The plinth is good. All hail the plinth.

[Slarti]

JohnG1 said:

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself"

The plinth is wrong and should be removed. The prosecution rests.

And youv already put your money where your mouth is there! sorry, couldn't resist!

[yeti]

The plinth is actually yuour 'bumper'. It complies with the crash regs and will take a crash up to 8mph (IIRC) with no damge to the car. That's how it can be sold in the US of the Americas without massive ugly impact bumpers.

[JohnG1]

George H said:

JohnG1 said:

The plinth is wrong and should be removed. The prosecution rests.

Agreed. Would it have saved your front splitter in the little parking fiasco though?

Nope. The impact was seven or eight inches to the near-side of the plinth. And I hit the steel corner of a wall - hence so much damage at such a low speed.

[George H]

yeti said:

The plinth is actually yuour 'bumper'. It complies with the crash regs and will take a crash up to 8mph (IIRC) with no damge to the car. That's how it can be sold in the US of the Americas without massive ugly impact bumpers.

I thought front plates weren't a legal requirement over there? Plus aren't they a different size - i.e. taller and narrower?

[mikey k]

George H said:

I thought front plates weren't a legal requirement over there? Plus aren't they a different size - i.e. taller and narrower?

It varies from state to state

[theno23]

Slarti said:

As in the satnav and bluetooth options allow buyers to tick the mental box that says "hmmm, i need satnav and bluetooth" - now that i've used both in my car, I can see no other practical purpose.

Interesting. The satnav gets a lot of hate, but I actually think it's OK (I have the latest disks). The graphics and UI are deeply ugly, but once you've coerced it into believing in your destination I found the voice instructions pretty decent, and when you get lost or ignore it it recovers pretty well. I actually prefer it to my one generation old TomTom. Maybe I'm just a sucker for the clipped vowels dominatrix voice

The bluetooth isn't the best, and you have to yell a bit to be understood "I'M IN THE CAR", but it beats not having it at all. I've had some interesting conversations with people I've not spoken to it in years due to the confusion between the mic and iPhone voice dialing too. Bonus!

- Steve (having a half-full day, obviously)

[JohnG1]

theno23 said:

Maybe I'm just a sucker for the clipped vowels dominatrix voice

Oh yes. Miss Fierce Whiplash as she was named in my car (by a friend).

[MichaelV8V]

I can't tolerate the woman, she sounds like a heavy smoker to me

Much prefer the mans voice, I think he's called Martin

[ShortTimers]

[quote=MichaelV8V]I can't tolerate the woman, she sounds like a heavy smoker to me




I likle the sound of that

[Slarti]

MichaelV8V said:

I can't tolerate the woman, she sounds like a heavy smoker to me

Much prefer the mans voice, I think he's called Martin

I think the woman is called Keith