|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 18, 2021 19:34:16 GMT
The flex 7 seating on the zafira is a very smart piece of efficient design At launch yes it was a great piece of design, however I always felt that the Grand Scenic (launched a couple of years later), did it far better: - Want to put seats 6 and 7 up in the Zafira, you have to fold up and slide the whole centre bench forward, if the seats are occupied the occupants have to get out; massive faff if there are kids and car seats, in the Grand Scenic, open the boot and pull the tabs, the seats fold out, want them folded away just pull the tab again, push on the seats and they fold on themselves into the floor, the Zafira, slide the whole centre row forward.......
- Lack of legroom in seats 6 and 7 in the Zafira, the whole centre bench has to move forward, in the Grand Scenic, each centre seat slides, independently.
- Need to load up the car for a tip run, all 3 centre seats in the Grand Scenic come out (sometimes, a, pain to put back!), the Zafira, the bench folds up and slides forward, OK a pretty good bit of design but you still have a good foot of folded seat depth left in the car.
- Want to carry something long but not particularly wide and a couple of passengers, you can't in a Zafira as the whole bench has to slide forward, you can in a Grand Scenic as the middle seats slide and remove independently.
Vauxhall used this design right up until the Zafira Tourer, where other marques such as Citroen on the Grand Picasso used a similar and far more practical system to the Renault.
Honda Jazz, fantastic folding rear seats, Meriva wasn't too bad either, Renault tried it with the Modus and it was a pretty poor effort, better on the Grand Modus but not a patch on the Jazz.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 18, 2021 10:39:56 GMT
Loads of electric cars around here, many Tesla's, the odd Polestar, a few ID3, ZOE's, Hyundai, Kia pretty much everything but then I work within the M25 and live just outside of the M25 so a) wealthy areas and b) close proximity to London.
I drive a ZOE most of the time and have done on and off since 2013, probably helps that sell them!!
A friend of the wife, her brother who lives in Las Vegas, rang her one day and told her to go to Tesla order what you want for you and the 2 kids (his niece and nephew) and he'll pay for them, their 3 new Model 3's are expected in November.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 17, 2021 12:02:38 GMT
Working in Weybridge and opposite the local petrol station I see many famous people and footballers, I leave them alone as I don't get star struck, but used to have friendly banter and chats with Max Clifford!!
Peter Crouch used to be seen fairly regularly filling up his car, one day one of the mechanics saw him, went over and asked for a selfie, he obliged but was struggling to get a decent shot, my colleague spotted Abbey Clancy in the passenger seat so motioned for her to get out and to take the photo, she did and both were perfectly pleasant, a friend of the wifes is a nanny and the kids she looks after go to/went to the same school as the Crouch kids, she said Abbey is lovely, will chat to anyone and is totally normal.
When Peter came out of the garage after paying, my colleague was back over the road at the dealership, he shouted out to him, he turned round and my colleague did that robot dance thing that Peter was famous for, he thought it was hilarious.
Petr Cech bought a car from us a few years back, he was one of the nicest people and more than happy to sign stuff and have photos take.
One of our customers is Andy Beckwith (Errol in Lock Stock, he's also been in Pirates of the Caribbean and done other films and TV work)he's a nice guy, he's very good friends with my salesmen colleague.
I get that it must be annoying though to be constantly bothered by people when you are famous, however the other side of the coin is, you wouldn't be in that position with all the trappings that being famous brings, if it wasn't for us normo's!
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 17, 2021 9:34:24 GMT
Proper old Ac Cobra. there were a number of other Cobras today too but this is the only one I got a photo of. apparently there’s a club that meets every Saturday morning up where I’m staying. See a fair few of these here, however I never know if they are real or replicas.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 17, 2021 9:28:00 GMT
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 12, 2021 21:59:45 GMT
Spotted in Knightsbridge on Sunday, not a clue if it's particularly special but nice to see:
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 10, 2021 7:30:50 GMT
Given Hamiltons/Mercedes pace in qualy and Vestappens/Red Bull’s lack of pace in comparison, I can actually see Hamilton winning this.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 10, 2021 7:25:03 GMT
I was fortunate that our British Gas dual fuel contract was up at the end of August, did a bit of shopping about, Avro came up the cheapest but I was wary as I'd not heard of them so went for EDF (that was a close one!) at only a few £ more than Avro.
Locked in with EDF for 2.5 years at a combined £97 per month which was only a tenner more than I was paying BG, then the whole gas and electric crisis hit.
Yesterday after listening to LBC on my dog walk, they were talking about gas and electric again so I decided to just see what I'd get offered now for dual fuel, well many comparisons sites just wouldn't quote me some came back with random suppliers that I'd never heard of at circa £150 per month, all with poor reviews, British Gas were coming back with £193 per month (more than double what I was originally paying), EDF were quoting £160 per month.
It's seems I signed up for a new contract at exactly the right time, for a decent length and with a supplier that are extremely unlikely to be going bust, any time soon.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 8, 2021 15:31:08 GMT
Pole: Bottas F/L: Hamilton Bonus: 3
1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. LeClerc 4. Bottas 5. Norris 6. Perez 7. Sainz 8. Alonso 9. Ricciardo 10. Vettel
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Oct 1, 2021 9:29:01 GMT
Going tomorrow to see it, cannot wait.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 30, 2021 18:57:36 GMT
Shell over the road from work finally had a delivery today; empty since Saturday evening, we had a chat "yes once the tanks are full, you can fill your cars up before we let the general public in" Happy days!
