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I’ve a car park system designed and ready to go G+3 48 spaces with car lift and all EV charging that’ll fit on a garage forecourt footprint without...

We have a Corolla cross with the 1.8l hybrid. It’s pleasant to drive around the city. It even worked nicely on the 1000km journey with Mrs MarkA...

Given today's economy, I can see EVs being banned from older (maybe even many recent) multistorey carparks. The fire risk increases as EVs become...

That's the curviture of the earth :^): Better?

Did a test drive of a Toyota Yaris Cross all Urban drive of roundabouts, traffic lights and pedestrian crossings etc, 66.6 to the Gallon. I am now...

Like it. JUst straighten the horizon!

Taken this morning, 06 June on Omaha Beach, Normandy commemorating the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings

Everyone needs a hobby......

I have the same vehicle (2.0L) and get 50mpg from it. They are pretty good on fuel and CO2 for a decent sized car. I have been looking round the...

. I have an Insignia estate and I plan to keep it as long as I can then buy another large diesel just before 2030. The only way I imagine an...

It's extremely hard to choose but I've gone with this one. I'd spent some time taking lots of close-up head shots of this fella and, as we were...

Ok, that's saved me many hours of boredom and frustration! No point reinventing the wheel - may have to suck up a navionics subscription then......

Navionics installed on a phone or ipad (I've a waterproof case for my ipad) turn on the sonar chart layer and relief shading and this is the Alex Van...

This Mrs Johns work commute is a 15 mile round trip 5 days a week then similar on weekend for shops / family visit. Ideal for an EV as far as we...

It's not the end of the world. You'll occasionally see fibre-wrapped columns in older car parks where they've wanted to add some floors on. Structure...

These two!!! Personally, I use Debelius's book most as it also has lots of pictures of the juveniles, but the format and organisation is a little odd...

This is the key criteria in my view. Our diesel estate was bought to do the run down to the French property. Nothing else made sense. Diesel is...

But But But..... The industry experts claim!! :^):

70s mini 620kg. Kia E-Niro 2,230kg ..according to this article. Can older multi storey car parks cope with that? ...

".... slams BREAKS .... " ! Who writes this stuff AND gets paid for it?

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-12161787/UK-car-industry-enjoys-longest-period-growth-eight-years.html ...

I have a CRV, currently getting 48 compared to 34 hen I had the petrol only version.

The only direct experience I have of one is with a Toyota Camry self charging hybrid which I had as a hire car a couple of years back in Dubai. ...

Not on mine £67.88, same price as the petrol only version!

I have 2 Red Sea Reef Guide - Helmut Debelius Coral Reef Guide: Red Sea - Ewald Lieske & Robert F Myers The 2nd one is my go-to and seems...

One of my colleagues has a Hybrid just cost him £565 for a set of front brake pads. Apparently because of the regeneration braking.they are not like...

Like many divers, I do tend to drive longer distances for the weekend. For the moment -- foreseeable future? -- the diesel's the winner in terms of...