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ollie87
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Comment #26807366
Guess that Awkwafina song now needs a partial re-write. Isn't Bernie Madoff dead? He's dead, right? Nah, that motherfucker not dead, he in jail getting booty-rammed by the feds, ge…
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Comment #26036120
USB stack error I seem to recall, can't remember if it was a scanner or a printer they plugged in.
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Comment #25505733
Not to be confused by Ripple, a Galaxy-branded chocolate bar made my Mars.
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Comment #24197689
Different brands use different formulations, apparently the brand that the dealership puts in at BMW/MINI doesn't play nicely with some of the brands from supermarkers. More of an …
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Comment #24197681
Nah, BMW uses tablets for it's screenwash that are about £7 for six, each makes 5 litres. BMW Part number: 83122298202 Less shipping cost/environmental impact too. 30 litres for ar…
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Comment #24141712
Didn't happen to be a BMW did it? It was a big issue for a while.
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Comment #22604057
Me either, they're vile things.
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Comment #22593962
As nearly always - SUVs are the problem. Smaller, lower cars don't seem to have the same issues.
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Comment #22376380
UK citzens are still EU residents for now, the UK hasn't actually left yet.
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Comment #22288496
LIDL does this too.
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Comment #22225532
They do on iOS now too. That's how I keep my passwords sync'd across multiple platforms using Firefox Lockwise.
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Comment #22223533
Battery pack might be better really, you could move the centre of gravity slightly lower than the fuel tank and engine on a ICE version.
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Comment #22182429
It is where I live, so weird visiting the US and seeing "ask your doctor for" adverts. If I asked my GP for a specific medication they'd look at me like an alien.
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Comment #22098751
Other cars in the same class had it as standard - for example the Fiesta ST or the Polo GTI, I just didn't like the cabin or the ride quality on the Fiesta compared to the MINI. An…
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Comment #22098710
I have a 2019 MINI Cooper S with Professional iDrive, I can confirm it is buggy. It's the best system, but it's still awful.
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Comment #22098667
Sounds no worse than the factory Wireless CarPlay on my 2019 F56 Cooper S. It's infuriatingly laggy and buggy. Best bit was that when I ordered the car is was a near £2k option to …
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Comment #22043646
That's your comment after reading this? Pretty weird.
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Comment #21863511
Yeah I've been having that issue. Along with the email inbox bug they claim to have fixed but is still very much live and well on my iPhone 7 Plus.
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Comment #21834074
Depends where you live I suppose. A Jazz (what it's called in the UK) starts at £15k, a Smart back before they went electric only in this market was well under £9k.
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Comment #21720512
>How can people be so callous and selfish? Quite easily when they've spent their entire lives being told poor people are evil. That's American's for you. There's too much of "I've …
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Comment #21703545
The vehicle had an huge fuel cell installed, it's likely they had much larger fuel pumps added to account for increased consumption caused by having a higher intake pressure. As fo…
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Comment #21703454
As someone from the UK who's driven a lot in the US, to cut road deaths you guys should just make your driving test more standardised across states and also much more difficult to …
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Comment #21691731
Disney+ doesn't launch until next year in my market. We are stuck with Disney Life which is utter crap.
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Comment #21691625
Disney+ isn't in the market where I live. It's called Disney Life and it's utter crap.
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Comment #21681805
Yeah, I've got subscriptions to multiple services now (Amazon, Disney, Netflix, and I have a satellite TV subscription too). I used to run a very slick seedbox that would auto down…