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I didn’t say that. I said the trend towards faster acceleration in cars has contributed to fewer children cycling. Which was an aside in a post about a general concern in putting nearly 450 bhp in a car that has a habit of veering around against the driver’s wishes.

That’s right and there are obviously a whole host of reasons of which game consoles are one, making cycling less of an attraction. But it would still be useful to get to school or clubs etc and I know a lot of other parents and the main reason they give is concern over traffic. Traffic doesn’t...

Thanks for your unthoughtful response, which is just as helpful in its own way.

Thanks very much for the thoughtful response we. I think these are all good and important points but it seems to me if drivers are no more or no less responsible than they have ever been they are still more dangerous in a car that has super car performance (especially if they don’t realise it...

I love my MG4 (Trophy) and in many ways I think it’s the ideal city and short journey car. I also appreciate the rapid acceleration which makes it a dream to drive around cities. But in general I worry about the power in these cars. When people query why kids don’t ride bikes around streets any...

I’ve been getting 2.0 miles per kWh in my trophy LR this winter and most of my journeys are under 5 miles and in standard mode. If I go further it goes up to 2.6. I suppose if you pre heat the car it is a bigger burden on short journeys and the heating is naturally a bigger burden (as a %) in...