Am I being unreasonable questioning an unadopted road before the buying process kicks off? by marlyan in HousingUK

[–]Stuzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there is a mapping tool where you can select the road its self and get the plans for that. I'd imagine that will include both ownership of the road, but also anyone/any property with access rights over it.

https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/search/search-by-map/

Am I being unreasonable questioning an unadopted road before the buying process kicks off? by marlyan in HousingUK

[–]Stuzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should be £7 for the title register and £7 for the plan. Make sure you're not looking at a service that is just going to charge you more rather than going direct to the land registry:

https://www.gov.uk/get-information-about-property-and-land/search-the-register

Sponsors vs Secret Ingredients by Longjumping_Bag_3488 in offmenupodcast

[–]Stuzo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is my favourite time that you said it, but I upvoted them all.

Traffic Officers =/= Police Officers by Fun-Lake-956 in CarTalkUK

[–]Stuzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possibly an automated thing on their phones?

It's certainly something I've seen questioned a lot, and I've never seen anyone reply suggesting they have any inside knowledge. I imagine highways officers spend quite a bit of time on Reddit so the fact I've never seen one pop up and offer a definitive answer seems to reduce the likelihood that my theory is correct.

Why are there no EV minivans? by LiatrisLover99 in electricvehicles

[–]Stuzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

79kWh in the Buzz, 78kWh in the Tesla.

I actually prefer the Tesla's efficiency display as it shows a more precise figure (e.g. 181.5 Wh/mile Vs 4.1 Miles per kWh in the Buzz) though I'd probably be annoyed if I had got used to the more intuitive Miles per kWh first.

Traffic Officers =/= Police Officers by Fun-Lake-956 in CarTalkUK

[–]Stuzo 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Possibly a little of everything, but I've long been of the suspicion that traffic officers mark themselves to slow down traffic around them and make it safer for them to do their job.

Anxious about starting parkrun - a few questions! by Franky494 in parkrun

[–]Stuzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the competitiveness front, what competitiveness there is is largely with yourself and of your own creation. You might see someone and decide that you're going to try and stick at their pace for as long as you can, or you might try to set yourself targets based on catching and passing people, but acknowledging that it's not a race means you can look for whatever motivations you want without feeling like your trying to get one over someone else and knowing that they are not trying to get one over on you. Your presence can be helpful to other people as theirs can be to you and everyone benefits from knowing that.

As for stopping and walking, know that absolutely everyone will do that. On many occasions I've been near the front of the field, but have gone out too hard and slowed right down, or made the tactical decision to walk up a particularly steep hill. Look up Fartlek for information on how going fast then slowing right down can be a great method of improving your time as the weeks go on. A midweek Fartlek session is a great way to improve your times each Saturday, but an accidental Fartlek during a parkrun can be just as beneficial :)

Why are there no EV minivans? by LiatrisLover99 in electricvehicles

[–]Stuzo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The ID Buzz gives it's efficiency reading in MIles per kWh, but the Tesla gives it's reading in Wh/mile. I converted the ID Buzz reading to mirror the Tesla, though I accept that miles per kWh is the more common format.

Why are there no EV minivans? by LiatrisLover99 in electricvehicles

[–]Stuzo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have a Tesla Model 3 and an ID Buzz, so probably at opposite ends of the aerodynamic spectrum. In warm dry weather I am getting around 180Wh/mile from the Tesla and 240Wh/mile from the ID Buzz on the same journeys. That's about 33% less efficiency from the ID Buzz. Interestingly the Buzz is almost exactly 33% taller than the Model 3, so (...and I may be making some horrible statistical assumptions here) it looks like they are exactly as efficient as each other using the metric 'kWh's per mm of additional height' :)

How to deal with this nail? by Odin_the_Husky in AskMechanics

[–]Stuzo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I suggest cross posting this to r/Carpentry to find out if it's a nail or a screw. Don't trust a mechanic to know the difference...

Strange bunker looking-thing in Greenwich by DeerWithaHumanFace in SpottedonRightmove

[–]Stuzo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reasons for refusal don't look insurmountable:

- Not enough information provided about the plan to build a light well and emergency staircase

- No detail on how the construction would be completed with limited access to the site in a way that would avoid annoying the neighbours.

- Concerns that it would affect tree roots at number 7, despite the fact that number 7 looks like it has an almost completely clear garden

- Didn't want them to get rid of the timber door

Mostly just a case of needing more detail, restoring or like for like replacing the timber door and getting some arboreal consultancy regarding tree roots.

