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PCars now confirmed (!) as releasing May 8th. Three weeks tomorrow!

Bit harsh on those that follow religion, but a fair point.

You can, also have a Google for the Aygo Crazy...

If you're trying to turn this into one of those daft pun threads, you're barking up the wrong tree, you sap! However, a good pun thread is always poplar. Folks pine when they don't get one for a while, as they really spruce the place up. It's fir our own good though that we don't get too many, as if we did someone would go over the top and call the copse. That's the real root of the problem.

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Jo's got a Canadian NQT in her school atm, and she's really nice but she's also incredibly easy to wind up. We either keep referring to her as American, or we keep saying she's from Canadia (not a typo, say it out loud)

A GT-R will walk over all of those, but so what? 0-60 means nothing, it's how the overall drive makes you feel. That's why you like the Leaf over the 335i, I suspect.

I blame the wine I've had tonight

Dafuq is a gee jump?

Fastest bun in the world.

Only the wrong would say garaje. Garidge FTMFW.

Then they should've given you the print out. You need that before you go any further, IMHO.

^^^This. It's just a bog-standard torque converter, slow and slushy. Nice and relaxed.

Yup, I'd have just stopped too. Block the road, better than causing damage.

Do not do that, seriously. Terrible idea, unless you also fit a bias valve to reduce the braking effect to the rears. Or upsize the fronts to compensate. Locking the rear wheels before the fronts isn't much fun, trust me!

Lucky man, glad you're okay dude

You're absolutely right, I probably should. It's not that I wouldn't want that kind of power, more that for me lightness and agility combined with a good gear change is more important. I'll give Tesla a ring this afternoon, if I get a chance.

Ironically I see it as the opposite, that EVs would be ideal for inner city public transport. Thanks for finding that article btw, I knew I'd seen it somewhere! I made the comparison with the diesel as it's a different style of power delivery, and I can't see 700bhp from 0rpm as being something I want to live with for my fun car. Especially seeing as it weighs two tonnes...! That's going to hugely affect dynamics, for the worse.

I can't hear anything on that video. It must be easier to hear under the bonnet than in the cabin, surely? Please don't just put oil in unless you're 100% sure of the level, I know it's hard on the Zed but you'll do just as much damage with too much oil as too little. If you want to be 100% sure, drop the oil into a container then refill with the same. Private sale, I take it?

You can't just do that, you have to give them reasonable time to repair the vehicle to a satisfactory condition. You cannot legally just walk in, dump the keys and demand a refund. This is why you must get all communication in writing, and set sensible timescales.

I like the Aygo remember, we used to have one! Brilliant little cars, proper go kart feeling when chucking it round and the engine is surprisingly charismatic.

Good point, do you buy the batteries on the Leaf or are they leased? You'll also have to go main dealer for fitting the replacements and that's not going to be cheap either.

You'll be fine, like Bennett I've tried both and I struggle to tell the difference between the two.

At the moment we (as in the taxpayer) are paying for the purchase, install, running and maintenance of these points. When that subsidy stops, the cost will leap and companies will seek to make active profit with an easy number. Sure, your home costs don't change but then that's not the point I'm trying to make. I read an article the other day (which, typically, I now cannot find) that said the subsidy was limited to X number of cars, and the massive take up increase on these in the last couple of years meant that the cap would be breached the end of this year. If I've got that wrong, my mistake. Certainly other articles I've now been and found back up your view more than mine. Sure, it won't affect the people paying £50K+ for a car, but then they're being bought in tiny numbers comparatively to the small cars like the Leaf, the Zoe and more importantly the i3, which is what will drive demand. I've not driven an EV, you're right. However, give me the choice of a 600bhp diesel or a 200bhp petrol and I'm choosing the petrol every time. It's not about power, it's not about acceleration or speed, it's about how the whole package makes you feel when you drive it. I can see how 700bhp would be fun for a week, but I'd want something to hold my attention a bit longer than that. Plus, I like fiddling with cars, so to have something that I cannot modify at all drivetrain wise is a no-go for me personally. There's a place for the battery stuff, but it's WITH an ICE, not instead of. Let it give me more power or positively affect the drivetrain (like a P1 or LaF) or let it allow me to pootle around in the city on electric bit then open the taps when in the country (like the 918). Even the i8 is a good step forward, but that needed an I6 not an I3 to be appealing to me.

Hold on guys, there's leaking a bit of something and then there's a car that doesn't have any brakes. If there's just a weep from somewhere and there's no more brake fluid escaping then tbh I'd be happy to drive it too. If it continues to leak out on every pedal application then you're right, that's simply not drivable. Hensh, remember it's not just the level you're looking at, it's the amount that changes when someone is sat in the car with the engine running (important) and keeps stabbing at the brakes, and whether any fluid can be seen leaking near that wheel.