They were already queueing circa 30 deep down the road, prior to us having our "Supermarket sweep!"
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 29, 2021 14:16:24 GMT
Well the Shell garage opposite work has been completely dry since late Saturday, no deliveries at all.
The wife managed to get some yesterday, fortunately I drive a ZOE.
I have had to put off car collections as we just can't get any fuel in them.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 26, 2021 16:32:42 GMT
Looks nothing like a Mustang but this is the first electric one I’ve seen. The Mach E, becoming a more frequent sight for me.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 25, 2021 11:52:00 GMT
All a cynical ploy by the hauliers to get us to open up and get cheaper foreign labour back in, engineer a crisis that isn't really there, get the press involved and the stupid general public will do the rest!!
My colleague was chatting to the area manager of the Shell garage over the road from work, one of their larger branches got through 45,000 litres yesterday, on a normal day it will around the 12,000 litre mark.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 24, 2021 19:20:36 GMT
Pole: Hamilton F/L: Bottas Bonus: DNF
1. Hamilton 2. Bottas 3. Norris 4. Ricciardo 5. Gasley 6. Perez 7. LeClerc 8. Sainz 9. Alonso 10. Russell
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 11, 2021 10:37:14 GMT
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 11, 2021 8:41:33 GMT
This morning:
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 10, 2021 16:53:57 GMT
Pole: Hamilton F/L: Hamilton Bonus: 2
1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Norris 4. Ricciardo 5. Bottas 6. Perez 7. Gasley 8. Sainz 9. LeClerc 10. Alonso
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 8, 2021 16:54:16 GMT
Earlier today:
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 7, 2021 6:34:35 GMT
Funny how with the Kadjar which uses the same platform, engines and technology as the Kumquat and (I believe) is a far more distinctive design, it struggles over here as it's French, they tend to be better value too new and used as well.
We've been told, Kadjar II is now not coming until late 2022/early 23, I personally have a feeling that it may not appear at all, what with Arkana doing well and the fantastic looking Megane E that was launched yesterday, I think Renault are just seeing how that sector stabalises and how others flourish, it just seems an odd decision to delay it when it's pretty much a rebodied Kumquat so would be relatively easy and cheap to have launched either along new Kumquat or 6m later.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Sept 3, 2021 20:27:05 GMT
Pole: Hamilton F/L: Bottas Bonus: Bottas
1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Bottas 4. Norris 5. LeClerc 6. Perez 7. Gasley 8. Sainz 9. Alonso 10. Kimi
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Aug 27, 2021 6:35:48 GMT
Pole: Hamilton F/L: Bottas Bonus: Schumacher
1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Norris 4. Bottas 5. LeClerc 6. Perez 7. Gasley 8. Alonso 9. Ricciardo 10. Sainz
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Aug 19, 2021 9:32:18 GMT
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Aug 8, 2021 10:14:09 GMT
Earlier today on the A3 near Guildford.... An Arial Nomad. First one I've ever seen Wouldn't be surprised if it's the same one I've seen as recently I've seen the same one a few times.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Aug 6, 2021 16:01:16 GMT
One of our showroom models has just arrived, and RS-Line in black, first impressions are it looks bloody good, the interior is very nicely appointed with leather and alcantara and a very nice, polished carbon fibre effect on the dash, the boot is massive, however the tailgate could do with electric opening and closing.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Aug 6, 2021 15:58:24 GMT
Yesterday, whilst stationary at a set of temporary lights I spied a couple of Ferraris a few cars ahead, I thought one was a 355, couldn't work out what the other was, upon the lights going green and the line of traffic moving, it wasn't a 355, it was infact an F50 and the other was an Enzo.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Jul 30, 2021 16:33:14 GMT
Pole: Hamilton F/L: Bottas Bonus:
1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Norris 4. Bottas 5. Perez 6. Ricciardo 7. Gasley 8. Vettel 9. Alonso 10. Stroll
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Jul 30, 2021 16:13:03 GMT
It is pretty much a Coupe' style Captur but a bit longer, it is due here in August, I've not seen one in the metal yet though. Apparently it has been a big hit over in mainland Europe, Renault over here are hoping it will raise the brand as Renault have been really struggling in the past few years over here and the cars currently offered are very good. Anyway we at dealership level are sceptical, as are some at Renault UK, currently we don't really see the point of it. If you are interested, it is built in Korea. Captur or Kadjar? I ask because it's a pretty sizeable machine and looks a size up from a Captur. It is only 24mm wider than a Captur, but is 341 mm longer with an 81mm longer wheelbase, TBH I have never looked at the specific dimensions until now but it is actually longer than Kadjar and has a longer wheelbase too, Kadjar though is 15mm wider. We are supposed to be getting a new Kadjar towards the end of the year/early next, this will no doubt be larger than current Kadjar.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Jul 30, 2021 12:35:26 GMT
It is pretty much a Coupe' style Captur but a bit longer, it is due here in August, I've not seen one in the metal yet though.
Apparently it has been a big hit over in mainland Europe, Renault over here are hoping it will raise the brand as Renault have been really struggling in the past few years over here and the cars currently offered are very good.
Anyway we at dealership level are sceptical, as are some at Renault UK, currently we don't really see the point of it.
If you are interested, it is built in Korea.
|
|
|
Post by humphreythepug on Jul 16, 2021 16:01:44 GMT
Pole: Hamilton F/L: Hamilton Bonus: Mercedes
1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Norris 4. Bottas 5. Perez 6. Gasley 7. LeClerc 8. Sainz 9. Alonso 10. Russell
|
|