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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 17h
Depends if there's a regulation order in place. Loads of councils don't bother, so they appear to be offering EV charging but aren't really doing so.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lots of people in St Andrews need a reminder that they are in The Kingdom of Fife.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Key part of the design language. Start with something agreed to be luxurious, functional and classy; retreat on all three while increasing gaudiness and price.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Enjoyed from the front seat, like a Bentley?
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I can't wait to see one in traffic. It doesn't seem like a real thing yet.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gawd, the Clio sounds better than any modern toss. You need to use a touchscreen to change anything and then the car complains that you're not paying attention to the road, it's pure murder trying to drive. Sell me your low mileage, perfect Clio then you can go and burn your dough at the dealer.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It didn't have to be that bad and it's salvageable but not cheap. I get why people do that drivetrain swap but not any of the other rotten stuff.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm still hammering mileage on a 2010 E Class that I've been trying to replace for years. Your Prius review was really helpful. I suspect that's what I should get myself into but I hate the driver "assistance".
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On which organisation's authority are the credits issued? Ask them about their audit processes?
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I take it you mean open source data and can't get into the realms of the Computer Misuse Act? There are chatty APIs that spill out data but maybe not useful data and you've stomped all over the law by the time you know.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
+1 for MG5 estate but it's not going to be anything like the C Class.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The great/terrible thing about the DVLA is that you can sometimes just keep throwing forms at them and sometimes they do what you've asked. But sometimes they cash the cheque and still don't do it. But life is a gamble.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You two sharing bad DVLA experiences and a couple of glasses of vino (or dubious McDonalds coffee?) - hell of an episode.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I would listen to a podcast episode that looked at how this process works and how these weird examples happen. Just saying. (though I accept that I would probably be the only one)
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So what you're telling us is that there's never been a better time to join the Patreon because there's a lot of content coming?
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hire a car? You must be new here.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is really fab.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
+1 for this.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No bad colours, lots of pretty colours, only a few truly fab colours.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fabulous colour combo.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think the zero refers these days to governmental and regulatory ambition.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The French traditionally disappear from cities for the whole summer. This is about the right time for them to return.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Listen to @bloodwork.show
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Luxury crisps, too. No shame in living well.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did the W163 ML have two tank size options? I know E Classes did. My current E Class has the touring tank (I think that's the literal translation of the German term) which is quite terrifying to fill, even years ago.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aww man, the temptation to adopt the persona of an enraged Monarchist and write miiiillllions of angry letters to everyone, every institution, every elected member...
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SI, like the International System of Units? America finally embracing the metric system under Trump!
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seems like good Patreon content. Don't give it away for free.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Also wildly uneconomical.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More Fifers should visit St Andrews and remind them that they're in Fife. That would teach them.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Need moar Deltic content!
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think I saw it in the cinema. I'd really enjoyed the book, and the author's debut. This likely marked the beginning for me of a lifetime of being disappointed by film adaptations.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This was EXACTLY the distraction I needed at this moment. Amazing.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Notable mention:
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ah, gotcha. I live near your destination so I'm usually on the way home on that route and just want to bloody get there. Obvs, sorry for the state of some of our local roads. Hope they are kind to your fresh tyres.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Am I mad for never taking the cross country way (which I have marked as Bandit Country) when going broadly the same route? I always just go M74 to the M8, so sitting at seventy that whole way. If you're on the A702 you must be down to town centre speeds quite often, which adds time.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alternative universe badge engineered Saab.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As a magazine consumer, I think you're asking whether the readers might be familiar with the car.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Slow car good fun though.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A flight from Boston to Heathrow was diverted to Glasgow. They should just keep quiet, let them get off the plane and watch the penny drop.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yes! You will either see them on bangernomics duty or getting four new tyres at the same time because the owner just wants to be sure.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The full doc is great. Incest guy isn't even the maddest thing. The guy at 12:23 has got to be Robert Florence in character.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Mindboggling that they won't use the laws already available to manage this.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There are a few schemes like this. The Scottish Government's INTOG scheme is like this. I think the platform operators hope to be able to call their extracted oil or gas carbon neutral. It shows a lack of ambition.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I stared laughing so hard at the Jim Murphy stuff in your other thread that the work call I was on was derailed and I had to explain myself. I got to the Irn Bru crate bit and everyone lost it.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
People still say this about Costco fuel, now that supermarket fuel is mainstream.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Easy tiger.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The guys on the ground responded to an online call to arms, details instructions, so evidence of coordination is clear. There is disputed evidence that they intended to deploy JSO tactics and attach themselves to infra. They may have had plans to have their dug in people resupplied by volunteers.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The "we can't break societal norms" people are just another group that those more motivated have to manage in pursuit of the goal. An unhelpful detour. Some of them can be convinced, some are lost.
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Battles @battles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Shout out to screenshots. The dirty deleters can't hide from screenshots.
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