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Springtime also I believe :D .
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lol Oi!
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I think you need to change your name to Goldilocks.
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People call me all sorts... I still answer... :)
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Check if your vehicle is compatible.

https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-e10-petrol
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I guess it's mostly the old classics that will have a problem with E-10.

And before anyone starts, I'm ahead of you already, have most of the come-backs to hand, and if I run out there's fellow 'Grey Ones' on here who will no doubt bravely jump in and add their support - or not :D .
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We'll be alright as long as there's still plenty of ethanol in our cider with 10% being the absolute minimum :mrgreen:
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ptolemyx wrote: Mar 4th, '21, 14:02 We'll be alright as long as there's still plenty of ethanol in our cider with 10% being the absolute minimum :mrgreen:
My liver is still trembling from the home brewed Old Thunderbox cider we were forced to drink in a certain hotel in Wales in 2019 :-ss .
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They're still counting the cost of the broken glasses at breakfast.....
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. . . I was hoping time would draw a veil over that :oops: . Shoulda known better than to bring it up I suppose, or perhaps that's what I should have done with the Neuadd's Old Rimblaster the night before :ymsick:
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I should have put some of that cider in the tank of my KTM. Might have been able to keep up with the rest of the loons
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You've had plenty of time to practise ready for this year, perhaps without the Rimblaster additive though.
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"Rimblaster" - an apposite monicker for that particular addictive substance. I previously thought we had the monopoly on rough here in the SouthWest.....
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Looks like it's now upon us...

Yesterday I dropped into two Tesco stations (Chard & Minehead) and both now have an E10 label on the regular petrol pump, the other one still says E5 though.
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I think the only E5 you can get now will be the super unleaded stuff with the extra cost.
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