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topkit

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My late father in law did what the then Labour government told everyone to do "go out and purchase a diesel car" he purchased new 53 plate Mondeo estate, 20 years on I am still driving that car it now does about 6- 7000 miles a year it has 120,000 miles on it now, I service it twice a year all the filters are changed, I remove the EGR valve and clean it out, I usually put a fuel additive in the tank and It goes straight through the emissions test ! The car does around 50mpg. I never go to London ( i can get mugged closer to home nowadays) ! A friend of mine has a neighbour that puchased an electric Audi Three years old and something has gone wrong on it the bill is £8000 ! Another friend of mine has a garage and has had two customers decide to scrap their electric and hybrid cars due to battery failure and the cost of new batteries being prohibitive , My car seems to be alot more and cost effective and Eco than this new crap, I wont be changing over anytime soon! I always have a classic car in the background get yourself a nice old classic pre 1982 car then its exempt from ULEZ and no car tax, no Mot its a no brainer if you dont do alot of mileage and live in the London area!
 
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V8Druid

V8Druid

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heritage machining said:
Never saw the point why make vegan burgers taste and texture like meat when for less money you could actually just eat a regular burger and it would taste better and have more protein ect I'm not sure I know anyone who works for a living (with hands ect) or any one who lives in a colder country who is a vegan I just don't think they supply enough proteins and vitamins without chemically enhancing them
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exactly ... ditto sausages, etc. if they're so dead against eating meat, WTF make the substitutes look and taste like what they don't want to eat ... make it a 'faceless' blob that bears no resemblance at all to what it's supposedly sub.-ing for and see how popular it is then .... tesco used to do a 'beanburger', which was very nice and I'd have eaten it just as happily if it'd been called a bean patty/rissole, or similar ... the burger bit had no influence over my choice to eat them (haven't seen them now in years though):(
 
Furniss

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V8Druid said:
exactly ... ditto sausages, etc. if they're so dead against eating meat, WTF make the substitutes look and taste like what they don't want to eat ... make it a 'faceless' blob that bears no resemblance at all to what it's supposedly sub.-ing for and see how popular it is then .... tesco used to do a 'beanburger', which was very nice and I'd have eaten it just as happily if it'd been called a bean patty/rissole, or similar ... the burger bit had no influence over my choice to eat them (haven't seen them now in years though):(
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Maybe its to try coax meat eaters away from meat whilst still offering them something familiar looking.
I mean Sausage shape can describe a dog, and burger is shaped that way cos it cooks well on 2 sides, a round piece of food is harder to cook I guess.
There are only so many uniform shapes after all.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Furniss said:
Maybe its to try coax meat eaters away from meat whilst still offering them something familiar looking.
I mean Sausage shape can describe a dog, and burger is shaped that way cos it cooks well on 2 sides, a round piece of food is harder to cook I guess.
There are only so many uniform shapes after all.
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be a cold day in hell in Chez Druid :giggle:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Giles

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No way you can dig over the back with an arse bigger than all the kardashians put together,

Nice idea though. It wants to be more like jcb one with all weight under it
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Giles said:
No way you can dig over the back with an arse bigger than all the kardashians put together,

Nice idea though. It wants to be more like jcb one with all weight under it
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that's the std shape of the previous model Giles ... motor and hyd.s live under the bonnet (usually) and can be worked over .. get full depth digging at 270/280 degrees of rotation, from memory
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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kabin man said:
https://projectplant.co.uk/2023/08/jcb-confirms-second-major-breakthrough-in-hydrogen-technology/
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this is where money should've been invested, (y) .... not pissing about with batteries, eating up immeasurable supplies of mineral/rare earth/metals resources and leaving untold re-cycling issues with spent cells :mad:
hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and seriously combustible :rolleyes:
why re-invent the wheel when there are billions of ICE,s powering just about anything you can think of
 
kabin man

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V8Druid said:
this is where money should've been invested, (y) .... not pissing about with batteries, eating up immeasurable supplies of mineral/rare earth/metals resources and leaving untold re-cycling issues with spent cells :mad:
hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and seriously combustible :rolleyes:
why re-invent the wheel when there are billions of ICE,s powering just about anything you can think of
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So ive got JCB glasses,trousers.boots and a cool bag.. Hydrogen sprinter van added to the list. :unsure: :ROFLMAO:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Lancs Lad said:
At 37k they'll be the next duster 🤣
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(y)(y):LOL:
"A roof-mounted lidar system ...... a camper-van-style kitchenette integrated into the tailgate, including an induction hob and a water dispenser. " :oops::oops:
 
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