Recent content by Shrink Proof

Hello, Inverness resident here.... Which way round you do it really doesn't matter; I've driven the whole of it both ways piecemeal over years and it's equally good either way IMO. The important thing is to take it slowly and savour the scenery. Too many folk do the NC500 for the 500 rather...

They seem to be designed for burning large numbers of fivers with dry clothing as a rather incidental by-product.

Nonsense! I've had personal experience of dozens of companies spending hours telling me over and over again that my call is important to them.

Drumrunie, Scotland. Taken 6 days ago.

IMHO, you MUST get a ChargeplaceScotland RFID card. There are three reasons for this. First, some of the remoter areas have patchy or nonexistent mobile coverage here in Scotland where the app doesn't connect and it can be impossible to phone the helpline (who are generally sympathetic...

Not sure about that - this one IS a new charger. The old one was a Chargeplace Scotland machine, this is a spanking new one, courtesy of ForEV. It was blinking away quite happily, obviously powered up, and had a panel for contactless payment too. Frustratingly it even had two extra long cables...

No I didn't, I was more concerned with not gettting stranded in the frozen wastes. I got back to Inverness with just 13% charge. Mind you, the scenery was pretty good...

I was out and about in the far, frozen North of Scotland for most of yesterday, ultimately covering over 170 miles in temperatures that the car registered as between a balmy -2℃ (central Inverness) and a truly bone-chilling -15℃ (Loch Glascarnoch). Driving range was, as expected, decimated. Not...

It can be narrowed down a bit. The map shows Lulsgate Airport which opened in May 1957. It also shows Penpergwm railway station (SE of Abergavenny), which closed in June 1958. So presumably the map was drawn (as opposed to printed) in that 12 month period.

It's important to remember when reading any headline or advertisement that the phrase "up to" always includes the number zero.

It's not a copy, the similarity is only superficial. The real difference is under the bonnet - the VW has a diesel engine hidden inside a fake electric motor.

I live on a 20 mph street and can confirm that no vehicle of any type currently on the roads recognises the signs...

Best I managed last summer was 274 miles. In the recent cold and snow it dropped to just 170 miles. The car lives outside, and here in Inverness it was -6°C one night. That's doubly tricky here in the North of Scotland - not only is range reduced but in the far North West even buildings are...