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The WLTP range for the MG Excite 51 is 350km not 405km. The WLTP range for my MG Essence 64 is 435km with the lower spec Excite 64 it is 450km. None of the models has a quoted 405km range. This is the old out dated NEDC range which was very inaccurate & was created in laboratory tests in the 1980s based on urban driving. It was last updated in 1997. A friend of mine has an Excite 51 & gets over 300km. In mine the range is about 380 to 400km based on 110km highway driving & some 50 - 80 km driving. Driving around in an urban environment at 50 - 60 kmh gives me much higher range. The range estimator (also known as the guess-O-meter) has given me 505km from a full charge & that would have been close if I hadn't gone over 50kmh. It has a level of intelligence that works out the range based on your driving style & it is surprisingly accurate. It is 182km from my house to Gold Coast Airport & a few weeks ago I left with 100% charge & arrived with 52%. Most of this was at 110kmh on the Pacific Highway. I could have got home without getting a charge but just like with my old petrol car I would never let the fuel get that low. I spent 15 minutes at the BP in Ballina for a comfort stop & coffee & added some charge. Cost me $9.04 but there was plenty left when I got home. Other than long trips it costs nothing to run my EV as I charge from solar, supplemented by my home battery and 3 hours of free power every day. I'll never have to worry about the price of petrol going up because of wars or other reasons for shortage. In any vehicle, electric or internal combustion it all depends on how you drive, the terrain, weather, the total weight of the vehicle and use of accessories like air conditioning etc.

Oh, jolly good show! Has Nev ever pranged a kite? Did he really know Pilot Officer Percy Prune? What about RAF and RAAF bumf? 😄

So it wasn't invented by Biggles then?

It appears that 'prang' is a relatively new word, created by the RAF. The date might be the mid-1930s, but its first documented use was in 1940/41.

The ridiculous thing was petrol going up and down like a bride's nightie, from $1.59 to $2.29 per litre every few weeks, without a major war anywhere.

It's all about the F-word - and as to its quality as a linguistic presentation, it's pretty f***ed. 😄

The price per barrel of oil has gone up 12.5%. That equates to 21c a litre at the bowser. Anything more than that, is simple price gouging.

I am not into F1, but a mates son is in college doing engineering and has an placement on a scheme run by the F1 teams to bring on the next round of engineers. All he has wanted to do in his teenage years is work on F1 cars, so best of luck to him. I saw a headline on the Age' website quoting Piastri as sayingthe Mercs are just too quick.. Not sure in what context, but that doesn't bode well for McLarens. A bit of trivia.. My old home airport, Fairoaks, was right next to the McLarens Technology centre, where they did most oftheir F1 development:

Here's an interesting site where official tests of fuel consumption and EV battery range are measured accurately, and checked against the manufacturers claims. Unsurprisingly, many of the ICE models used more fuel than advertised, and a lot of the EV's battery range claims fell well short of the manufacturers claimed range. The worst offender amongst the EV's was the MG4, which recorded a shortfall of 31% in battery range, against the manufacturers claimed range. The MG company claimed a range of 405kms, but accurate/real life testing revealed a range of only 281kms. That's a world of difference, and I can't understand how MG hasn't been hauled over the coals for making false claims. https://realworld.org.au/

Hasn't the ACCC warned servos and oil companies not to price gouge? Heaard someone on the radio day they are pretty much a toothless tiger, though I do remember them forcing Qantas, I think to refund fares over some scam of some sort. Over here, the prices are fairly stable. at the moment, which is a surprise. They usually jack it up straight away, and when the oil and gasoil prices settle back to normal levels, it allsort of takes a very long time for the retail price to retract and then no where near what it was.

Indeed! Reminded me of the first time SWMBO came out to Aus on holiday with me. We werein Melbourne and I decided to take her to Brown Brothers in Milawa. Sadly, she was not into flying in the big jets let alone a rented PA28, so it was to be by car. I told her we had to leave at 7am to get there by 12. She didn't believe me but went along with it anyway. not 2 hours into the trip, she was visibly frustrated, even though I still had what was a young VS commodire, which was comfy for those drives. By the time we got there, she was virtually a nervous wreck. "Who on the face of theis bloody earth travels that far by car just for lunch.. and how f@cking big is this counrty???" Then she went and ordered roo while I had beef. Guess who ended up eating roo? When we moved to Melbourne, she declined my offer of a drive to Mildura to have dinner at Stehano's.

There is a picture of sign at a harington servo today at $3.15 for diesel. these should be the ones the accc goes after.

How far away is the average shop or school or mates place in London urban areas? When you go across town to visit a mate and have a few drinks, public transport is byu far the best opton (unless they're on strike).

You have to watch it on YouTube as it contains adult language..

Most Poms wouldn't go that far by car on their holiday.

Well, Oscar will start from position 5, in row 3. Pole position went to George Russell from Mercedes. The big shock was Kimi Antonelli, who starts from P2. In practice earlier in the day, he virtually wrote off his car in a wild spin and crash. Not only did they rebuild the car in a couple of hours so he could take part in qualifying, he got the second best time to start from P2. Standby cars are not allowed. Lawson (Mercedes) is on P1, Antonelli (Mercedes)is P2, Hadjar (Red Bull) P3, Leclerk (Ferrari) P4, Piastri (McLaren) P5, Norris (McLaren) P6 . Max Verstappen spun out and did not set a time, so will start at the back of the grid.

Says ERROR so I won't touch it, thanks. Nev

They only have about 55 kms of Battery range. MAX. Someone's having you on.

Most people I know are very happy with their hybrids.. but that is because it usually only uses the electric motor. They have someting that is a city or town runabout, and for that, they are just carrying a motor, fuel and a drivetrain they don't need. Theyt don't need to aqueeze every ounce of utility from the thing; It still carts the shopping and kuds around comfortably. I was speaking to someone that still has a Prius and he admitted the petrol in it is probably 5 years old - and there's not much of it.

Not for those of timid dispositions:

It all helps. Katherine is a lot hotter than Darwin. Used to fly into the Town strip at about Midnight with Bugga all runway guidance. Moved operations to RAAF Tyndall in 1969. Nev

Not a bad way to go If you have to. None of us are getting out of this alive. I've got too Many things to finish. Nev

They've always Killed a lot of people when training till simulators came along. .. Give it a Burl (meaning GO) is another. . Nev

Artificially Kept low service costs and after a while who Knows? Like I said the Motors get a Hard time. Sudden start to high demand and revs from a smallish engine.. You have ALL the things a Normal Ice car has whereas an EV requires near no servicing bar wiper blades and tyres.. Nev

Brisbane radio personality, comedian, singer and puppeteer, operator of Agro, Jamie Dunn, has passed away. He was aged 75. 4BC‘s Gary Hardgrave broke the news: “Apparently he woke up this morning not feeling too well, said to the love of his life Maree, ‘I’m going to go back to bed for a little while’ and unfortunately he passed away there.