- The Donald retires from public life - Hamas surrenders and releases all hostages - Slo mo Starmer doesn't make it to the finish line - Human induced climate is proved to be a hoax - Russians realise the Motherland has conned them - Germany wakes up to the fact that there's more important issues th...

Err, yes. Tyres.

I was miss-sold a new T Cross - incorrect engine specs - saw a new Taigo in the showroom so negotiated a big discount. So an impulse purchase - I had no idea it existed before I bought it. I own up to having cognitive dissonance in the initial ownership period - constantly seeking reassurance from o...

And I bought a VW Transporter in 1979 for a survey project - on its first trip up the Ibadan expressway from Lagos the gearbox totally failed - the VW factory and dealer had omitted to put any oil in the gearbox. I drove it a bit - totally underpowered it was like driving a rubberband powered motor....

Also had a new VW Passat as a company car in Nigeria in 1980 - the Aircon compressor dropped off in week two and a con rod burst through the engine block in the second month of driving on the Calabar expressway at 80mph. It was assembled locally - so was not surprised.

A real dog was the VW K70. Originally designed by NSU. I owned one in Nigeria - completely unreliable. NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. Acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969, VW merged NSU with Auto Union, creating A...

Bought off the showroom floor so didn't choose - white with black roof. Sales guy said it was the first non-gray the new car sales manager had ordered. Sure enough the showroom was full of gray vehicles every single model was a sub-military gray. The staff had given the manager a nick name as Mr Gra...

I accepted an update mid-2023 but there was no progress bar or any data on how or when the download was occurring i.e. vehicle parked, engine on or off. A week later a message popped up that the update had been installed - no idea what functionality was added or changed. My MO now is not to bother u...

Unfortunately believable and callous.

Prediction - when generation X or Z cease to interact with social media for a set period of time multitudes of AI algorithms will set their status to inactive and then 7 days later decreased if still no sign of social media life.

Just one light requirement not provided - illumination for the starter key location - I insert key by feel, but this takes a bit of practice.

Pete