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  1. Southy_

    Looking for a 27"+ 16:10 QHD Monitor

    Hey all, I am trying to find a unicorn! I am looking for a 27"+ QHD Monitor with 16:10 aspect ratio. I find 16:10 much better for programming (WFH) than 16:9. The only one I have found is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-UltraSharp-U3023E-DisplayPort-Advanced/dp/B09RSV42LK Any others that I...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    100% agree, I will be charging at home 99% of the time. But I have multiple friends where parking is so cluttered they often end up 2 or 3 streets away from their house, something like supermarkets or out of town shopping centres where you spend maybe a couple of hours a week is going to be...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    Given how many supermarkets already have EV charge points, I assume that either A) The company that runs them asks the supermarket if they can install them and some kind of financial agreement is reached. B) The supermarket asks a company to install them for a similar arrangement. I also...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    I am thinking about the many people that hate on EVs because they don't have the ability to charge at home, people that literally cannot charge their EV without a decent public charging network. These are the people that imo have a valid complaint. Bristol suburbs is a good example, where...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    I am amused with some of the arguments being used again EVs. Price I can understand, EVs are currently more expensive. I would hope that as the supply of pre-owned EVs increases then the 2nd hand prices will start to drop (maybe not true, but most things do drop in price when there is more...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    Test drove an MG ZS EV yesterday, it was my first EV driving experience. I was shocked at how nice it was not only to drive but also the interior, a really nice car, especially considering the price. The thing that shocked me was how much braking was possible with the ERS, I had seen people...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    Anyone here own or long term driven the MG ZS EV? Like lots of employers mine is doing the Octopus EV Salary Sacrifice scheme, the MG ZS looks like a really good deal. I am going to book a test drive, but would be interested in the opinion of someone that already owns one!
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    Massive Car insurance costs?

    My renawal went up about £75 this year, that is being 38, with more than 10 years NCD, BUT i was shunted in the rear, so being involved in any accident will always bump your premiums. It's all moot though, I have been with DirectLine for years because any accident me or my Wife have been...
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    New Car Rant

    So, update on the car, the shuddering I was feeling was actually misfiring. 3/4 spark plugs are done, being a consumable part they are not covered under warranty so I would be on the hook for £150 diagnostic charge and the work, lovely. Car is due it's 4 year service in a month, where the plugs...
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    New Car Rant

    I have worried about this, my research has shown that for DCT the clutch should be covered as it is considered an integrated part of the gearbox, but I will find out!
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    New Car Rant

    Yeah, funnily enough they don't mention that when you buy a new car!
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    New Car Rant

    I took it upon myself to not drive it, I will be driving the ~3miles to the dealer, but yes, I maybe should have pushed that a bit harder.
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    New Car Rant

    This is the attitude I realise I should have had, my problem was I had hyped up the expection in my own head (with nothing to base it on tbf) that things would be better in some way in dealing with the mechanical issues that would eventually appear, that I would have something extra for the...
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    New Car Rant

    This exactly, that sense of "it's fine because it's new and under warranty" has been well and truely shattered for me now!
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    New Car Rant

    Yeah, I guess it's just that the last time I had any car in a garage for a fault was my old Golf GTI around 6 years ago, I booked into my local VW main dealer, had an appointment 3 days later and a little UP! as a courtesy car. So my expectations were way too high, and my assumptions about new...
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    New Car Rant

    Absolutlely, and now my expectations are down where they should be!
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    New Car Rant

    I didn't expect it to have no mechanical issues, as in my reply above, my expectations for how that would be handled were just way off reality.
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    New Car Rant

    It doesn't, and that is ok, my bigger problem is just the massive wait time but even that is actually more of a me problem than a car or dealer problem. Reality didn't meet my expectation that things would be better with a new car, it's the first time a new vehicle I have owned has had a...
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    New Car Rant

    About this time 4 years ago my beloved Golf GTI finished it's slow decline into death and onto the scrap heap, I decided to follow the crowd and look into getting an SUV. I ended up buying a brand new Hyundai Tuscon N-Line DCT Auto, I figured that following nearly 2 decades of picking the exact...
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    insurers threatening to cancel my policy

    Can confirm, I have a multi-car discount with Directline, it's just a small discount for having multiple cars in the same house. Me and my wife are main drivers on our respective policies with our own NCD. I am a named driver on her policy, but she is not on mine (2 fault accidents in 3 years...
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