Sadly, my area is turning into an LPG desert. The ASDA (14 miles each way) that was my best option is unreliable as they often don't have enough staff to open the petrol booth and the LPG isn't pay-at-the-pump.
The nearest garage (65ppl) is very often broken/out of gas and that leaves a BATA station that sells me gas at 73ppl (after a 2ppl discount). I can't help noticing that the inspection sticker on their tank is 2012 so I'm wondering if even that one will shut next year.

I can drive to the other side of York for the privilege of paying 79.9ppl at one of two matching independent BP stations on the A64 if I'm really desperate but that's 20 miles each way.

I suspect that an EV is coming my way sooner than 2030.

As I keep explaining over and over to the powers that be at work.
No, we can't just turn the power up on the Wifi units and get signal to the room next door.

deleted, I'm speculating and Sloth knows so I'll wait for him :)

They can do. From my understanding, if the RF unit in the boot receives a signal it'll pass it to the BECM for the BECM to check if it's a valid unlock code.
The BECM draws a fair amount of power so if it keeps waking up, the battery can suffer.
There were 3 generations of RF unit, each with better rejection of invalid signals and therefore with each generation the BECM is woken less and the battery is under less stress.
Marty and Sloth are very very smart people and have built a unit to replace the RF unit which is as good as or better than the Gen3 unit, but without the Green Oval tax. I'm sure any explanation from them will correct my asumptions!!

I bought a Noco Genius charger early last year - it's been great so far. Mine is only 3.5A but it does do a full P38 battery overnight if needed. I'd link you to it but the precise model I have has been discontinued but they have a wide range.

Yeah, it's really unpleasant. My experience was bumping along tiny country lanes in Dorset about 5 hours from home. We made it without any damage and Marty rescued us. I do carry the little valves in the centre console now so in theory I can pump up the airsprings at a garage if the compressor or valve block fails away from home.

Factory Fresh!!
That is some amazing attention to detail, congratulations again :D

With lots of yummy zinc for all those cam lobes and tappets....

I fitted a headlight bulb! What a surprise.
I got the Philips Extreme Vision 130% ones from Amazon (£16 for two H4s) and yes, that side is now visibly brighter.
I have managed to resist the temptation to rush out and swap the bulbs in all three vehicles currently residing chez Morat but I know what I'm buying next time.

Here's some good news on batteries. Even if you don't want an Electric Car, it'll be great for phones etc :)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2021/05/13/ev-range-breakthrough-as-new-aluminum-ion-battery-charges-60-times-faster-than-lithium-ion/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

My mighty Austin 7 will run on beeswax and camel piss - it'll outlast us all!!
Not that you'd necessarily WANT to drive very far in it, mind.

The Duchess has been looking a bit scruffy after several weeks of daily driving, so I treated her to a car wash and a full tank of LPG. She repaid me by blowing a headlight bulb.
Ah well, could have been worse.

I buy from my local tyre fitters. They're always cheaper than the online prices and they get stock next day!
I'm probably lucky though, we have two firms located either side of a small market town. They keep each other honest on prices :)

The key with brownie points is to spend them immediately. Banking them is impossible.

Nikasil/Alusil isn't an issue now, as all UK fuel is now low-sulphur. Any pitted blocks should have been replaced under recall/warranty.
However, it does seem that BMW got infected with the same Accountancy > Engineering management practices as Mercedes which is a shame as they were fantastic in the E30/32/34 era. What the hell they are doing producing cars like the X6 I've no idea.

Two fingers or four, madam?

mad-as wrote:

China is becoming a real problem for the world and they must be approached with caution, don't forget where the china virus came from ? and the reason it was let out, i think it was a test to see how the world would respond . not an accident.

You are Donald Trump and I claim my five pounds :)

If I'm honest with myself, the main reason I didn't fit the AT3 to the P38 was looks. I like the chunky tyres on my Jeep, but not on the Range Rover. Don't know why.

I don't think a condenser would be a tricky thing to engineer in relation to replacing the whole fossil fuel supply chain :)

It's an interesting point on increasing the world's humidity by turning water into steam/vapour. I guess it all depends on how quickly it would condense on its own accord. I'd like to think the effect would be minimal but people once thought that would be true of CO2 emissions.... CO2 does stick around until captured by plants, though It doesn't just fall out of the sky by itself.

True, but the steam that steam engines produce was water before it was boiled.. so all the additional greenhouse gases produced are a byproduct of burning the coal (or wood, or coffee!)