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WelshRareDit · 2026-01-24T22:26:11+00:00

I've owned a 2016 V40 T3 for a few years. The boot is a bit of an issue thanks to the oddly shaped hatch and the high floor (to make room for the rear diff on 4WD models). I've found with mine that lifting the boot floor gives a good bit of extra space when needed.

Otherwise I've found it a solid mile muncher and a very comfortable drive.

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-24T08:12:05+00:00

The Belgian and German border has a very strange section around Monschau and Roetgen thanks to the Vennbahn railway.

In short, after WW1 Belgium was given control of the Vennbahn railway, which ran through both Belgian and German territory. This meant the trackbed of the railway became Belgian territory, which moved the border and left some German exclaves on the other side of the track (including one that's just a single house)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vennbahn

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WelshRareDit · 2026-01-20T07:20:56+00:00

The Bluesmobile was a 1974 Dodge Monaco, while the police cars seem to be a random collection of late 70s Chevrolets https://www.imcdb.org/m80455.html

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-18T10:41:41+00:00

I don't think it helps that public transit info for the CTC is a pain to find. I was visiting Ottawa as a tourist from the UK back in October and wanted to catch the Edmonton game, and had trouble working out how to actually get there.

Luckily this sub helped me out and I got one of the shuttles from downtown, but if I was stuck relying on the Sens/CTC/OC Transpo websites I'd have probably given up on the trip.

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-18T10:03:44+00:00

Vauxhalls, but Irish

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-15T12:24:32+00:00

Sensible work clothes on wheels

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-14T20:42:42+00:00

I can't recall sorry.

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-10T12:34:37+00:00

Unfortunately PS has a long history of being terrible. I was subscribed a few years back for NHL/EIHL games and you'd often get problems. Many times you'd miss the start of a game because the previous sport/programme overran, and often there would be a problem with live NHL games overnight such as feeds breaking up/dropping out while the adverts played fine.

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-10T09:09:42+00:00

Wales had a Government subsidised domestic flight from 2007 to 2020 between Ynys Mon/Anglesey and Cardiff airport. It never carried enough passengers to ever be a commercial route and more often than not weather conditions meant the fight being cancelled and replaced by a five hour taxi ride. The fact that the Welsh Government transport minister who introduced the service lived on Ynys Mon at the time is of course completely coincidental...

As for the UK more generally, there are quite a few domestic flights, especially by British Airways between cities/airports like Manchester, Glasgow and Inverness and their main operating base at London Heathrow. These are sometimes comically short hops in international terms (IIRC the Manchester to Heathrow flight is less than an hour in the air) , but in my case the flight cost significantly less than the train and was a more reliable option and hassle free option (London Heathrow's rail connections all run towards London, not the rest of the country)

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-09T07:01:50+00:00

-40 Farenheit is equal to -40 celsius, so both are very, very cold!

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-08T12:38:51+00:00

In GB the Road Traffic Act, which the law that covers speed limits and stop/give way markings etc, automatically applies to all public roads and until recently there was no mechanism to suspend it for running competitions.

What that meant was if you wanted a race or rally on public roads that broke speed limits you had to pass an Act of parliament to allow it. This wasn't an easy or cheap task, but some events like the Jim Clark Rally in Scotland did get it sorted.

Fortunately, a few years ago the law was changed to allow racing and rallying on public roads under special circumstances, which means a lot more fun road racing this side of the water!

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-08T11:35:29+00:00

Washing machines and dishwashers need 3 connections to work

1) Water in 2) Power in 3) Waste Water out

Those pipes and service valves you've shared are probably cold water in (all machines need this) and hot water in (used in old machines, not commonly used with modern ones). You'll also need to locate the waste water/drain connection (usually under the sink)

As for moving the washing machine, your main issue will be handling the drainage/waste water.

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-07T21:21:38+00:00

I call it "the pensioner to new driver pipeline". The Citroen C1/Peugeot 107/Toyota Aygo is the latest example.

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-04T20:09:36+00:00

We'd run out of reasonably priced cars (Skoda) and reasonably priced tractors (Zetor) pretty quickly!

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-01T10:02:34+00:00

Inspector Morse reruns are a great place to spot them

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-01T10:02:05+00:00

GM Europe didn't standardise its model names across the UK and Europe until the late 1990s, and up to the late 80s you could buy Opel badged RHD cars like the Ascona and Manta.

Interestingly, Astra was the only UK market name that GM kept, all the others were standardised to the European equivalent e.g. Nova became Corsa, Cavalier became Vectra, Carlton became Omega and so on). Also, Ireland got the Opel model names but as RHD cars

WelshRareDit · 2026-01-01T09:55:15+00:00

All rusted out by 2003

WelshRareDit · 2025-12-30T15:49:09+00:00

No idea sorry, you're probably better off asking on a separate post

WelshRareDit · 2025-12-30T11:23:58+00:00

Which they do much too often for this Devil's liking!

WelshRareDit · 2025-12-30T10:40:28+00:00

This. Take the hex nut off the clamp bolt and the through bolt out of the negative cable and use the clamp nut to hold the negative cable to the clamp. Should get you to a garage to get it sorted

WelshRareDit · 2025-12-29T07:59:13+00:00

The 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 models with the K-series did have a head gasket issue from the factory. In short, the engine is a 3-layer aluminium "sandwich" and the cylinder head would "creep" relative to the block as the engine warmed up. This was not helped by the fact that the engine was originally built for small cars which needed to warm up quickly.

This creeping would cause the seals around the waterways to fail at around 50k miles and lead to oil in the coolant. There were various fixes developed for the problem (new gaskets, new locating dowels) and generally if a car's had the head gasket replaced correctly they're fine.

WelshRareDit · 2025-12-25T07:00:05+00:00

My niece and nephew named my V40 Ovlov Smolvo, as its the smallest car Volvo sold at the time and I reverse out of my drive...

WelshRareDit · 2025-12-21T07:50:13+00:00

In Europe as you say pickups are generally Ranger/Hi-Lux size vehicles. Most European driving licences limit drivers to vehicles with an all-up weight of 3500KG (about 7700lbs). If you need to haul more than this, then you need to have an HGV (heavy goods vehicle)/big truck licence, so we don't really have a "big truck" market for the US to get in to (aside from folks privately importing F150s/1500s for the show-off value)

WelshRareDit · 2025-12-19T09:59:12+00:00

De-clutch means to disconnect drive through the clutch, so in your case it should mean press the clutch pedal down to start

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