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What I would like to see is some sort of high output battery pack, you can charge in the house, go outside and connect to your car parked up the road and it dumps the charge into the car in like 5 minutes giving it say 15% range or something. Game changer in terms of making it much more practical for those houses that don't have driveways (which in busy cities is the majority by some distance).

I was going to say the green number plates go hand in hand with the 'urgh' blandness of the current ideas around EV styling

Try living in zone 3 London, snow is just something that happens to other people - still, doesn't stop the trains all instantly grinding to a halt though!

Great picture that, really shows the difference! Reminder me of a pic of my old Celica GT4 next to an SUV in terms of size

Spoke to a well known tuner for Vauxhall engines and he said the same of my VX220, they tuned it before I bought it and said its the cooling that would be holding it back if I had another tune.

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Is it worth posting the solution up here Mike, incase anyone searches for it at some point and needs a solution?

Yes it does, but pretty sure it would have been a bit less expensive! I do like the style of that generation of cars from Japan, I was so tempted to get an RA28 Celica but bottled it and went for a VX. Who knows in future though! The Celicas do look quite fantastic with a bit of tinkering!

There is an upgraded one to the one in the video which is more powerful now available.

@Ekona to give you the lowdown on Michelins although the newer ones are pilot sport 4's Eagles I have usually read very good reviews of on here too.

Lots of exercise and two buckets Actually I live in a house but have to park on the road, so got one of these, does a good job too. https://worx-europe.com/en/shop/garden-tools/power-cleaners/worx-20v-max-cordless-hydroshot-portable-pressure-cleaner-wg629e-1/

Actually no, I do not care one jot about how fast my daily driver is. I am either pootling around town or driving my young son/wife around. We have a 1.6L Qashqai and I use probably 50% of the available power on average, in fact that's probably an overstatement, so whats the benefit of more? None whatsoever. The running cost would be a great bonus I agree with you there (setting aside the elephant in the room we don't have a drive so cannot charge the car at home), but I am not going to throw tens of thousands of pounds at an EV when we bought a cheap runaround Qashqai for a few grand, I will never see the return of the EV investment given the entry point of say a Model 3 let alone further up the price ladder. And as I say, i don't really care that much for a daily driver that I would throw that much money at it. Sure EVs have evolved into brutally fast straight line cars, but they are heavy, they handle comparatively like boats unless track tuned. Which is why I love great handling cars like the VX, you climb into what is essentially a racing seat/position, you can use that benefit legally on the road, the car looks and sounds stunning - not to mention faster in a straight line than 99% of other cars on the road. Would I swap it for a silent heavy box, not for what I enjoy driving for. Back on point, as I said previously once EVs get way down into a price range that is worth the outlay and the infrastructure is in place, will happily get a daily one to pootle about in. I am not anti-EV in the way you are anti-ICE I welcome them coming along.

If its not hammering it down I am still in Andy but bad weather means a 2-3 hour round trip might mean Im out

You got to buy the Ute version then take it on our next road trip!

And a mighty Vauxhall it is

Getting some grief (in a humoured way) off some VX owners, apparently the blue and biscuit combo is a favourite of some. Me, I think beige belongs back in the 70s with corduroy trousers

Scattered thunderstorms forecast?

Pretty sure it states that any tint which reduces the light passing through it is an mot fail. Pretty sure if an MOT guy wanted to be completely by the book, thats a fail. Suggest you buy a load of the stuff and refit it every year?!

Pretty sure when we did our Scotland trip a few years back the zed guys from east London drove to Edinburgh on one tank of fuel. Given we were doing the occasional foot down moment and carrying luggage/passengers, not a bad return.

Therein is the problem. Clearly for you 'fast cars' is pointing it in a straight line and planting your foot. For me its more directed at lightweight, low slung, racing position driving and of course with the lovely noise that comes with it. Hence why I couldn't resist going back to a VX. I agree with you, if you are into straight line power then a weighty overpowered EV is the way to go - if driving for someone is about something else, then EVs really are not a simple next step they are anti what a lot of people love about performance cars. I am sure once EVs come down to practical prices in 5-10 years for used ones then I will probably get one for the school run and shopping etc. but for me personally, performance cars are not just about how fast you can drive it down an airstrip - and before you mention it, I have driven a model s and was not impressed by its handling at all, in fact I would say my old Celica GT4 was better with its 25 year old tech.

Hugely chuffed, I wondered if I was doing the right thing sinking a fair few quid into the interior but it makes the whole car feel different. Even the replaced padding makes a huge difference. I am considering getting a little mat that I can take out the car, wipe my feet on it, before climbing in

Haha yes thought you might not like it given your previous comments Quality is fantastic though, the soft material throughout, new padding in the seats, it feels such a better place to be.

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