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Make sure you dont go with summers. Full winter tyres or some 4 seasons ( in combination with snowchains) are allowed . If you will visit mountain area and chains are obligatory there will be a fair chance the gendarmerie will inspect every car at the bottom of the mountain. No discussions here, not the right tyre? Go!. Happened to me. Also, not sure if your car will be insured if you drive on summers.

I have seen one in traffic and am still recovering! Oh Boy this thing is ugly. I cannot imagine designing something as horrid as this let alone building it. Truly bizarre proportions form the side. A front that appears to be bolted on and the back surely must belong to another car? I am now thinking if i have seen a car uglier than this but i still cannot come up with one. Anyone?

I think those settings are lost when the mechanic wants to hear his favourite station and then takes a testdrive changing seat mirror and what else and never ever returns them to the original position?

Hah! Answers to questions nobody asked. Tech for Tech sake. How about electronic rear view mirrors, or for that matter, ALL voice control. One of the most bizarre was available on BMW s not sure if still the case. Its called gesture control. Instead of increasing the volume by simply twisting a knob you wave your hand in a circular movement.

The one and only reason for me to never ever think about using a used Tyre is safety. Its round, black and the profile seems ok but it has been on another car previously, it is used! Why is it no longer on that other car?? In lots of cases these cars have been in an accident and are written off and sold in parts. Hence the tyres. Now it can well be the wheels were smashed and damaged and the tyre(s) have been bent/hit/ internally damaged. You dont see it from the outside but the steel internals can be gone.

gravity?

If Erdogan still believes that high inflation is the outcome of high interest rates and occasionally appoints his son in law as finance minister all is possible. Great people and fascinating city, with Istanbul likely one of the biggest mix of cultures/religions around.

Its an interesting car. Styling is Asian in the extreme and likely to be difficult for the western eye. I find the outside horriffically ugly. However it seems the car is to be judged from the interior as a passenger and there it does stand out. Its like nothing else on the road and i guess there will be a niche market for these. Aimed at top end chauffeur services in city environments it could well make sense. Some will prefer to walk into this, close the door and be transported some blocks away to the next apppointment then judoing yourself in the backseat of an S class. Its basically a reworked Toyota Alphard that seems pretty successfull with over 100.000 sold each year in Japan alone. Production is very lean without options, one drivetrain only so development costs for the LM will be relatively low and looking at the salesprice that is higher than last years LS600H i expect the margins to be exceptional. It will look cool in any dealership as well. Just hope you will not be hit from behind as the captainseat finds itself in the crumple zone..

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-labour-conference-demands-keir-33747307 so democracy works after all!

Sorry but i have to disagree. One has to remember that the vast majority of car buyers are not interested in the technical background of the car they are buying. Moreover, if you buy a brandnew Toyota or Lexus you EXPECT it will work, always. Reading a manual is something from the age when cars went blip when you did not follow it. I find it remarkable that Lexus has approved the car for release with this 12v dead battery problem. I fully understand Elaines disappointment. My brandnew Lexus is dead and now they tell me i had to read the manual like its my fault? It clearly is a Lexus issue nothing else.

19 k on work clothes?? Reminds me of French Macron with 9k a month for his hairdresser. Seems roman times are still here. Personally i do find it bizarre that cost cuttings/ savings are done by targeting the elderly ESPECIALLY by a left wing government that will defend the weak by nature. I am not living in the UK and as such do not see a solution to the political situation but oh boy this sounds bad. On another note the NHS. Look at the financials and the number of people using it. It is unsustainable with the current finances. In the netherlands we pay some 130 euros per month for this. The weak are supported. And even here its very very complicated

Which country to follow one might ask

I can go on but you get the picture. Why do we have to continue with professional politicians that have never had a real job? Middle aged men looking like the head of a finance department? That just wont leave like now in France? Isnt it time to hand it over to the new generation surely it cant be worse! well done Malc almost 500k!!

And Sweden

And Denmark

And Estonia

no idea what she stands for but she will have my vote. Previous PM of Finland.

Political correctness is the cause this will not be on the agenda. Any politician trying to adress this and name the facts as they are will be canceled, called racist, fascist,nazi, right wing etc etc. End of career. Best to keep it silent so it does not exist? Seems the Scandinavians have finally got it with the welfare state under threath resulting in new policies.

Its just a cultural difference nothing else. In France the opinion on food is very different than in the UK or Holland. Take French out for lunch and first there will be a discussion of 20 minutes about the food followed by another 20 minutes about what wine to pair it with. Every village has a market where farmers sell their produce and cooking is more than using a microwave.

The French are very pro French in every aspect. Regarding cars i have customers there that can only choose French companycars.

Don't count on it. Tax that will be abolished? Like snow in August. It is the TAX office you are talking about and their only task seems to get as much fund from the public as possible. In all countries the same. More tax points means more tax = more free money to spend for the Government. Like malc says motorists are an easy and soft target, not organized. Increase tax and total silence. Increase company Tax and all hell breaks loose.

Oh yes, about 80 cents per litre and on top of that 21% vat. And in spite of roadtax you have to pay to park your car somewhere in town or village. And dont mention the co2 tax plus vat if you buy your car. And like mentioned in this tread all this tax creates a mountain of money to spend! Hooray! Free money. Throw it at a problem and if it does not work the politicians will already be in a different position so who cares? Its not only in the uk but also here. Spend billions on a high speed railtrack for 350kmh travel and then buy trains with a vmax of 220. And nobody responsible. Try doing that in a company! It makes me madmadmad

Over here in Holland there has been talk of pay per km or roadpricing for at least 10 years. The idea is to provide every car a "black box"that registers the number of km and thats what you pay. Another way is automatically scanning the cars by licenceplate or transponder when it passes a scanning station. That of course will cover the entire country! Time and again it failed and stayed where it started, a discussion. Privacy regulation will not allow it and maybe even more important, the political party that will push it through will find itself out of government for decades. Political suicide. So we stay with the current roadtax connected to the licenceplate and owner has to pay. My Volvo XC60 T6 is costing me 100 euro per month. If it would have been a diesel it is euro 278. PER MONTH. And here it comes, if is is a BEV it is zero. No roadtax.

This is the first green sub i have seen looks like a WW2 one?

Very amusing tread especially for someone not living in the UK. I don't know the regulations discussed but i take it they are there to protect and help the weakest members of society just like in every other decent society. Also it seems to be about a match who benefits most, the young or the elderly? Linas, if you reach my ( and most members here ) age you will see things different. First of all homeowners have been paying their mortgage all their life and IF the house is paid for it theirs. Nobody ever will be allowed to tell or suggest them what to do with it. Then there is the why don't they move. Well, whereto? If you grow older your social network gets stronger, kids, grandchildren, friends you have known for 50 years, the butcher, the pub, this is your place where you belong, your roots and want to live until the end. And again nobody can tell anybody to move, period. Then the young 30 something apparently paying 2500 a month for housing. Why oh why? Just move! to a rural part of the UK or go to wherever it is cheap be a digital nomad. For this age group it will be very easy to start a new life 1000 kms away unlike the elderly that are fully rooted. Don't rent in London and complain about the rent. Your wages will give you a much better lifestyle somewhere else just go for it, like you say, it is a choice! Apart from that the housing market in the UK seems to be identical as in the Netherlands. Population has grown immensely over the last 10 years that the market ( and NHS apparently) cannot keep up.