Recent content by RogerL

I get cross when politicians from both sides think that the solution to overcrowded prisons is to release criminals early! The obvious solution is to build more prisons - and employ more police officers who can catch more criminals - and more courts so they can be sent to fill up these extra...

Without a current crisis, perpetually changing from one thing to another - there is no purpose for the media - and as if reporting on genuine crises isn't enough, AI is being used to create fake stories as well.

Maybe I'm out of touch with new car prices - it can happen when you buy a VW and run it for a decade with no faults.

If only Britain had the same land area as France or USA - or much smaller population to give the same density.

It's not easy for Hyundai/Kia to sell anything at £80k+ - it takes a long time to build a prestige brand as they're finding with Genesis - especially when the Chinese newcomers are much cheaper.

In most cases the Blue Badge timer card can be used as an alternative to local timer cards.

Acura (not sold in the UK) is Honda's premium brand - Lexus is Toyota's.

I've had to work hard to avoid 7-seaters as most of those on sale in Europe compromise on legroom space for the 2nd row - we only need 5 seats, indeed wouldn't ever use the 3rd row seats as they put passengers head too close to the tailgate, in the event of a rear-end accident.

Remember the kid's game Top Trumps? It seems to be that car makers think they have to have the highest hp or shortest 0-60 - but that sort of performance is unusable in the real world - too high a risk of shunting the car in front.

My Touareg has all the acceleration that I need - it'll do 50 to illegal very easily when overtaking trucks - my previous 7-seat Hyundai Santa Fe was no slouch either.

Slang for Volkswagen / VW

I thought the Canbus blocker was only needed for older Lexus's - with the design fault having been fixed for recent production

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/kia-ev9-gt-brings-501bhp-%E2%80%93%C2%A0-porsche-macan-money Is the world going mad when a mainstream car maker introduces a model like this - it's not a special for racing/rallying, it's just a family SUV

Plenty of BMWs on that list though.

An interesting analysis - notable brand absences are VW, Skoda and Seat - despite plenty of Audi models featured