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Jonny Hart

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  1. Pretty sure that is just ‘for show’, can go elsewhere. Admittedly no space for the nodding dog or box of tissues but rear seats are still ‘usable’.
  2. Nice! Did you spot our AC in any of those IBs? Our Japanese installer (Koaspeed) is somewhere round there. Can you bring back one of these? https://www.topgear.com/car-news/suvs/toyota-has-brought-back-land-cruiser-70
  3. Garry Hall. Be prepared to wait a long time for trim work. https://www.classicfx.net
  4. I often get a card saying ‘left in shed’. We have several of those. Best couple of deliveries were leaving a parcel amongst a huge pile of cardboard boxes that I was sorting out for recycling. Hidden in plain sight. Then there was the parcel left up a tree….
  5. Not in this case - the Theon in the ad is the very first one (I know the owner). At the time they were positioned around about £150k for a finished car. Nowadays their builds are higher spec and price point.
  6. This one: Has this in the back:
  7. ^ That's good to know - should have guessed you'd be something to do with that. So far, we have the compressor in the cubby hole behind the door and condenser up front - that's the easy bit. Cabin air is sucked through the evaporator which is under the LH seat in a void there along with a fan that blows the air up the centre tunnel through duct work to the existing vents. Current thinking is to redesign the vents as a vent within a vent ( concentric circles ) which allows fresh air from the existing system and the AC to blend together. No modifications made to any of the lovely carbon.
  8. I think Lanzante are possibly the best and most understated 'custom shop' out there. They make really lovely things without being shouty. The 930 is running our A/C and we've also been working with them on AC for the F1 GTR - the longtail in the video is the test mule for that. Top people and a pleasure to work with.
  9. I'm still recovering from the last one. Doc said I caught Roverowneritis. 🤣
  10. ^Agreed, we need to try different solutions. Simply sticking with what we have won’t fix the climate disaster.
  11. Anyhow, Toyota may or may not be looking at other fuels but they are paving the way for better battery tech too: https://www.electronicdesign.com/markets/automotive/article/21275371/electronic-design-four-new-battery-varieties-highlight-toyotas-bev-roadmap#:~:text=Performance Batteries,aerodynamics and reduced vehicle weight.
  12. What a shower this lot are - they will be out next election for sure. Going back a couple of pages to the ammonia engine, that would settle the long standing IB debate about whether carburettors smell of wee!
  13. Eventually I did get this done (onto a Fuchs rim) but the tyre shop said use at your own risk.
  14. Night shift. 11.30pm working with Marcel on the new CTR (back left) - Alois went and got pizza.
  15. Loose battery or terminals?
  16. According to who? I’m reading 2014 which pre-dates the RR Hybrid?
  17. No but I am against hysteria and I can add up weights just as well as a structural engineer thanks. In fact, maybe a bit better since I just had to correct a mistake that a structural engineer did on my house extension. Undersized 2 steels - not sure if he designs car parks? I resent the specific targeting of EVs since statistics show that ALL cars are heavier today. The article could just as well be about SUVs. You would agree that if everyone drove a Land Rover product, the car park *could* also collapse? I have 2 OEM electric vehicles: Volvo XC40 Recharge - 2000kg. Maxus Van (SWB) - 1550kg if I had the same ICE vehicles Volvo XC40 Diesel: 1700kg Transit Van (SWB): 1600kg So my two weigh 250kg more as EVs. The difference being the weight of 3 slightly porky humans. Don't think we're in car park collapse territory! Interesting that my Maxus van is a ground up EV and lighter than the nearest equivalent van, whereas the Volvo is a retrofit (hence heavier).
  18. Now the weight thing, why target EVs? If that is true, the car parks will collapse anyway under the weight of NEW CARS, irrespective of their drivetrain. Here in snooty Tunbridge Wells, the station car park cross section of cars looks something like this with Land Rover models out numbering everything else. I suggest you don't park here! Audi TT: 1500kg Nissan Leaf: 1560kg Tesla Model 3: 1800kg Porsche Panamera: 2200kg Porsche Taycan: 2300kg. Tesla Model S: 2200kg Land Rover Discovery: 2200kg Range Rover: 2400- 2800kg ! Whether the structure fails would be dependent on the FoS built into the structural calculations. From what I've read this is likely to be between 4 and 6 times the average car weight of the period when designed. In any case, all you'd have to do is block off a few parking spaces so no big deal.
  19. ^ Provided they can be paid for and maintained. It’s far cheaper to ‘electrify’ an existing line by running a battery train on it. https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/128828/japans-dencha-train-celebrates-five-years-of-battery-powered-service/
  20. Yes. Diesel trains have had batteries for years. Most trains will end up being fuel cell / battery hybrids.
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