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18 hours ago, 30801 said:

There have been a few cordless trolleybuses where they pop up a pantograph at each stop and slurp up some power into a giant ultracapacitor. I don't know if they're becoming obsolete compared to straight BEV buses.

Nordhausen uses battery trams, the section from the town centre to Ilfeld on the Harz NG network uses a combination of them and diesel and steam, must be unique from that point of view, at least as a 365 day a year public timetabled service! The trams charge up when circulating Nordhausen centre with the pantograph up and use battery up to Ilfeld, they aren't 'alf noisy in battery only mode, though! Answers the question on where to put the OHLE, in the town!

11 hours ago, Hroth said:

A small, cheap, relatively low range electric vehicle is ideal for every day use.  Yes, its no replacement for longer journeys, but thats not what its for.

But what Nick was saying is that those journeys that it's designed for (inner city work) are better done by Public Transport, cycles and walking (not mentioned!) rather then replace one road clogging car with one person in it with another one (albeit smaller).

All they do is reduce emissions, they don't reduce congestion.

If cars were removed altogether from the inner cities (say a 5 mile radius) and replaced with a decent PT system and cycle ways they wouldn't be needed.

Sometimes I feel that people in charge aren't looking at the whole picture, it's all well and good having low emission zones but that is only tackling half the problem, the other half is still there, even the free for all e-scooters is throwing up other issues. The ideal is surely to get people from the outskirts to the centre in "bulk" (bus, train or tram/trolleybus) and then let them walk.

Bit late now, but with some modifications:

Kidderminster Station until it was tragically demolished in 1968...

Gawd, No!! Get rid of them altogether!!

If you want some feedback I'd say that listing the figures make for difficult reading, graphs (if the SMMT provide them) would be much easier to see the ups and downs.

Use what's available, 2 doors are rare and 1750s collectors items... Dad used to have a 1.3HL in that colour, that and the dark blue suited the Mk3s.

Surprise, surprise:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/63134455

1 hour ago, hartleymartin said:

Am I correct in understanding that the rear trailing wheels are also geared to drive? 

Yes.

11 hours ago, black and decker boy said:

I got my model 3 in December 2019 (published range 348 miles). In summer, I’d be no more than 15% below WLTP (300-310 miles without concern) winter about 20% (270-280 miles)

Towing?

11 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

They drive on the right side, namely the wrong side of the road.

We of course drive on the right correct side of the road, which is the left side.

 :)

You bet they do!

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferrari-wants-maximum-penalties-for-f1-cost-cap-rule-breaches/10377257/#:~:text=Ferrari has urged the FIA,the category's cost cap rules.&text=F1 teams are bracing themselves,and which outfits went over.

9 hours ago, luke_stevens said:

4) Supplies from B&Q

 

If you have a Wilkos nearby they supply bags which you can fill with screws, a lot cheaper than those plastic boxes!

For old cars (the thread subject!) the new stickers are more appropriate than the "blue" ones, just the lettering that's different... Looking back at that photo that caused the discussion, had those vehicles travelled abroad when new they'd have had a white sticker very similar to those on them, that's the first thing that struck me when i looked at the photo... Took me back to '82 when we had one on the back of a Talbot Horizon that we drove across Europe.

All we've done is go back to what we did previously,  I honestly can't see what the issue is!

Blimey, Mr Angry is on the loose, first world problems, eh, having to worry about a small sticker... 

So the Hyundai is illegal... The AA say the following (as from Sept 2021):

"You currently need a UK sticker on your car if your number plate has any of these:

The Euro symbol.

A national flag of England, Scotland or Wales.

Letters and numbers with no flag or identifier.

A Union flag with a GB marker

The UK sticker must be have black letters on a white, elliptical background. They must be at least 80mm high with a stroke width of 10mm.

In some countries like Spain, Cyprus or Malta, or countries outside the EU, you must display a UK sticker no matter what's on your number plate.

If you have a number plate with a Union flag marker that includes the UK symbol, you do not need to display a separate UK sticker"

See we're back into defensive mode again, why can't people (on both sides) simply accept that everyone has different needs and leave it at that instead of defending their choice and criticising the other.

Can we get back to the basics of the thread heading, please...

52 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

No, no. Surely everyone knows that cats are simply the agents of the soft furnishings retail trade?

And the hard furnishing retail trade! ;)

I've been a member since the late 80s, David, and help out behind the s/h stall! There's currently a little H0e and very little H0m, nothing like what there's been in the past, and no TT at all. In fact they've now banned taking any more H0m (or 12mm gauge) as it takes too long to sell, so I'd get it while you can, nothing for me, though.

I'm with CloggyDog in that I'd pick TT over H0 for modelling Czech Railways. There's a lot of "space" around stations over there, especially in the countryside, and TT allows you to model that in a reasonable space. Previous issues of CM have had my Czech layouts in TTe which illustrate that point.

With a gauge change in the tunnel?! 

2 hours ago, 298 said:

Cars are just transportation for nearly all road users and the idea is to make that as safe and easy as possible. 

Which with the current mileage range of an affordable EV it isn't a pleasure.

Its been interesting reading BRtraction's experiences and whilst I applaud his tenacity I don't feel that his experiences of his EV make me want to get one. To me I just want to jump into the car and get from a to b with the least amount of hassle possible. There's enough agro on the roads anyway without having to worry about range.

I can live with a PHEV uf they were affordable but EVs have some way to go before they can become an ic substitute so I'm with admiles on this.

Didn't most of the UK sold ones end up being sold back to Russia after we'd used them or is that an urban myth?

Wellington pub, Birmingham, the cats are Malt and Hops!

If you look at the comments on that link there's plenty of silly (sarcastic?) suggestions, the one I liked most was for a destruction derby, but that would favour Max...