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    New MGS5 LR Trophy for 25K

    For a bit of fun, go on Ali express and search Electric Cars or even Saic Electric cars . Delivery costs will need to be discussed as well as registration and homologation discrepancies. A 2026 MG4 urban for around 9000 euros ? Maybe a source for spare parts when your present car is out of...
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    What makes you feel old?

    We always had the same ice cream van that came around every day at 5.00pm for years on end . A new van started coming around at 4.30 pm and nicking the originals round and trade. This went on for a week until the first caught wind of it, cue , Starsky and Hutch, but in ice cream vans with full...
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    Steering Wheel Tray

    Is the OP and Siteguru a month early ? The Easter eggs have only been out a couple of weeks. 😵‍💫
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    Honest review of the MG4 XPower

    With power comes responsibility ! one of the main reasons I did not wait for the X-Power to become available . I would not be able to trust myself with an itchy trigger foot . ;)
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    Honest review of the MG4 XPower

    On a standard road map its downhill all the way from just south of Edinburgh to north London. You will need to charge up several times for the return journey. o_O
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    SAIC/MG begins cooperation with the Russians.

    Pro- russian regimes will trade with them . Many " neutral " countries who see an opportunity to make profit will forgo any moral reservations to trade at advantageous rates , that might include massive countries such as China, India , even the EU to some respect. The USA is not immune from...
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    Anyone wash their car today? ?

    Snowy owl.
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    MOT Fail! Lower Suspension Arm Bushings

    Was it the workshop / service department you had to push , or the dealer , if different? Here the dealer actively does not get involved, all service ,warranty issues go through the workshop. The dealership only shares the same building renting its space from the family run company whose main...
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    Anyone wash their car today? ?

    What do you do when a bird craps on your car ?? Get a new bird ! :p
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    First MOT, major fail, both front suspension bushes

    Because the first regulated official check is at 4 years here , I intend to do the same at 30 months even though my own visual / clean and feel inspection seems to indicate no defects. I will ask the " MOT " guy to also check all the rear multilink bushes as well, basically an early "MOT"...
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    First MOT, major fail, both front suspension bushes

    You can give them a quick inspection yourself. Put on full steering lock and one can be seen on top , a torch helps . It is about 18 inches in in front of the wheel and reachable to clean and get your fingers in to feel for any obvious tears or cracking. Putting on opposite lock reveals the...
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    Winter Olympics

    May I apologise to everyone, its my fault , yesterday to my wife's anguish I sat down and watched both the Curling and the Rugby. Should have known better ! after watching the recent Cricket tests.
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    Are we watching an empire collapse in real time?

    Trump is obviously mental, that is an almost given fact: the sad thing is that he appears , at least publicly, to be supported by a significant portion of the population , the Republican party and of course the far if not ultra right of the political spectrum. The next elections , if they...
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    Motorsport anyone? 🙂

    June and September , TT and Manx GP , Okells beer ... Kellys ice cream and Devereau's kippers , and the mountain course to traverse. Glorious. 🏍️🚋
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    Back in the USSR

    In the 90s a friend went to Moscow . He and his wife went into a posh restaurant and ordered a meal. About 20 mins later they heard a familiar "ding" followed by the arrival of their obviously pre -frozen then microwaved scram, and a very beaming waiter who thought this new technology was the...
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