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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...

Me neither, came across flow forged too which is another new one on me!

Cheers. How do you find the larger sidewalls on track? Fun and pliable or a bit too squishy?

Santa can’t cover the world in one night at 240 wh /pm

from another thread where I had a similar question

Cheers All, should mean some good unsprung weight savings then and some genuine gains, nice

Anyone weighed their existing tyre/wheel combination yet or know of any Tesla quoted weights? I want a spare set and want to take the opportunity to switch to the lightest possible new alloys (without a crazy price) but I’m wondering whether Tesla have made them very light already so not much...

I entirely support the sentiment of this message, but I can’t help but point out where you went wrong. You tried to buy a Fiat. It’s ok though, the world spotted your mistake and corrected it before any real harm was done.

I’m 37 and I laughed out loud

Ignore me, I type too slowly!!!

could you share more information on your heating system Jeremy? I build sustainable homes and I’ve not come across an electric system yet that I can make work effectively and responsively? Plenty of good wet systems including air source but no good electric ones yet. This has to be the future...

On the A27 in Sussex, near Drusillas roundabout, been there possibly all last night and looks likely heading into another night tonight. 69 plate, white, SR I think. Anyone on here? Need any help? Hope you (and the car) are ok. Before anyone who doesn’t know the area starts questioning the...

I had a similar issue with an XC90 T8, it took a long time to squeeze a definition out of the insurers but I’ve copied what they said verbatim below in case it helps. I appreciate it will differ between insurers but I suspect this would be deemed a reasonable definition; Having referred this to...

Cheers Luke, That is my backup option, getting reasonable quotes for private cover, just need to get the insurers to agree the company is the registered keeper. Things will shift soon, so many Model 3’s heading into fleets due to the amazing incentives, insurers will have to catch up.

Collect my M3P next week. My insurance broker contacted Aviva who currently do our fleet policy (it’s a company car but it’s my company). Aviva were as helpful as I think they could be but they told the broker the following: We’re concerned that Teslas will catch fire We think they are quite...

Agree with that wholeheartedly, there’s so much to explore that’s reachable in an EV now it’s an easy argument to ditch almost all flying, for my family at least.

Stop spoiling the mood pgkevet! We all know the risks of such sweeping and polarising generalisations, we should all be pretty much expert at keeping it in check by now. This started as a nod to car enthusiasts who ARE getting value from their cars, they love them. My slant was that many of...

Gretas not buying it Spon!

Point accepted. My constant cyclings of cars does nothing good for my carbon footprint irrelevant of where they get their energy from.

You could have the most diametrically opposed garage in the UK

Getting rid of my DSG or any box for that matter is a massive plus, gears are so yesterday now

Exactly the same. regretted selling one for ten years, finally succumbed and bought another one. I adore the handling, totally adjustable with the right foot, strong diff response, feels like it pirouettes. But, if it helps with your regrets it doesn’t feel the same as it did, I just feel too...

One of my favourite things about cars is the constant mental (and actual) search for the new ideal car to compliment or replace one. Porsche have got to make a convertible Taycan or perhaps even a 911 sometime haven’t they?

Exactly the same. regretted selling one for ten years, finally succumbed and bought another one. I adore the handling, totally adjustable with the right foot, strong diff response, feels like it pirouettes. But, if it helps with your regrets it doesn’t feel the same as it did, I just feel too...

Just the sort of answer I was hoping for! A car for every occasion equals the perfect garage in my eyes.

M3 is the new People’s Car then, it’s official. It was never going to be ID3 at those prices and the late to the party design was it. Got to say though all my Volkswagens have been near perfect. My Golf GTE was nearly the perfect everyday car. Nearly.

You still own it, I think that counts!

I suppose Merc shouldn’t be a great leap to Tesla’s, quiet, refined, comfortable

Another massive power shift! Must be like night and day, especially back to back with the Zoe

That power upgrade must have been quite enjoyable!

After seeing another member reference their rather special weekend car and noting how many people are trading in Golf R And 3 Series for M3P’s it got me thinking, we all come at this from different places. I’m a true peteolhead but have been conflicted for years so have balanced the driveway...

Who knew waiting for a new car could be this entertaining. I’ve spent much of my adult life waiting for new cars with the full mushroom philosophy deployed by most manufacturers. This is worlds apart; html source code, ship tracking, speculation, conspiracies about trim priorities, year ends...

I got 5000 miles out of a set of fronts on my i30N Performance over the summer, without even visiting a track! In my defence I do have an exceptional bit of road to play on en route to work. In the winter though, no such fun.

It’s a 4 yr contract hire, if it doesn’t need a visit to a SC in that time I’ll eat my hat

Thanks, that’s just the sort of info I needed.