Hurricane52
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My dad turns 80 this year. He’s narrowed his collection down to an Abarth 595 and his Austin Healey. His daily is his free bus pass.
I note you are all discarding the environmental side of this. In Scotland where we have a lot of renewable energy if you buy the right EV (I have a second hand i3 which i think is built reasonably environmentally friendly) and i charge on a 13 amp plug so no big investment here its considerably better than running an ICE vehicle for our air quality and global warming generally. The running costs are tiny, and its not polluting the planet while I pooter in and out of the city in traffic, on mostly short journeys, it makes sense to me. And the note about older people wanting reliability, comfort and visibility its got all of that and I like it, its a good car. I still have the maserati and another work horse car but the EV is my daily.
I agree Athol. I’m happy with my EV daily, but the V12’s and V8’s are definitely staying!
Legal req now.
New noise systems to stop ‘silent’ electric cars and improve safety
From 1 July 2019 all manufacturers must install an acoustic sound system in new types of quiet electric and hybrid electric vehicles to improve road safety.www.gov.uk
The whole pollution and C02 issue is incredibly complicated. No one has yet figured out just exactly how you can measure the absolute footprint. (Do you start with the carbon footprint of the chap who drives to work to assemble the battery pack (and all his mates), and the carbon footprint of the folks that assembled the machines he uses -ad infinitum)I note you are all discarding the environmental side of this. In Scotland where we have a lot of renewable energy if you buy the right EV (I have a second hand i3 which i think is built reasonably environmentally friendly) and i charge on a 13 amp plug so no big investment here its considerably better than running an ICE vehicle for our air quality and global warming generally. The running costs are tiny, and its not polluting the planet while I pooter in and out of the city in traffic, on mostly short journeys, it makes sense to me. And the note about older people wanting reliability, comfort and visibility its got all of that and I like it, its a good car. I still have the maserati and another work horse car but the EV is my daily.
I saw Harry on the X5PHEV and was mighty impressed. But Which car guide came last week and has an article on hybrid and electric. Reckons it costs 429% more to run the X5 when you take average overall mileage and fuel/electric mix. As Harry said makes sense when small local journeys 30 mile range and charge at home but with more long journeys using fuel is a different equation. Interesting Which says X5 uses 41.4kWh but Audi e-tron uses only 25.8kWh per 100km
If anyone else is looking at joining the electric car club and fancies a Jaguar I-Pace, high spec 12 months old and just 800 miles on the clock then PM me for details.
Been sat fully charged but owner has nowhere to go and nowhere he wants to go in lockdown and has decided to buy an old E46 BMW from us for the little he drives.Battery went flat?!