The all things EV chat thread

[Captainron]

Which puts you in unwilling to make compromise camp.

Your choice

I am in this camp too. Don’t suit my needs without having to make massive changes to my driving habits. Not interested.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I’m not buying an electric car!

I like manual transmission, petrol engine cars

My Golf GTI was a fantastic car, the Beemer is good too

I want a vehicle where the engine lasts more than 10 years
I’ll let others find the problems, and have them sorted before I get one

 

[PJ87]

I’m not buying an electric car!

I like manual transmission, petrol engine cars

My Golf GTI was a fantastic car, the Beemer is good too

I want a vehicle where the engine lasts more than 10 years
I’ll let others find the problems, and have them sorted before I get one

https://www.lifewire.com/do-evs-las...intenance is limited,last upwards of 20 years.

The engines last upwards of 20 years. Batteries is what you are confusing it with.

 

[AliMc]

Jeez calm down folks, to lighten the mood a little I'll relay a wee conversation i heard recently between two members of my golfing group, one the owner of a new Merc convertible (for fun we will call him Mr Staid) and the other the owner of a Tesla 3 (we can call him Mr Righteous)
I can't remember the exact figures but it won't matter as it's only for FUN

Tesla: nice car, what did it cost ?
Merc: no idea, I bought two, probably around £60k
Tesla: mine was about £48k
Merc: ok
Tesla: Road Tax ?
Merc: £30
Tesla: £0 for mine
Merc: fair enough
Tesla: running costs (per mile)
Merc: no idea and no interest tbh
Tesla: 0 - 60 mph
Merc: no idea and don't care tbh, will guess 5 secs
Tesla: 3 secs for mine

Tesla: so really everything about the Tesla is better
Merc: except that your's looks sh*t

Happy to take an infraction, things are getting a bit too heated for me on here !

 

[Deleted member 1147]

https://www.lifewire.com/do-evs-last-as-long-as-gasoline-cars-5202392#:~:text=Electric motor maintenance is limited,last upwards of 20 years.

The engines last upwards of 20 years. Batteries is what you are confusing it with.

The battery powers the car, that’s the engine in my book

 

[PJ87]

The battery powers the car, that’s the engine in my book

Just like a fuel tank is an engine then i guess

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Just like a fuel tank is an engine then i guess

Not really

 

[PJ87]

Not really

Both store and power the car no?

And neither are an engine..

So in your book of confusing items of a car they surely are the same?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Both store and power the car no?

And neither are an engine..

So in your book of confusing items of a car they surely are the same?

Don’t worry about trying to convince me I’m wrong!
I’m not buying an Electric Car.
The batteries don’t last long enough, and I won’t buy a car that needs a major part replacing after a few years.

Also, they look shite! Why can’t they design attractive Electric cars, rather than making them look like space age junk?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Please make it stop - there is no need to counter every single person who gives a very valid reason why they are making their own personal choice about owning an electric car

 

[PJ87]

Don’t worry about trying to convince me I’m wrong!
I’m not buying an Electric Car.
The batteries don’t last long enough, and I won’t buy a car that needs a major part replacing after a few years.

Also, they look shite! Why can’t they design attractive Electric cars, rather than making them look like space age junk?

15-20 years. Would you even own a car that long?

But yes. Agree. They look very spacey, it's like they are trying to be edgy

The Kia e niro was just like the niro. Looked "normal"

The Kia 6 .. spacey

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Jeez calm down folks, to lighten the mood a little I'll relay a wee conversation i heard recently between two members of my golfing group, one the owner of a new Merc convertible (for fun we will call him Mr Staid) and the other the owner of a Tesla 3 (we can call him Mr Righteous)
I can't remember the exact figures but it won't matter as it's only for FUN

Tesla: nice car, what did it cost ?
Merc: no idea, I bought two, probably around £60k
Tesla: mine was about £48k
Merc: ok
Tesla: Road Tax ?
Merc: £30
Tesla: £0 for mine
Merc: fair enough
Tesla: running costs (per mile)
Merc: no idea and no interest tbh
Tesla: 0 - 60 mph
Merc: no idea and don't care tbh, will guess 5 secs
Tesla: 3 secs for mine

Tesla: so really everything about the Tesla is better
Merc: except that your's looks sh*t

Happy to take an infraction, things are getting a bit too heated for me on here !

I reckon anytime someone gets a Tesla a little bit of Elon Musks personality is added onto the person - strange bunch ??

That’s a near identical conversation when it comes to drivers as well ?

 

[SteveW86]

15-20 years. Would you even own a car that long?

But yes. Agree. They look very spacey, it's like they are trying to be edgy

The Kia e niro was just like the niro. Looked "normal"

The Kia 6 .. spacey

For someone who has a wife and 3 kids you spend a lot of time on here involved in pointless petty arguments.

Stop winding each other up and just let it go.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Thread locked
Infraction given
Will open it later when calm is restored

 

[bobmac]

Also, they look shite! Why can’t they design attractive Electric cars, rather than making them look like space age junk?

I agree with you completely.

Now we're talking.....

 

[Tashyboy]

I agree with you completely.

Now we're talking.....
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Oddly enough I was looking at Carwow for electric cars last week. The reductions looked ok.

 

[Canary_Yellow]

Don’t worry about trying to convince me I’m wrong!
I’m not buying an Electric Car.
The batteries don’t last long enough, and I won’t buy a car that needs a major part replacing after a few years.

Also, they look shite! Why can’t they design attractive Electric cars, rather than making them look like space age junk?

To be fair, they are starting to look good.

The Porsche Tacan, Audi e-Tron, BMW are starting to get there too. I realise there's a bit of personal taste around that though.

For me it's the cost and infrastructure, although mostly the upfront cost.

I'm not someone that wants to finance a car, I don't like having monthly payments and I like to hang on to them for a while. My current car is nearly 7 years old and I'd be keeping it for a while longer if I didn't need to change it soon for logistical reasons, I'm now looking at a second hand Q7. I'd love to be able to afford an electric car of equivalent size, but I can't, and there's no way on god's green earth I'm driving an MPV.

When it comes down to it, that's probably (not really any probably about it) not the right decision from an environmental perspective. But the alternative still wouldn't be an electric car as it's simply not viable for me - it would be an MPV with a small turbocharged petrol engine. I enjoy driving, I'm sure I'd enjoy driving an electric car, I just can't afford one that meets my needs.

 

[GreiginFife]

I agree with you completely.

Now we're talking.....
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2022(23) Tesla Roadster?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

To be fair, they are starting to look good.

The Porsche Tacan, Audi e-Tron, BMW are starting to get there too. I realise there's a bit of personal taste around that though.

For me it's the cost and infrastructure, although mostly the upfront cost.

I'm not someone that wants to finance a car, I don't like having monthly payments and I like to hang on to them for a while. My current car is nearly 7 years old and I'd be keeping it for a while longer if I didn't need to change it soon for logistical reasons, I'm now looking at a second hand Q7. I'd love to be able to afford an electric car of equivalent size, but I can't, and there's no way on god's green earth I'm driving an MPV.

When it comes down to it, that's probably (not really any probably about it) not the right decision from an environmental perspective. But the alternative still wouldn't be an electric car as it's simply not viable for me - it would be an MPV with a small turbocharged petrol engine. I enjoy driving, I'm sure I'd enjoy driving an electric car, I just can't afford one that meets my needs.

Porsche, Audi e-tron etc are not the normal cars that the general public tend to buy en masse.
Most of us will want to replace our family hatchbacks and saloons.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I agree with you completely.

Now we're talking.....
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How much?