proJEcTTA wrote: Thu Jun 26, 2025 7:17 pm
From a dumb 18 year old to a dumb 38 year old and still f*cking around with old VWs… some things never change!

Amen to that!!

Someone tried that, wrote F**k etc all around them too.
Council just let it all wear off!

Yeah, I saw that, it's hilarious!!

Up this way, there was a huge pothole that formed on an A road, must have taken out at least 12-15 cars.
I'm following a FB thread on it, so far not one compensation claim has been paid out.

Yeah, I'm about to pull the golf apart actually, so it'll be a couple of months away too.
I built that thing 7 years ago and all I've done is kick it's head in, so I figure it's time for a birthday.

I suppose ease of use on a phone?
I'm only getting to see this when I'm at work and using a computer, is there a sensible app to use on a phone?
I remember tapatalk used to be the rage?

Also, meets, I want more meets, Mr Tapp!
Before the chavs invaded, your meets used to be legendary!

Smith and Sniff, It's Jonny Smith (a-la Fifth Gear and The Late Brake Show) and Richard Porter (who used to write for Sniff Petrol and has been one of the Writers/Producers for Top Gear/Grand Tour).
They talk absolute bollocks for most of the time, but have some bloody funny anecdotes and insights ...

I tried to listen to his podcast but only got about halfway through.
I usually default to the Smith and Sniff one now.

Anyone remember when James may went to America to test that Hydrogen car?
He interviewed Jay Leno who said something that always stuck with me.
He said when they first moved from horses to cars, people thought the horses would die out and become extinct.
Instead, the car took the work from the horse ...

I bought an I3 and ran it for a year, so I'm not really versed in long term maintenance, but the only thing I had issues with was the engine backup!
The regen on them are so good that you rarely need the brakes, I suppose all you're looking at are joints and bearings really.

I had one for a year when I was commuting to Bridgwater every day.
From a strictly financial point of view, it doesn't make sense to me anymore.
When the electricity costs were down, it seemed to make sense, I saved over 2k in fuel in a year.
But then everything went up and cost per mile was then ...