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General Car Chat / Re: Milk Float Ordered

« on: Yesterday at 14:18:58 »

Will post some pictures when it arrives 

LEX says December. But shall see, been chatting to a few folks here who ordered cars. It gets passed out to the dealers and sometimes they offer you different ones from cancelled orders or stock they have.

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General Car Chat / Re: Milk Float Ordered

« on: Yesterday at 13:39:37 »

What are the monthly payments?

As it's "Salary Sacrifice" - It's all based on an individuals tax status, but for me, if I said to the government I'd like my money or I'd like the car instead please, based on that it's £430/m to me.

That's all inclusive, the car, insurance, maintenance, tyres, road tax and 10,000 a year miles allowance.

All I need to do is put some electrons in it.

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General Car Chat / Re: Milk Float Ordered

« on: Yesterday at 13:12:21 »

Nearly went Tesla Model Y, but MrsT really did not like everything via the screen, including the gear shifting. While on LEX, I think I spotted a good deal, as prices go up and down considerably, even day by day. Silently paranoid they will cancel it, as the deal feels to good to be true. Basically just getting an upgrade....

BMW i4 M60 in Fire Red.

Comes with loads of kit as standard being M60, such as the adaptive suspension and other bits. I ticked an electric tow bar and upgraded sound system as optional on top of the standard M Performance stuff.

Lord Opti should approve, as it has a rather practical 601bhp, perfect for that daily commute  

Was the same price as a Tesla Model Y, which has a list price of £25k less than the M60 

As Carroll Shelby was fond of saying when it comes to horses.....Too much is just right.

Sounds like a good choice. Mrs Opti's milk float has to make do with a paltry 400BHP and doesn't feel excessively slow.

Is this the same car Jimmy has?

What does Jimmy have? M50 has been out for some time, M60 is new this year.

As with the wonders of LEX the M50 was considerably more than M60 and M60 was only a fraction more than eDrive 35 base model 

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General Car Chat / Re: Milk Float Ordered

« on: Yesterday at 13:11:06 »

I guess you now need to get a charger fitted....

I have an electrician who is local, we had a 30 min chat a few months ago about all the regulations, whats changing, requirements, types of charger. So yeah will be getting him to install one.

97% of my journeys I can charge from home, we go a few times a year to Wales but once there we stay there for a week or so. So I can granny charge it there, no concern on time limits.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: Yesterday at 11:51:03 »

Little Update.

I bought a cheap OO gauge loco that was on Facebook Marketplace local to me. A Class 91 225 HST set, with a similar ringfield motor issue. I wanted to practice stripping it down and cleaning it up, before attempting the one that is a bit more sentimental.






I stripped it down and cleaned up all the faces with a bit of T-cut, I also replaced the pinion gear, which made a huge difference. Previously it sounded like a car with a clutch that was failing and over-reving and not going very fast. Pulls like errr a train now 

Also putting in some bridges at each end to make a full loop.

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General Car Chat / Milk Float Ordered

« on: Yesterday at 11:42:33 »

Nearly went Tesla Model Y, but MrsT really did not like everything via the screen, including the gear shifting. While on LEX, I think I spotted a good deal, as prices go up and down considerably, even day by day. Silently paranoid they will cancel it, as the deal feels to good to be true. Basically just getting an upgrade....

BMW i4 M60 in Fire Red.

Comes with loads of kit as standard being M60, such as the adaptive suspension and other bits. I ticked an electric tow bar and upgraded sound system as optional on top of the standard M Performance stuff.

Lord Opti should approve, as it has a rather practical 601bhp, perfect for that daily commute   

Was the same price as a Tesla Model Y, which has a list price of £25k less than the M60 

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General Car Chat / Re: Harry's Garage

« on: 24 September 2025, 09:40:46 »

I do like Harry's Garage, watched most of his stuff.

Oh for his lifestyle..... I'll just pop down to my Yacht in the South of France, taking the long way, in the McLaren, or maybe I should take the classic 1980's Lambo. Actually, no I'll take the Ferrari.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: 23 September 2025, 17:00:00 »

 

No I'm trying to do this right, although I did think of you when I wired up my new controller. I needed shrink wrap, I need to get some and not use insulating tape.

