@nathanwrigley Did you shut down the WP Builds instance?
2024-06-02 11:12:20
Finally, while I liked the real buttons, there was shiny edging in the interior that, at times, reflected bright sunlight at me from several directions at once.
Oh, and the display brightness setting was buried in an obscure menu in the touchscreen. Which totally threw me when I first turned the lights on and could barely see the display.
Just SO badly designed. Was glad to hand it back.
Yes. First world problems or whatever. Thanks for enduring my rant.
2024-06-02 11:09:07
The steering wheel was small as well. Which meant that… you could not see any of the controls on the stalks! Which is fine if it’s your car and you’ve memorised everything. But I only had a week and no instruction manual.
2024-06-02 11:07:28
The drinks holder was also too high meaning that resting my left arm meant resting it ON MY DRINK! 🙄
Who thinks of these things‽
2024-06-02 11:04:47
Well… it was really (adjusted for my own expextations) big on the outside but surprisingly small on the inside. It must have had very thick walls. But in the front it also had the MASSIVE central console thing that meant that I felt really cramped as a driver.
The console also had a ridge on it at about the height of my knee, so resting my left leg against it was actually painful.
2024-06-02 11:02:05
Back from holiday! Yay! So what was the story with the hire car?
Well. We had some credit with a hire car company from a booking we cancelled years ago. We needed something bigger than our EV for this trip as we were taking an extra passenger. So we used our credit to hire a Peugeot 3008 “crossover”-style car. Petrol. Automatic.
What did I hate about it, apart from being really noisy at low speed and the jolts of gear changes that we weren’t used to?
2024-06-02 09:42:06
Stompers looks like a fun iOS app (if a potential privacy hole).
Despite the nagging you CAN play without sharing all your contacts.
Worth a go?
2024-06-01 18:29:20
This hire car has been… fine. But it has SO many ridiculous design flaws. Tempted to write it up for posterity.