EH 370z
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Quick update on the camera front, for the wife’s Christmas prezzie.
So ordered it last week, finished in white. Lovely.
"No problem Mr Cooper, see you Tuesday to pick it up!"
Great, I thought.
Went in yesterday on my day off.
"Er, don’t understand it’s not here! Let me just check....."
25 minutes later
"No sorry, it's not there" she says
"Not where? it’s not here, I am guessing and that’s all I am really bothered about!"
They hadn't the stock in at the ware house but didn’t think it was that important to tell anyone - *******.
"Right then when can you get me a white Nikon 1 n1?"
"Dunno."
"This year?"
"Dunno"
I now have a BLACK Nikon N1 - Three hours later, and two trips to Middlesbrough and one to Stockton.
The moral of the tail is that, Jessops advice and knowledge is great (if you get the right bod) However their infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired.
Hope she bloody like it.....
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With fast charging I think EVs are a great idea.
I love the tech and I would honestly drive an EV if the range and charging time was right.
Now Nissan need to bring out a good high riding 4x4 EV.
The speed of the tech is staggering TBH, where we were with EV tech at the beginning of the year and were we are now is chalk and cheese. We just sold a car to a Japanese chap on Monday who works for a company that has just relocated to the North East (luck him!!) that makes the high efficiency electrolyte for the batteries in anticipation of the leaf being made at Sunderland next year. I think I may have already posted on this subject also, but Nissan plans to have trippled the EV dealer network by 2013. Hopefully if the cars take off the price will come down. Not my cup of tea for personal use, but if they get the fast chargers up and running, I wouldnt mind running one for my 12 minute comute to work!
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I test drove the GTR and Leaf on the Nissan Test track on Saturday, I had already drove both cars at a steady pace before, but was surprised on how well the leaf drove and it's no snail either
But not for me or the petrol head purists I think, however the owld two stroke screamers suffered the same fate as the T REX
watch this space Yes, the only fun thing about the leaf on a track, is potentialy it can realise its top speed in forward and reverse!!
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I am not sure about the whole EV thing, but I post this more as a point of interest than anything. These things are coming to our roads folks, its just a question of when... T
Nissan wants fast charging points for UK service stations
NISSAN wants to roll out fast charging points for electric cars in motorway service stations across the UK.
The firm’s UK managing director Jim Wright revealed the Japanese car maker was in ‘advanced talks’ with service station operators about introducing the points which can recharge EVs by up to 80 per cent in just 20 minutes.
Wright said Nissan aims to create hubs around the UK which would make traveling from Glasgow to London as easy, and as quick, as the same trip in a normal combustion-engined car.
‘We’d like to think it is conceivable that if drivers of electric vehicles needed to make a 200-mile journey then they’d be able to do so in the same time as you would in a combustion-engined car,’ said Wright.
‘By that I mean, the EV driver would stop for around 20 minutes as a break, have a cup of tea and charge up his car while he did so. We are trying to establish a network of charging points around the country that would enable this to happen and service stations are ideal.’
Wright confirmed he was in discussions with the owners of these sites now as well as train stations and other locations deemed suitable for fast charging points.
‘The industry has to be behind this because the government doesn’t have the money to do it,’ he added.
But what does Nissan get out of it? Andy Palmer, global head of product for the manufacturer told us at the Tokyo Motor Show that it wasn’t about making money.
‘Mr Clarkson kindly pointed out on Top Gear this summer that the UK was severely lacking fast charger points,’ explained Palmer. ‘We’ve decided to manufacturer these quick chargers in house so we can bring the cost of them down from £40,000 to nearer £8,000 and roll out installations.
‘At that price they become more affordable and we can see local communities clubbing together to buy one, or a Starbucks or petrol station buying one. Why would they want to do that? Well, they capture customers for the 15-20 minutes it takes to charge the car and can make money from them elsewhere.
‘We won’t make any money on selling the chargers, but it is about helping EVs develop and the market expand – that we will benefit from.’
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What a weapon
Its all magic to me
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Yes but his has no roof
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I like it, nice shot
Frankly, I am more interested in where the camera was either mounted (how?) or who was holding it (even bigger HOW?)
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and good luck with the new car
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They are having no luck with anything over there, are they...
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I have a pair of the BOSE ear phones, they are very comfortable.
Cant advise on their gym credentials, as I have never been in one!
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not seen that before,
very cleverly done
I am a secret "The Chap Magazine" subscriber, so I get all this sillyness in advance
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First and ONLY rule of photography - there are NO rules.
For instance, how much would you pay to have this hung on your wall?
£50, £200 or maybe £1000?
Nope - just sold for £2.7 million in New York.
I'm out to take a few snaps of Axbridge reservoir and see if I can make a couple of mill before sunset.................
Holy sh!t, there's a recession proof industry! I thought it was just MacDonalds that were laughing to the bank!!
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Many happy returns
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Put a cross in the middle of the Sahara desert stating do not park here and rest assured, some pillock will.
Yes, it’s like a herding instinct
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I dont think I understand anything that you have written
But blinky sounds like a nervous tick, so I am going with Nostradamus.
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How nice does the grey Zed look?
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Yep, saw him live at Newcastle last year, clever guy
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Just been in all most the exact same position !
See my camera panic thread below, it may help you too
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Happy birthday, have a great night
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Those pics are totally totally mental. This morning it was 0 degrees when i got in my car and I had to drive it like a grandad to get anywhere. The back end was spinning up in 3rd and even 4th under the slightest bit of throttle. Reminded me of when I used to use my R1 in winter to get to work on.... not much fun.
How brave!?
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Will these do for your driving/gay/serial killing?
So sorry bet you wish you hadn't started this
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The GTR aside for a minute
I can tell you with some confidence that, if there was ever a car crying out for some good tasteful mods, it’s one of these things.
The biggest frustration we have as an enthusiastic dealer of Jukes, is the fact that we have little to no extras to sell on these cars to personalise them. There is loads of photo shopped ideas on the net, but no one has have the balls to do them job right on one.
eg:
http://www.nikeride.com/nissan-jukes-hot-hatch-treatment-from-impul/
EV expansion plans
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Not my cup of tea for personal use, but if they get the fast chargers up and running, I wouldnt mind running one for my 12 minute comute to work!
Surely this is the absolute ideal application for this technology and the fast charger would not be needed.
Steve
Yes your right, I think the point of the fast charger would be that if your Leaf was used for short journeys like going to work and the shops etc. you could keep on top of the charge where ever you are. They are planning on putting these power point all over the place, so if you went to Tescos for a bit of a shop, you could plug in and be fully charged by the time you have fallen out with the self-service aisle, plus you are using someone else’s power and not yours!!