Some people like to surrender their freedoms and become followers. Looking like you're one of them.
EV are they worth it?
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Some people like to surrender their freedoms and become followers. Looking like you're one of them.
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And willingly so! I can see and understand the reasons for it. Others, just scream and stamp their wee feet and seethe with impotent rage...
...and then still have to do it anyway...
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What freedom do you think people are surrendering?
Don't the initial people become leaders, not followers?
Not enough of us willing to be off the herd...
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I thought "nobody" wanted EVs?
Funnily enough, I live on the fringes of a small town, and keep a HEV as a back-up car, which I use in winter months because it is more suited to mud, frequent floods and (rare) ice or snow.
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I have a July story for you. Are you sitting comfortably?
Once upon a time, my friends bought a Tesla. As it was mid-summer, they decided to take their lovely new car out for a spin to our local outdoor music festival, which is on a pronounced hill. They opted to leave their trusty Discovery Sport at home in bed. Anyway, the weather gods sent the RAIN, and they just kept on sending it! So, when the music finally stopped, poor old Jack and Jill just couldn't get up that big, muddy hill, and along with hundreds of other motorists in 2WD EV and ICE vehicles, they had to wait in line for the site-based tractors and pickups to tow them to higher ground. It was very sad.
This isn't a story of EV v ICE of course, but moreover, it's a story about the importance of choosing the right vehicle (and tyres!) for the job in hand. The end.
Once upon a time, my friends bought a Tesla. As it was mid-summer, they decided to take their lovely new car out for a spin to our local outdoor music festival, which is on a pronounced hill. They opted to leave their trusty Discovery Sport at home in bed. Anyway, the weather gods sent the RAIN, and they just kept on sending it! So, when the music finally stopped, poor old Jack and Jill just couldn't get up that big, muddy hill, and along with hundreds of other motorists in 2WD EV and ICE vehicles, they had to wait in line for the site-based tractors and pickups to tow them to higher ground. It was very sad.
This isn't a story of EV v ICE of course, but moreover, it's a story about the importance of choosing the right vehicle (and tyres!) for the job in hand. The end.
I have a July story for you. Are you sitting comfortably?
Once upon a time, my friends bought a Tesla. As it was mid-summer, they decided to take their lovely new car out for a spin to our local outdoor music festival, which is on a pronounced hill. They opted to leave their trusty Discovery Sport at home in bed. Anyway, the weather gods sent the RAIN, and they just kept on sending it! So, when the music finally stopped, poor old Jack and Jill just couldn't get up that big, muddy hill, and along with hundreds of other motorists in 2WD EV and ICE vehicles, they had to wait in line for the site-based tractors and pickups to tow them to higher ground. It was very sad.
This isn't a story of EV v ICE of course, but moreover, it's a story about the importance of choosing the right vehicle (and tyres!) for the job in hand. The end.
Mine is AWD
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Ideal! I was doing promo work for Land Rover when they launched their first hybrid. Initially the cars had more traction than the sales team. See what I did there? No, me neither. LolMine is AWD
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Nice story, but nothing to do with EV versus ICE.I have a July story for you. Are you sitting comfortably?
Once upon a time, my friends bought a Tesla. As it was mid-summer, they decided to take their lovely new car out for a spin to our local outdoor music festival, which is on a pronounced hill. They opted to leave their trusty Discovery Sport at home in bed. Anyway, the weather gods sent the RAIN, and they just kept on sending it! So, when the music finally stopped, poor old Jack and Jill just couldn't get up that big, muddy hill, and along with hundreds of other motorists in 2WD EV and ICE vehicles, they had to wait in line for the site-based tractors and pickups to tow them to higher ground. It was very sad.
This isn't a story of EV v ICE of course, but moreover, it's a story about the importance of choosing the right vehicle (and tyres!) for the job in hand. The end.
I've seen Landrovers dragged out of fields and floods, by tractors. But, so what ?
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Yep, see my comment at the end.
Remember the massive £51,000 you paid or the massive montly payments you're paying. Remember the massive depreciation. Remember the huge premium payable on EVs, way above a similar/comparable ICE car. Call them tree hugger taxes.
EV owners always conveniently forget the massive increased costs of owning one when saying they can get from Cornwall to Leeds on a tuppence ha'penny charge.
ICE car owners aren't fooled by this omission.Only one lining their pockets is the Korean car manufacturer.
In silent,
They aren't silent, they whine. Bit like their owners.
Bloke has some anonymous battery blandmobile down the road, and when he drives past it sounds just like something from Unigate.
That whine may be the only bit of distinctive character the thing has.
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For clarity's sake, I was suggesting that if you run both an EV AND a PDV simultaneously, then it might be perceived as signalling your commitment to 'net zero' without actually... well, committing to it.
I'm assuming that you only run an EV, which is fine, of course.
I think some other EV sinners on here are in both camps - quite sensibly. Hedging their bets.
The only whining comes from the likes of you, the Nutter, the tw@t with a dozen hats, and the roadkill rug septic
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