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Added 2022-10-30 18:01:02 +0000 UTCIn pics this week we have a couple of photos of the Nio ES8, as seen by Richard near JLR HQ. Then - great news! - we’ve identified the Corvette-ish mobility scooter Jonny saw and here it is. Ironically, it’s called a Viper. Finally, that tidy but authentically scuffed Mazda Dolmio that Richard would like Jonny to buy. After he’s bought a Previa. And a Volvo V70. And a…
More about Nios - https://www.nio.com
Someone has done some serious physiological analysis of Gulliver’s Travels - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12576-018-00655-4.pdf
Someone else has analysed maps of Sodor - https://youtu.be/sUixVDUgisQ
What three grand’s worth of Jaguar X350 looks like - https://bit.ly/3W6iOyP
More on that Viper mobility scooter - https://orangebadge.co.uk/product/drive-viper-mobility-scooter/
That Demio for Jonny - https://bit.ly/3U0QQTu
Comments
That has to be podcast material!
Snowy
2022-11-13 18:08:22 +0000 UTCI accidentally acquired a set of NOS S-class hubcaps from a miss described eBay listing. I thought I was jack the biscuit putting them on my £700 C250D.
Pete Lonsdale
2022-11-05 10:27:23 +0000 UTChttps://jalopnik.com/you-can-buy-queen-elizabeths-2009-jaguar-x-type-estate-1849736863
Tim Gilbery
2022-11-04 13:50:55 +0000 UTCAs regards povvo spec Mercs, I was an Erasmus student in Germany in the 90s. I hired a few cars. Always chose the same class from the local Sixt place. The first time I got a Mk6 Escort estate, not too bad, second time was a Mk1 Megane Scenic. Third time I showed up, handed over my credit card, driving license and was handed the documentation for a W210 E250D with 3,000km on the clock, then given a stubby key with the three pointed star and no visible metal part. I thought I had won the lottery. The hire car lottery anyway. When I got to the car, it had central locking, but the fun stopped there. Dull black in colour, steel wheels with plastic trims, FM Radio without cassette or CD, four wind down windows, patterned synthetic seats, no air-con and a manual gearbox joined to the slowest naturally aspirated diesel engine you can ever imagine. I really didn't think anything was still made to that spec in those days, never mind an E Class, the benchmark of success back home in the UK. The Escort and Scenic I had hired were palaces in comparsion. It felt like I had hired an Austin Maxi. The one remarkable thing it had was a button in the front to let you drop the rear headrests. Which I did a few times to piss my friend Chris off in the back as he tried to get some sleep. I think that as they were used as fleet taxis and often shipped to developing countries, Mercedes made a spec that allowed people to have the legendary reliability and a bit of space but not have to pay for any niceties whatsoever. I am not even sure if MBUK would have bothered importing any like that.
Michael Donnelly
2022-11-02 13:42:45 +0000 UTCI drive a facelift Berlingo, 2003 2L diesel. I bought it as a somewhat funny shitter and I liked the excessive roof carpentry. It's turned out to be brilliant. Done 15k trouble free miles in it over the last 18 months. Everyone laughs at it then realises they want one, myself included. I live in Sheffield city centre so I thought it'd be too big, but actually the footprint is smaller than most cars. People do have a lot of trouble with the roof-windows. Once they start leaking, nobody really knows how to fix it. I've been lucky so far but I suspect if it ever starts to let the rain in it'll be the end of Blingo Starr.
Ben Oliver
2022-11-01 12:40:41 +0000 UTCYour point about ‘one doctor owner’ cars resonated. My parents are retired GPs. My father looks after his cars meticulously - just sold his W124 E280 with 200k and people were ‘lining up’ (virtually) to give him money for it. My mother, on the other hand, managed to smear the clutch into an early replacement on her brand new E36 318i after 24,000 miles. She drives automatics now.
Ed Storer
2022-11-01 08:37:19 +0000 UTCMore than a passing resemblance to the new Kia Niro. You wouldn’t be suggesting anyone’s borrowing another manufacturer’s intellectual property - surely not?
Ed Storer
2022-11-01 08:31:58 +0000 UTCLeaf blowers are a god awful thing, however if you are someone that mows lawns and what not as a business I will accept your use of them. IF you own one for personal use then you are a grade A twat.
Stephen Voss
2022-11-01 06:51:00 +0000 UTCJonny, you find the car, I’ll go and fetch it and deliver it back. Currently building up motivation to pull an engine out of a 106 Gti, could take a few weeks so at a loose end… 😂
Richard Allen
2022-10-31 21:09:03 +0000 UTCSurely retired 007s would be panel-beaters rather than mechanics. James Bondo.
