Too much shit in these cars.

When Autosteer is engaged, it uses several controls to monitor that the driver
is engaged in continuous and sustained responsibility for the vehicle’s
operation as required. If the driver attempts to engage Autosteer when
conditions are not met for engagement, the feature will alert the driver it is
unavailable through visual and audible alerts, and Autosteer will not engage.
Likewise, if the driver operates Autosteer in conditions where its functionality
may be limited or has become deteriorated due to environmental or other
circumstances, the feature may warn the driver with visual and audible alerts,
restrict speed, and/or instruct the driver to intervene immediately.
In certain circumstances when Autosteer is engaged, the prominence and scope
of the feature’s controls may not be sufficient to prevent driver misuse of the
SAE Level 2 advanced driver-assistance feature.

Where the fuck is the off button?

It’s saved my bacon a few times so not all bad aids.

Sounds good.

For lolz in the last week of October last year my mrs started an instagram account for the modding journey on both our minis.

We have some how managed to get over 800 followers since then.

Just looking at pics of cars, putting bits on cars, what's gone wrong etc. 800 plus? The worlds gone mad

Up at 6.30 this morning to take the X3 back to the dealership in Stirling to finally have a few minor issues sorted. Expected an argument, but mercifully they just said “yes, we’ll sort all that for you Sir.”
So they’ve got her for a couple of days now, so have had to give me a courtesy car.

Just sign here Sir, and I’ll get the car for you.

…um… so what are you giving me?

It’s a mini Sir.

lol, no thanks.

But it’s a lovely car sir, I have one myself. It’s electric too!

Fuck no! I do not want an electric mini thank you.

But it’s a lovely car sir, and it’s the only one I have.

Really? You’re a car dealer with no cars?

All the petrol cars are with other clients sir.

Well I guess I’ll just have to sit here for the next two days and wait, because I do not want an electric mini.

At which point, her manager comes over and says, we don’t want to disappoint our customers Heather, so I’ve found him a different car. Give him this…



Thank you sir, much appreciated. That one will be fine.

That's a 2, yes? Always liked their shape.

afgavinstan wrote:

That's a 2, yes? Always liked their shape.

Yup. It’s very nice.

LivDiv wrote:

Awesome, lovely stuff.

An electric car is a stupid move as a loan car.

You can charge it at home sir.

I live in a flat.

Ah…

Dammit Jim, I’m a cameraman, not an obstetrician!

I’m driving a Chinese electric rental car that gives me the feeling it has a couple of AAs as batteries.

The biggest annoyance is charging, the fast chargers I have closest access to, don’t have tap & go payments available. Signing into the website, as I can’t install the UK app, is hit or miss if I get through the payment section successfully. Also first time I got through payment successfully, I left the car and came back to find it wasn’t charging at all.

Last time I charged it, the payment just wouldn’t go through. I ended up calling the charger company and was put through to a very nice man from Cork, who manually set up the payment and activated the charger.

I’m flying home very early tomorrow morning and Hertz want the car returned at 80%, I can’t charge at the rental home, so I’ve got to spend an hour at a charger or swallow the refill fee.

The happiness of this trip home has somewhat been soured by this nonsense. Rental companies obviously see the profit in using electric cars, but seem little bothered by their customers having to jump through hoops to use the bloody things!

Calm down Graeme!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67890627?fbclid=IwAR04u9awiJA9DV_5aL__fBRcoZHPB8NPkjryrJqcS0tlPG4CynRiy8WVYvc_aem_AfeRnJ5tDsF1rfmXe0TJQjpfvpXwyq1r_3Au7Q8PBmb5zLsZozAa6UraO-HofKVyU0Q

And here’s the confirmation - sales flat line
And I’ll tell you what dealers and manufacturers do they’ll discount and they’ll discount heavily

And that will fuck residuals

But EVs accounted for 16.5% of new vehicles sold in the UK last year — down slightly from the 16.6% purchased in 2022.

It's.1 of a percent. Also, sales haven't flatlined - rose to a record 315,000

Anyone here ever had an issue where, on frosty mornings, there's a build up of an insane amount of frost on the inside of the windscreen? Noticing it now with this cold snap and fuck me if it isn't annoying. Also a secondary issue of, the actual AC barely has heat, if at all, on full blast. All makes for very annoying mornings trying to defrost a ice cage at 5am for work. I know the AC needs regassed etc but any ideas for the windscreen? Checked the seals on the doors, didn't spot any defects letting cold air in.

Get some tights, fill them with cat litter, put them on your dashboard. As well as giving local strays a place to shit when they’re out and about, they’ll absorb the excess moisture like those little sachets of silica gel.