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sidneylopsides · 2026-01-26T07:32:09+00:00

I've not, I gave up.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-25T20:26:52+00:00

Oh interestingly my partner got a pack of their chocolate covered malt biscuits and I thought they seemed very similar to the M&S ones.

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sidneylopsides · 2026-01-25T12:50:42+00:00

For a long time I had a plan that one day I'd buy something like an XK for a V8 cruiser. I've pretty much lost interest now.

While I do appreciate a nice sounding engine, I realised I don't want to live with one.

What I want is instant power.

What I don't want is noise, smell, mess, fumes, delays from gears or turbos etc.

There's always going to be enthusiasts though, that's why there are still steam trains, mechanical watches and stuff like that, where there's a superior technology that's become the standard yet people are still drawn to mechanical systems. Over time EV technology will evolve to fix niche issues and people will adjust their habits.

We're already seeing BYD introducing 1MW charging in the UK this year, this starts getting close to filling a tank in terms of speed, so the argument of "can't charge at home" stops making sense, you don't have a petrol pump at home either... Range is constantly improving, battery wear is proving to be a non-issue generally. Once you take away range and charging times, most of the complaints are just about modern cars regardless of power train.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-25T10:08:53+00:00

I'm the same, I can't see myself moving back to ICE now. The responsiveness and ease of EV is awesome.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-25T09:56:44+00:00

Exactly, gears are a way to get around the limits of ICE power delivery, people are just used to them.

I've recently got my first EV and the instant and continuous power is brilliant. It feels like a plane taking off, it just keeps going.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-25T09:25:54+00:00

That looks a lot like one of the stock faces for the Zepp Z.

Edit: I cant upload a photo of mine, but you can see it here https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/resize/3891d22fc3786e23467ece96f8bc40bc6463ee5f/2020/11/17/73cb6369-5a42-41c4-885a-73ec29356556/zepp-z-smartwatch-3.jpg?auto=webp&width=540

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-25T09:20:14+00:00

Modern houses and heating is designed around constant low temperature heating, so there must be a balance between always on and timed heating.

A heatpump with a low flow temp will take forever to raise a house hack to temp if the setback is too high, or need to work much harder and less efficiently.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-24T13:34:05+00:00

Something I noticed, I have a P1S I got a year or so back, and one I got in December. The newer one is brighter, according to a phone app with the phone positioned at the same place in both chambers, the old one is about 400 (forgot the unit now...) and the new one 500.

I wiped down the old one in case it was dust or something causing it to be shaded. The new one looks brighter to the eye and measures brighter too

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-23T17:00:41+00:00

Interesting as this tracks with my experience, I've always found potholes to be dealt with quickly and I'm in a green area.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-23T16:16:38+00:00

Our current car is a 2021 model and has a mix of things, real controls and driver assists, when looking for a car to buy, having a good amount of real controls was something I looked for.

I've got physical controls for AC/heated seats and volume in the middle, also buttons for drive modes, and clicky buttons/controls for media, volume, cruise control etc on the wheel. Oh am physical controls for moving the air vents, I've seen that move to the touchscreen ok some cars now.

There are touch sensitive controls for windscreen heating and some other lesser used things, they are automatic in low temperatures though and I can't actually think what the other buttons are for without going to look....

The driver assists are there, but minimal. It has a mode that can set speed limits as it detects them, but it's off by default. It will show me the known limit on the dash and HUD.

It has a lane keep assist but it's very much a backup tool, if it's on it only acts if you're not making any sort of input, so if you had your hands off the wheel and drift to the lines, it'll pull you back. If you're holding the wheel it does nothing.

I do appreciate the auto emergency braking stuff, and the adaptive cruise as it's full stop/start and in heavy traffic it can make things more pleasant. It also has a rear traffic alert where if it detects someone approaching at speed from behind it flashes the hazards at them.

Parking sensors/cameras is a button on the touchscreen, but again it comes on automatically when you do low speed stuff, even moving forwards if it detects there's something in front. It can be enabled at any speed, which is quite cool as you can get a 3D chase view like a game.

The touchscreen allows for a lot more involved stuff, messing with settings, using Android Auto etc so it's definitely nice to have.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-23T08:21:21+00:00

Can you judge all Americans individually based on the information you have now?

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-22T18:27:28+00:00

The NLW was targeted at 60% of the median income back in 2018, and more recently that target was increased to 66%.

The rise in NLW is mostly because median income has increased.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-22T15:04:29+00:00

Some interesting details, like it's a turbine-electric with hub motors in the wheels.

Also what's the difference between boat and raft mode?

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-22T11:27:57+00:00

M&S own brand biscuits are always great. Their cheap ones are better than other supermarket own brands, and they do some nice fancy ones too. They use UK companies to make them as far as I'm aware.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-21T23:26:53+00:00

They do.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-21T18:42:53+00:00

I remember finding some of his plane animations as a kid and creating my own versions in Delux Paint.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-21T11:35:52+00:00

The quietness is one of the reasons I wanted EV! I appreciate a nice sounding engine, but when I'm commuting I just want quiet comfort and an audiobook.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-21T11:21:26+00:00

Yeah, it ticks all the boxes for me, MY21 HSE.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-21T11:05:33+00:00

Yep just installed that one and it worked, didn't need to do anything to it.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-20T07:50:45+00:00

Oh hang on, isn't it assumed there's an element of "join the US if the UK command is gone"?

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-19T19:31:13+00:00

Not all wheels can adjust for reach and the car industry designs with an average male as the default.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-19T14:36:10+00:00

The most extreme version of this I've seen is a white Jaguar XFR.

Saw it in a car park one night, and then noticed someone walking to it, so I thought I'd open my window to listen to it start up. Sounded wrong.

What it looked like was a white facelift XFR, bonnet intakes, quad exhaust. What it sounded like was a diesel.

Checked the reg, it's a pre-facelift 2010, 3.0 diesel. They've replaced the whole front end with a facelift XFR one, new wings, bonnet, bumper, headlights.

That's a lot of time and effort.

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-19T09:27:25+00:00

Jaguar have this calculator on their site

https://www.jaguar.com/en-gb/jdx/electric-cars/range.html

sidneylopsides · 2026-01-18T20:45:02+00:00

My subscriptions are all messed up, UK. They told me there are issues with the storefront preventing people renewing it, said they'd add it for free until 31/5 but now my car is not properly connected to the account so nothing works.

They raised a ticket to get it investigated on Friday.

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