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  • Finally an EV without bells and whistles
    Slate just announced the sales price will be $24,950. Of course after taxes, fees and other add on's it will be just under $30,000 out the door. see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Finally an EV without bells and whistles
    The same reason people keep hammering on the buttons of a lift; because they believe due to their insistence the lift will arrive faster. 😉 see more
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  • The beloved Focus is coming back!
    May come back 🤔 https://www.autoblog.com/news/ford-says-fiesta-and-focus-may-still-have-a-future-after-being-killed-off I'm waiting for the release... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Robots doing Real Work!
    In the past, yes, but after the chaos caused by the US auto workers union in 2023 and their ludicrous demands (40% wage increase for Stellantis... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Self-driving cars: they're learning to drive in the same way that a human would
    I feel you have defined the core of the problem. Drivers, learn from near misses, generally there is an event, which causes the driver to feel... see more
    by olduser
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  • Parking Over Driveway
    I can't find the article now, but a few years ago I remember residents of a street in Kensington complained to the Borough about other people's cars... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Brakes or gears?
    It used to be that with the engine rpm needed to maintain a decent speed, you did have an iota of engine braking. Nowadays, certainly with my last 3... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • I clean forgot
    I find it easier to let air out of the spare if you need to use it, rather than having to inflate. When I check my spare, which isn't very often I... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Brakes or gears?
    In the days of drum brakes, changing down to take some load off the brakes was necessary on long hills to guard against brake fade (due to... see more
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  • My favourite moment of the World Cup so far! ⚽
    @Nick I really hope he signs all the deals and makes a lot of money! 😊 He seems like a great guy! see more
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  • Self-driving cars: they're learning to drive in the same way that a human would
    @olduser I guess that may be the case at the minute, however the original post suggests that the model being trained is looking at data taken from... see more
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  • My favourite moment of the World Cup so far! ⚽
    I love these kind of stories too - that one game changed this fella's life. His Instagram account went from around 400K followers to over 11M at the... see more
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  • Parking Over Driveway
    This is from last month so it may soon be a non issue as the lady won't be able to park her car on that street anymore.... see more
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  • My favourite moment of the World Cup so far! ⚽
    My goodness, how I love a David vs Goliath story. Little Cape Verde, playing in the World Cup for the first time, up against a titan like Spain.... see more
    by Lily
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  • The beloved Focus is coming back!
    @TC1474 you haven't missed anything, you are spot on! Ford's marketing strategy reminds me of one of those artists who announce a "Farewell... see more
    by Lily
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  • Parking Over Driveway
    The power of arrest for wilful obstruction still remains. Arrestable offence is a colloquial term, but happy to bow to your greater knowledge and... see more
    by TC1474
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  • Parking Over Driveway
    Times have changed. 20 years ago, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 abolished the concept of "arrestable offences", and gave the... see more
    by Beelzebub
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  • Brakes or gears?
    1973 (or thereabouts) was when using the gears to slow down became a failure and I remember leading up to my test in 1974 it was banged into me that... see more
    by TC1474
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  • Brakes or gears?
    When I learned to drive, some 60+ years ago, I was taught to use gears to help with braking. Brakes back then were not that great, so changing down... see more
    by Santa
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  • Parking Over Driveway
    At the end of the day, providing no obstruction is caused and the vehicle is not parked on the pavement, no offence is committed. If the driveway... see more
    by TC1474
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  • I clean forgot
    Old faithful car goes in a couple of days when I hand it over to my daughter, so today I did all the oil and fluid checks, cleared everything out,... see more
    by TC1474
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  • Parking Over Driveway
    The interesting thing for me in this specific case, is what was there originally? I assume the driveway was originally a standard size one, with a... see more
    by Nick
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  • Caught myself by surprise today
    @Rolebama Electronic oil level monitoring / loss of the dipstick was the final nail in the coffin for hubbies – now they don't even get a chance... see more
    by Drivingforfun
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  • Caught myself by surprise today
    @Santa I experienced the same with fleet managers - but as someone who is there to look through the books, I find they're often not fantastic with... see more
    by Drivingforfun
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  • The beloved Focus is coming back!
    So if it comes back as an SUV it will simply be an updated version of the Focus C-Max? The C-Max has been popular for as long as I can remember... see more
    by TC1474
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  • The beloved Focus is coming back!
    Hey everyone! Do you guys remember when Ford announced in 2025 the Focus wasn't coming back? I think we were all a bit gutted, to be honest (at... see more
    by Lily
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  • Caught myself by surprise today
    I would make one observation about reliability of older cars: Back in the day you could go to virtually any ironmongers and buy a set of spanners etc... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Parking Over Driveway
    Found these on BBC news, lots of confusion; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3perwwny1o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c775y0ledk6o ... see more
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  • Caught myself by surprise today
    I agree with much of what you say. Given that I kept my Jag for 17 years, I do not propose to change again anytime soon (if at all given my age... see more
    by TC1474
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  • Caught myself by surprise today
    When I was a fleet manager, I was often asked for recommendations on the false assumption that I must know a lot about cars. My advice was, and... see more
    by Santa
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