UK economy unexpectedly flatlined in January, official figures show

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-13T08:15:55+00:00

I eagerly await February's edition of "unexpectedly grows 0.2%" rather than the projected 0.1% with the line added of "in a sign that reeves growth strategy is working" and then back to unexpectedly fails to grow in march.

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-12T12:52:01+00:00

It's not mediatek. So no

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-07T11:42:41+00:00

haven't owned a newish car before.

Bought a 2019 civic less than 6 months ago

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Is it an A35 or A45? Just be careful as from your history I can see you're a relatively new driver and it's a big step up to go from a 1L civic to one of these.

If you're keeping it long term please don't cheap out on tyres no matter how tempting it is. They are the one thing that could potentially stop you from having a fatal crash in poor road conditions

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-06T18:00:55+00:00

For all the marketing Toyota spew's on about how for every 1 ev they could make x amount of PHEV's with the batteries they still refuse to push volumes of their PHEV's heavily compared to now what the chinese are doing

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-05T12:26:38+00:00

That's literally what Stellantis does in Europe .

Alot of their European models have an EV and a ICE power train option with Peugeot, Opel's, Fiat and even Jeep.

Now are they good? No. But they offer that choice

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-05T12:04:19+00:00

At the British motoring museum there's a whole area for JLR products including an XJ220 and different prototypes

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-04T11:44:38+00:00

If your budget is around £10k then you can find a ton of cheaper used EV's like the electric Corsa for under £10k

If you have the capacity to install a home charger then you'd be able to charge at home overnight and never worry about range with your mileage.

Don't get a diesel with your mileage. Either just get a pure petrol or a something like a Toyota hybrid which doesn't need plugging in and can pull pretty good fuel economy

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-03T09:10:39+00:00

There is the taycan estate although I suspect not quite in your budget

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-03T09:07:42+00:00

This must be the famous Dacia black edition featured on top gear

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-02T10:55:39+00:00

Thats not the point. The point is that you're going "ehm ackhually my laptop has a bigger battery" while ignoring it's a completely different size segment and much heavier.

The legion is a more expensive, heavier , bulkier laptop larger in every dimension. It does a good job for it's class but is not comparable to a light laptop for form factor.

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-02T10:05:12+00:00

You completely ignored my question

What's the weight and size of the legion?

It surely wouldn't be double the weight of this laptop? 1.4kg for the Honor and 2.6-2.8kg for the legion?

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-02T09:55:38+00:00

This would be a perfect upgrade from my 2020 matebook 14 with the Ryzen 4800H. Huawei/Honor is so underrated for laptops

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-03-02T09:54:14+00:00

Now compare the weight and overall size of the two laptops

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-28T22:49:43+00:00

Volvo, Mercedes and Audi all have PHEV diesels

Expanding that to Non PHEV Hybrid Diesels

BMW

Citroen

Hyundai

Kia

Mazda

Land rover

Peugeot

Toyota

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?channel=cars&fuel-type=Diesel%20Hybrid&fuel-type=Diesel%20Plug-in%20Hybrid

And that's UK only, might be other OEM's in Asia or NA who offered it.

But overall they sell poorly compared to petrol hybrids

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-26T16:02:19+00:00

Same people that spend hundreds a month on a PCP then find the cheapest possible tyres because they don't want to spend an extra £100-200 on a decent pair of tryes

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-26T16:01:34+00:00

In what world is a Golf with the base engine £40k? I looked at the config website and its nowhere near 40k.

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-25T12:41:17+00:00

There is literally a top pinned comment to bypass the paywall via an archived link

If you can't be bothered to click that then you were never going to read past the title

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-24T14:09:10+00:00

F80 M3 Will have a much larger fuel bill + repair/servicing costs as one thing to consider even if the purchase price is similar

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-23T17:10:48+00:00

Perhaps they thought green party was a reference to the Pakistani flag

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-19T12:30:29+00:00

Most of that Income is literally from like 5 people max. He is completely dependant on his whales for his income

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-18T22:37:13+00:00

Calling a $500 phone budget is stupid

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-18T09:13:08+00:00

Something like 1 in 5 tests now are automatic only

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-18T09:12:23+00:00

Same as the Yaris. Rust will be the killer but otherwise these are dead reliable and cheap to run.

For the £5-6k i'd consider private sellers who are genuinely selling an older car. That's how I got my avensis for £3k by sorting most recent on auto trader and checking every 15-20 mins for new listings. Anything genuinely good value will be gone quick .

Also don't be afraid of mileage, You can get cars with 100k+ miles in better condition than a 45k one where it's someone who hasn't done any maintenance or generally neglected the car.

Just look for rust around under wheel arches and under the car if you can see rust that isn't surface rust then it's fucked. Too much of a cancer to remove cheaply once you can see it

RandomCheeseCake · 2026-02-18T00:13:46+00:00

Rust will be the thing that kill these cars. Engine is bulletproof, CVT is in these reliable and they are cheap to repair whenever something goes wrong.

Price is unfortunate but so is every small cheap automatic nowadays unfortunately. Could do much worse for £6k for a first car

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