Maybe as they thought the company was going bankrupt they decided not to bother to do a lot of work?

I believe it's all resolved now tho' so back to normal I hope

And everyone else is using Shell Super Unleaded and sent a recorded delivery letter to the dealer principal ??????

And keeping on driving at speed to finish his DPF cycle

Surely HJ is entitled to a holiday!

I'm beginning to wonder if this 'holiday' (not that today's column was written by Dan Powell, not HJ himself [thanks misar for the spot]) is not actually 'gardening leave'...

I agree that these responses do not feel to have been written by HJ.

Thank you for the info and link.

Unless one has a compelling reason to buy an EV right now, I think it would be prudent to hang on for a few years. The fines that the EU intend to impose on car manufacturers if average CO2 emissions of their sales exceed 95gm/km may force some of them to slash prices of their EVs to promote more sales thereby bringing down the average CO2 of what they sell overall. Whilst they may end up making little or no profit on EVs, it may still work out cheaper that paying the fines. There is also the issue of the low voltage distribution system - which supplies electricity to your home - being incapable of supplying the power to recharge EVs once they are being bought in larger numbers. Rather than spend tens of billions upgrading the network, the Government may find a way of rationing electricity usage so that the only way of fully charging your EV battery is to take it to a purpose-built charging station where you will pay through the nose for the power. Finally, the government will have to find some way of recovering the revenue lost through falling sales of petrol and diesel, which will probably result in some form of tax on the use of EVs.

No wonder the stock market foundered... This man taught us an enormous lot over many many years. I, for one, am deeply thankful. If the term irreplaceable applies to anyone, it is him.