Trying to do this right and take my time, nothing here with gaffer tape so far and I think it's put up rather well. 

Next up I think is trying to create the bridges across the width of the shed, using some spare 2x4 as supports. While the metal L brackets worked well for the main length, it's not ideal for above the door. Also the angle of the shed roof is against me here.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: 23 September 2025, 09:56:03 »

Love the project tunnie . Keep the photos coming.

Branch line on brackets around the garden wall next?

I had Canadian Pacific Hornsby rolling stock as a nipper ( reflected my mother’s heritage). I strove for distance and had boxes of the yard ? long straights.

A friend had a superb layout in a room above a garage. I remember two things . One him plugging in the transformers by inserting bare wires into the sockets using matchsticks. Two the overpowering smell of ozone?

Another fiend had a superb clockwork train set which we played with in their garden. I bought him a turntable for his birthday.

Shed loop is first, but yes, an exit out of the shed and into the garden is possible!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: 23 September 2025, 09:55:00 »

I know someone who built a 'branch line' from his layout shed, up the garden to the kitchen, near the fridge. Then when he was feeling the need he'd send a loco and goods wagon up the branch line to kitchen stop, and someone in the house would load a tinnie from the fridge to the goods wagon, and the return trip could be made.

With modern DCC control you can setup an 'alerting' system in the kitchen to signal that some goods loading is required. However, since sections of the line are out in the elements, it's best to build the track from old style Hornby/Dublo/Triang stainless steel stuff, not the modern 'iron' stuff.

That sounds like a lot of fun to build, although must have been a bigger gauge to haul a can of beer

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General Car Chat / Re: An Hour to Kill so took a test drive in a chinky MG

« on: 22 September 2025, 16:41:20 »

Just tried and failed to get a quote via LEX our EV provider for work. Usually this is because of the insurance bit failing, maybe it's so new it's not giving quotes in that.

The 'Performance' version only comes in at £48k list, but I don't know what my monthlies would be.

What's curious about our system is the list price has a varied impact on the cost of the car, presume deprecation and resale but it still odd.

£75k BMW vs £50k Tesla Y = Very similar monthlies. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: 22 September 2025, 15:33:49 »

Scalextric is more fun.  Or is that competitive edge coming through again

When I was a kid, my (significantly) older brothers had a brilliant train and Scalextric setup in the loft, complete with paint's roads for Matchbox cars as well.

Only dabbled with scalextric, besides there is more here in building things to support it all. Thats where the fun is for me at least

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: 22 September 2025, 15:32:28 »

Toy trains, they will never catch on, you need the man scale ones 

I would need a bigger shed to in the back garden, to fit one of those in 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: 22 September 2025, 13:29:01 »

Thanks yes, I've just ordered more brackets. I have some scraps of 2x4 left over from when the shed was built. Might use those to span the door way, as an support either side for another bit of OSB.

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General Discussion Area / Shed Project: Suspended Railway

« on: 22 September 2025, 10:37:25 »

I recently found an old OO gauge loco, while doing a bit of a clear out. I thought I would have a bash at making a layout in the shed, I never really managed to get a "proper" layout as a child.

We would end up running it on the carpet (really bad for the motors) and it would never last down long. Various board outs were attempted but never really lasted.

The loco itself works, but needs a strip down and clean/grease. While I was waiting for that to arrive, I attempted a suspended board in the shed. What better excuse to spend more time in the shed with a beer?




The shed itself is quite long, but a little narrow. My aim is to have a suspended platform around the entire shed. It's coming together quite nicely.







I started using some scraps/odd bits I had in the shed anyway. Using some spare brackets.







I've now got some M5 bolts and nuts holding it all down and it feels fairly secure, at least enough for the light trains. Popped to Selco and bought some 9mm OSB and they kindly cut it into strips and it's nearly ready for one to run down it.

Have a few things on order to strip and clean the Ringfield motor in the old Hornby loco.

It's been quite fun putting it all together, suspect I will enjoy the challenge of building it more than when it's finished. I missed the smell of soldering