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Brave is good unfortunately it's becoming very frowned upon in tech communities, there are some very questionable decisions made by the company. I have a couple of network based ad blockers on my home network, couldn't tell you the last time I saw an ad, phones, tablets, computers doesn't matter, it's blocked. the scary thing is when you see how much they block, 45,000 requests today... Its also noticeable how much quicker the internet is. I'm intrigued how your car app knows about your sexual activities though... Poor teenagers can have no fun these days... I'm always fascinated by these things mainly cause it's my job, but it amuses me how many people just click accept to terms and conditions, think it was Teemu who's t&C's basically said they own your image, voice and habitual activities. Be interested to know how they comply with GDPR, GDPR specifically states that data collected must be relevant to functions of the operation and that that data must not be used in any means contrary to the original collection reason. Quite how your car needs to know your sexual habits surely Is in contravention to that. I'm tempted to put a data request into BMW now to find out what they have on me. I have to say though, with a fancy tech car and a new one arriving this weekend, I do love the app and convenience.

But it's a W12 engine in the Bentley, what could possibly go wrong?

The impressive thing about these >100k cars is the depreciation, whilst you need the wallet to buy it, you also need to stomach loosing 50% in the first year. My monthly Autotrader search for Bentley Continental GTs is gonna get me in trouble one day...

I have to say with a modern auto, with auto everything ( handbrake etc ), I really don't notice S/S anymore, I hated it on a manual, completely stupid. As for disconnecting batteries on moderns, I have a doofer you plug into the cig lighter that keeps the electrics juiced

The irony they are doing to other countries exactly what was done to them is not lost on me. For that I would be classed an anti-Semite though..

History should teach us lessons on the persecution of a religion or race, Instead all it seems to have done is turn the persecuted into the persecutors. I have deep sympathy for the Palestinians, if your whole country was decimated by another nation, what would you think of them? Israel is creating a whole new generation of Hamas supporters, and can you blame those in Gaza?

There is no answer to that unfortunately, it's in circumstances like this you realise that we aren't a powerful nation, we really don't have much grunt around the world these days. Neither does the UN. The arms embargo won't solve it, heck it probably won't make it better but at least we aren't stoking the fire. We can't claim any kind of moral high ground whilst we still supply them with arms. The only way I can see this ending with any kind of decency to the Palestinians is for UN peacekeepers on the ground. Otherwise the won't be a Palestine, Israel will just claim it. As for the Americans I would love to actually believe it's something to do with Jewish loyalty or the likes, sadly I believe it's much simpler than that, money, wars make a lot of money for a lot of US companies. It's interesting how this subject stokes such impassioned views. I want to try and understand the Israel perspective, but I just can't find any justification.

My old boss has an F Type R, I wasn't a fan of the modern jag's, but that cars a beast, lovely.

Does all this noise make my MK2 Jag bonnet ornament more valuable? Think it would look quite nice interrupting those clean lines... It's all that was left of my Grandads after a fire.

Actually test drove a new defender, cracking car, just not designed for the purpose the old one was. I get that though, you'll sell a lot more defenders to school run mums than you will farmers. But that jaggggg.. it's marketed to Markus whatever his name is and the likes.

Look familiar? Rolls Royce Spectre **Courtesy of Chris Harris

All western leaders are too late to the party to claim this is now suddenly too much. They know the ICC is just a token piece of paper that will never come to fruition. All the western governments are two faced on this mater, when South Africa highlighted the Genocide in Palestine back in January, not one western country stood up, in fact most including the UK claimed it was "unjustified". France has claimed Netanyahu has immunity to prosecution from the ICC. Germany are supplying Israel with millions and millions in arms and weaponry even up until a month ago. The UK still supplies Israel with Arms despite knowing that they are used to attack Gaza, the UK government suspended just 30, of the 300+ arms licences to sell arms to Israel. So on one hand we are saying tut tut your being bad, but we are supplying the bully the stick to beat people with, how does that add up? The starting point would be for everyone to stop sending Israel arms until it withdraws from Palestine.

Think of it as saving it from ending up in care home fees or the governments coffers of inheritance tax, your doing them a favour

It's funny how Netanyahu was about to be ousted, then all of this shenanigans started, he has a war parliament which effectively means he can stay in power. I just can't understand why every leader of the western world will stand by and watch as Israel carves up the middle east for its own gains. Is it a case of people in glass houses because of Iraq/Afghanistan?

Having seen far too much of all this negative side of life recently on both sides of our family. Spend whatever you have, enjoy life, life is short and ultimately either the government or local authority will take it if you don't. I always remember a wise old Uncle and being at his will reading, the solicitor got everyone together and then read the will... One line, "being of sound mind, I spent it" Legend,