Recent content by benclear

I don’t do a lot of supercharging so this may be common but today I saw something new to me. I was queuing up in my M3 at Maidstone (due to all 6 stalls being used) and an X pulled up, pondered, then parallel parked across two stalls, blocking in two cars and then shared a stall with an M3...

My brother was at this track day (that’s him in ‘German M3’ disappearing off passed the Lotus). He told me all about the M3s there, he was quite impressed. Nice clean lap mate. I’m not convinced to take my M3P on track yet, I love my car on the road but on the track I worry the excitement is...

I've had a similar issue, clips dislodged as they weren’t seated properly. A gently managed but nonetheless firm push reseated the clips and saved me the hell of dealing with service

I have the Anderson A2, looks great, cable management is near prefect, especially the brush seals that clean the cable off a bit as you coil it round. I deleted the pretty hopeless app and use third party stuff to control charging/battery prep etc. Works off our WiFi network but I did stick...

Our car history is a bit similar, I reckon we both used to only buy Evo 5* rated cars! I’d sold my 350z by turn of the decade though, I was onto BMW’s first ever low pressure turbo offering, the numerically pleasing 123d. Was outright dangerous in the wet when the turbo spooled up at...

Used to love borrowing my mums MGB GT V8 years ago, a real driving experience, petrol additive, a proper choke, a live rear axle that helped it leave black lines round hairpins, I’d happily own one but would constantly deem it outmoded and leave it at home like my other ICE cars!

Two Ben C’s on the south coast, eerie

Mine had a few minor issues at collection but I didn’t even log them, I knew within a few weeks it would be kerbed, eaten in, car park dinged, muddy all over etc. I love cars, but like anything, it’s easy to get bogged down in the crazy minutiae of things. Take a fine tooth comb to any new car...

Im proudly in the bottom 7% of user efficiency in TeslaStats app. Aiming for bottom 1% one day on a really cold, very brave drive...

It was a good submarine Al

My voice controls worked near perfectly till this update, now they are completely Mutt and Jeff.

Mines limited to ‘Pedo Guy’ for ’creepy bloke knocking round the neighbourhood’

I have the P+ and find that it’s full force acceleration is met by some with nausea and/or anger. A fair amount of people laugh, but a fair amount hate it. I’ve cricked my wife’s neck, and I have to go easy with children in rear facing car seats whose head is thrown away from their seat not into...

I’m in your area but mines a P+. If you want to come over to the dark side DM me.

I really don’t see the issue other than the potential damage issue but you can still damage an 18 on a decent pothole unless you go for some proper tall sidewalls. I find the 20s surprisingly compliant and I do most of my driving on B roads and back lanes. It’s a much softer ride than any of...