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by LynehamHerc
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.
Replies: 287
Views: 84532

Re: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.

At least the name is right.
by LynehamHerc
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.
Replies: 287
Views: 84532

Re: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.

It's a bit confused but: "Around 3,000 Nissan Leaf and e-NV200 cars made before 2016 are affected by the withdrawal of the NissanConnect EV application, as these older vehicles are fitted with 2G control units which communicate with the app. The carmaker told the BBC: “The NissanConnect EV app ...
by LynehamHerc
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.
Replies: 287
Views: 84532

Re: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.

An interesting article about obsolescence, it's partly behind a pay wall but I think this gives a good idea: "At a certain point, your smartphone may no longer accept the latest software update from Apple or Google. Your laptop could get so cranky after four or five years that it is easier to r...
by LynehamHerc
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.
Replies: 287
Views: 84532

Re: Electric vehicles, pros and cons. Have your say.

If the price of EVs have dropped by as much as some of the media would want you to believe then I expect there'll be a bloodbath when leased ones are returned, as the value could be far less than originally envisaged. "Thanks to company-owned electric cars entering the second-hand market, the p...
by LynehamHerc
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What Classic ?
Replies: 103
Views: 2498

Re: What Classic ?

Reliant Scimitar?

For the older gentleman of taste.
(Before any smartarse pipes up I've the best part of a decade on you in the age stakes)
by LynehamHerc
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15474
Views: 3125449

Re: What did you do today?

No idea but I bet there's a few on here who would know.
by LynehamHerc
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15474
Views: 3125449

Re: What did you do today?

Something like a 1.8 Marina estate.
by LynehamHerc
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15474
Views: 3125449

Re: What did you do today?

Read this:

They reckon the Model T is better than a jeep even now.

https://www.theautopian.com/how-the-for ... n-secrets/
by LynehamHerc
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15474
Views: 3125449

Re: What did you do today?

Just had a transit botherer appear unannounced to look at my tipper. No teeth in his head and a finger missing :lol: My initial fears subsided when I discovered we had a couple of mutual friends in the scrap cars and tractors business and it turned out he used to own one of my land rovers. Quite an...
by LynehamHerc
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15474
Views: 3125449

Re: What did you do today?

Borrow one of XTs, they only seem to be used to go to the park so a 3-400 mile or whatever trip is bound to do it some good.