If that’s the case it might lead people to think that EVs are effectively disposable items with very little value after the 8/10 year warranty runs out.

There is an independant industry around fixing tired Leafs when their batteries start to fail. Why wouldn’t this expand to fit other EV’s?

It’s a future proof version of car spannering with cleaner hands.

The EV side seems OK, the Vauxhall side seems to be behaving as expected.

You make that sound like a disadvantage!

I do wonder what the point of Facebook marketplace is.

I’ve seen a few things I’d be interested in, but as soon as you suggest Paypal (I’ll pay the fees; zero cost to you) silence descends.

Or arranging a pick up – suddenly the item is not with them 10 miles away, it’s with their sister in South Wales.

Like most of the Social Mediums it’s “free speech” as an absolute right, but when it becomes illegal no one wants to know.

And that demographic doesn’t like musicals either.

Beautifully described as ‘incel adjacent’ in a podcast this morning.

The company I was working for went into admin in 2017, taking the pension scheme with it.

The pension went into the PPF and everyone who had an interest in it have all said the same thing. As soon as you get to 55 take the pension as waiting another 12 years til 67 gives piddly increases.

One pension advisor I spoke to said I’d have to claim 22 years (until 89!) to just break even.

I’ll be taking it when I’m 55 – not long now.

I think the Spring is a realistic proposition for a runabout. Much better than the MiniE I had as a courtesy car that had 99 miles of range for nearly £40,000.

That sort of thing would work for so many people and what would one cost second hand? £7000 in two years?

Realistic.

You don’t need to get to the expansion vessel to diagnose it.

Top the system up to standard pressure and run it up. If it overpressures and blows off, it’s the expansion tank.

If it stays at ‘safe’ pressure and pisses out, it’s the valve.

You don’t need to remove/replace the existing vessel, an additional one can be fitted elsewhere if that works for your system. It was for my old boiler.

Intentional – then followed up with a hard-faced “isn’t this embarrassing” semi-defence.

She’s a terrible interviewer anyway. Give her the boot and get someone good in.

I wonder if that’s a Trumpian standard play, or Charlie sheen mixing himself up with Ray Cohn?

Vance kept himself under control which is what Trump can never do – there was a degree of political good behaviour.

Which means that Vance would be a better Prez than his running mate. #shudder#

IainC – ah, I see.

I didn’t sign up as I have an Allstar Chargepass which is yet to be defeated by any charger – even Chargeplace Scotland.

Planet F1 is currently unreadable.

80% of the ‘stories’ are puff pieces for Danny Ric that ignore the speed of his decline since he left RB.

I know they’re on a break, but some actual news would be lovely.

You get three years subs for Ionity and BP with the I4 and BMW charging. Did you not sign up?

It’s also a simple, low cost and low weight way to improve multiple aspects of crash performance. Reduce NVH and improve ride and handling

It’s not. It’s to drop the floor pans and have somewhere for the services to go. Lower floors make a small car seem bigger.

Does the A6 have the same feature as the Q6? The best EV feature I’ve ever seen?

Charging point on both sides! Why don’t they all do that?

Maternity leave is straight out of the US nutter playbook

And just like the US blaming the media for spinning her words out of context.

This sort of crap needs to be stamped on now, or we will be following the US model of politicking.

Hobo-I eye the 20″ rims with suspicion – how is the ride?

Did you try any of the other cars in the class to compare?

Picking my Mercedes EQA250+ AMG Premium Plus up on Tuesday

I’d be interested in an update when you’ve biffed around in it for a week. A colleague had one  (that model) for a weeks loan to try out. It was a nice thing to sit in, but there was some confusion about charging speed – the dealer told him it was 100kW – surley not?

Should be OK if you mostly home charge anyway.

…and transmission tunnels – it’s an outdated term for a lump in the floor that should not be there in a FWD car. It’s a lazy design.

so you still get a transmission tunnel

On a FWD car? That’s Vauxhall for you.

And the fact it’ll take 37 hours to charge a reasonable EV from 1 – 100%

I think my next car will still have some form of ICE.

Don’t be put off by superficial observations.

If you were driving an EV the car (or an app) would tell you were the available chargers were and you’d stop accordingly. It’s not that hard when you are in the swing.

I’ve not had mine that long, but doing about 1000miles/week you get in the groove pretty quickly. I had extended tests of  few cars and all were usable, some easier than others.

And having an EV has increased my home electric usage by 40%, but my monthly bill has actually gone down.

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You have no chance. The DNO sent a geezer out to replace the backboard in my meter cupboard before smart meters could be installed. I spoke to him about getting a car charger and he upgraded the fuse to 100A. He did not have any concern about the condition or dimensions of the supply cabling so what chance has an average sparky got?

If you are in the NW Hart Electric did a great job on my tricky install. Plus I could talk him through what I wanted.

The Octopus installers have no idea what your property is like despite a survey – it’s an ambush for them and they try to make the best of it.

I’ve had an unexpected setback now I’m a couple of months into EV ownership.

