chrisratcliff.bsky.social
Car and whisky fan. Co-host of the Automovie Podcast. Takes photos, shares whisky thoughts, and builds Lego.
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Someone said it should be half the price. £400 and it would fly off the shelves.
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I love how many scenes are just adding another thing.
“Ok, he’s being chased in a car, and in the car is a shark! And the shark has a gun! And the road is crumbling! And he needs a wee!”
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It has a bit of the sex-less Baymaxes about it.
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There was an Apple exec on the Ferrari board - which made their slow adoption odd.
Just checked the AML board, and one of them is Nigel Boardman - beautiful nominative determinism.
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Volvo acknowledge it can damage external cameras www.volvocars.com/uk/support/c...
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As long as you expect bottles, not money!
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Buying casks from a distillery is great (especially for start ups) but you end with a lot of bottles, not profit.
(Also, never understood buying casks in a distillery that hasn’t yet produced a product)
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I don’t see the reason not to do a £10 tour at least. Many distilleries have their pricey experience, but the egalitarian in me thinks whisky should be for all (appropriately)
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Strong money, but it includes a 1979 Port Ellen tasting.
They’re clearly pitching it as a premium distillery, with a handful of free open days. Definitely different to others. Maybe it will work.
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Filthy bugger.
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I wonder if we look for aggregation (RSS readers, YouTube feeds, curated news services) because we otherwise suffer from optional paralysis. The web has waxed and waned on that aggregation (from browser book marks and Yahoo directories to now).
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There isn’t much difference between the 5 and 6 below the waterline, is there?
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Without a doubt. Wasn’t a fan before.
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What about the front?
How about lower lights tucked away like a 935?
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It’s more for cocktails and things like that. I suspect someone has misunderstood the original product, as will people who buy it in a 3-2 in Boots as Xmas.
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Seems like the usual generic rip off of an innovative thing.
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I breathe in on tight barriers in an Ioniq 5 😂
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EV9 longer than a Lambo Riveulto and only 2” narrower… you know, those supercars that get stuck on width restrictors.
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Hydrogen always struck me as a hard sell because of fuelling. I wonder if it will find a home in haulage where fuelling can be more focussed strategically.
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Any dealer I’ve been to has one charger for topping up demo/staff cars, but never marked as for customers. Maybe I’m at the wrong dealers.
Chargers seem about as prevalent as EV techs…
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Without the superchargers, Tesla had an existential threat. Other automakers are waiting for the market to roll out chargers, because can they afford otherwise?
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Depends if they keep selling them!
If cars are stationary a lot, granny chargers would be more than enough for most dealers. Charge stock overnight. You can fill a lot of battery in 12 hours!
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Car dealerships are rarely somewhere I’d want to go, unless I want to walk along a row of car dealerships on the outskirts of a town.
I’m sure many would look at the revenue from 10m2 of sales vs chargers.
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Are these public chargers or private chargers? It’s a fine line definition.
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So prices jump on, well, everything. People only care about their monthly payment, but may not be reflected in used values so more debt, more negative equity?
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The only good content I found was the 16 minute video going through each driver (though the round of applause when they got out the car was… weird) otherwise they seem to be chopping it up for engagement bait and not getting much views on it.
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😂😂😂
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I find Toto always an interesting guy to listen to or read about. His perspectives are really good and he belies the idea that you need to be a bastard to succeed.
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To close it all, not be full of frustrated people and take safety first.
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Or… a power disruption causes multiple cascading power problems (including potentially knocking out generators) and re-establishing power could cause further spikes. While I’m guessing some areas of the airport do have power, if ATC is struggling or other infrastructure can’t be relied on, better…