That is true, but the main bulk of new-build houses do have off street parking. 60% of new-builds in the last year were “houses” rather than flats, and the vast majority of those were in semi-rural areas, also known as suburbs. Inferring that they’re making sure those larger housing developments that are springing up…

Nah, that’s just our football team, or our Brexit negotiation team, or our financial planning... I mean, you get the idea.

I was just thinking “I should get into the charger installation game”.

In cities with this regulation? Probably.
It seems most new-build apartments here rarely have any provision for parking at all so I’m not sure how this will affect the cities. It’s somehow both shortsighted and thinking of the future.

They’re not mandating them in old houses, but new ones. So it wouldn’t be about you parking outside your house, it would be about parking in front of a newly built residence that, in the UK is usually going to be a suburban home with a driveway. Older places, like mine, and yours, aren’t going to have mandatory…

It “should” be simple. Really simple, as you say. You just know that local and national government will not agree on how to fund it and it will end up being an omnishambles of poor installation and planning.
That’s why this new-build idea is so great an idea for the government. They don’t have to set a standard of…

I think that’s going to be the major hurdle facing electric vehicles for the majority. Those that want them usually live in cities, cities with on street parking only. That’s one headache I don’t fancy solving.
I’m with you, for commuting I’d use the heck out of an electric car/motorbike, but charging is the key…

Nope, can’t be an issue if you bury your head in the sand far enough. Charging capacity is a “future issue” not a “now issue”. Yeah don’t worry, I’m a cynical Brit, it’ll probably be fine, but we’ll complain about it for years before and after either way.

It is a way off, but mandating a charging point in every new home (here in the UK especially) may help to lessen the pain of the transition. When there’s a majority of us Brits living in cities, charging a car when you don’t have a garage could well be the sticking point. Especially when these new-builds are usually…

You and me both. I’d love one. Living in England, it would be entirely useless, but lord do I need one.

Honestly, although my hard drive isn’t thanking you, I am very happy you found a workaround!

Wanted to take off my glasses for the pictures, had to put them on for the words. Hated/loved it.

Baking trays actually my good sir.

It’s true of almost every “main market” car back then. Stories of entire sheets of paint falling off 2 year old cars (Chrysler/Roots group especially) or sills just being clad in something so that the rot wasn’t obvious on a car that was barely 4 years old.

I think the majority of the manufacturers had yet to realise…

Usually they had them even quicker. Salty roads are not a Chevette’s friend. Though pretty much every single car in the 70's had similar issues.

I would but it’s not a choice I can make, it’s a company car so the best I can do is add some choice stickers for +5hp.
The fun factor is there really, it’s just not so easily accessed on the road, hence me actually sneaking this one onto a Silverstone trackday last year.

You’re right about the 5 pot though. Honestly,…

You could be right, it may be too smooth for a manual, but I’ll have to try one to see. I just want a straight 6 in a hatchback! Is that too much to ask?

We are massively spoiled for choice over here. Hot hatches coming out of our ears. Though I’m a little miffed we do get the Hyundai I30N instead of the Veloster N. Still, that’s small fry when we get things like the Peugeotsport 208GTI.

It is a very very happy ending. The Golf has been faultless (bar a manufacturing fault with a radiator in the first 50 miles after delivery).

It’s surefooted, well put together and pretty damn quick. Also, almost everyone seems to forget what it is on the road. I didn’t think 4 tail pipes was subtle, but it gets less…

I loved the engine when I had a loan of an M140i last year. The gearbox put me off though. The auto, in sport mode, was intensely keen to change down at the merest hint of accelerator application. Mid-corner this threw the whole car off balance on a damp road and entirely put me off the car.

With an engine that is…