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@dresserman Fun fact: there's a couple of products that still have the old Tesco logo on the boxes. Presumably the same suppliers from 30+ years ago who never bothered to change it.

A relic at the tip.

@dresserman Our thoughts and prayers go out to all shop staff working BWS at the moment

Some strong trade planning work across the market over the past few weeks - World Cup notably strong with various ranges specifically Football themed. The warm weather and England's progress means it's good for sales!

@sniffpetrol If anyone is likely to know its whereabouts, it'll be Paul Keating who runs the XJ40 register. He has contacts at JDHT who might know if he doesn't. Although it never surfaced for the 40th anniversary celebration in Coventry last month. xj40register.com

This fully camouflaged Jag XJ40 prototype used to be on display in the Coventry Museum of Transport. Does anyone know if they still have it?

@theseoldcars E38 and E39 touring

@FlefasaurusRex Consider me intrigued: what are the other two?

Nice Nice Nice NIIIIIICCCCCEEEEEEE collectingcars.com/for-sale/1991-… #BMW #V12 #SaveTheManuals

@Autoweltmedia The worst example of an aftermarket screen in an E39 I've witnessed. I really don't get the appeal of android head units in older cars.

Stop the screens, I just want Bluetooth and perhaps subwoofers. Those aftermarket Android auto/Apple carplay screens lag like old phones. No thanks.

@joncoupland Finally resorted to getting your flaps out on camera? We'll have to start calling you Jonnie Blue

Would You Pay £50 For Some Mudflaps? Rare Flaps Fitted To My Smart ForTwo 451 #mechanic #shorts #auto #smart #mudflaps

@shitbritishpics This is exactly the kind of content I follow this account for. No notes.

Close up of Teaspoon full with tuna with mayonnaise salad. (2021)

@thespafixer John was the one who suggested Morse would drive something English and more classy, he owned a Jag already but the one used for the show was knackered and horrible to drive in comparison, hence his dislike for it.

Originally, in the books, Morse drove a Lancia. Never understood why TV felt the need to give him a Jag. John Thaw reportedly hated it.

@joncoupland If it was for a half decent car then fine, the used cars we buy in 10+ years time have to come from somewhere. But apparently that crazy amount is for a BYD sea lion 7 (whatever that is) which absolutely NOBODY will want once it hits the used market. My god the future looks bleak

I mean ... I just bought a car for this, MOT for a year 😅

@hjwakerley Welcome to the club, you'll soon see what all the fuss is about, they're great cars.

Project L322 has begun. My first imaginary car as a little girl was a Land Rover. In my 20s, owning a Range Rover Vogue would have been peak horse girl success. In my 30s, I’m a little less certain. However, as this arrived as a surprise birthday present, I feel it deserves a fair hearing. Consider me cautiously open to being wooed. It does fit in well with the R8 though… rich in the 00s only.

@ListerLawrence @damdam55666 L322 is up there with the greatest dashboards of all time. When it launched @JeremyClarkson said "it's the best interior on any car, anywhere, ever. Easily." And now that I own one, I agree.

@damdam55666 BRING BACK BUTTONS!!!!! FFS!! This was peak dash board in my opinion. A small car play screen but beautifully finished buttons for everything else.

This is one of the things I hate most about modern luxury car interiors. Putting several separate display modules behind one giant black glass panel and pretending it is one seamless screen is not modern. It is the opposite. It is a workaround dressed up as innovation. Audi calls this kind of setup a panoramic display, but visually it still reads like multiple smaller screens packaged together. In a car priced like a flagship luxury SUV, that is not good enough. The digital interface should look expensive, integrated, and intentional. This looks like a cost-saving solution hidden under glossy black trim. Compare that with Cadillac’s newer interiors — the Vistiq and Escalade IQ — or Lucid Gravity. You can argue about the brands, but the screen architecture looks far more convincing: wide, clean, integrated, and actually designed as a central part of the cabin. That is what a modern luxury interior is supposed to feel like. German luxury brands need to stop assuming that old prestige will carry them forever. For decades, their interiors were the benchmark because the materials, ergonomics, engineering, and restraint all worked together. But the industry has moved into a digital era, and in that world, screens, software, UI, and visual integration matter as much as leather stitching and soft-touch plastics. Right now, some of these German interiors look caught between two worlds: too screen-heavy to feel classic, but not integrated enough to feel truly futuristic. And I am not even getting into the exterior design. The new Q7’s front end has the same nervous energy we are seeing across a lot of legacy brands: split headlights, overworked surfaces, and styling tricks that look less like confidence and more like panic. Some Japanese brands are conservative on purpose. They use older, proven technology because reliability is the selling point. You can criticize that, but at least it is a coherent strategy. What is harder to defend is charging luxury money while giving buyers digital design that already looks behind American, Korean, and Chinese competitors.

@WithAC86 There were quite a few more there on Saturday

A few Jaaaaaggggggssss at Cov Motofest today

@MattTakeThree About 620,000 between these 3. M57, M57, AJ6. Nuff said.

582,000miles between them....

@Danforrister Ulcerative Colitis here, wouldn't wish a flare up on anyone but at the same time I just see it as more of an inconvenience than a disability. As a side note though the lack of public toilets nowadays is shocking, maybe allocate some funding to that instead.

@FlefasaurusRex I have IBS, thankfully it's behaving itself of late. The pain used to be unbearable, but I never knew it was a ""disability" to the DWP.

Apparently I can get PIP 🤷‍♂️

@dresserman Screwfix is a bit of an odd choice, not the first place that comes to mind to buy T-cut. Halfords would be a better fit and it's dearer there.

Screwfix and John Lewis in the firing line via Lidl.

@AutomotiveTales @hjwakerley @ListerLawrence P38 would've been either a 4.0 or 4.6 Rover V8, the 4.4 BMW lump was early L322s. Your dad has excellent taste by the way.

@FlefasaurusRex @hjwakerley @ListerLawrence Every day is a school day! My dad had one when I was much younger and remember it being slow for a Rangey has he had a Classic v8 vogue before that! He did move on to the 4.4 BMW v8 P38 that was lovely and finally a supercharged L322 that was too quick…!

You get one car for the rest of your life. It has to do everything. Commute, road trips, holidays, mega mileage… all of it. No swapping. No second car. What are you choosing? And why. I’ll start.

@hjwakerley @ListerLawrence I daily drive one, the engine itself is one of the most bulletproof lumps ever made. But the GM 5 speed autobox mated to it wasn't rated to handle the torque, so LR had to detune it to 175bhp to protect the gearbox. Didn't work as they all need rebuilding eventually anyway.

@ListerLawrence I don’t know enough about L322s but you are the second person to ask for this and specify not the 3.0D. Was it very bad?

@AutoInfatuation Definitely get the refrigerant level checked, my L322 has started icing up the evaporator until there's no air out of the vents b/c its low. On my E39 the failed AUC sensor only caused the auto recirculation to not work, doubt that would cause your issues, they fail all the time.

Been out and about in the E66 730Li today and had my first issue that didn’t technically come with the car………on the hottest day of the year so far of course 🥵 The A/C has started deciding when and where it wants to blow cold which wasn’t ideal when it hit 29°c at one point today. I have a code for the AUC sensor but I’m seeing contrasting views as to what this actually does. Some people saying it measures air quality and temps then tells your car how cold/warm the A/C needs to be and some are just saying it’s purely for air quality/smells etc 🤷‍♂️