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The issue at the docks is a lack of staff to do the quarantine inspections. I downloaded the official inspection procedure and it's not too onerous but could be time consuming if you find even one leaf in the vents or a single plant seed stuck to the sticky backed plastic protective stuff they...

GPS and nav data for speed limits is useless. When the maps are updated the update never includes speed limit changes, not in my experience anyway. I live on the fringes of a large city and there is at least 5 or 6 speed limits that have been changed in the last 5 years but no nav system I know...

I've used professional tyre changing machines in the past for motorcycle tyres and I can tell you there's a need to use caution and clean the machine and check the rim clamps before every use. They are not fool proof. I had the front tyres changed on our DD 12 months ago and mentioned to the...

I've got nothing against electric cars and i'd own one as a town car if they were cheaper and more practical. But the truth is as was pointed out in the Video I posted if you want to go to a full electric world, so wind, solar, wave generation, electric cars you will need to quadruple the...

I went to a local shopping centre the other day ( I'm out of town) at 0800 to grab a coffee and noticed a very distinctively painted Tesla connected to one of about 3 charging points located around the car park. I called back in at 430 PM and it was still hooked up to the charging point. Likely...

I found this. Might be worth looking into. I know the car in this post has a modded exhaust. Third post. Don't know if this is just clearing the code of if the dealer tech can adjust the sensor sensitivity. " Took it to BMW. They reset the sensor values and it's never been an issue since...

Std car? any exhaust mods? Phil

The future will be some sort of mix between ICE and electric cars if we can just listen to some logical, intelligent, factual, rational information instead of loony teenagers. Phil

If the death of the ICE car worries you just watch this. It aint going to happen any time soon despite what loony left "save the planet" types want and the spineless politicians acquiesce too. Phil

You should get this dealt with by the dealer no questions asked which it seems you have. That's the least they are obliged to do. This is why I never pay for a new car with a direct deposit the day before delivery. I insist on viewing the car I'm purchasing before I hand over any payment. I'm...

Ok good to know about the brake shield and rock issue. The "wives tale" was about the rocks getting caught between the brake pads and the disk. If you know how disk brakes work you'll know it's impossible. Phil

I've never had a car with noisy brakes due to stones caught in a backing plate. Noise from brake dust sure but not stones. There's an old internet wives tale that's been around for years that stones jammed in brake callipers between the pads and the disk cause the grooving that's common on brake...

Whats the symptoms of this? Phil

You know manufacturers rarely install components that are totally superfluous if for no other reason than it hurts the bottom line. Every dollar they can save on a component that the average customer never sees is pure profit to them and if they can save even $10/car on components and...

It's what happens when the engineering design department creates a system then the bean counters go" well now we have that we can reduce costs on a machining process on the engine block and a dipstick and dipstick tube". Nobody from the "real world end user" has an input. I've seen it many, many...

I like the design but the issue is ground clearance and the "one time" you mess up. I had a thought though. See if you can use aluminium fasteners or modify a steel fastener so if you do hit it it will just shear the fasteners off instead of damaging the splitter. I have the workshop...

Oil pressure within realistic limits has zero do do with oil consumption. I can't believe BMW created an engine without some means of physically checking the oil level. As an aircraft engineer of 42 years experience all the jet and piston engines for that matter I worked on over those years had...

Nice plate. Now I know why I couldn't get it, lol. Phil

My only concern with this one is the reduction in front splitter ground clearance. One misjudgment and the front splitter is not just scraped but possibly ripped apart. Phil

Thanks for that Snakes70. I haven't looked at your front plate location in details as I haven't got my car yet but I don't think the location will be an issue for a road car. Probably not ideal for track days but it's where I plan to locate mine. I see there are a few plate mounts available that...