In the jungle

37 minutes ago, Dcheech said:

Grabbing the groceries in a theatre? I think you’ll find she was searching for Hunter Biden’s laptop, on behalf of the American People.

I thought she was playing his trombone.

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

The rumor is that she was an escort, which is how she came to the attention of Ted Cruz.

 

It's just a rumor, though.

Rumour has it that she developed an interest in congress while in employment serving under Ted Cruz.

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

According to the US Government (2 different departments) and Insurance companies, EV fires are about 10 times less likely than internal combustion engine cars.

The issue is not the frequency but the severity of the fires.

You know that but you choose to ignore it.

Look at Firestone and Dayton.  They are both Bridgestone brands so made in the same factory.  Also look at Goodyear.

31 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

If there's one with our, within next 7 yrs (8yr warranty), MG will deal with.  I would think within 10 yrs, battery shops will start popping up, as the supply & demand will dictate.

 

Unless an oops, I'm expecting the wife will get 25 yrs out of ours, before any need to be concerned, and that's if it only gets about half it's life expectancy.

 

900k kms ... if we drive/she drives 20k kms a year, that's only 500k kms.  Battery pack isn't the concern, and just hope the rest of the cars lasts.  I doubt very much if she'll drive that much after I'm gone.

 

32 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I'm expecting the wife will get 25 yrs out of ours, before any need to be concerned, and that's if it only gets about half it's life expectancy.

Seriously?

You think an EV battery is still going to be going strong after 50 years?

27 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Too new to need recycling yet

There must be crash damaged batteries, flood damaged and others that just failed. 

Hopefully they don't toss them into the land fill.

But, but.....titanium!

So where exactly in Thailand is the EV battery recycling plant?

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

I recall at school being taught that in ancient times all Olympics events were full nude. 

I think, if I remember correctly, that you can go and see exactly that in frescos and sculptures in the British Museum.  That's provided the exhibits haven't been stolen by the staff.

Didn't they used to do this type of wrestling naked back in the day?

Firefox works fine for me on a Windows 10 PC.

22 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Which is slightly cheaper than the cost of the tyres on my last EV (6.67 baht/km).

That's a weird brag.  Hey!  I really know how to spunk my money away.

Meanwhile Khun LA is furiously hammering away at his calculator trying to make it look like his Chinese MG costs less to run than a bicycle.

Can any of you EV enthusiasts enlighten me.

I understand the Tesla Model 3 starts at 1.7 million new.

So why would there be a whole bunch of secondhand Model 3s on One2car at 2 million plus?

Surely they could get the sub delivered without the engine.

Then make it into a long tail sub.

3 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

What are the finer things in life? - Tina Dubinsky, Writer

Well that is her definition as opposed to yours.  In fact she gives more than one definition.

I tend to agree with her second definition as opposed to consumer tat.

47 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

That you don't bother with or know the finer things in life, up to you. If you want a kid to get a proper education and not let them live of a plastic cup of noodles or Som Tam 3 times a day, you need way more than 40K a month.

Handy that I don't have children then.

Define the finer things in life.

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

I bow to your greater knowledge of Tarts Handbags, but maybe if you had actually driven the MG4 you might have been able to make an informed decision.

 

Turns out most motoring journalists don’t agree with you.

 

 

 

I was talking about the MG4X specifically and I thought Mat Watson's comments on aesthetics were spot on. 

He rightly ridiculed the orange plastic brake caliper covers but I guess a fanboy could call them innovation on a production car.

15 minutes ago, Dan O said:

Your quoting buying power in your comments, he wouldnt lose anything other than opportunity value. 

4 minutes ago, bignok said:

That doesnt make sense. Inflation changes all the time and living in Thailand he pays Thai prices.

I don't think the whole "masters of the universe" schtick really works in the OPs case but do carry on if you insist.

By that I mean Dan O!

50 minutes ago, In the jungle said:

I have a feeling that Ford make the Raptor specifically for men with small penises.

Oh dear.  I now see all the Raptor/penis gags were done two hours before I did.

2 hours ago, HarveyWlc said:

Well spotted. Could be quicker to 60 with a full battery at least, shall look forward to seeing the real life performance stats.

 

Not sure if I can post the link, but CarWow has an interesting video of an MG4 X vs the latest gen BMW M2 which is worth a watch.

I watched that. 

The MG4X has the aesthetic qualities of a tart's handbag.