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Are there any garages left who still have a spark plug cleaning machine, I wonder? Andy

Ditto on the no reply. The website seems to work but I don't think there's anyone looking at it from their end. Andy

Silly question perhaps, but how do you know it's a generator rather than a starter? Some more info on the APU would help, too! Andy

Just a thought - was the trailer socket disturbed as part of the repainting? Andy

Looking at one of the other threads in the Forum I was thinking the same thing. Full torque at zero rpm would eat a V8 for breakfast. Andy

I've just been on a tour of the USN patrol boat P22 at Southampton Boat Show: http://www.p22.org.uk/ She's apparently in the Dunkirk film pretending to be an RN admiral's barge: They like doing reenactment and would be grateful to make contact with anyone in the Sandwich area of Kent with suitable vehicles/uniforms etc. Andy

The battery in a Tesla Model S weighs 544kg ... (and you can bet that if Apple bring out an electric car it will be incompatible with anything else!) Andy

At last, a sensible and accurate piece of journalism on the subject: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41268513 Andy

A submarine battery is somewhat bigger than that, but you don't usually get the chance to see them out in the open. This is the battery shop at the old Admiralty Engineering Laboratory in West Drayton, sadly now just another housing estate: Andy

Once you've fixed the immediate problem there's nothing wrong with retaining the existing pump arrangement. Personally I like the idea of turning the engine over to get the oil pressure up a bit before it starts. Andy

But it was never an MBT in the first place as I understand it? Andy

They might have to change the colour scheme before it's released to service, though: I saw it at DSEI today and it's huge, at least as big as the MBT that was sitting beside it. Andy

Mods - any progress yet on fixing this? It's getting very annoying! Andy

This is a known problem when using images that are uploaded to the forum rather than being hosted elsewhere: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?49290-Image-thumbnails It's something to do with the forum software - I get a brief flash of an error message about Function p_reg but it vanishes before it can be read. It's also getting really annoying! Andy

Some home-grown ones, too .. Andy

Electric drive for MBTs is already happening, but they'll still need an onboard diesel generator. It's hardly a new idea either, the Sd. Kfz. 184. Elefant was a petrol-electric vehicle. Andy

It's the sale of new SOLEY petrol & diesel vehicles. Hybrids will still need petrol (or possibly diesel) so the sale of hydrocarbon fuels won't suddenly vanish overnight. Andy

Whilst on the subject of Amps, don't forget that US domestic supplies run on half the voltage that UK ones do, so require twice the current to deliver the same amount of power. Direct comparison of numbers doesn't work. I was talking to a neighbour over the Bank Holiday weekend who had just come back from a month in Germany working with a colleague who owns a Tesla S. The trick apparently isn't to charge the battery overnight but to keep it topped up by "sipping" through the day when stopping for lunch or a cup of coffee. With the Tesla "supercharger" that's very effective for someone doing a lot of mileage on relatively short trips, especially as the charging is free for the life of the car. You do, of course, need the infrastructure to do so. Andy

I prefer this one: Andy

Thanks, PM sent. Just checking this is definitely 432, not 434? Andy

It's really only the pipe that I'm after - mine has rusted out in the right-angle bend. £50? Andy

Might have a bit of a problem with the range, though! Andy

How much for the exhaust system Nelz, and what condition is it in? Andy

Note the word "solely" - hybrids will still be OK as they're the only real option for non-city dwellers anyway. Andy

Taking this to the extreme it would suggest that all vehicles in a museum should be taxed, MOT'd and insured, which can't possibly be sensible. Andy