A neighbour of mine nearby has one of those. They look quite funky. They got a '69 plate in a white with red and black bits on it and funky looking wheels
Yep, it’s ideal for what I want, just shopping etc., and easy to get in and out of! Mine’s a '69 plate too and looks like this:-
High viz. colour!
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That looks cool actually 
I just looked at some of them on AutoTrader to see photos.
Funnily enough my Mrs has got her eye on one of the new 1.5 hybrid ‘normal’ yaris. We’re lucky to have a 3rd car to nip about in, for the dog, her taking it a day a week to work etc etc. It’s a Juke NISMO RS which is fine, but nothing last forever. She thinks the new Yaris looks groovy and ‘for the dog and that’ would be ideal given its fresh air miles per gallon values.
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I think the Aygo has a face like a ‘Star Wars’ stormtrooper. Not to my taste at all.
Indeed, there seems to me, to be an awful lot of ugly cars on the road these days, and I sometimes wonder how anyone could actually design something that looks so gross, and wonder even more, how the powers-that-be in any particular motor company could pass for production such monstrosities.
But hey, I’m a 67 year-old dinosaur, and my tastes are understandably old-fashioned.
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you did well! mine had under warranty
new head
Engine rebuild (wrong pistons fitted!)
3 gearboxes (one replacement rejected by me after driving away from the garage)
gold seal engine
Front suspension rebuild (siezed)
A couple of exhausts
Diff
rear wheel bearings
replaced driving lights
oh and a respray of everything apart from the roof
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I’d be surprised if anyone could spot the difference in how their car drives on E10 vs. E5.other things being equal. I doubt whether the economy difference would be noticeable either - ethanol is lower energy than petrol by about 30%, so a 5% increase in ethanol content would give the fuel around 1.5% less bang.
There seem to be 2 potential drawbacks to higher ethanol content. First the effect on materials which seems to be the most frequently mentioned and the one by which compatibility is established. Some older cars have parts that will degrade faster in the presence of more ethanol.
The other is shelf life. All petrol loses its virtue to a degree when stored, but ethanol is worse than gasoline. It oxidises faster, and it attracts water. The shelf life of E10 is said to be around 3 months.
For that reason I would say any car that is laid up for 6 months of the year, which is the case with some MX-5’s, is less compatible with E10. That could be solved by making the last fill before lay-up with ‘E0’, or E5.
The degrading of materials seems to be a real issue. People with a keen interest in petrol powered garden machinery seem very exercised by it, as fuel often lies in mowers, strimmers, trimmers, chain saws etc. for months. I’ve had the internal fuel pickup pipe crumble in two McCulloch chainsaws even before the advent of E10 so I’ll definitely be avoiding it with the garden stuff.
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Jeff has above.
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Filled my 2l mk3.5 yesterday with 95 E10, I noticed no difference in performance or torque during normal green lane and dual carriageway driving.
Roy
I’m surprised then:)
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Don’t be. Jeff knows how to drive
Maybe google search many other people on the internet driving various cars, unaware of the change, asking if they’ve done something to the petrol…
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Which reminds me, my petrol mower still has last year’s fuel in it. We got rid of the lawn last year so no more grass cutting.
I don’t actually think they have done anything to the petrol yet? Wasn’t it going to be September?
Quotes from Shell
"From 1st September 2021, we’ll be switching our standard fuel from E5 to E10 as part of the new government policy. We’re supporting this as a positive step for petrol fuels, with the potential to cut transport CO2 emissions by 750,000 tonnes a year.
That’s equivalent to taking around 350,000 vehicles off the road. "
and
"If you can’t use E10, you’ll still be able to fill up on Shell V Power, which will continue to be available for everyone as an E5 option. "
It’s up and raring already in the likes of Tesco and other supermarkets
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They’ve changed the stickers…
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Ask Jeff or legions on the internet.
Roll out isn’t midnight into 1st Sept. It’s by then.
It’s not a Corona restriction ending event.
Legions? I regularly read a couple of motoring forums and I’ve seen very little, and no one complaining of problems.
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Google is your friend
And remember to ask Jeff.
As I found, in my experience, my (2018) ND2 did not like the E10 until 60 miles had gone through it - although even then it still hadn’t settled down. I had filled up with E10 when the tank had gone to “E” and started nagging, so other than the reserve 4 or 5 litres it was empty and was filled to the brim. I filled to the brim with Esso Super when the tank was 2/3 used and within 20 miles the car was noticeably better. I have used about a third of the last fill and the car is pulling like a train again.
I’m doing a 600+ mile return journey this weekend (A1 - Cambridge / Hexham / Nottingham / Cambridge) so it will get a bit of an Italian Tune (hopefully)
My ND is a daily drive and I swap over with my '93 Eunos (but not enough). The Eunos has only ever had Super, never liked Regular.
I don’t do a large mileage but about 4,000 a year in the ND, 1,000 in the Eunos and 3,000 in a Citroen Picasso - enough, I feel, to notice when a car is “off”.
Others experiences may differ!
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