The DNO has reviewed my install and decided that the cable to my property is not up to snuff to run a charger as well. The cable finds its way into the middle of the house due to an extension.

This is going to be a massive disrupt. I can’t see what the easiest way to sort this might be without dismantling the inside of my house.

Luckily, the earliest appointment for this safety critical visit is mid November so at least it’ll be after Xmas when the bother starts

That’s the thing though; if your car was fine for your use in temperate times, but needed a boost to make the trip in winter it would affect it’s usefulness. Why should it not ‘just work’ whatever the conditions?

Maybe I’m shouting into the void, but I don’t see why the uninitiated can be caught out with an arcane spec choice that will affect it’s future marketability.

It should be standard fit on EV. IMHO. YMMV (literally)

I suppose you could say the same about indicators on a BMW ?

Ah. You’re one of those people. Noted.

You could argue that BMW are limiting customer choice.

Has anyone with an EV ever said “Do you know what I’d like? Less range” ?

That was one of the big turn off’s with the Audi Q4 – £950 for a heat pump, that should come as standard.

Well, it does on an I4…

>You normally connect the EV charger to the incoming power at the meter box, not through the consumer unit.

Totally wrong I’m afraid , that’s just lazy installers not wanting to go into the main consumer unit, or finding it full.

That’s not the case in the real world.

I had to get the DNO out to replace the backboard in the meter cupboard before smart meters could be installed.  I was talking with the Sparky and told him I was going to be getting a charger and when he wired it all back up, he put in bigger connector blocks that the charger geezer put the new tails into. These went directly to a new CU just for the charger that lives under the stairs. From there the armoured cable runs out to the box on the wall.

He also put in a 100A main fuse to save more bother down the line.

Also, the CT clamp lives in the same area, how’s that work without some cabling into the box?

@Binners  – I’ve just come down that way after a spin across the moor on the Fat bike!

It was a gift of an evening last night, I see. Make the most – it’ll be a long winter

@Alex – that car must take some vacuuming after that lot have been in the back.! I recall taking Ed the retriever around the dunes near Formby and being impressed how clean he was for once when we got back.

And then watching 2lbs of sand being deposited on the carpet as his undercarriage dried.

Would mind a Buzz Cargo

I would too. They’ll age faster than milk and you’ll be able to pick one up for pennies.

Putting threads like this on a cycling forum is getting close to trolling

Yet the anti smokers suggest that puffing carcinogens on pub dwellers is, in their opinion, unpleasant in another thread  – and the free speech, live and let live crowd drop on it from a great height.

What a mass of contradictions this place is.

I was at Silverstone when Keke did that 160 mph average in quali

Ha! So was I. I was a schooloik though in my defence.

With all the talk of Piastri’s brilliant defence, there’s little of the folly of Leclerc staying 0.6 seconds behind him and cooking his tyres.

Why didn’t he ease back for a lap and save some life and have a real crack. And repeat?

I wore out the pivots on a X0 rear mech in about a year, so I don’t think durability is a strong suit for AXS/Sram

Norris spoiled his own weekend in Qualifying. He was lucky that after such a poor show he’s closed on the leader.

Anyway, Singapore next. What’s the odds on a safety car?

…unless she’s supporting Trump in which case she’s brilliant.

The stewards seem to disagree – a 50:50 – no major blame for either.

Both sides likely pissed off, but that’s showbiz.

He was drifting into the middle of the track, crowding out Perez.

There you go – I saw it the other way, Perez squeezing Sainz despite there being a wall on the other side of him.

We’ll see what the stewards think – they usually fall on the side of RB

Norris and McLaren must be utterly thrilled with that result.

Norris’s expression says otherwise.

You can always rely on Perez to make a balls of a good race.

I look at her and I see…

I just topped up in Aberystwyth on Tesla at 205kw! I think that’s all the car can take.

Smelt a bit, well, BBQ – but much miles in 20 mins

Because it shows they are ‘better’ than ICE.

Teslas are a crap example of EV. They are difficult to repair because Tesla won’t release parts to non-franchise repairers. Used for catapult launches by show offs. And driven fast when the handling is awful, which can get you into trouble if not ready for it.

The market is being exposed to lots of ex company EV’s and prices are being driven down as supply exceeds demand. It’ll level off at some point.

suburbanites forgetting the difficulties in cities

Cities have rapid chargers, out of town retail places have rapid chargers, it’s not that hard.

I do not own a car and never have. 

Maybe formulating car infrastructure to suit you is a wasted endevour?

The lampost thing above is the easy way. My car has plug and charge – plug it in and walk away and it works automagically and the cost goes on my card. It’s not the most difficult thing to sort out.

Opening peoples minds is harder. Much harder.

Two of my colleagues have taken delivery of EV’s and do not charge at home. Neither can be bothered to get a point fitted. Both do 20,000+miles and manage with a little bit of change of their routine. Not a revolution, just a tweak. It’s not that hard.

I think the car club model is a far better solution

That would be a bigger change for a lot of people, but you would embrace that? Shows you can bend when you want to.