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Might be worth asking around whether other Obs in your (or other) Group want one too.

As someone who prefers reading 'hard copy' rather than on line (I quickly lose interest and get easily distracted with online documents, and I know I'm not aLONE), I asked whether they were going to provide printed versions of the Observer Guides, but not had a reply. It would be a long afternoon ....

There is a separate 'Observer Guide' these days too: Car: https://iamroadsmart.azureedge.net/media/docs/default-source/dashboards/observers/observer-guides/thecarobserversguide.pdf Bike: https://iamroadsmart.azureedge.net/media/docs/default-source/dashboards/observers/observer-guides/themotorcycleo...

Re stopping In the 10-20 minutes I drove it, I failed to master the perfectly smooth stop ‘without jolt’, maybe I’d improve with practice. I find the Ateca more difficult than the manual Leon. Possibly because the driver can't decide when it declutches? Brake firmer earlier. Tail off longer. More g...

Re stopping In the 10-20 minutes I drove it, I failed to master the perfectly smooth stop ‘without jolt’, maybe I’d improve with practice. I find the Ateca more difficult than the manual Leon. Possibly because the driver can't decide when it declutches? Brake firmer earlier. Tail off longer. More ge...

A mystery to me on modern features and car safety is why the authorities have mandated various versions of 'lane keep assist'. Most serious drivers I know consider these systems reduce safety rather than improve it. A cynic wonders whether it's a backdoor stepping stone to have the tech on cars and...

Glad you bumped the thread :) Reminded me that I had a play a couple of weeks back. Two 'tests': 1. Could I keep a constant speed & throttle approaching and negotiating a bend. Result: pretty much abandoned this one. I was on the A339 Newbury to Basingstoke road, which isn't particularly flat / ...

yes - apologies, it went offline - don't know the full reason other than our average visitor count of 80,000 - 100,000 had already hit over 7,000,000 in May! So assume some bot hitting us too frequently... seem to be okay for now! Alasdair This was linked from another forum: https://www.phpbb.com/c...

Was it just me / my phone, or was the site offline?