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Ekona

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  1. That's my point: The numbers are irrelevant, it's the scale you're using that needs to be consistent. If you feel that 32 is too harsh, then no issues making them 29 if it suits you. Just keep an eye on your tyre wear and adjust accordingly. Tyre pressures are determined by make and model of the tyre, not the wheel size: What are you running? In theory the spacer thing is correct, they could run the other way I guess, but I've yet to come across any that do. Either way you're going to have to take a chance if you don't know for sure, so I'd definitely be going the same way as the hub bolts go for a starter.
  2. Because the public are mugs and most don't understand that. All they see is 2p for 100mi and that's it. On a tangent, look at smartphone batteries. As a rule they still only last a day, despite nearly 10 years worth of development. Why is this? Simply it's because we want more gadgets and more power, so it needs a bigger more efficient battery to power all that. If you get an EV and then put on your fancy stereo, your heated seats, your a/c, your satnav, your lane detection system etc, where do you think the power for this will come from? That's right, from the batteries, so EV manufacturers need to step up the game there just to stay still. It's ridiculous, and it's the consumers' fault.
  3. Well if we're playing that game, from the Zed until now mine cost me -£19500 and gained me 30bhp, 0.9L, two seats and two cylinders!
  4. If I was 20 years old, I may not make the same bet
  5. Lefty loosey, righty tighty. Or, clockwise-close. Your M&S gauge may not be any more accurate than the old compressor, y'know. What you need to do is not get fixated with numbers, but rather use them as a baseline and stay with one specific measuring device so at least you're consistent. For example, your Dad's compressor one might be reading 10psi over, but it doesn't really matter. Just make adjustments based on that, so if it's too high then lower the pressures but stick to that one device.
  6. Yay my eyesight isn't as bad as Granvilles!
  7. [quote name='GMballistic' timestamp='1455823819' post='1588159'] Yellow stitching looks great. [/quote] I thought it was orange...
  8. Christ, I'd have told them to triple that if they wanted a sale! No way you can judge a car in 20 mins.
  9. Would you like your coat now, sir?
  10. Of course they will. Then watch their popularity plummet.
  11. Trouble is, the current Cayenne is a good looking car. The new X6 is better, but still suffers from that stupid bootline.
  12. What settings did you have the M3 in? How come such a short test drive?
  13. Exactly why I think petrol is the future. Look how far we've come in the last 10 years even in terms of engine design and efficiency, and we're making new gains all the time with relatively old tech. It's cheap, it's simple to fix, and we'll never run out of the black stuff in my lifetime. Something like the i8 is a great compromise, and if they gave it a proper engine it'd be on my list of things I'd be interested in owning.
  14. Whatever it costs to buy one new when I die, or if they take over.
  15. True, but then you've wasted money because you could've had a perfectly usable car at home had you not picked the electric one
  16. The cost of one. If electric cars ever become the de-facto go-to choice when you want a car whilst I'm alive, I'll leave you the cost of one in my will.
  17. I'll not see a massive take up in electric cars in my lifetime. I'd put money on it. It's nice that Nissan will loan you an ICE car for your hols, but it's more the unexpected things that I'd be concerned about. What if your great uncle Geoff took a turn for the worse in Outer Mongolia, and your fun car was off the road? You're not going to be able to use the electric car to go and see him, and neither are Nissan likely to lend you a car at 10mins notice. But yeah, for the small city commute where you have other transport always then they're great.
  18. I ticked it because I'd consider it at some point, but it would depend on the car.
  19. Who doesn't like cat photos?! I put up a video of me teaching my kitten to play fetch yesterday.
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