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I would assume they just rely on the bright light and the refractive index of the windscreen glass.

Activates self destruct.

Sir Kind Friend, MBE, CBE, AA, RAC, GF, TLA, LOC to you.

There's also some discussion about EV mode in this thread that you might find interesting:

I only offer it as a matter of kindness, of course. To give you the experience of the wonderful RC 300h and the EV mode silent running. This kind of charity on my part is CBE worthy.

My RC300h is whisper quiet, and not noticed any cooling fans at all. Maybe we need to swap cars for a bit. 😉 I've got no problems getting mine into EV mode, but you do have to feather the throttle quite a lot as otherwise the engine kicks in.

There are aftermarket universal HUDs, something like this looks like what you want: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Interface-OverSpeed-Measurement-Temperature/dp/B07PWDNNLB/r There's a longer list here: https://www.autoguide.com/top-10-best-head-up-displays-for-cars

The early 1990s Toyota Celica in Red I had, had turned pink on its roof. 😔

It's funny. Musk along with the name "Tesla", despite behaving like an Edison. He didn't invent the BEV, he didn't even start the Tesla company, he just put in some money in the first round of investing. And then by being a right Edison, has managed to take all the glory. Personally though, I like what Tesla has been doing in pushing BEV forward. They did a lot of good work in terms of driving the adoption of Lithium batteries in BEV and most probably without them, none of the other car manufacturers would have invested it in as heavily as "early". Lithium batteries are better than Nickel in terms of energy density but with energy density in batteries, you get a volatility problem. Which somehow no one cares about when it's a giant tank of flammable liquid. And yes, there are issues with how the raw ingredients for batteries are sourced, they are not environmentally friendly. Neither is a lot of the electricity generation. There are some better chemical batteries on the way - apparently, and we could do a lot better in terms of recycling existing batteries. What I'm a fan of most of all though is the electric motor. It's simple, almost maintenance free, hugely powerful. In most ways utterly beats ICE. The biggest problem with electric motors is how to store the energy required. Hydrogen has a lot of theoretical advantages, but it will take time to make them happen. The biggest plus with electricity itself, is that it's almost everywhere already. We have a National Grid. Granted it's shoddy - like most of the UK's infrastructure - but it's there. This cannot be said for hydrogen. Another possibility with BEV would be that it should be possible to upgrade batteries to better chemistry when that comes about. Also, the very same people who slate BEV for being environmentally unfriendly due to the way electricity is generated, seem to think that the electricity for hydrogen generation won't be generated in exactly the same way. But then again my own hypocrisy. I like BEVs as a concept, but yet even for me despite my claim the infrastructure being there, I still purchased myself a hybrid car. Why? I wanted to drastically reduce my fuel usage, which it has achieved. Where I live, while I could charge, it would be inconvenient, along with a need to do occasional international trips.

Some small ones available here that might be easier to tuck away in the car without compromising on space: https://www.safelincs.co.uk/car-fire-extinguishers/

As opposed to: From the 2012 fuel strike. Lets not pretend fuel is without issues. 🤷‍♂️

Why are we investigating Shahpor's member?

And thanks to superb leadership, only another 18 months or so to go.

I had some lacquer peel on my 2006 Subaru. 😔 You can't account for the actions of others though. Do what makes you take the most pleasure in the car.

@Rabbers I bet you secretly like Vauxhalls.

There's a big difference between "newly made" and "newly registered".

You should have a code or tag somewhere that will allow a dealer to get you the matching unlocking nut. Assuming it's an OEM one.

I'd like to see a BEV variant of the RC, never mind the IS. Or even a PHEV variant as a stop gap.

Just have to save up some pennies: https://www.hyperion.inc/

Some locking wheel nuts have a cover to make them look less obvious. Perhaps stupid, but did you try pulling on it to see if there's something underneath?

You really like dogs then?

Will he See 3P0? Any bets? What are the odds? 3720 to one?

Climate engineering is very possible. We have the technology to do quite a lot of immense stuff on a global scale. The real problems are the fact anything to create meaningful change is expensive and people keep electing complete Alan Partridges to the highest offices.

From an engineering and science point of view, nuclear is one of the safest and ecologically sound ways of generating vast amounts of energy, even if you include all of the high profile incidents: Modern reactors produce very small amounts of waste. In the UK we're still stuck with the 1950s designs because people are irrationally scared of radiation.

Given the amount of hybrids and electric cars, there should be a lot of positivity too. Enough to balance out the negativity and keep one grounded. Perhaps get in contact with members and conduct some sort of survey. Though you'll get sparks in any case along with some resistance, as shocking as it may be.