Add a peizo-electric layer into that and those heavy trucks could also do some good as they thunder through the small villages in France!

2062 eh? So that will be electric (battery or fuel cell) and autonomous driving?
Pictures please

gmv, yes aware of that - as I said I don't find the system intrusive in the slightest. I just ignore it (sometimes it surprises me when it triggers!) To me it's a background process, if it never triggered again I probably wouldn't even notice, or care. When it does trigger I hardly notice anyway.

Totally agree, it's difficult to predict when it will cut in (or out!). To be honest, these days I just ignore it - after all it doesn't need any input from me anyway, can't see it saves any significant fuel/co2. If there was a setting in the car to turn it off I probably would be again it doesn't b...

We previously had a Merc and the brake dust pitted the rear alloys at an alarming rate (irrespective of how often the car was washed - though not after every use). I did complain to Mercedes but was told there was nothing they could do about it. It was only the rear wheels and we've never had it on ...

Free? ha ha.

With my Tekna, they close when I lock the car, open when I unlock the car (not when I turn the ignition on/off - press the button actually)
It's how I check I've remembered to lock the car when I'm walking away from it

Sorry - it's on back order. It might be about 3 months before you get a delivery... and even then it might be in short supply. More stock available in June apparently. Seriously, apart from an irritating noise (and any associated "rubbing" wear), is this a real problem (as in; will this ca...

warm weather?

...and whatever happens the car you're driving will stay the same as it is now (apart from a bit of a re-alignment in depreciation but if that happens across the board then we're all in the same boat).