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  • School Memories
    We had the old MiniMax conical fire extinguishers in our school and they could be opened up. Inside was a colourless liquid and a bag of a red... see more
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  • Stupid chemistry question
    As Mark07 said, white phosphorus at 34C, add to that; Silane at 21C and Triethylborane at -20C (Triethylborane was used to start the engines on... see more
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  • EV Footprint facts
    Rather naive. Does the fact that child labour is used to mine the platinum and palladium that goes into a catalytic convertor enter into your buying... see more
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  • EV Footprint facts
    It will take decades before the last ICE car is off the road and in that time the politicians will have changed and so will the laws. But on the... see more
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  • Theft
    If the package was on the porch perhaps burglary? "A person is guilty of burglary if— (a)he enters any building or part of a building as a... see more
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  • EV Footprint facts
    The materials used in lithium based batteries all come from the same sources, sometimes involving child labour, so the environmental issue is the... see more
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    • 15-05-24 13:13
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  • EV Footprint facts
    My apologies, I did misquote. see more
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    • 15-05-24 12:57
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  • EV Footprint facts
    Interesting that you show the cost of the materials for the battery, but don't forget the same materials and the same impacts from their mining are... see more
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    • 14-05-24 14:51
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  • Speed limiters in July
    Anything that can reduce the deaths and injuries on the roads can only be a good thing. see more
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    • 14-05-24 14:42
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  • Speed limiters in July
    And from my understanding every time the ISA is overridden it's logged in the data recorder, and with most if not all new cars being connected to the... see more
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    • 13-05-24 14:34
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  • Speed limiters in July
    I'd imagine there will be a period that will allow drivers to get used to the limiters, then the option to disable will be removed. I wonder if they... see more
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    • 13-05-24 00:27
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  • Speed limiters in July
    I'm seeing a number of articles saying that starting on July 7th, all new cars sold in the EU and the UK must have speed limiters fitted as standard.... see more
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    • 12-05-24 20:08
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  • NIP (Notice of Intended Prosecution)
    But the OP hadn't given any specific details of the alleged offence, which is what I was asking, and that careless driving is a very broad category... see more
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    • 12-05-24 19:55
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  • Could flying cars 'takeoff'?
    And you though your insurance premiums were sky high (pun intended), now add the possibility that the car can now fall out of the sky and it's going... see more
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    • 10-05-24 18:51
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  • NIP (Notice of Intended Prosecution)
    What is being used to accuse you of the offence. Was it from a video, were you stopped by the police? The NIP has to state the offence as well as... see more
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    • 10-05-24 18:32
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  • 2 speeding ticket in one week
    So one ticket is for 20- 30Km over in a 90 KPH zone, so between 110 and 120 KPH and you want to appeal? I do love an optimist 🤣 see more
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    • 09-05-24 20:52
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  • Are Cars Spying On Us?
    You may have more legal protection than we do. " There are no federal laws regulating what carmakers can collect or do with our driving data. And... see more
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    • 08-05-24 15:36
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  • Are Cars Spying On Us?
    To answer your question. Yes cars are spying on drivers for the insurance companies and for targeted advertising.... see more
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    • 06-05-24 14:30
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  • My first experience with an EV
    The car slowing when you take your foot off the accelerator is regenerative braking. Rather than get rid of the inertia the car has accumulated by... see more
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    • 01-05-24 20:48
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  • Battery dies after a day?
    As it's a new battery it's unlikely that it's bad, not a 100% guarantee but unlikely. Common causes are a constant but smallish battery drain, such... see more
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    • 25-04-24 20:26
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  • Anyone started their garden yet?
    A Jeff Foxworthy joke, "If you cut your grass and find a car; you might be a redneck" The sad part is I qualify as a redneck 🤣 see more
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    • 25-04-24 20:09
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  • Anyone started their garden yet?
    That's how our garden started, just a few herbs for the kitchen and a few tomatoes in buckets. But with the ridiculous price of vegetable in the... see more
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    • 24-04-24 14:05
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  • Unionization
    And maybe Stellantis workers are now regretting unionization.... see more
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    • 23-04-24 19:31
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  • Why wouldn't this work?
    Not quite 100 years ago but the addition of an overdrive unit was very popular back in the day.... see more
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    • 22-04-24 22:05
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  • Anyone started their garden yet?
    It's very common here to grow vegetables in 5 gallon buckets due to the bugs and the drought. Perfect soil and easy to net to keep hungry critters... see more
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    • 22-04-24 13:53
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  • Anyone started their garden yet?
    Just finished with the rototiller and laying in the drip tape. Got a greenhouse full of peppers tomatoes and marijuana that I need to get into the... see more
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    • 21-04-24 20:32
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  • Why wouldn't this work?
    I once read that a manual transmission is close to 100% efficient some of the time while an auto is 90% efficient all of the time. Like all things... see more
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    • 21-04-24 20:24
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  • Unionization
    Voting for the union may come back to bite them. After the workers at Ford went on strike VW say it coming.... see more
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    • 21-04-24 15:52
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  • Unionization
    Early mini's had a cheap steel instead of braided copper ground cable from the engine to the body. Being steel it corroded and broke so the next best... see more
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    • 21-04-24 15:46
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