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Left - too slow, lorries, horses (why are there always so many of these on the move?), old people
Right - terrifying BMWs
Middle - lovely, delicious, just the right temperature

Middle lane is the best lane, you guys are missing out

What I think (?) is quite new is people with perfectly acceptable salaries borrowing insane amounts of money for 'luxury' items. Obviously people who have very little have always had to borrow to make ends meet. But people on Skoda incomes (like me) borrowing double their take-home annual pay to buy a silly Audi hasn't been happening for very long has it?

Ye I'm eyeing it up for that exact reason.

'If you want a supermini-sized car that can carry 530-litres of luggage in the boot, your choice narrows down to one - this car.'
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews/skoda/fabia/fabia-estate/

Why that over a Fabia estate or Octavia?

Even better, grow your own and choose the 'burpless' variety. (Not joking it's a real thing)

So you are saying that, although you don't like cars, you are considering getting into £30k worth of debt, which is 30 times your life savings, for a new one?

You do you, but that's not a choice I would make!

You can get breakdown cover that includes onward travel so you can still get to your destination

everyone is driving audis, mercs, bmws, lexus etc

UK car finance debt soars to £40bn

Superstar have just cancelled my wheel order. It's taken them a week to realize they didn't actually have the hubs in stock.

V annoying as I'll have to return the tyres I ordered too.

This is an awful situation and this is perhaps not really the point, but is it normal for the toilet to overflow just because it's lost power? Would this happen if there was a general powercut too, or anything else tripped the fuses? If that's true that was surely an accident waiting to happen... I would put more of the blame on whoever designed the toilet rather than your builder (not that I'm defending him as clearly he's a terrible bastard anyway)

To answer my own question on 650b tyres to go with the superstar wheels, good price on G Ones here

https://www.merlincycles.com/schwalbe-g-one-allround-performance-raceguard-tle-folding-gravel-tyre-275-250571.html

Now, any bonkers deals on 27.5 slick / gravel type tires?

Amazing, exactly what I needed - searched earlier and couldn't find that combo

edit - found a set 0f 650b wtb rims with fancier hubs for £68. Ordered.

Link?

Wheeled luggage

Something like that will surely still get slippy when covered in moss/algae/rotten leaves though. Normal wooden decking will be fine if you keep it clean, and add those sandpaper-like grip strips.

Seems like an awful lot of bike (and versatile frameset) for under £500 new:
https://www.sourcebmx.com/products/fairdale-weekender-archer-27-5-bike-2022

create the market

Are there many other actual hipster artisans like yourself? Think the real market is hipster-artisan-as-a-vibe for the soft handed consumer?

I should have known this would be a thing!

Also because Stanley knives - cheap, mass produced, disposable - are the antithesis of the hipster artisan thing? They're obviously great, especially if you actually use them every day, but it's like asking for hipster artisan instant coffee?

My dad has a Toyota Corolla automatic of a similar vintage that still runs great and has never needed any money spending on it at all - pot luck really but as others say that goes for all used cars not just cheap ones.

Would also give a shout out to Skoda Fabias - I've got a mk1 auto from 2006 that has been completely trouble free and a similar one would surely not set you back very much

The Ekenaset is great quality - solid beech and will last forever

I am perfectly happy to be one of the masses though

Either way if you want it for under £400 brand new, Ikea is the way to go

The Ikea Ekenaset is a reissue of the Ikea Esbjerg from 1957.
https://gizmodo.com/ikea-is-reissuing-amazing-old-designs-from-the-1950s-an-1661287987

I'm no expert but from a quick Google, I'm not sure if the Grete Jalk precedes that?

less than a fingernail wide

Cracks you can fit a fingernail in - no problem

Cracks you can fit a finger in - yes problem