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I wonder how much a £200k, 1000+ hp Taycan with scaffolding instead of rear seats will be worth in a couple of years?!

On the subject of electric cars, a colleague was telling me his next door neighbor bought an electric Opel of some sort- Astra sized car- last year in January and had it for 6 weeks, when he was driving down a dual carriageway and the entire electric system failed.
No steering, lights, hazards, nothing.
He got the car to the side of the road and called Opel who collected him and the car and gave him a petrol engined car while his was being repaired.
Weeks later, his car was repaired and apparently the problem was a cover had come loose under the bonnet where the ICU of the car was.
Being Ireland, there was rain which got in and fried it all.
The repaired car was then back in operation when on a damp day, the same thing happened.
He got onto Opel and they collected him a second time. He asked the manager of the dealership for a full refund of the car because the car could have caused a major accident twice.
The dealer gave him a loaner and then he kept that until January this year, when Opel offered him a brand new petrol replacement. The manager of the dealership told him the petrol car was a much better one and they’ve had multiple issues with their electric ones.

Apparently the guy is way happier in his new petrol engined car now that he has peace of mind when he’s driving.

Watching YouTube the other day and there was a clip about Ayrton Senna which got me thinking, despite the way advertising has gone in the last few decades, banning tobacco and drinks, companies like Marlboro must be loving the guys that sponsored McLaren and Ferrari back in the day. 
After all, every time Senna or Prost or whomever is mentioned now, there’s a picture of cigarettes that’s no longer allowed on tv. 
I know it’s a fortunate turn of events for the tobacco industry but they really hit the sponsorship jackpot there. 
Random thought of the day. 

..........and the punchline?

Ayr Town Centre pronounced Ayr Toon Cenner

My marathon is in 3 weeks in Norfolk. Booked flights and a place to stay and was going to get the train from Stanstead, but had a thought.
I’ll be there for 4 days, 3 of us going so return train tickets were probably going to cost a few quid.
So I decided to look at car rental, and have now rented a Focus automatic or similar, and thanks to points accrued from work, it’s only costing about £70 for the 4 days.
The added freedom of having a car and the automatic gearbox, meaning I won’t have to use my legs as much the day after the marathon are very appealing.
Haven’t driven a current model Focus so will be interested to see what it’s like if I get one.

The rain is the same over here, not that I’ve had a chance to be out in it as I’ve had the flu since Sunday.
For someone who never takes sick leave from work, I feel very strange not going in, despite me being so unwell.

Not sure but I have on occasion handed over the 'wrong' card and it has gone back on it. Useful as in one instance I had cancelled the original payment credit card.

Surely this must be an error….129k miles in a year?!   It’s my old 2009 520d.  Good to see it’s still going, whether it’s 214k or 314k miles.

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I think that must be a misprint,  but good to see someone is getting some value out of it.

It is a similar story with my old Skoda Superb estate,  which clocked up intergalactic mileage in the first few years after it was sold off from our company fleet.  I assume it had a new life as an airport taxi. The annual rate of increase has reduced a little,  but still going strong 

You have to pronounce it as a local would so its Ayr Toon Cenner.

I've forgotten/lost the original reg numbers for both my Alfa and GTI, or I would look them up. My Legacy appears to have died, but given the issues I was having with it when I sold it, I'm not totally surprised. Although, I suppose it might have another git plate on it by now - a lot of them seem to.