It’s 270m high at the road level - does that really sound like a ‘regular old valley’ to you?

Well done, Michael Bolton!

I still need to carry things, so a Taycan wagon would be nice, but I’d probably ruin it somehow (and probably me as well). So it’s the Volvo XC40 Recharge - haven’t driven it, but reviews say it’s good to drive with enough interest when you push the go-pedal, and has the room I need to transport my paintings in…

I’m in Australia, but I also spent every Sunday for about two months checking the used lot many years ago before I found a car I liked - it was sitting undetailed off to the side. This also happened with my current ute - the salesman didn’t even know it had been put on their website, so I saw it on Saturday, drove it…

Amazing - given it’s my turn to win the lottery this week, I’ll be shopping there soon. F40 for me, though.

If you like cooking outdoors, have we got some wheels for you!

Plex remains a niche application for people with the knowledge and skill to make use of it. So most people won’t see this new feature in action - that’s all I meant. It might be an excellent addition to a good program but won’t have a big user base amongst the ‘tech illiterate’, to use your phrase.

You realise that I know my parents a little better than you - but thanks for your input.

Cool - people like my parents are never going to use Plex though, making it less than useful to a large section of the population. For those who can use it, it might be great.

Probably visceral - it’s basically the guts of something, isn’t it - which is where you want software running anything to be understood, but especially your car.

The reason I thought there would be confusion is that in Australia, E85 fuel has only 15% ethanol - thanks for the info though.

Fair enough - what’s E15 then? Isn’t it referring to the ethanol content rather than the regular fuel percentage, but the result is the same.  All that will do is confuse people who don’t care about cars or the fuel that goes into them.

It’s called E85 in Australia, we’ve had it for years. I’ve never used it myself, but the cost is about 4 cents a litre less than 91 octane unleaded, which is our regular fuel.

Not claiming it is the best, but Melbourne, Australia is well serviced by trains and has the largest tram network in the world.

“The nondescript styling of its cars doesn’t help matters”

About 20 years ago, my mother won an Ikea kitchen in a magazine contest. My dad and I, with help from a very handy friend of my dad’s, removed the old kitchen and installed the new one. We didn’t move any services, so the only trade used was a cabinet maker to install the benchtop and facing trim panels.These would…

Still cheaper than most places. Call me when it hits US$5.80 a gallon, which is what it is right now in my part of Australia.

OJ vibes - It’s no white Bronco though

That’s cool - I was thinking of the year, not the model type - and I’m not in the US.

Hard choice - that is my dream car, though I’d probably rather an ‘08 or ‘09.  However, as others have said, the maintenance potential is a little scary.