Only one EV charger at home?!

[Commander Kinsey]

Seems popular.

[Commander Kinsey]

Only America is stupid enough to leave it on.

[Commander Kinsey]

I encountered one when on holiday in England last summer. I asked him why and he said it's incase he can sell more stuff. All he amanged to "sell" me was advice on where to get a replacement tyre, as he had none that peculiar size in stock.

I'm now dealing with a peculiar sized driveshaft. Renault Scenic driveshaft? Not that easy. Mk 1, 2, 3, 4. Times 3 petrol engine sizes and a diesel in each. And even then, they changed it half way through each Mk. So 32 possibilities. Then for some reason left and right are different?! Maybe one side needs a left hand screw to stop it coming off the wheel. So the shops are stocking 64 driveshafts just for Renault Scenics.

Somebody once told me supermarket stuff has less additives and less mileage. I didn't believe them.

Does he pedal it?

I didn't notice a difference when I've had petrol and diesel cars. Or LPG.

[Rod Speed]

Irrelevant to that claim about which catch fire.

[Scott Lurndal]

[John Larkin]

So many guys think and talk compulsively about pee and poop... all the time.

I think that's strange.

[Commander Kinsey]

A the current prices, the last thing I'm concerned about is the time taken to empty my bank account.

[Commander Kinsey]

I've seen about 100 videos of it on Youtube, often with an immense fire. Once the fire starts, it must get into the petrol underground.

[Commander Kinsey]

And those hoses cost a fair bit to replace, and there's a pump out of action.

Why would the pump shut off? There's no longer a valve on the end.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yes, we know that Americans in general are too thick to drive a manual And these days the autos are so good they mostly don't need to.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Neverthless cars can and do catch fire in crashes, and a gasoline fire can detonate if the fuel air mix gets within a critical range. Ok its not like on the movies, but its pretty bad all the same

[Rod Speed]

That's not the gas cars being discussed, in this case gas is an abreviation for gasoline.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I have 'jane' - my tomtom navigator in my smart phone. God she nags if I don't go her way. I know where the speed cameras are. To be sure so does she, but she isnt programmable to avoid them.

[John Larkin]

The gas is stored in a tank underground. It takes an electric pump to push gas up to the surface and through the hose. The pump shuts off when the nozzle is not fully seated in the car filler and making a vacuum seal. You can hear that.

"If an absent-minded customer drives away with the nozzle still inserted in the tank, the hose is designed to break into two pieces. One remains with the car and the other with the dispenser. Check valves on both sides of the breaking point prevent fuel from leaking out of either half."

Really, this stuff has been thought about.

[Rod Speed]

Most likely more small foreign cars.

[The Natural Philosopher]

If I try and fill my 70 litre tank in a minute it shuts off. About 4-5 minutes is as fast as the safety s**te will let me fill it.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I believe there was a TV documentary on that one. It was truly terrible.

[Carlos E.R.]

I'd like to see that one :-DD

[Rod Speed]

I have up till now and have always got one but now realise that given I want a fancy cruise control for long distance trips that an automatic would work a lot better and would be convenient around town too.

[Rod Speed]

Nope.

Doesn't explain my mate's Merc which caught fire in his carport without even being in any crash at all.