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People may be attracted to the supposed versatility of an MPV but when push comes to shove they opted for SUVs so manufacturers stopped making MPVs due to lack of demand.

Mrs Sacamano briefly had a Ulysses when she worked for a FIAT dealership and it was a 9 day novelty with it's Captain's chairs and removable second and third row. I think we took one chair out subsequently on a trip to Center Parcs and after that it was just a van with windows.

Even in the States their popularity with Soccer Moms is waning. 

Having had an MPV I can concur: they're not exciting even with a V6 engine. They are practical but only where you have a larger family and / or extended family visitors. An estate car does most of the carrying requirement (except the seats unless you have a Merc E-class with the flip up seats). SUV's have one other benefit that people forget: they're easier to get in and out of than a saloon/estate if you're averagely tall and getting older, aside from the taller viewing platform to see past all the MPVs that are in front of you blocking the view of car drivers.

Just like my tagline below, it's about choice. There was a choice of MPV, Car, estate, SUV and not many people were choosing MPV so they became less prevalent - freedom from choice means less decisions. It's all about numbers which is why there are so few small bespoke sports cars that aren't the MX-5 (or based on it) because that can sustain the numbers - the days of the Elan, the Sprite, the MGB, the S800 etc. are long gone with mass manufacturing and the associated tooling costs.

Ordered Nandos in Glasgow but they gave me another couple's order. I went back and got the right food but by then they'd made the other peoples order again so said I may as well keep it. I'm absolutely stuffed!

^ You used to see this sort of exercise carried out by companies selling oil additives - add to engine oil, run, drain sump, and then run with sump plug out to prove the NASA developed teflon super additive protects your engine, even without oil.

I still have a can of Slick 50 which is now so debated as to be a pointless exercise. I had it in my OLD engine which went pop but have not used it since. Unless there is a 100 percent approval I will leave it on the shelf where it is sitting now.

It's a shop, so I don't see that as a surprise at all.

ETA:I had to fill the Mazda. I put my mask on got out and filled up, went in and paid, got back in, used sanitiser and took the mask off. It's not that much of an inconvenience. Feels odd, but these are odd times.

Hasn't 'Pay at Pump' reached the deep south yet?
You guys are living in prehistoric times 

Shell and Esso have removed pay at pump and you need to use an app. Haven't tried it myself.

The only garages local to me that has pay at pump are the supermarkets.

Agree with you that wearing a mask is hardly a chore and I really don't see why some people are having spasms about it. If the science is right they'll be saving lives and if the science is wrong all it's cost is some minor discomfort that most reusable masks allow you to stop noticing quite quickly.

Anyway re petrol I use Tesco pay at pump for the points so it doesn't affect me when filling up. You just occasional get shouted at when trying to scan the clubcard from your phone by paranoid staff who still think you can use a mobile to blow a petrol station sky high!

Have you tried an FPP2 with the metal strip that fits more snugly across the nose?  

I hesitate to ask....but why £33.33?   And why not fill it up and visit the fuel station less, especially when you’re not happy with wearing a mask to pay.

Our local Asda doesn't have a kiosk at all. Pay at pump only.

My plan is to only give money to those who don't make me wear a mask. They only prevent you from giving it to someone else, as it can get in through your eyes. If you know you don't have it you shouldn't have to wear one. It's an exercise in population control and I ain't buying it.

Ok, but why don’t you just brim it?

I really do hope you're joking but its difficult to tell at times and I do worry about where you may be getting your information from. This virus has an annoying habit of making its host infectious before symptoms start to appear. Everyone is being asked to wear a mask because you DON'T know if you have it or not. This has been commonly known now for a number of months and masks have been recommended by a number of trained and expirienced virologists and yet there are still people who would rather believe in conspiracy theories. Those scientist may well be wrong but just in case they are right I hardly think it's too difficult an ordeal to go through to pop on a mask before you pop in a shop. I'm not going to comment any more on this because its pissing me off having had my brother get extremely ill due to exposure to the public.

My Italian friend has a test for your face mask. Put it on and if you can blow out a match or lighter through it, then it’s no good. If you can’t, wear it and save lives.