Kia urged to recall over invisibility cloak

Kia drivers have called on the Korean manufacturer to recall all of its models.

'The Cloak of Invisibility kicks in at the most inconvenient times,' said one Kia driver, identifying turning at junctions, driving on straight roads or just being parked by the shops as typical cloaking errors.

'It's as if other road users can't see me,' said another, admitting that would be the point of the cloak.

A Kia spokesman stated there was no need for a recall, mainly because a cloak of invisibility isn't fitted to any current models.

'It's not a Kia problem,' he said, 'it's primarily a BMW problem, in the steering wheel to seat interface.'

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Fury at BMW on empty motorway

A picture of a car 'hogging' the motorway middle lane at 5am has kicked off a row online. The picture shows a car in the middle lane on the M5 seemingly completely alone, with no other vehicles anywhere to be seen.

Frustrated by the white BMW driver, thousands have taken to Twitter to complain, raging that drivers should keep to the left and speculating that maybe the driver was a drug dealer or up to “no good”.

One enraged Twitter user “Furiosa27” said, 'it’s just like Mad Max out there, how the hell can he afford the petrol for that thing, he must be selling drugs, or organs or something.'

'I bet he’s a right c@nt - he’s hogging the whole motorway - bloody Beamer drivers,' said @rokatansky49.

'He hasn’t even used his winkers once when changing lane,' said @auntieentity39.

First published 27 June 2022

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NewsBiscuit road tests the next generation BMW self-driving car

The BMW Yi impressed us when it arrived without a driver, then ensured it took up two spaces in the car park, something that will appeal to traditional BMW drivers.

It comes with three modes of self-driving. 'Traditional BMW style', where it automatically tailgates other cars; 'BMW Plus', which tailgates close enough to read the designer label on the shirt of the driver in front, or 'Boring Old Fart', which is not dissimilar to the driving style of other road users.

We gave it to our intern, Mandy, to trial, advising her it would be best to use 'Boring Old Fart' mode until she got the hang of it. Her report the following day said she was very impressed with the satnav facility, as the car knew exactly where the best dogging sites and red light districts were in any Tory voting town she named, although it was a bit hesitant when she gave the name of a red wall town and asked her to confirm she was sure she wanted to go there.

Commenting on the interior, Mandy thought the back seat was extremely comfortable to lie on but said one of her stiletto heels got caught in the door handle, so it would be best to wear pumps.

BMW anticipates the vehicle will be mostly popular in Newcastle where the locals can pronounce the model correctly.

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