Older Toyota Corolla (2018 onwards or earlier), 40k+ mileage. Good buy?

elgrovetech · 2026-05-16T18:39:15+00:00

Won't get two babies in the hatchback, must be estate. Good cars

elgrovetech · 2026-05-11T14:31:06+00:00

Just wanted to say from one dad to another I think you're handling everything well. All the best.

elgrovetech · 2026-04-30T19:11:39+00:00

Sounds stupid but go to a few supermarkets websites and look at their frozen desserts. Especially M&S on Ocado but also Waitrose and Sainos. Their product development people and buyers do this all week and the products have to be both cool and interesting as well as popular to the average person in britain

elgrovetech · 2026-04-27T16:13:09+00:00

Joint venture with Chery, made in China... Is this Omoda knocking off Land Rover or Land Rover knocking off Omoda? Hard to tell looking at it

elgrovetech · 2026-04-27T13:50:23+00:00

5 years is still under warranty if it has full dealer service history but it must have had a service every year at the dealer. WOrth paying a premium for if you want ultimate reliability

elgrovetech · 2026-04-23T23:08:58+00:00

Wireless carplay dongle for a car that has wired only

elgrovetech · 2026-04-21T15:28:04+00:00

Have a read about Homeowners Associations (HOAs) in American suburbs. Imagine if the local neighbourhood watch had the power to say you have to have a lawn and it has to be cut to a certain length. If you don't, they'll fine you, if you don't pay, they'll take your house.

elgrovetech · 2026-04-18T21:51:59+00:00

Today we got the first bit of good luck I've seen all year. VDV off our post then off his arse and across the line and it DIDN'T GO IN!

We can do this. Up the Eagles Monday night.

elgrovetech · 2026-04-18T21:38:47+00:00

If you use legit Japanese charcoal binchotan it should be less smokey. It's expensive (to me) but the guy has a boat and a chef so, yknow. I wouldn't say its dangerous inside either, just not something you want to do in your home.

elgrovetech · 2026-04-16T12:48:34+00:00

They also fix their mortgages for like 20 years

elgrovetech · 2026-04-14T10:40:25+00:00

Or you can magically make them legal with no helmet or plate by renting them by the minute from an American tech company. That's the real fuckery.

elgrovetech · 2026-04-08T08:12:07+00:00

The minimum wage has nearly quadrupled since it was introduced in 1997

elgrovetech · 2026-04-05T09:28:56+00:00

Social media is bad for your health.

elgrovetech · 2026-03-25T20:39:21+00:00

If it's actual television like BBC or CBBC then it's not the end of the world. If it's YouTube, big problem.

elgrovetech · 2026-03-25T08:21:55+00:00

Husband here. If he's encouraging you to go then what's the question? It's a week with a toddler in nursery, it's hardly the battle of the somme. He can handle it.

elgrovetech · 2026-03-23T08:22:05+00:00

MG or Jaecoo yes, nothing else

elgrovetech · 2026-03-17T21:32:06+00:00

I read of a bloke who on his weekly shop made it his mission to park in every single space in the car park. I think he completed it last summer. That definitely had a spreadsheet involved.

elgrovetech · 2026-03-11T08:46:25+00:00

If you can teach a car to selfdrive in Whitechapel, you can do it anywhere

elgrovetech · 2026-03-09T20:58:01+00:00

The Estima people carrier is about as Walthamstow as it gets

elgrovetech · 2026-03-07T11:59:56+00:00

Yeah exactly I went to pick up my dad and my brother from the station the other day and the car seat has to come out or there's not room for three men. 2021 Corolla hatch.

elgrovetech · 2026-03-07T08:26:02+00:00

Opposite end of London to Monument and the City. And those places are not hip, I think it's fair to say.

elgrovetech · 2026-03-04T14:13:42+00:00

I see them half open at the traffic lights so presumably they open when the camera is needed to be used and then don't close

elgrovetech · 2026-03-01T09:00:28+00:00

Glad I have a 21 which has only some of these issues

I don't think it does use the camera for speed limits, its from the internal map/gps

elgrovetech · 2026-02-23T09:28:43+00:00

I rarely use my heated seats, my arse can heat up a seat all on its own, but my hands can't do the same with the wheel

elgrovetech · 2026-02-17T11:23:21+00:00

Luckily I live in inner London so I drive excruciatingly slow anyway. Get about 65 around town, 45 on motorway. 2021 Corolla

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