Dr Nick Birse
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Dr Nick Birse
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Lecturer in Mass Spectrometry at the Institute for Global Food Security & School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast | Royal Society of Chemistry Member | BSAC Open Water Instructor | Own Views | #TeamMassSpec | #EV
that's a point, my British Leyland T-shirt has drifted out of my T-shirt rotation, wonder where I've put it.
June 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
it's very good, in the way most of the Chinese EVs are, but it's not a proper Volvo. The interior is very Scandinavian, but lots of those little thoughtful things Volvo used to do to improve safety with their interior ergonomics are missing, like easy to use heater controls, or a clear dashboard.
January 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
rear wiper but steel wheels - even at that money, VW still churning out MEB kit with steel wheels and Halfords wheel trims. The 'Drammen' alloys were lovely, especially with Honey Yellow paint - VW should have taken the financial hit and shipped all the ID range with alloys and more colour choice.
January 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
yeah - it's little things like that which are missing from ID.3 and would make it feel higher quality/more premium.
January 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
yes, but I do quite like the ID.4 and ID.5 interiors, though they could be higher quality still, and what the ID.4 got, that should have been the ID.3 level. The thing that annoys me most about the VW ID cars is the door feel, they lack weight and sound tinny when closing.
January 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
but it has no rear wiper...
January 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
they're the masters of airport security scanners now - don't think I've been through an airport in the last decade which didn't have a Smiths Detection systems of some sort getting upset at my laptop or rucksack.
January 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
don't think anybody hates Scotland these days, it's more head scratching at the mess things are in Scotland - falling achievement in core subjects in secondary school, destitute colleges and essentially bankrupt universities.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Very worrying' pass rates for maths and science in Scotland
Education experts have found low attainment in subjects like maths and science in Scotland this year.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
almost all of the cadmium and quite a lot of the lead found in chocolate is naturally occuring - geogenic in origin. Good quality elemental analysis is easily capable of detecting hazardous levels and allowing mitigation to be put in place though.
January 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM