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As keen readers of my ramblings know I've been car free for a while, but my nacked hip is becoming increasingly uncomfortable and some days I simply can't face riding any more. So a modest car is in order, likely a small estate of some kind. So what do you chaps drive small estate car wise?

Anyone else here into veg? I'm not an enormous fan of the stuff for eating myself - my blood type is Bisto - but I love growing vegetables. The idea of growing stuff people can eat is hugely appealing and highly satisfying. I don't have an allotment - yet, I may get on the list for one in the...

Building relic bass guitars. Here's 001, the prototype, a late 60's Precison replica. Were it for sale it would be about £900, which for this sort of thing is a bargain, but I don't have any premises, staff, or overheads beyond material costs, so I can undercut the likes of Limelight...

Anyone recognise this handsome devil? https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/meet-brits-who-sold-car-27645215 Being the Mirror they managed to ram the story full of inaccuracies, but the general jist is there.

I have one of these. It was good value at £40, but at £23 it's a steal... https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-c10-crossover-helmet?sku=105556046 PS. Worth checking daily, as Im told yesterday it was only £20

@Mickeyspinn started this rolling with his thread about going car free. Coincidentally, just a few days later I also went car free. So I thought maybe a thread for those who have gone car free was in order. A chance to document our adventures, to swap ideas and tips, and to give advice and...

iCarsoft V2.0 Volvo/SAAB diagnostic computer. Reads ALL on board system codes, not just engine ones. It'll read and clear everything - engine codes, ABS, accessory stuff like climate control, parking sensors, stereos and changers, you name it. If you own an OBDII equipped Volvo or SAAB then...

I have a BlueWave discovery SOT kayak for sale. It is UNUSED and in AS NEW condition.... https://bluewavekayaks.com/discovery-kayak-rasta.html The particular one I have for sale is blue/green. I sold my old Ryber last year and bought this. Then circumstance conspired to ensure I did not get...

Being a bassist in a fairly busy pub band (I was actually gigging last night), and occasional back-up-holiday-and-sickness cover bassist in a rock functions band, I do have the odd clank plant knocking about... Fender Geddy Lee signature Jazz Bass, 1969 Fender Precision, modified Harley...

Just fitted a new washing machine. Old one is now on the verge outside the house. Thought we could have a little sport as to how long it'll be before the fellers in the scruffy old Transit flatbed take it away? To help you in your deliberations its a village location, middle England, and the...

Recently a company has started digging up road round here to lay fibre optic cable for intermaweb stuff. I don't know why, because they're horrifically expensive so no one here has the slightest inclunation to sign up to them, and our local internet - fibre-to-cabinet - is actually pretty...

Wasn't sure whether to put this in MTB or road, but whatever... Mods feel free to move elsewhere if you feel appropriate. Tracker bike for sale, as built by the spotty youth of the 50s, 60s and 70s for off road fun and games. Yep, we were mountain biking long before mountain bikes. 1978...

As it says on the tin. Planet X Fat Boy forks for fat bikes in white. Straight steered, for 26/650b wheel. Unused, bought for a project that never came to fruition. £60 new, will sell for £30 posted.

Not a bad price either, barely BSO money... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALPINESTARS-A ... Sw3ydV7b3n I've got one myself, although with STX RC, and its a great bike. I'd buy this little beauty but the frame is way too small for me, but thought I'd let you chaps know in case it tickled your fancy.

Well, it looks as if fiddling with a sat nav looks set to become part of the driving test. The government haven't yet explained what they will do for candidates who don't own a sat nav, or those who use their smart phone for that purpose. But why sat nav? Changing a CD, retuning the radio...

Wiggle are flogging these 30% off for the outgoing 2014 models, and I'm mighty tempted. Does anyone have any experience of this model, as I'm unlikely to be able to blag one for a test?

Had a wonderful argument with the idiots at British Gash yesterday. Allow me to enlighten you... Being lazy I've kept my electricity and gas accounts with British Hash. In my defence, I do o occasionally check to be sure I'm on the cheapest applicable priceplan. Anyway, as of yesterday I am...

Autumn seems to have struck early, which for real men (or masochists) has us turning out thoughts to winter commuting. Personally I love the crisp, cold mornings, and seeing Orion dipping towards the horizon on a 5am commute. Anyway, who's commuting by bike this Winter, and what bike and kit...

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What are they all about? Ok, ok, I know you're supposed to put them on your phone so the phone can detect that you're driving 'carefully'. But how does it know if you're driving like a tool? It doesn't detect you pulling out in front of people. It doesn't detect you ploughing across a...