Brendan McAleer
2022-10-31 17:28:41 +0000 UTC@ChrisRayner....I know that, I was being ironic, facetious...looking for a giggle in a harsh world, not wanting to offend blind people either... ❤
Paul Fargher
2022-10-31 17:25:25 +0000 UTCI found looking for deceased spec on Auto Trader is pointless, they are like rocking horse droppings! The route I took to find a 1st car for my daughter was to look at high milers (100k plus) but then check MOT history to see if they appeared well maintained. This coupled with last time v5 issued is a good starting point to talk to seller. Got a 130k 2010 VW Fox for £800, fingers crossed, 3 months in and no issues yet.
Alan W
2022-10-31 15:15:55 +0000 UTCDeliberate mistake!
Smith and Sniff
2022-10-31 14:58:21 +0000 UTCI would like to hear more about this. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2022-10-31 14:58:07 +0000 UTCWell, for a start, blind people rarely park cars.
Chris Rayner
2022-10-31 11:21:50 +0000 UTCRe deceased spec cars and specifically Volvo v70 - I bought one in gold with manual box and d5 engine, low miles full history retired doc owner - it was a pig all four callipers seized and I had to replace hoses variously were cracked and alternator failed a right pita to replace - however, it then go well and I put 40 k on it in 18 months……….. then lost it on a bend and took suspension off it 🤬
Robert Clay-parker
2022-10-31 10:51:44 +0000 UTCOne point from today, Jonny mentioned about the Hot Wheels car stopping him fitting a seat in a car. My old employer used to buy Isuzu Troopers. I, as a young lad, used to given the job of cleaning it on a Friday afternoon. While running over it with the hoover, I tried to push the passenger seat back for more room. It wouldn't move. After really forcing the seat a few times I thought id look at what the issue was. There was a live shotgun cartridge stuck in the seat runner. I removed it, and finished cleaning.
Richard Matthews
2022-10-31 10:33:05 +0000 UTCOn the “travelled a long way for a car and backed out of the sale”, my dad was selling a Ford Falcon XD (similar to the Granada but better) two years ago. He lived in Canberra and a guy from eBay purchased it. Asked dad to complete a number of additional checks which he was more than happy to do. This guy travelled about 7 hours from Melbourne only to try and go hardball on the price, claiming the car was rusty and not what he expected. Tried to talk dad down by $5k from the original $15k purchase price, despite the fact that he had already bought it. Old man held firm and wouldn’t let the guy negotiate him down as there was nothing wrong with the car. Bloke ends up cancelling the deal and drives back to Melbourne with his mum straight after. 14 hour round trip to be a dick and go home empty handed.
Jordan Mulach
2022-10-31 10:22:15 +0000 UTCMy absolute poet hate ( Byron!) are leaf blowers WTAF.... hateful abominations of Hades....no 'kin use whatsoever...... Remote car parking pay machines...... Please press 🚩 for language...can't find flag button....so press on in Welsh Enter reg number..... Random reg appears on screen...re enter reg number 4 times... Pay by card....."await connecting to server...." 5 minutes later...give up..start process again As above....but choose coins.... Insert coin.... "minimum payment ...£1.50" Try to insert another coin, machine had blocked more coins... Re start...process Select language..... 4 more attempts.... Walk away counting to 10..... 5th time insert £3 for 2 hours... Sun shining on the Nokia 1st gen low contrast grey instruction screen..... Barely visible to a soil living mole.... Not enjoy Italian Sunday lunch due to high blood pressure and bile in back of craw..... How do blind people cope?
Paul Fargher
2022-10-31 10:07:10 +0000 UTCThe front of that ES8 looks remarkably similar to the Toyota BX4Z
Tom Walker
2022-10-31 09:21:10 +0000 UTCI think someone has pulled the trigger on that Jag
Adam
2022-10-31 08:28:23 +0000 UTCMy first thought too
Al Scott
2022-10-31 07:14:56 +0000 UTCOh and the XJ has gone by the look of it!
Nigel Hancock
2022-10-30 20:37:55 +0000 UTCSee you on Wednesday. I can also tell Richard what happens when a P38 RR goes into the gravel escape lane down the A46 into Bath.
Nigel Hancock
2022-10-30 19:11:33 +0000 UTCNudge bar on the Demio! It’s the most stolen car in New Zealand and is a top choice for ram raiders - I’ve never seen a nudge bar here though.
DrivingForever
2022-10-30 18:12:53 +0000 UTCThat's a Mazda Demio, not Dolmio 😁
Fergus McIver
2022-10-30 18:10:50 +0000 UTCI’d say the scouter looks more Camaro than Corvette
Simon Whittaker
2022-10-30 18:04:32 +0000 UTC
