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I would need a tyre with a larger sidewall to bring the rolling diameter into an acceptable tolerance. Specs on the IX1 wheels have been hard to come by but looks like they have a different PCD offset so my idea is out of the window. Thanks for your help

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I will soon be switching from an aging 1 series to an iX1. We have a set of Winter wheels from when the 1 series was new which have proven useful. Assuming the offsets work, does anyone know if the weight of an EV means alloys designed for ICE cars are unsuitable, assuming offset and fittings...

I don’t know if the Google system changes the controls for the speed limiter, I don’t use it very often. If I press the left of right buttons on the left of the steering wheel face I think it cycles between speed limiter, cruise control and then pilot assist. With each of them you select it and...

Congrats on the new car, looks great. I have found there are big variations for electric range in deepest winter versus high summer. I get ~16 miles per charge on my 21 T8 in deep winter and about 24 in the summer, so 50% more. Applying that to your numbers and you are looking at 35 miles +...

To add a bit of balance to the thread so far…. I ran an SVR for 5 years. I bought it in 2017 when it was 3 months old and sold it in April this year when prices were strong. I loved the car, would recommend it with some caveats. Firstly I am not a drug dealer and I am not a football player. I...

I’ve purchased many a suit over my career. Sure the cloth and cut is nicer on more expensive suits. If worn often it doesn’t take long for various parts to wear though. Dry cleaning bills quickly rack up. Long story short, I personally feel that the machine washable stuff from M&S is a decent...

Agree re the looks. I think the XC60PE is a cracking looking car. FYI larger Volvo wheel sizes are odd, hard to find runflats; cars not supplied with runflats. The PE I believe can be spec’d with 21 or 22, but due to the calipers you’re stuck with needing the Polestar wheels to clear the...

Have you test driven a Polestar Engineered XC60? That was the first Volvo I tested. I was sold on it before I drove it but came away feeling quite cold. The geek in me likes the idea of tweaking the suspension. I fiddled with it pre test drive to make it on the softer side, but my god it was...

I’ve done most of my trips in my XC90 on electric. I’d say I seem to get between 15 and 18 miles on a charge. It needs to be taken in context; a short throw from my house I have to join an NSL uphill road to get anywhere, so from the off im doing 50-60mph for a couple of miles and in recent...

I recently moved to an XC90 T8, so can provide some thoughts on the T8, less the T6. I moved from a Range Rover Sport and was originally looking for something smaller so test drove a few XC60’s in different guises. With a young family the XC90 suits our needs better. Whilst it’s marginally...

The XC90 was never available in the UK with a 6 seat “Captains Chair” arrangement option but I stumbled across a thread on a Volvo forum where people have modified theirs to 6 seats. It seems quite simple, since all middle row seats in an XC90 are individual, it’s a case of removing the middle...

Surely wholesale prices are a result of supply and demand? The price you pay at the pump (to a lesser degree than we would all like) goes up and down as the price of oil changes.

What happens if higher prices hold out beyond the period over which the company have hedged out? Then the end customer will end up footing the bill eventually anyway. On the other hand, if prices had fallen dramatically and companies had hedged at much higher levels, they would also be facing...

Perhaps someone can educate me on the point I’m missing here. Challenger companies try to compete with the bigger players. Competition is a good thing. I can understand the fate of those who offered fixed price plans in the face of huge wholesale price rises; this was not Bulb. Bulb, who have...

This isn’t a post looking for sympathy, it’s a post urging anyone who has a concern about a spot or skin blemish that looks suspicious, is getting bigger and not going away to get checked. I was diagnosed with a BCC on my face a couple of weeks ago and had a small op to deal with it. It started...

Can’t help feeling this has gotten a little out of context versus my original query. I wasn’t talking 3 tonne trolley jacks, nor spending significant cash on anything. Just curious as to whether anyone had found a similar sized but easier to use replacement for a standard scissor jack. Given the...

My thought was spurred on by helping an old chap change a wheel on his Shogun using a basic scissor jack that took some time. Not necessarily about me, but potentially being of use to others in a moment of need.

Thanks for your replies. I have a decent jack at home. I’m not inclined to get under cars but appreciate the safety element. Getting a puncture is never convenient. Yes a standard scissor jack would do. I have a telescopic breaker bar in the car. If a small investment in a decent jack saved me...

Seeing the old chap we are currently renting our holiday cottage from with a puncture, got me thinking whether it would be prudent to invest in a decent portable jack as an upgrade to the junk scissor jack supplied with the car. I see there’s some electric ones online, but all seem like your...