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I have not gone for winter tyres - the days that I see where temperature is much lower are few - I work from home and rarely go out early in the day... the M5 has been fine through three winters on PS4 tyres - I just drive more sensibly! I did though make the decision that while it was an un-necessa...

I think this has been pretty thoroughly debunked by a lawyer on pistonheads... The reality is that there is no legal definition of essential / non-essential - so it would be very difficult for any insurance company to make it stick in court - equally, it would be a change in their terms and conditio...

I upgraded the M5 18 months ago to a new head unit, which I use with Apple Car Play - I can run TomTom apps / Google Maps / Waze (based on Google Maps) / Apple Maps - all of which will give me a sat nav function - and that is on a 17 year old car... It can also stream from Spotify / Apple Music / Am...

Errr... the whole point of Apple CarPlay is that it is "eyes free". If you want to play a specific song, you do not need to use the panel at all. You press the button on the steering wheel to activate Siri and then ask it to play what you want. No need to look at the screen at all. Yes, i...

I have long thought it amusing that in my sister's T8 XC90 (tank that does 0-0 rather fast!): - you can't (as passenger) pull up the car's manual on the touch screen in case you are driving - you can though use the touch screen to alter steering sensitivity / suspension settings / etc. - all without...

Welcome Hugh, though not a member of the local group I did my IAM course over 20 years ago! and for the last year I have been living in Bristol - so we may cross paths...
Alasdair

In an earlier post on this topic I asked 2 questions, one of which was the same question but asked in a different way to the original poster, and all the responses since then have been measured and respectful giving individual’s views on the questions posed. However, on my settings I had ticked “al...

The YDD 2020 has been cancelled - the intention is to run it next at the same time in 2021.

Alasdair

There is quite a substantial drop in trauma ops in hospitals - my wife is a hand surgeon who often deals with bikers - numbers are currently reduced

A lot more working from home will reduce commuting...