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JustWatching. As you are buying Cont all season tyres, are they much quieter than your original fit ?

As well as that interior, so are Lexus EV’s. Pretty awful. I stupidly bought their first EV - a RZ 450e. Only 160 miles on a highway in summer and charging not great. They designed everything around preserving battery life so only 64kw available out of 72 and terrible consumption - lucky to get...

I think all Western manufacturers are struggling in China. They have been saying for years that the Chinese government were heavily subsidising Chinese EV’s. Trump is adding cost to make imported cars uncompetitive, China artificially reduces costs of Chinese EV‘s to make imported cars...

Porsche Colchester couldn’t have been more helpful and informative. Not too far from Norwich. If you pm me I’ll give you the most helpful sales guy‘s contact details. Their website has 25 Taycans - yours may be one of them !

I had a Lexus RZ 450e with a screen at least double the size of the Porsche one. Whilst it wasn’t integrated, the design of the facia incorporated it much better than the shots of the intended ES. I thought I would miss it when using the Porsche one but I haven’t really. The exception is the 3D...

If the only reason the car was returned was for a replacement battery, isn't that a real result - if the replacement battery resolves all the recalls, isn’t that the position where a lot of owners on here would wish to be in - apologies if I’m missing something here. What is a 14 month old car...

Clearly the Board and shareholders didn’t rate the guy. The articles I have read said he was ousted, hence the immediate step down and the fact they reappointed his predecessor. His Chinese masters seem to be having a rethink - they divested their ownership of Polestar with little or no warning...

I’m pleased to see Colchester service department is living up to the excellent service I got recently in buying my car. They are now part of the US Lithia group so good to see they haven’t changed the culture

Musk must be really regretting jumping in with Chump. He is now facing a possible embargo on battery and other EV metals from the Chinese. Whilst they have brought in ‘licensing’ which means all heavy metals etc have to be authorised for export, they could easily just not licence sales to US...

Shouldn’t be, but I am, very happy to see Tesla down 10% and Trump heading that way. I feel sorry for the ordinary people that are losing on those stocks but maybe self-centred Trump will reign back the tariffs as its hitting his pocket (albeit very deep ones) too. I find it bemusing one man can...

I wonder why the Trump thinks that European car manufacturers will invest $ billions in designing, building and running manufacturing plants in the US. He has 3 and a bit years in power, shorter than the design & build time of a factory, then there is a good chance (hopefully) the next POTUS...

senwar - I was unlucky, it was one of the first RZ’s in the country. On the other hand, I escaped the really big issue with them. They made an update available that significantly increased the range from a miserable 140 miles to 180 when using the a/c or heating. Mine worked ok. The software...

senwar - you’re absolutely right regards the luck of the draw with any new car - most of the issues I had with the Velar were really the software guys and LR being over adventurous in providing novel things. That said, they did have major problems with the new mild hybrid‘s, a colleague had 2...

Very good luck to those that are switching to a RR. I had a Velar PHEV from new in 2021 - it was lucky I lived near the dealers as the car went back to them 8 times in 2 years & 18k. All issues with software, the car never let me down but was really frustrating as when I got in it I never knew...

There is an option to turn it off and have ‘normal’ comfort access

The Macan comfort entry is very novel. The car starts, plays CarPlay and unlocks as you approach so when you enter the car is ready to drive away. A bit unnerving at first as when you arrive you just open the door, leave and close the door, the car then shuts down so music is still playing and...

Better informed people will know For sure but I would expect it to be within a short time after the cars are unloaded. There are reports of cars being held in the port for ages but I think that is Porsche holding the car for updates etc probably after clearance. I don’t envy you with potentially...

I think you find that the tariff is applied as part of the customs clearance not when the ship docks or car is in the country.

I’d like to know what Trump is going to do with the income from the tariffs - I don’t see anything of that reported. He is likening his tariffs to VAT in the UK and Europe so couldn’t have read VAT for dummies - everybody’s products have VAT added so local companies do not have an advantage and...

I take the point about far fast charging meaning chargers becoming available much earlier but governments are mandating an ever increasing % of new car sales to be EV’s. The UK market is flooded with used EV’s coming to the end of their very tax efficient leases which has meant residuals have...