EV are they worth it?

[Avocet]

The cost of inconvenience. With ice, it's use and forget.

I drove my EV out of the showroom and used it, and forgot about servicing for two years. I forgot about oil changes (or even checking the oil). I forgot about clutches, exhausts (and to a large extent, brakes). I forgot about my ice scraper, because I never need it now. I forgot about any low emissions zones, because I know I already comply. I forgot about gear changes, because there aren't any. I forgot about cats, DPFs, EGR valve, turbos, injectors, because it'll never need any. I forgot about letting the oil warm up before I give it the beans, because I no longer need to. I forgot to worry about doing short runs in cold weather because it makes no difference. Most of the time, I even forget about finding a fuel station, because I happen to live in one...

What you guys forget, is that I've been driving ICEs for 40-odd years... I already know what they're like!

 

[DiyNutJob]

I drove my EV out of the showroom and used it, and forgot about servicing for two years.

My car has lifetime service, though.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

My car has lifetime service, though.

No. Lifetime lack of service

 

[Avocet]

My car has lifetime service, though.

Yes, and now that we know you don't drive it, we can see how it copes, despite that abuse...

 

[robinbanks]

I need something like the bmw 216 grand tourer 7 seater.

You could buy one second hand, go on a really long tour to somewhere that doesn't have internet, then take all the wheels off and jack it up by its brake discs and leave it thus for an extended period


That would give us a nice break

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Recently looked up the list prices of the cheapest ICE an EV Corsas just to compare difference in cost. The EV was approx £8500 more than it's ICE equivalent. That's one major extra cost for inferior tech.

Expecting a battery fanatic who has the EV religion to come along and say this is nonsense and I imagined it.

 

[Avocet]

Recently looked up the list prices of the cheapest ICE an EV Corsas just to compare difference in cost. The EV was approx £8500 more than it's ICE equivalent. That's one major extra cost for inferior tech.

Expecting a battery fanatic who has the EV religion to come along and say this is nonsense and I imagined it.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

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How much is the petrol version?

 

[Avocet]

How much is the petrol version?

For pity's sake! I don't mind wiping your bottom for you when you go to the toilet, but do I have to pull your pants up for you as well?!

There! That wasn't so hard, was it...?

 

[DiyNutJob]

My ICE insurance dropped by 28.57% to peanuts level this year. Still, I am considering the hassle of shopping around. In the mean time, EV insurance is sky rocketing:

 

[ReganAndCarter]

, but do I have to pull your pants up for you as well?!

I would say you had YOUR pants pulled down, the day you bought an EV.

Please, when putting your side of an argument, however weak, at least put the whole of your case - not just half of it.

Twelve hundred quid extra to downgrade to the Dacia EV. Robbin' Romanian b'stards!!

 

[flameport]

My ICE insurance dropped by 28.57% to peanuts level this year.

Changing to off-road cover will do that.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

My ICE insurance dropped by 28.57% to peanuts level this year. Still, I am considering the hassle of shopping around. In the mean time, EV insurance is sky rocketing:

You are fighting against a religion, and religion is not based on facts and reality..

 

[Avocet]

I would say you had YOUR pants pulled down, the day you bought an EV.

Remember... I didn't buy it - I keep telling everyone it's a company car!

Please, when putting your side of an argument, however weak, at least put the whole of your case - not just half of it.

Twelve hundred quid extra to downgrade to the Dacia EV. Robbin' Romanian b'stards!!

Come down a bit from the £8500 EV/ICE price differential that you were claiming, based on your Corsa, though...

 

[Odds]

You are fighting against a religion, and religion is not based on facts and reality..

The fact is gas guzzlers will be history in 10 years time, old scrote - time to cash in that reality cheque.