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I'm not sure what you mean...

Never too hot! I'm glad the person in control of aircon distribution at our workplace is such a thoroughly decent and good-looking bloke, as I'm sat here with the best a/c unit we've got going full blast just for me!

Neither would be of any consequence, unless you're planning on keeping the car for 100K miles more. The SMF will be more prone to warping and heat spots, but as long as you don't let your clutch die completely before changing then it won't be an issue.

Pro of SMF is that more power is transmitted to the wheels, so basically it's like free horsepower. Your revs will also rise and fall more easily, so heel and toe is easier (IMHO) and the engine will feel more responsive. Con is that it can rattle a bit when sat in neutral, and you need to give a fraction more revs when pulling away. You get used to the latter in about 3 mins though. The rattle isn't anywhere near as bad as some make it out to be, even my missus made no comment over it on any car I've had it done to including the Zed.

Huzzah! :D

Poor car, sitting there wasting away

You're right, this one is much better looking

Pffft, put the fence up. It'll take them longer to enforce you taking it down once you start to drag your heels through court, they'll either give up or make everyone take theirs down too, in which case everyone will hate crazy cat lady. Have you spoken to her, and pointed out that the council are going to make her take hers down too now?

Another +1 for the Exedy clutch here, I ran it on mine on road & track and it was a very nice piece of kit. Good feel, nice bite, not heavy at all. I would also definitely pair it with a lightweight flywheel at the same time, for the performance benefit at pretty much zero extra labour cost it's an absolute no brainer.

Again, another reason to hate EVs! As a keen driver, you cannot be happy with driverless cars on the horizon?

The ICE is inefficient, noisy, old hat, thirsty, dirty, and smelly. And I love them and hope they never die. Electric motors may be able to deliver 100% power and torque instantly at zero rpm, but all that means is you either need to limit it electronically with fancy traction control systems, or you sit there spinning wheels and wasting energy. The latter is pointless, and the former just further removes the driver from involvement. For the record, I don't hugely like fancy traction systems and torque vectoring in ICE cars either (I'm looking at you, GT-R and 488!), but at least they have the benefit of making pleasing noises and smells. Much like how the Cayenne supported the 911 and Boxster, I'll be happy if EVs exist alongside ICE to allow them to carry on being awesome. The nightmare is if they replace them altogether. Might as well make them all driverless and trundle along at 50mph everywhere, at least they'll be serving their ultimate goal then. Because that's where the EV is heading, and if you love the technology that much you'll be sharing that goal.

Painful in here, sometimes. Anyway, Tarmac. Contact details. First post by Grundy. Sorted.

As does that post, tbh. Did you not read what Graham posted? Tarmac is banned from the forums, but obviously people with outstanding orders may need to contact him. Without this thread, that would be punishing the innocent as well, which is clearly daft. It's a sensible conclusion to an awkward situation.

What I struggle with more than Stevo's dodgy maths or Gangzoom's adoration for Tesla is how any petrolhead can be discussing the forthcoming potential domination by EVs as a GOOD thing. It's not. It's a horrible thing. They're passionless, no emotion, no involvement, no tinkering, no glorious noises, no smug satisfaction after a kick to the alternator gets them going again, no simple joy of an open road + lightweight car + manual 'box + just enough power to be fun, no strapping whopping great turbos to them just because you can, no fussing over the benefits of induction kit over panel filter, no struggle to get just right exhaust note, and no jaws dropping as you hear an Italian V12 drop two cogs and nail it past you for other reason than it sounds f*cking awesome. Ladies and gents, as a future that's about as appealing as sloppy seconds hanging out the back of Katie Hopkins in mid-tirade.

Go round and punch crazy cat lady in the face, then send a bunch of flowers saying how sorry you were to hear about her recent mugging. No-one will suspect you then. #dodgyjusticeftw

Mrs Jones might love that idea, but Our Mate Terry who lives dahn the end of the 'igh street guvnor won't be able to afford any of that. The demand will not be there, so it won't happen. The only items I can think of in recent times that has created it's own metasphere of want is the iPhone (smartphones in general) and the iPad (tablets). But that was Apple and Steve Jobs, who was a master at these things. The big manufacturers who are pumping millions into this are also pumping billions into extending the future of the ICE, as that's where the short and medium term future lies.

That's the kind of progressive spirit/mindset we need more of, there are still tribes in the Amazon rainforest that have followed your guidance, you could argue they have done the right thing and made the right lifestyle choices For them, they have.

We won't, because we don't need to. I agree, if we'd hit peak oil and we were running out of the black stuff then absolutely, we'd transfer very quickly to whatever we needed as a race. But we haven't, so we won't. You can pick up a usable car for £500, and with a little bit of knowledge you can keep that on the road yourself, which makes it the choice of transport for the masses. I have no idea how long, if ever, that will happen for EVs. But I don't care, because I'll be dead.

That's why this thread exists, to facilitate communications.

Exactly! To support that many cars moving to EV, we'd need masses more electricity than we can produce now, let alone with another billion vehicles charging up every night.

Exactly Ilogikal. We have nowhere near the infrastructure to support electricity generation by other means aside from fossil fuels, and there's no plans to do so either on the scale required. I won't be here in 60 years, much less 100 years, so the bet is only valid until my death

Could you not just block out the gaps in the existing fencing?

Fixed. All conjecture any way, it's nothing any of us will see in our lifetime. I'll put £100 on that.