfords they fit bulbs for free

Since when?

ZMM

I'm planning on running my wee MiTo until it dies, it's a 2011 plate and I've had it since 2016. I still find it remarkable that a 1.4 petrol car with 135hp still gives me 45 urban mpg. Especially since it's nearly a decade old. If anyone does need a new battery I can recommend https://batteryfactory.co.uk/ I just fitted a Bosch AGM battery which I bought from there, to get it delivered in less than 24 hours is pretty crazy in this kind of climate, but they managed it! It wasn't even a courier company it was just a dude in a flashy beemer, probably management staff I'm guessing due to all the furloughing...

Dinostar77

Just watching the review of the new m340i touring on carwow channel (youtube). So you can use an android phone to open the car door but not an apple phone. However inside the car supports apple play but not andriod auto. Who makes this shit up?

GooberTheHat

And I bet the internal USB port still doesn't output enough power to charge the phone when it's turned on.

Bob

SonicBoomBoy wrote:

Bob wrote:

As all
My mechanic friends say £100
An hour they charge is not for the time it takes it’s for the hours it took them to learn the skill .

Tip tip go to Halfords they fit bulbs for free

Since when?

Pretty sure since always

cockbeard

Dinostar77 wrote:

Just watching the review of the new m340i touring on carwow channel (youtube). So you can use an android phone to open the car door but not an apple phone. However inside the car supports apple play but not andriod auto. Who makes this shit up?

hahaha, seriously, that's fucking cracking

Bob

Ze Germans are not amused

g.man

What a time to be alive! BMW has just emailed me to tell me that they've changed their iconic logo.
It now looks like this...

That's money well spent!

b0r1s

I had that email, ignored it, what's changed??

g.man

More interestingly, the same email also contained a link to their page about how they're developing Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology, which in the long term, is probably good news.

You can read about it here.

g.man

b0r1s wrote:

I had that email, ignored it, what's changed??

The thick outer ring is now see-through.

g.man

Gives them something of a problem though when they put it against a white background on every page of their website...

ah well...

b0r1s

g.man wrote:

b0r1s wrote:

I had that email, ignored it, what's changed??

The thick outer ring is now see-through.

g.man

b0r1s

g.man wrote:

More interestingly, the same email also contained a link to their page about how they're developing Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology, which in the long term, is probably good news. You can read about it here.

Good stuff, I still recall the Top Gear argument for this against electric cars. Especially makes sense in countries with vast distances between filling stations/charge points.

Dinostar77

"...Hydrogen will then be used primarily in applications that cannot be directly electrified, such as long-distance heavy duty transport,” said Klaus Fröhlich...."

I wonder how much heavy duty transport will drive the need for hydrogen refilling pumps.

cockbeard

Yeah because transporting Hydrogen to all these filling stations won't be fraught with danger??

edit: I dunno, it seems to me all these things are merely kicking the can down the road. Seems to me a far better solution is to bin off the emissions regulations bollox. Tax short journeys heavily and close off roads in city centres. Electric personal vehicles (as in man packable) are around a grand, and many are currently doing 20 mph with a 15 mile range, take up far less space, and have zero emissions where they're being used which contributes to better air quality. Whilst I might choose a onewheel, someone else might take a scooter, or a mobility scooter

Also means less guilt about freight and long commutes

Dinostar77

CEO of aston martin getting fired. When they floated on stock market the share price was £19. Its now 35 pence. Great leadership by the CEO there.

Dinostar77

The 2020 Type-R looks nice, especially in the new Boost Blue colour. Could love to have one of these in the driveway.

GooberTheHat

We should get him in to sort out coronavirus. He's had experience of running a large company, so is qualified to make the decisions needed.

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