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TR4ffic wrote: This obviously wouldn't work for all electric vehicles but could potentially be OK in the medium term.

But electric only vehicles don't pay road tax and nor did most hybrids

Make sure it's Euro 5 or 6 for emissions (but if it's £30/yr it probably is). As Pontoneer says, if most of your journeys are short don't go for a diesel, but if you intend to keep it for a while, go for it. I don't think there will be significant tax rises on cleaner diesels (at least I hope so), b...

As I said, it doesn't claim that Adams actually said it, only that I'd seen it somewhere and it had (incorrently) lodged itself in my memory. Shame tho' as it would've been better than that it was a random number plucked out of the ether

I read or heard somewhere that it was something to do with the character for ASCII code 42 - don't think he was enough of a geek for it to have been EBCDIC. The asterisk would make sense as it often stood for "any value" I found the reference I was looking for: https://me.me/i/13-the-true...

That's true. I could get a horse box roughly where I wanted it, but it's far easier to unhitch a 6' * 4' trailer and move it by hand

Of course I had to then go and find out what Trailer Assist actually is. It's a development of park assist. So intended for all those who can't drive with a trailer/caravan. It's not for those who can't drive with a trailer. It's for those who can't reverse with a trailer :oops: ISTR that Range Rov...

I preferred this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQs-oEuDzSw

Truth hurts

I read or heard somewhere that it was something to do with the character for ASCII code 42 - don't think he was enough of a geek for it to have been EBCDIC. The asterisk would make sense as it often stood for "any value"

I thought the reason Douglas Adams came up with 42 was because it was the ASCII code for a space

I agree, that like so many surveys, we sometimes want an "it depends" answer, and, in my opinion, some of those answers probably have nothing to do with political opinion/allegiance.

But thank you for giving up your time to look at it