Mini section…Perfect for Littleade
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Very good, you should be on a stage… BUT… have you seen the size of the Mini Countryman, it’s Huuuuuge. I saw one yesterday in Sainsbury’s car park and couldn’t belive how big it was. The brand as a whole is very reliable too according to What Car, though I’ve never fancied one myself after being a passenger in one about 10 years ago
Yes, I saw one parked last week, and it was monstrous. How they can call them a Mini with a straight face, I don’t know. Will they be introducing a Maxi, I wonder?
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Not that I’m ever likely to go to Cardiff, but reading something the other day about Cardiff considering extra parking charges for SUVs, wondered how they’re going to administer that (later found by kerb weight apparently - so EV’s?).
But I had the same thoughts about the Mini and it prompted me to compare dimensions/weight to my Evoque (most would say an SUV - but a baby suv IMO). VERY similar, and Mini Countryman is even taller!
They’re already doing it in woke central BaNES. (Bath and North East Somerset don’t ya know).
All the pay and display carparks and parking bays require your number plate to be entered. The machine then works out what car you have and then applies the appropriate charge due to your contamination level of the universe.
They couldn’t work out how to apply it to motorcycles so they just took the motorcycle bays away.
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Yeah just more “save the planet” wokery, my devils own suv is full euro6 ulez compliant, so mrs jones dropping her kids on the school run in her knackerd old renault clio is likely killing more asthmatic children than I. 
I’m finding the recent “talks” goverment are having with vehicle manufacturers amusing. Manufacturers have to meet EV per ICE sales quotas or face fines. It’s all going a bit pear shaped, the buying public won’t be told when they either don’t want or can’t afford an EV. 
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We’ve wandered way off topic now! (again)
Saul @Octoberon will be along soon. 
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I will. I am. Now pack it in. 
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