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Blimey! Get a load of this. are the owners selling up while they're still worth something? "The sale of petrol station networks has recently become more frequent. Shell is also planning to sell off around 1,000 locations, including petrol stations, this year and next year in order to focus more...

Every time I've handed the keys in for a service at Chaplehouse MG Motors Wigan they've asked me to disconnect the dashcam.

I take everything out of the car when it goes in for service including removing the stubby aerial I bought for the car & putting the original one back on. The long aerial makes a hellish scraping noise on the up & over garage door whist reversing in.

As most of the other oil companies are signed up to net-zero I wonder which ones will be next to follow suit.

"Gas and oil giant Shell is looking to close as many as 1,000 retail gas stations in the coming years, as it pivots toward deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations." Shell to close 1,000 gas stations to focus on EV charging deployment

"Motor Fuel Group (MFG) and Morrisons have entered into an agreement which will see the market leading independent forecourt operator acquire 337 Morrisons petrol forecourts (including fuel, convenience retail kiosk and ancillary services) and more than 400 associated sites, across the UK –...

There are rumours that the next James Bond might be driving an electric car based on a collaboration between Aston Martin & Lucid Motors. Could the next James Bond be driving an EV powered by Lucid Motors?

Looks like the FUDster's are getting desperate dishing out all that nonsense when the opposite seems to be happening sooner rather than later.

This motorbiking channel I follow on YT has some interesting facts & figures concerning the ZEV mandate. Worth a watch if you've got 20 minutes or so to spare.

When the DNO de-looped us from the neighbouring two houses they said it's the DNO's responcibility & free of charge, You just had to prove you had an electric car or proof of one on order. This is how they spliced a feed off from the main underground cable running under the lawn to our house.

Yes, I get this from a few of my family & friends about EV's too, It seems they would rather believe the FUD nonsense on social media than do a little research. :rolleyes:

We had a chap come around wanting to read the smart meters last year. I showed him the electric smart meter which is10 feet up attached to the ceiling in the kitchen over the sink. We live in an old house over 100 years old. He said I ain't allowed to go up customers ladders & disappeared, I...

I was watching 'Dave takes it on' yesterday about the future of motorway services or charging hubs.

Has anyone else been following this story from an insurance industry whistleblower over this past week? I had classic cars for over 40 years until recently selling them as I could no longer manage the Maintenance or the upkeep of them, The mind was willing but the body wasn't. It makes for...

I was greeted with this email this morning saying the price cap is being raised 5.1% from January 1st.....deep joy :( Energy prices set to rise by 5.1% in January 2024

Ah! Thanks I didn't know about that feature.

What's going on lately? I watch a lot of EV centric videos on youtube & over the past week or so I've started to get almost as many anti EV video suggestions as pro EV videos. 🤨 I'm not going to give these click bait rubbish the time of day.

I was considering the BYD Atto 3 & tried to get a look at one close up & a test drive, But despite two emails & a phone call to the BYD shared dealership with Mercedes Benz in Stockport I never got a reply back from them in over a month. 🙁Their loss as I'm going to upgrade my gen 1 MG ZS EV...

^^^This^^^ We have the same Jonny speed pants brigade in uninsured, untaxed cars & motorbikes tear ar$ing around into the early hours of the morning on a almost nightly basis. Neighbours & myself have reported them on the police 101 number numerous occasions but nothings been done about it yet...