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Regarding fuel/emissions: Any engine that is at operating temperature with the battery full starts wasting fuel after 7 seconds All our Renault Grand Scénics (3 over 16 year period, company policy) had start stop. Based on various tests I have been told time and time again I have above-average reaction times (drag racing, sharp shooting, skeet and trap, eye testing for various jobs etc.,) I think I only ever managed to get into gear before the engine started back up. I basically put the car back into gear before the engine had really stops. It took all of a second of de-clutching, neutral and and re-engaging. With our BEVs we routinely spank Porsche GT3s off the line (they catch up within 100 meters)... so no longer a problem...

Local police or stop watches? 😄

They're 1/43 scale though aren't they?

I am always looking for nice 1/32, 1/25 or 1/24 Triumph models/toys!

Cheers BfG!

RHD DeLorean is pretty rare methinks...?

Couldn`t agree more! I never trust hydraulic jacks... their only purpose is to get the car up in the air. Keeping it there is the job of axle stands!

It looks to me on that video that the car was connected to a charger at the time (it was lit green). That is a big no no for all kind of reasons. Still, one out of 100,000 is not a huge amount. So a risk yes, I never said it can't happen. Heck, I could become pregnant. It is possible (belly is big enough) but not very likely. I could be at a higher risk of getting hit by lightning because I am bald. If you never take a flight you can't die in a plane crash etc etc etc.. Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries just short out and don't burn so you really can't make sweeping statements about EVs. I noticed that the cars that did burn were almost all Model 3s. There are lots of factors involved.

Mildly related: Where by not sure if they explain why they didn't put the pins in the ramps with the jacks to help stabilize... I was actually thinking of getting them to get the extra clearance. I doubt a Spitfire weighs half as much as a Ford F150...

Unless I see verifiable proof I would not believe that. Almost every "EVs burned XYZ down" stories turn out to be false. Most often it is a dino-juice engine that went poof. So unless you can show me actual data I will add this to the 30 story pile of FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) about EVs....

Well particularly in the US the simple fact of having a manual transmission/gearbox makes them "undrivable"... 😄

Have you adjusted the rear shoes? Those determine how many clicks it take for the handbrake to engage. Pull the hand brake up 3 clicks. Chock the front wheels and raise the rear. Put a 1/4 inch square wrench/spanner on the adjuster (the end of a socket and a bolt can be used) Rotate the wheel and tighten the adjuster until the wheel stops. Do the same on the other side...

`wince`:-D

My very long and likely boring response that Paul put together 1000 times more succinctly: I was a web master and admin for many years and I have lead a few social media projects. When I see comments like something being "old fashioned" or "old school" I always wince a little. The internet, like most spaces is complex and there are tools for a purpose that are better than others. Can you use a butter knife to turn a screw? Of course you can. Is that the best thing for the screw or the knife? Not likely. Social media, in nearly all its forms is basically a cocktail party. You come in, hang around for a while, walk around picking up snippets of info and possible engaging in conversation. It's warm and fuzzy. Just like a cocktail party you don't always know who will be there and you will likely not know the people well who are there. Again, like a cocktail party, the group admin is like the host, mostly likely the only person you know well and whose opinion you can trust. Social media is great for light banter, showing pictures, reaching a lot of people quickly and for one-way communication e.g. announcing events. This is because by its very nature it cross pollinates and will likely reach more people than anything posted on a forum or a webpage that, unless someone is looking for it, will likely not be seen. This is mostly down to the fact that notifications are actively sent to people (I sometimes say shoved down their throats,.,) and requires little to no effort for them to receive said information. When it comes to problem solving something more complicated than folding paper in half social media breaks down. Let's take the example of boiling a pot of water. Person A posts they are trying to boil a pot of water. Person B for whom we have no proof they know how to boil water (This is problem No.1: We often have no clue or a way to easily find out if the advice being given is from a person who is qualified in anyway) tells them to just put it on the stove and turn up the heat. Sounds plausible, doesn't it? Person A says they tried that and it doesn't work. At this point Person B has flitted off to look at cat pictures and probably never sees the response from Person A. Here is problem No. 2: Lack of persistence. People run off or the thread gets pushed down and the search function of most social media is mediocre at best. This is technically more than one problem but I prefer to lump them together because the results are the same, regardless of the cause. Person C then posts to put a lid on it (the pot, not the conversation). Person A responds that that seemed to help, i.e. the water is warm but not boiling. If you are lucky at this point someone twigs and looks at the person's profile and if you are lucky you see the person lives in Colorado and THEN you figure out it is the lower air pressure that means you have to increase the temperature to get it to work. One other minor problem I have is often people post question in the form of a graphic that cannot be searched at all or the grammar is so poor (I often winder if the question mark even exists) you have to think hard what they are asking. The last issue is ubiquitous with any online presence and has been a problem since the InterWeb started up for Joe Q Public in the 90's. Forums largely solve these problems. Most forums require a profile where location is on display without additional checking. You automatically can see if anyone responded how long they have been in the forum and how many replies they have given. While this is no guarantee they know their stuff it is a pretty good indicator and much easier than Person B above. Persistence of the information and a decent search engine are very important IMHO. We are talking about people doing work on what is essentially a rolling missile that if you get something wrong can cause seveer personal and material damage. I for one want to check and double check the validity of the information before use it as a basis for doing anything on my car. Unless I know the person personally I simply do not feel that social media can provide that. So for those of you who are still awake: We need both. They are all tools and they have their better uses and interactions. You really can`t beat social media for drumming up interest, announcing things. By virtue of the "others who have looked at this were also interested in..." type algorithms social media helps keep things alive and moving. When solving problems though it is about as effective as talking to my dog sometimes. It may make me feel good but it is really not helping others in any significant way. Things can be more nuanced of course but for the majority of the time this is all applicable. I actually ran some experiments on this front but even my dog has fallen asleep so I won't bore with them but they basically proved my case.

In NYC a few weeks ago it was mostly non-white people wearing them (and latex gloves as well) ... I heard of some conspiracy theory that they were afraid of being "wiped out" by white people... Based on my relatives in Kentucky I think them there white folks is gonna be wipin' them thar selves out before... 😄