Ev Versus Diesel\/

[Paul22118]

I was in Wales for the weekend and had reckoned on a round trip of about 600 miles. I drive a diesel car and was well within the range for a tankful of the slippery stuff. No need to refuel until back home on south coast. At the bar I got chatting to a couple who had bought a new electric car and were desperate to locate a charging point as they were almost flat having driven 235 miles. We swopped experiences with me saying I would never buy an electric car until there were as many charge points as petrol pumps. And also the charging facility would have to be very much quicker than now. At the end of our chatting the husband said to me that he was chopping in his ev for a diesel car. They both could not take any more 'range anxiety'. A new one on me but they assured me the stress of worrying about running out of juice and then not finding a charge point ruined their weekend.

[dave50]

Here's hoping more people realise ev is more bother than it's worth and sales collapse, forcing the government's stupid ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030 to be reversed.

[Ryzen]

Infrastructure is bad..charger maintenance is useless..cars are to expensive and depreciation is eye watering.

[barry1010]

I read today that any electric vehicle involved in any sort of crash has to be kept 15m from any other vehicle or flammable structure in case the batteries explode.
How many garages can accommodate that?

[douglas9401]

Diesel is the buzz, fill it and forget it for ages.

Electricity is for making the telly work.

[douglas9401]

Bizz

[barry1010]

I'm keeping my diesel going for as long as possible

[bhg481]

Another exiting thing about EVs is that there is no room for a spare tyre so, if you damage a tyre wall, there is no "get you home" spare available.

[Ryzen]

How long before we get bombarded with.."were you mis-sold an EV"?

[barry1010]

These cars have spare tyres/wheels https://motorandwheels.com/electric-cars-with-spare-wheels/

[douglas9401]

I suppose the electric car is the final nail in the coffin of the personal jet pack we were promised back in the day. :-)

[douglas9401]

That's a long way to go to get a car with a spare wheel, Barry.

[bhg481]

barry - not exactly a lot of choice then. Like you I'll be hanging on to my 2008 Volvo V70 diesel for as long as possible. It's only done 220,000 miles so far and drives like new; no corrosion either, unlike older cars a few years ago.
Last week we towed our caravan 100 miles to Sussex, drove around for another couple of hundred miles and then came home, all without having to waste a large lump of our holiday searching for a re-charging place or worry about running out of power. You can't carry a reserve can of electricity around!

[bhg481]

douglas - I don't think you'd get it home without having to find a charging station.

[barry1010]

Mine is a 2009 Hyundai automatic, no corrosion, drives like new. The only things I've had to replace are the consumables, absolutely no problems.
Not a thief magnet, either

[youngmafbog]

EV's have their place but only really as a city car.

You need to be a 2 car family, once ICE and one EV, but not everyone can afford that.

The current political thinking really does look like they are trying to price the poor off the road and that IMHO is unacceptable just to inflate their virtue signalling ego's.

[youngmafbog]

Got 50 mpg out of my 2l 3 series the other week going up to see my daughter. It's a twin turbo petrol!

[QuizmasterG]

My next door neighbours, being the sort who always wish to be first with everything, decided to pay for a new (expensive) electric car.
All was OK in the short time they had it (only local travel) until they had to travel much further afield to attend a wedding at a lovely country venue.
They worked out all the mileages and decided, as they would be a bit "out in the wilds" they would not take the car due to recharging availability.
To cut a long story short, their trip out entailed 3 separate train journeys, a quite expensive taxi fare and a lot of hassle to get to the venue.
Although the hotel was lovely, our neighbours were still out in the wilds with no transport to take them around to have a look at the beautiful area they were staying in (not many buses)so the weekend involved staring out of the hotel windows or walking in the grounds.
The return journey was the reverse of getting there and took most of a day.
When hearing this tale of woe, I don't know how I managed to keep a straight face until I retired indoors where tears of laughter ensued (I don't think my pants will ever dry!)
My little petrol car took my wife and I around a lot of northern Scotland with no problems whatsoever.
I know which type of car I will be using for as long as possible

[QuizmasterG]

I agree....
"EV's have their place but only really as a city car"