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I am certainly posting pics! Perhaps even more oddly, I also sometimes see the 'might be' message, and not the picture. 😕

Not sure I see the point, but I'm sure it was fun!

Price of diesel in the UK rose very dramatically in response to the increased number of diesel vehicles. This was driven by the fuel companies and based on 2 main criteria - first, profit (well, no surprise there!), and second - diesel for automotive use was made as a cheap by-production of petroleum distillation. Increased demand meant insufficient supply from that source, and required a dedicated production process. Anyone else notice that the price of 91 petrol has increased by 10c per litre since a week or two before Christmas?

I wish those that are proposing being involved in hydrogen production (on a commercial scale) would get their proverbial fingers out and actually do something instead of just talk!

I genuinely think that is the way forward. Whether it is a hydrogen ICE-type solution, or using hydrogen as a fuel cell. And that will be an economic answer. Anyone can build something at home to release hydrogen from water and while those designs are unlikely to be commercially viable it does demonstrate the potential. But for now... The choice isn't simple. A hybrid? A diesel? Or just buy an economical car? We get 13.6km per litre from our E46 318i.

It has to happen. NZTA build and maintain the major roads, and funding for that is (theoretically) from vehicle use taxation. Petrol at the pump; diesel in RUCs. Many manufacturers are ending development and even production of ICEs, effectively cutting off the finances for roads. I wonder if EVs are 'easier' on roads than ICE vehicles? 🤔 DERV RUCs are a rort. If you are legal, you pay the same in a car as you would for a significantly larger vehicle. If you are an 'orrible, tricky, not-at-all-bovvered-about-the-law type, you'll have found a way to 'slow' distance accumulation on your odo. Don't know what the answer is on that. Put it on fuel, and it unfairly penalises those who exclusively use a vehicle offroad (already applies with petrol); apply RUCs to petrol engines and while that eases the offroad bill (farmer's quads etc, and accompanying paperwork involved in recovering tax) it opens up the increased possibility of illegal vehicle operation. The UK has a partial solution - red diesel. It takes very little even in a mix of red and normal diesel to dye the injectors; if your injectors are coloured and you are using the vehicle (inappropriately licensed) on the road, you're in a lot of trouble. Diesel at the pump is taxed the same as petrol, and any tax recovery is the responsibility of the user.

Offset?

Slapping a rego plate across the middle helps break it up, but begs the question - is cooling airfow then restricted at all?

Local road has some new metal on it. Hot weather means that tar has started bleeding through the old surface, so the contractor has taken the opportunity to skip the tar spraying step. I'm not sure that they even scraped the surface first - tar is bleeding through the 'new surface' already.

It's summer. More vehicles on the road. So less effort required to get the stones bedded in. (But yes - lazy, idle, thoughtless ar5eholes...)

You're in the worst possible position. You've paid, the car is yours both financially and from the perspective of legal paperwork. So long as there is no outstanding finance, it is all yours. How long ago was purchase completed? Morally, there is understanding that the vehicle has been mis-sold. Practically, the seller can say it was inspected before purchase.

I raced a 1995 911 turbo over a 1/4 mile at Avon Raceway in the UK - he ran sub-13s, I did 12.79 @ 129mph. (He was catching me.) I was in a daily driven ex-USAF Chevrolet Custom 10 pickup truck. 😁 Worked LT1 V8, TH350 and B&M shift kit, and nitrous - around 750hp. Later ran with a B&M Magnacharger and 900hp.

Slippery when wet?

No coverage.

Saw an E46 318i wagon advertised on Facebook. It's reported stolen. Messaged Hastings police with details. Received a reply saying they can't accept reports via social media. Went to the 105 website. Tried completing an online report - wants info I don't have: "Enter address where this took place." Can't call them. No email address.