Recent content by Ferretusmaximus

Not sure if this has been shared here before, but it's an interesting YouTube take on what this is all about: Pay Per Mile Tax Is About Control – The EV Bait & Switch

Absolutely. Together with the "leak it will be 10%" then implement 5% and expect people to go "Phew, that's not too bad".

I imagine this will require a Government-developed/controlled computer system and we all know how well they work....

Indeed. The new buyers also pay a significant amount of VAT which helps the treasury - so is it a good idea to put luxury car tax in the UK at £40k car sale value when the average new EV costs £43k. Foot, aim, shoot. Will the forthcoming budget fix it?

Maxus appears to be top-right of Mainstream though a bit blurry.

Could use F S B instead (Forward, Stationary, Backwards) but it might not sell well in Ukraine.

There are probably many cars coming off their 2 year PCP contracts at the moment so might be worth looking at auctions or the bulk dealers (e.g., Arnold Clark) as there should be plenty of choice and a good few low mileage examples (mine went back with less than 6k on the clock). I'm pretty sure...

Indeed, if your Triumph was old enough (in the days of the Herald) a lolly stick would suffice.

Artist/Album/Track with tracks in 01..., 02..., 03... format mp3 files used to work for me in the left-hand USB port. 256GB Sandisk with 17,000 tracks would have been impossible without it retaining the stick contents. I have a vague memory that it only worked in the front left-hand USB port.

Possibly an MG quirk. Can't remember exactly how my MG4 behaved but it was left in a dark garage unlocked (as there was no point having the alarm on draining the 12V battery in a locked garage). Other makes wait for a time-out after the key has gone out of range then shut the car down, some only...

That's the ridiculousness (?) of registration plates, you can effectively put a 25 plate on a 23 car because it works from date of registration rather than manufacture (and can cause a lot of confusion with faults affecting cars manufactured during a specific period). Not sure how manufacturers...

Widening the argument a little ... the UK government gives fossil fuel companies significant subsidies to exploit oil fields in the North Sea, so it's only fair to tax fossil fuels at the pump to get back the subsidies. The initial subsidies for EVs are no longer very significant and typical to...

From memory, the MG4 used to release the cable when I opened the passenger door even though the car was unlocked. it is an annoying "feature" when some makes fit a very handy button in the charging dock that releases the cable irrespective of anything else.

According to the NCAP review the MG5S only gets 0.9 out of 2 for Driver Monitoring so maybe they don't think it's very good either:

Just gave yourself away James, is it. Should be pardner....