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Well you know how scathing I've been about Covid tests, all a huge waste of money. The "vaccines" little better, experience now showing herd immunity was a good idea after all. .

Sorry no figures, but I'd be surprised if freezers ran 50% of the time, even over 20%. You could use one of the 13 amp plug in current monitoring devices like this one to see what you actually use on each one over time. Also since you lived through the seventies, you'll remember the two hour...

Insane inflation You'll remember WeBuyAnyCar offered me £14,000 back in 2021 for my 3.5 year old Leaf, yet at 4.5 years old a short while ago this year upped that to £19,000. Wanting to know if that price was holding I checked again on Friday and found they'd upped it again to £21,755 Over...

The Me Micro as described would be ideal for me, but will we ever see it? Ignoring some degree of exaggeration in their promotion, it looks increasingly unlikely at £12,000 with today's inflation. Ready, demonstrated and independently road tested in 2019, there's still no sign of it being on...

. Never seen those before, so I'd probably drive closer to see what they were. ;) .

There's nothing abusive about my first sentence reminding you that others can know a lot more than you about a subject. I was first fitting assist motors to bicycles in the trade in 1950 and have retained a strong interest in the subject ever since. That is why I was the first member to join...

I fully agree, but there is another personal factor I haven't mentioned. With various interests including entomology, I've spent much of my leisure life in the hilly countryside alongside, but now at 86 with heart problems my access to it is getting increasingly restricted. The solution...

Microlino footnote. To get all the claimed benefits it costs at least 21,000 euros. At 13,000 euros and being heavier it's close to the Ami on range and will get less if using the 50 mph. .

I agree, and if the Swiss weren't involved the Microlino would be far cheaper too. It remains to be seen if other countries will approve it in these safety obsessed times. The Ami is made in Morocco to keep the price down but would need double the power, a much bigger battery to get it to 50...

Yes I remember your post and I'm surprised they aren't here already. Now the UK is in the market too, perhaps they'll take the plunge. A pity we aren't in that market too, we used to make microcars. Remember the Bond Microcar? .

When I bought my Nissan Leaf I thought it would be my last car, but that might change now: See this link .

This might help, getting other vehicle drivers hating the drivers of these cars: When I bought my Nissan Leaf in 2018 at 86, I was sure it would be my last car, but now that may no longer be true. Back then I had relatives and friends far away but within its range, but since year by year...

Just like Del Boy, the Trotters aren't worth much. .

It could get far worse if our credit rating is downgraded yet again, which gets increasingly likely with each item of bad news arriving .

Judging by this Google search, it's all Sky seem to do. .

Never mind, since 1980 our our governments have been doing their best to ensure we catch up with them. We are all on state handouts now for cost of living and fuel, first £150, now £400 to follow. Income Credit for many, Winter fuel allowances and well over 2 millions of us have to beg at our...

If your replacement battery is a Lithium one, it will still be a 26 volt one, just called 24 volt by convention since earlier chemistries were true 24 volts. In truth both lithium ones will be nominal 25.9 volts, being the sum of seven 3.7 volt cells in series. .

The sales were disappointing everywhere, as always, the small UK market is an irrelevance, the more so by refusing to exempt from helmet wearing. The performance was perfectly ok for it's intended purpose and the C1 200 with 33% faster acceleration and 70 mph top speed answered that objection...

BMW did similar for moped riders with their C1 scooter. Enclosing frame, sidebars to protect the arms and seat belt holding the rider inside the safe space. Even a helmet wasn't necessary. But the public won't spend extra on safety, so two years after it was introduced it had to be...

Deaths are the only reliable statistic, it's an absolute. Any fracture has to be recorded as a serious injury, even a crack in the bone of the little finger. That of course is why RoSPA and the government love recording KSI (Killed and Seriously Injured) and often hide the number of deaths...