The Car thread.

[Tuearts right boot]

My new wheels:

See the farmers round here on them, even better when there are 2 or 3 Sheep dogs on the back. Scares the crap out of me when I'm following them on the roads just in case one falls off, they never do but it's great to watch them jumping off every 10 yds or so to round up the sheep, like the SAS jumping off a helicopter. I'm sure some of these dogs could drive them.....

 

[1961_vintage]

Does anyone drive an electric car, and if so, do you suffer from range anxiety?

I think most people are smart enough to see through the manufacturers WLTP claimed range (ie take off 30%) and the in-car projected range (ie take off 30%).

 

[Barcon]

See the farmers round here on them, even better when there are 2 or 3 Sheep dogs on the back. Scares the crap out of me when I'm following them on the roads just in case one falls off, they never do but it's great to watch them jumping off every 10 yds or so to round up the sheep, like the SAS jumping off a helicopter. I'm sure some of these dogs could drive them.....

I spent the last 5-6 weeks of the summer up north here and saw lots of dogs on the back of them. I’ll be spending all my summers up there from now on in. I better start looking for a dog : )

 

[Tuearts right boot]

I spent the last 5-6 weeks of the summer up north here and saw lots of dogs on the back of them. I’ll be spending all my summers up there from now on in. I better start looking for a dog : )

One went at the farmers market here in town last month....................£28,000 !!!...... for a dog, bought by 3 farmers.

 

[Grassland Blue]

I think most people are smart enough to see through the manufacturers WLTP claimed range (ie take off 30%) and the in-car projected range (ie take off 30%).

I drove a Cupra electric car yesterday.
Although the range when fully charged was a shade under 200 miles, driven normally in B mode,
there wasn't much discrepancy between projected and actual miles and yes, I had the heater, radio and satnav on!
What took some getting used to was the location of the auto gear shift control. Instead of it being between the driver and passenger seats it was tucked away at the rhs of the dash and partially obscured by the steering wheel. Hmmm.
Also there were only 2 window control switches instead of the usual 4. If you wanted to open/close the back windows there is a button marked REAR just behind the 2 window control switches which you need to use.
The satnav/media controls were a bit confusing also.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Insurance companies have jumped on the rip off consumers, even more than they normally did, looking at getting a campervan and many people saying they have trebled in insurance costs and if yo7 have a Land drover badge apparently they are really hard or very expensive to insuer now as so many are getting robbed

 

[RadcliffeRick]

I have driven a BMW 5 series for a few years. There is a stick on the left of the steering wheel that starts a green light flashing if I move it. Anyone know what it it or why I have a green flashing light on the dash when I move it?

 

[1961_vintage]

I have driven a BMW 5 series for a few years. There is a stick on the left of the steering wheel that starts a green light flashing if I move it. Anyone know what it it or why I have a green flashing light on the dash when I move it?

That's the special edition model you've got. German manufacturers don't usually include them in the models that are built for the RHD UK market.

 

[JULES]

I would like a bit of help,
I have a 2003 mitsubishi montero IO 4x4, (pajero in the uk?). I need a new headlight, right hand side. could anyone tell me the part no ? and what other models where fitted with this same light fitting? would help a lot

 

[HolisticJim]

I gey a £10k pa car allowance for my Jon. Got a diesel Merc which is nice enough.

If I move house soonish I might actually get a bike for a bit of fun on. Nowhere to park it right now.
I'd need to get a licence first thou.