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  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    Just wait for the forthcoming mandatory speed limiters which will not allow you to drive faster than the posted speed limit - I think a...
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    Ooops, that counts me out then! When I bought my current car, just over 3 years ago, I paid a deposit and had to wait a couple of...
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    Yes, that is in fact very dangerous and have experienced exactly the same thing on my current car - even more dangerous if the driver...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread EV chat.
    A hospital? What is it?
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread EV chat.
    ...and everything else – but the people who set the standards don't seem to consult drivers, or are trying to dictate how they think we...
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    Very many criticisms of electronic parking brakes above and I agree they just overcomplicate the actual mechanics, electronic systems...
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    Yes very alarming - the first auto I drove, many, many years ago was a Van Den Plas 3 litre - a friend lent it to me when the diff on my...
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    I didn't know his name was Shirley? :laugh: :X3:
  • O
    Owen Smith replied to the thread EV chat.
    Ah yes, electric handbrakes and automatic parking brakes. On the odd occasion I've driven a loan car from the garage with those fitted I...
  • RobH1
    RobH1 replied to the thread EV chat.
    The other way around, shirley?
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread EV chat.
    I was behind a police car on an upward slope at traffic lights, where a hill start would be needed, and the brake lights were on...
  • RobH1
    RobH1 reacted to woodbar's post in the thread EV chat with Like Like.
    I am with you now! I made the same typo just now but managed to edit it after posting :oops:
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    I am with you now! I made the same typo just now but managed to edit it after posting :oops:
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    Sometimes you can even smell the clutch burning! I had a main dealer drop me into town when I left my car for service. Later in the...
  • woodbar
    woodbar replied to the thread EV chat.
    Possibly, in a traditional torque converter auto (slushbox), it depends how it is designed whether it stays locked in drive mode on...
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