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I've got an M.2 boot drive, the HDD is just for my Steam folder. I don't play enough games where loading time is a factor for it to bother me.

Not really a “power” PC, but I had a little play with my XPS which I bought during lockdown/graphics card hell as a cheap way to get a 3060ti. The cooling was an absolute joke. Single 80mm exhaust fan, hard drive blocking most of the airflow from the front of the case even though there was a...

As ever, Sniff Petrol was on point with their satire, probably even more true now than it was in 2019 https://sniffpetrol.com/2019/12/13/under-the-influencer-with-olly-higuys/

I enjoyed Hoovie more when he was doing proper shitboxes in the earlier videos. Unfortunately he doesn’t seem to really know that much or do proper research about all of the cars so talks some total garbage sometimes. It’s kinda hard to empathise with someone who’s buying cars worth hundreds...

The E90 has an oil level sensor so will bong at you when it needs a top up, but yes, valid question if we're dealing with someone who thinks they have no way of finding out what oil their car takes......

Semi vs full synth isn't likely to make a difference unless you're changing the weight of the oil too - if it's getting through that much oil then it's either leaking it out or burning it in the cylinders and that's not down to whether it's synthetic oil or not.

Correct, no VAT

Finished at £225k. Just insane IMO, but that’s “collector cars” for you I guess.

Anyone fancy a nice Scooby? https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1998-subaru-impreza-sti-22b-3 Be quick, just under three hours to go. Oh, and you'll need something north of ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND POUNDS F. M. L.

I don't think there's any point in a total ICE ban. The numbers on the road will drop to the point where the emissions are a drop in the bucket and it would heavily penalise the poorest who tend to drive the oldest, cheapest cars. Politically it will be better to let it just happen over time and...

Given that EV is the future, then in that context yes it absolutely is. ICE isn’t going away, there will be enough out there for decades to come and for those who truly love (and can afford) them they will still have that choice. People still ride horses and drive steam tractors.

It’s a hopeful sign for the future though.

The refuel time is certainly an advantage, but storage and transport is an issue. If you transport hydrogen in existing gas lines it still has to be compressed at the delivery end to be any use for cars and then there are the high pressure tanks needed on the car itself. These are lifed...

Making hydrogen is energy intensive. The maths are pretty simple, you can use power to make hydrogen, compress it, transport it, store it before it is transferred to a car and then use it to power a fuel cell to provide electricity to batteries (or, if you’re crazy and don’t mind NOx emissions...

No argument from me.

You might be right, you might not. No-one has made a genuinely driver focused EV yet. In development terms these are very, very early days. Obviously things like heel and toe are dead and gone, but then they only exist to get around the deficiencies of the drivetrain anyway and are a seriously...

It goes on, but the aftermarket always finds a way. Wasn't so long ago that the coding of car modules/ECUs to the car as an anti-theft protection (allegedly) was supposed to be doom for any DIY, but now coding modules is just normal. When the volume is sufficient, those protections will be...

Zoe has had some fairly serious issues with the battery management system, mostly handled under warranty thankfully. A lot of the battery degradation on early EVs like the Leaf was because they were air cooled and also quite early battery chemistries. A lot of learning and improvement has...

Again, disagree. The technology so far has been proven to be very long lasting and as they become more and more common the aftermarket will catch up. It's not like you can't buy a 3rd party battery or charger for a laptop. I know the battery management units on a car are a totally different...

Disagree - maybe it's because I'm comfortable with electronics, but I am far less worried about being able to fix an EV motor than an engine. They are very simple things. Likewise, identifying and swapping out dead battery cells, no worries. It's just a different skill set. OK there is the...

Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel :D

I do think it's a real shame that we have to lose genuinely good, tuneful ICE engines alongside all the drek. Is anyone really going to miss boggo four pot engines though? Doubt it.

Well, the German car industry is lobbying hard along those lines for sure. But none of it matters, the existing next phase of EU emissions rules are so strict that manufacturers are halting development of ICE as they are becoming uneconomic and the writing is on the wall anyway. They would need...

I'd love to meet the person who's searching eBay for "Street Machine"

I chatted to the seller a bit, seems like a nice guy and all the answers were pretty much what I wanted to hear. Shame it hasn't got the original seatbelts as harnesses are not my thing on the road, for them to be any use at all they are so restrictive. Not hard to put back in though. Anyway I...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204034580412 Very nice. It’s on FB too, seller wants £14k and change which seems a bit toppy but it’s got all the spec. Think it’s pretty well known as being a good build? Certainly has the right names attached to it, Rensport, EFI, engine dynamics. Surprised it...

I don’t know what you mean. Sturdy little things. The panel with the fuel filler in it would certainly never flex when you put the nozzle from the pump in the filler. Very reassuring 😂

I commuted from Winchester to Newbury in one for over a year. Many a sales rep was startled by a tiny little red car overtaking them verrrrrry sloooowly. The uphill bits of the A34 were a challenge though 🤪

How I wish that had the Trofeo turbo conversion on it. Also, needs a set of Turinis (obligatory comment)

He he he he. "Cummins", that's rude. That is all.