Recent content by OriginalBigAl

You have had the car for two summers and two winters and done 22000 miles . Why the surprise at what is considered perfectly normal range for the time of year

At least your pizza won't get cold, but photos of you vaulting that fence .... definitely required. 🤸‍♂️

Water bombing or water boarding the cat would only end up in blood and tears ....... mine! Much better to just let it go, and avoid the retribution. :cry:

Really ..... are you off your trolley . :D .

I built a car port to stop that sort of thing, the other day one of our cats , a magnificent grey long haired specimen sauntered over to inspect the car ....... then pissed on my fog light . You can't win !! Its been dry and sunny so gave it a wash ,car ,not the cat. Not to the standards as seen...

Its somewhere to hide the key whilst you are out jogging!

Ugly, but easy to clean. Every cloud etc.

If you have time to panic ,you have time to do something about it. Sometimes experience and gut reaction ( the force ) just immediately take over and resolve the situation in a calmish manner , the instant adrenaline rush appearing to slow down time itself. Always helps if you have had the car...

They should have a mileage total ,( miles out , miles back ) show them a dated receipt for the fuel at a rate for the WLPT for the Kia. How could they argue?

Depending on whether I put in the right amount of zeros in the calculator at current values that's around 15 and a half grand for every man woman and child in the UK. Small price to pay to get from Manchester to London 45mins quicker. Oh! its not going to Manc. Solihull slowdown, Birmingham...

Except a big "hole" in the budget ! Bum Bum 😃

Forry...... arhm affing a lidl frouble alking , mah fhrong eh fwollen . Ay oh, ay oh, ay eh fuk oo dey puffe depe heeth en eh fame fise ubes a foofhaste....... Bafferds! 🤬

And then cross referencing it with your bank account details for fast charging sessions and/or your leccy bills and energy supplier to see how many nights you have used over 30 kwh of energy then averaging out a mileage based on imputed electrons. George Orwell never predicted that one...

Not another defector to the Ealing Green club ?

The main difference to that is French toll roads are privately owned , although there is talk of bringing them back into the national network. In the main British roads are publicly owned and paid for through various taxes . Ideally you need proof of 4000 foreign miles to be subtracted from your...