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I wouldn't be stressed in the slightest if it was all on one ticket. Not a chance that I'd be comfortable with this on an unprotected connection. 2 of the 17 flights so far this month for SQ226 have been 'very late' or 'excessively late'. You'd have missed your onward flight if you were on...

Just wanted to loop back on this thread and say a big thankyou to @RB and @RooFlyer for recommending Magan Singh's company Heritage India Private Tours. I'll pull together a proper TR at some point, but Magan's team were outstanding.

Looks very serene @JohnK

I'm guessing this was said as a joke, but there are quite a few employers that are allowing flexibility around public holidays. Particularly in organisations that require an 'always on' presence. So if the employer and employees agree, they can commute Christmas for Chinese New Year, Eid or...

It's only been a public holiday since 1994. Prior to that it was a revolving date

Oh, don't get me wrong. A well run strata is a godsend. Our current one is very, very good. Responsive where necessary. Very clear communication, which is especially well articulated on any issue that might be controversial. I don't always agree with every decision made, but I 100%...

WCMO is overreach by Bodies Corporate. Don’t get me wrong, antisocial behaviour is not condoned. But neither is the selective weaponisation of by-laws nor the self-assertion of penalties that don’t stack up against the laws governing how a Body Corporate should operate.

The Lake Burley Griffin office looking rather pretty this morning

Disappointing lack of car park…

You've just asserted that I don't know. This is an area that I, in fact, know quite intimately. And I agree that no one but the insurers are privy to what drives premium pricing. As I said earlier in this thread though, the views expressed here are mine, not those of an employer. Also you're...

Okay. There is more than enough insurance data to understand the relative claims performance of cars fitted/not fitted with autonomous features, and to differentiate between the crash likelihood of different implementations by brand. Full autonomous is absolutely a long way away, but there...

TBH, I see this increasingly as more of an issue for the ICEs that they are supplanting than EVs. Certainly in the insurance portfolio I’m most familiar with, albeit early days as yet. But you may be right on the very early models, especially those that proved unpopular. Bear in mind that older...

Personal view based on extrapolating current trends. Not necessarily the view of an employer. To be clear, I don't think they will be cheaper to repair than today. Claims inflation is still going to hurt for a couple of years yet, given that for parts, as a nation, we are essentially a price...

I completely agree that unless we have visibility into how insurers price then we can't say this one way or another. Also, I stand by the fact that it's not speculative. ;) Yep - 100% agree with supply chain for spare parts - esp Teslas. Supply chain for parts has been an issue for several...

I'm not disagreeing with you. It's definitely multifaceted. But the battery is a very expensive component that can be more easily damaged in a collision than, say, a fuel tank in an ICE. Labour costs to remove and replace a battery are considerable compared to replacing or repairing an...

Hmmm. I was an early adopter and sold two EVs previously. Both privately and both went within a week for more than I expected. Obviously YRMV (Your RANGE May Vary).

This has very little to do with the relative risk of EVs vs ICEs and everything to do with changing competitive pressures of the UK insurance market. On average, in Australia, repair costs tend to be higher for EVs (primarily because batteries are expensive) but frequency of collision tends to...

At the risk of getting this thread back on track, that looks like a spectacular choice, @Cruiser Elite Please report back once you've had a proper chance to put it through its paces...

The old place the empty Grange bottle next to a random decanter of wine trick… 🤣

Not behind, but my wife regularly takes issue with the person seated next to her. But only when we travel together...