The pavement parking thing isn't quite as straightforward as you make out, and banning it is the wrong solution. Outside my house, in a 1950s ex-council estate, is a fairly narrow road with a massive… (View Post)

On the other hand, in 1984 the Perkins Prima powered turbo diesel Maestro and Montego came out. IIRC, the sales reps guaranteed a full refund if you could find a way to make one return less than 50mp… (View Post)

Meanwhile my old 16 year old diesel, (and it's 11 year old replacement) would do ~1000 miles on a tank. I'd find a typical EV very annoying if only because of the pratting about putting it on charge … (View Post)

Cars last way longer than 10 years. The average car on the UK roads is now 9 years and 10 months old. My wife's car is pushing 17 now. I did weld up a small hole in the front subframe and change a co… (View Post)

The operators DFT have been wanting this for years. Fixed it for you. DOO is a DFT obsession, despite it probably being approx 1000th place on the list of of "easy ways to save the railway netwo… (View Post)