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[Kevin Wood]

Couple of ads on tv today.

MILD hybrid car. Who would that appeal to? Imagine down the pub. My car is a mild hybrid!

MEDIUM cider. Still in the same pub. Pint of medium cider please? 

It's the "self-charging Hybrid" that makes me laugh. Like it's a selling point!

"Fossil fuel charging Hybrid" doesn't sound quite as green, I suppose.

[Raeturbo]

Unfortunately there are many fools who don’t even understand that, and that is another reason why this bullshit is taking root.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Couple of ads on tv today.

MILD hybrid car. Who would that appeal to? Imagine down the pub. My car is a mild hybrid!

MEDIUM cider. Still in the same pub. Pint of medium cider please? 

I think pretty much all cars are MHEV these days, it just means it has a Belt Integrated Starter Generator and so harvests power under braking and dumps a few horse power back in to smooth things off at gearchanges and pulling away, not much of a selling point for those in the know 

[Nick W]

Couple of ads on tv today.

MILD hybrid car. Who would that appeal to? Imagine down the pub. My car is a mild hybrid!

MEDIUM cider. Still in the same pub. Pint of medium cider please? 

It's the "self-charging Hybrid" that makes me laugh. Like it's a selling point!

"Fossil fuel charging Hybrid" doesn't sound quite as green, I suppose.

Yes, it's just a petrol car with an additional transmission system. Non-Germans would then ask 'why would you do that?'

[ronnyd]

Is it also a fact that they are only good for very few miles under electric power?

[Doctor Gollum]

Is it also a fact that they are only good for very few miles under electric power?

That's down to battery size and longevity. It's enough to mooch around town, which, to be fair, is when an internal combustion engine is at its most inefficient. Especially when cold.

So actually, for the intended application, it makes sense. 

[TheBoy]

Is it also a fact that they are only good for very few miles under electric power?

That's down to battery size and longevity. It's enough to mooch around town, which, to be fair, is when an internal combustion engine is at its most inefficient. Especially when cold.

So actually, for the intended application, it makes sense. 

A mate who has a plug in hybrid, got it as his work is abut 3.5 miles from home.  He is not allowed to charge at work.

In the winter, his supposed 30 mile pure electric range isn't enough to get to work and back.  And his driving style makes tunnie look like a boy racer.

So, no, they ain't much cop for town use either.

[TheBoy]

UPS, who on a phone call about an hour ago still said my parcel would be delivered by noon today....

[STEMO]

UPS, who on a phone call about an hour ago still said my parcel would be delivered by noon today....

Yes. But an hour ago, it was only 11am in Atlanta 

[Rangie]

Some idiot complaining that I'd jumped the queue in our local chemist when I was simply joining my wife who was in the queue in front of him, I soon put him in his place piece of shit .

[STEMO]

Some idiot complaining that I'd jumped the queue in our local chemist when I was simply joining my wife who was in the queue in front of him, I soon put him in his place piece of shit .

I like a bit of pensioner trouble in the chemist or the post office 

[TheBoy]

Eurovision. Is it news? I thought it was just another Pride event for the FoD, not the main headline on the BBC.

Who gives a shit?

[STEMO]

Eurovision. Is it news? I thought it was just another Pride event for the FoD, not the main headline on the BBC.

Who gives a shit?

Yeah, not worth watching since ABBA won, eh? 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The whole news media are obsessed with it for some unfathomable reason. 
Dont think Ive ever heard a decent song on it in the last 50 odd years. 

[Kevin Wood]

UPS, who on a phone call about an hour ago still said my parcel would be delivered by noon today....

Currently waiting for a parcel from Useless Parcel Shysters myself. They did manage to get it as far as Southampton before declaring that my address doesn't exist and returning it to the sender.