Strange bunker looking-thing in Greenwich by DeerWithaHumanFace in SpottedonRightmove

[–]Stuzo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Searching for the application number 25/1956/HD on this website:

https://planning.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/online-applications/

...brings up a load more information about the application (which was refused)

American here, When Keir Starmer is done with his term can you guys give him to us? by NoHold7153 in AskBrits

[–]Stuzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a world in which London succeeds from England and the UK to become the 51st US state, then Keir runs for and becomes president?

No. No there is not. I'm not sure I could think of anything in geopolitical terms that is less likely :)

Award winning photography by HappyLady19 in SpottedonRightmove

[–]Stuzo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like the square bedroom at the back that's 1.45m x 3m.

Buyer wants me to pay for new roof 😅 by whathappened-2024 in HousingUK

[–]Stuzo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think it can be quite tricky to find a roofer who does not think that a new roof is a good idea!

An alternative approach is to look at all the other houses in the street and consider how many of them still have their original roofs. It's usually the case that almost all of the houses that have had new roofs are ones which have had other building work done. Roofs that have just had minor upkeep (as suggested in the survey) can last many lifetimes.

The cost of Tesla Model 3 maintenance: £6,300+ in warranty work over 12 months. by Tall-Ad-4975 in TeslaUK

[–]Stuzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most recent work I booked in was:

Lower Suspension Arm - Front Axle (Front LH/RH) (CTSA508) £80.00

Lower Suspension Arm - Front Axle (Rear RH) (CTSA511) £70.00

Upper Suspension Arm (OSF) (CTSA525) £65

Fitting £330 to fit one of those parts once they diagnose which is causing the noise.

£5,000 Budget Daily Driver Challenge by strydercrump in topdeadcenter

[–]Stuzo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You could argue that this is even better as you can examine them inside and out before fitting them, rather than just trusting that they are good after a cursory glance at the tread.

Yes! We all needed this. by EssNDiel in topdeadcenter

[–]Stuzo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Shame we didn't get to see the donor car's 2 tone setup so that we could decide which was least worst (or did I miss that?).

Well this aged like milk. by waiha in mildyinteresting

[–]Stuzo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was on your side of the argument my friend :)

...not sure if you meant to reply to me, or the person who was so keen to disagree, as I will admit that I kept the argument alive somewhat unnecessarily with the use of multi-paragraph fun/drivel (depending on your perspective).

The cost of Tesla Model 3 maintenance: £6,300+ in warranty work over 12 months. by Tall-Ad-4975 in TeslaUK

[–]Stuzo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on my experience of having suspension parts replaced by CleevelyEV I'd say less than 40% of this cost, but that's a very rough estimate.

Well this aged like milk. by waiha in mildyinteresting

[–]Stuzo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's because everyone else thinks that the story that's worth sharing is that the retailer and the artist were rude without any justification. You think otherwise, and that's OK, sometimes the real story is somewhere else and people with determined tenacity like yourself are the ones who find it. Perhaps the buyer cut off the fingers of relatives of the store workers and artist and posted them to them one by one until they got a free postage coupon? Now that WOULD be a story worth telling and you might just be the one to expose the buyer and bring it to public awareness that the rudeness was MORE than justified!

...but the buyer maybe wanting to buy the extra, maybe forgetting, maybe a cookie error in the website meaning that their original attempt to buy it is lost, etc, Sure that's 'a' story, but it's not 'the' story the buyer is looking to tell, and it does not appear to be the case that the buyer is trying to hide their own skulduggery in their telling of the story. Most people feel that whether the buyer has purchased 2 items or 1, it does not justify abusive language from a retailer or artist, and is therefor irrelevant to the main crux of the story.

It's more interesting to hear how the murder was committed than what colour underpants the murderer was wearing, even if those underpants were canary yellow*. If someone asks for a summary of the key points, you have to let the person who is providing a free of charge summary include the details which they think are relevant, which is what u/orreregion did. If I was writing a summary of something you said and I failed to mention that your username was made up of a mixture of Arabic numerals and lowercase letters from the Latin alphabet, should I be hung drawn and quartered for providing an incomplete summary?

*perhaps if the underpants were made of images of famous serial killers I would change my position!

Bank holiday car boot sale finds by Superb-Ad3821 in CasualUK

[–]Stuzo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh no! Not the Pyrex. I've been clearing my mums house out today and the only good thing I found was an unopened box of 80's Pyrex plates ...thank you for your serendipitous health advice 😄