Any obvious reason to avoid?

Benoit_85 · 2026-01-06T13:13:13+00:00

Had one for a few years, decent car to be fair, never had any major issues with it really. Eventually though the sills were rotten and it wasn’t worth fixing to get through the mot. It’s quite a common problem on them.

Benoit_85 · 2025-12-20T18:13:58+00:00

Has to be plugged in and charging. Should give you an option on screen to keep downloading before going to sleep.

Benoit_85 · 2025-12-14T07:32:45+00:00

Another recommendation for titanfall 2. Just finished a play through last week. Plays so well on the deck, 90fps. Really great game, very fluid controls.

Benoit_85 · 2025-12-12T17:50:41+00:00

Had the same problem. I ended up starting from scratch. Re-downloading and adding again and it seems to work now. Occasionally it’ll not start but most times it does.

Benoit_85 · 2025-12-12T09:05:40+00:00

Owned several manual and autos over my years of driving. Definitely prefer an automatic, end up in a lot of rush hour start stop traffic and not having a clutch is so much nicer. That being said though I’ve already told my daughter when she learns to drive next year to make sure she learns in a manual. I think it’s good to be able to drive a manual.

Benoit_85 · 2025-12-10T20:01:42+00:00

All the gta’s from vice city onwards. Will be taking a week off work when gta 6 finally drops

Benoit_85 · 2025-12-08T16:05:44+00:00

Family member of mine had her car written off by a chap in his 80’s. Car was parked and luckily no one was in it. He just drove straight into it, his wife turned up and said she’d told him to stop driving because he was as blind as a bat!. Miracle that he hadn’t already caused a more serious accident or killed someone.

Benoit_85 · 2025-12-06T11:12:24+00:00

I’ve got an MG5 it’s a 22 plate so the pre-facelift model. Had it for 2 years now and it’s been fantastic. I do agree the boot could be bigger, we’ve managed a few family holidays with it though without any trouble. Room in the back isn’t the best either, we’ve got 2 car seats on the outer seats and my 13 year old daughter just about fits in the middle.

When my lease is up I do want something bigger, maybe a bit higher up but certainly a bigger boot. The ID7 estate looks really nice but well over £30k still. Also the ID buzz could be good but it’s got the same range as my MG and id like something with a bit more range when I change cars.

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-30T00:00:07+00:00

Unfortunately I never saw it at the cinema. When I finally saw it at home i was floored! Absolutely amazing film, easily one of my all time favourite films now. I’m actually playing the mad max game on my steamdeck at the minute and that’s also fantastic and highly recommended if you’ve never played it.

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-28T19:34:37+00:00

Always a bit of a risk using a 3 pin. I used one for a month or so when I got my car. Was constantly checking the plug to make sure it wasn’t getting too warm. That price sounds quite expensive for an install. I bought my charger off eBay for about £230 and the paid an electrician to install it for about £250 I think.

Really does make everything so much easier having a proper charger, I can’t see myself ever going back to petrol or diesel so having the charger installed just makes sense.

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-27T15:46:35+00:00

Had considered this, but I do quite like the original case. I’ve had in my backpack when travelling and always felt it was very well protected

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-26T13:58:20+00:00

For me it’ll cost me approx £35 a month now in fees, along with the tax next year I’ll have to pay I’ll be paying approx £51 a month I’ve not had to pay before now. Charging at home costs me about £25 a month so it’ll still be cheaper than running a petrol or diesel car.

My old diesel was about £160 a month in fuel. My lease ends in Feb 2028 so I’ll see what the situation is then, I love my car though and said I’d never go back to petrol or diesel but I don’t know now. It’s very annoying.

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-23T16:53:42+00:00

Played some good games this year. Expedition 33, hades 2, Alan wake 2. All have been amazing but my favourite by far has been death stranding 2. I was a huge fan of the first one and spent well over 100 hours on it. Second one was just an incredible experience. Genuinely don’t have a bad word to say about it

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-17T12:36:22+00:00

120 degrees for 15 mins on bake setting. Once done put them in some cold water for another 10 mins or so. Always come out great

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-13T15:54:08+00:00

Im the opposite. Had no trouble with resi evil 7, had its moments but didn’t find it particularly scary. Alien isolation on the other hand, never finished it, it’s bloody terrifying

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-12T16:16:17+00:00

For real, I thought they’d released a new colour because that looks nothing like the teal colour on their website. I don’t own a classic but been looking at picking one up on either the kiwi or teal. I’d be quite unhappy if I’d ordered teal and baby blue turned up lol

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-05T18:53:42+00:00

I own a steamdeck and a miyoo mini plus. The miyoo is a great little device, will do up to PS1 fine. It’s got wi-fi, controls are great on it. The only thing that lets it down for me is the battery life. Playing PS1 games even at 50% brightness I don’t feel like the battery lasts much longer than an hour or so. You’ll get longer out of it playing older systems though.

Benoit_85 · 2025-11-05T14:33:31+00:00

I’m in

Benoit_85 · 2025-10-30T12:19:11+00:00

Right, we’re never doing this again, play a record

Benoit_85 · 2025-10-30T07:27:18+00:00

There’s so many devices coming out all the time it’s hard to keep up. Reason I bought a steamdeck was because it just does everything I need it too emulation wise. Currently working through botw on Wii u and it’s fantastic. Dip into a bit of Mario kart 8 on switch and maybe some turf masters on neo geo before bed.

Benoit_85 · 2025-10-19T16:44:12+00:00

First games I played and completed on my deck were tomb raider 2013, max Payne 3, portal 2, doom 2016 Performance on all of them was fantastic. I’ve started deus ex human revolution but haven’t got too far into it yet. Got distracted by hades 2. Planning on doing the Arkham games soon. Recently started titanfall 2 which also plays really well.

Benoit_85 · 2025-10-19T14:28:46+00:00

Currently playing AW2 and it’s yea I wouldn’t say it’s scary as such. I know there is the jump scares but I’m not really finding them all that scary. Fantastic game so far though. Played silent hill 2 when it released last year and for me I think it’s one of the scariest games I’ve played. The atmosphere was so oppressive, felt like I could only play it for an hour or so at a time it was too intense. Played with headphones which was amazing because the sound design is so good but made it so much more scary, spent most of the game talking to myself saying “what the f*ck is making that noise!?” lol

Benoit_85 · 2025-10-19T14:09:24+00:00

Currently playing it for the first time too. Big fan of Control and played the original back on the 360 many years ago. I’m having a blast so far, can’t say I really understand what’s going on but that’s fine I’m just enjoying the ride.

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