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Post by Ann1 on Feb 8, 2011 23:30:04 GMT 1
At 26 thousand quid, you'd think they'd give you a personalised socket!!!!!! 
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Post by Roma on Feb 8, 2011 23:33:48 GMT 1
That's posh  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 23:41:30 GMT 1
Not to worry I have a cunning plan to bridge the socket gap and help fight obesity among future generations when you charge up.......................  CWL  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 10:30:56 GMT 1
What's the point of driving a car that doesn't damage the environment, takes all the fun out of it. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by nicknackpaddywhack on Feb 9, 2011 11:59:10 GMT 1
[quote author=skintagain i would expect these to be cheap to maintain, they wont need cam belt changes, or spark plugs etc, ok the range may not be far but if you travel around 50 miles a day then they are ideal, plus free road tax so after about 10 years the money you would have saved on fuel, repairs, tax etc would pay for the car, id expect them to get cheaper in time and the range to improve.[/quote]
Skint these electric cars are going to hit the governments tax
revenue big time do you realy beleive these cars are going to be
cheap to run...Remember deisel cars they used to be dirt cheap
to run infact the government encouraged people to buy them
but once a certain percentage of motorist where driving diesel's
the tax on them went through the roof and remember deisel
is a waste by-product of petrol so they are making money out
of rubbish.
The only people who will gain from these electric cars will be the
first to buy them and who are daft enough to pay in excess of £20.000 for what is basically a glorified milk float with a radio.
Wait a year or so and the price of these cars will tumble and thats when you will find the sting in the tale and i promise you
these cars will cost more to run then your current car
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Post by Ann1 on Feb 9, 2011 12:19:44 GMT 1
Yes, I think you have a point there Nick! I remember when diesel cars came out, and the diesel was dirt cheap compared to petrol. Quite a few people I knew got one, now diesel is dearer than petrol! Another big con coming our way!!!  Mind, they will have to find alternatives to oil, but I don't think it's going to run out next week!!! We'll all probably be shoving up the daisies by the time it does!!! 
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 14:46:57 GMT 1
Yes, I think you have a point there Nick! I remember when diesel cars came out, and the diesel was dirt cheap compared to petrol. Quite a few people I knew got one, now diesel is dearer than petrol! Another big con coming our way!!! Mind, they will have to find alternatives to oil, but I don't think it's going to run out next week!!! We'll all probably be shoving up the daisies by the time it does!!! Interestingly enough there are other alternatives to these type of electric cars and probably the most significant being those vehicles which use hydrogen fuel cells. That said like many attractive things Hydrogen is not easy to produce or store in a useable form. Although it is arguably very good for the Planet as it doesn't involve carbon based fuels and the byproduct is water. CWL  |
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Post by Pollypeterborough on Feb 9, 2011 15:23:16 GMT 1
Yes, I think you have a point there Nick! I remember when diesel cars came out, and the diesel was dirt cheap compared to petrol. Quite a few people I knew got one, now diesel is dearer than petrol! Another big con coming our way!!! Mind, they will have to find alternatives to oil, but I don't think it's going to run out next week!!! We'll all probably be shoving up the daisies by the time it does!!! Interestingly enough there are other alternatives to these type of electric cars and probably the most significant being those vehicles which use hydrogen fuel cells. That said like many attractive things Hydrogen is not easy to produce or store in a useable form. Although it is arguably very good for the Planet as it doesn't involve carbon based fuels and the byproduct is water. CWL CWL is that basically pig S***. just as ken. |
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Post by nicknackpaddywhack on Feb 9, 2011 15:41:44 GMT 1
Yes, I think you have a point there Nick! I remember when diesel cars came out, and the diesel was dirt cheap compared to petrol. Quite a few people I knew got one, now diesel is dearer than petrol! Another big con coming our way!!! Mind, they will have to find alternatives to oil, but I don't think it's going to run out next week!!! We'll all probably be shoving up the daisies by the time it does!!! Yes your right Clear there are more efficient fuels out there but its the government who are going to decide which one takes the lead. I personally dont think this switch over to electric vehicles is just down to looking after the environment . I think it has a lot more to do with the political situation in the middle east once the west cuts its reliance on the Arab oil the better They have been holding the west to ransom for years Once thats done we work on getting out of the EU and go back to being the innovative people we were ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 15:44:40 GMT 1
No Polly it's actually true   . Perhaps you are thinking of Methane........................which is what causes all the bother with Global Warming and believe it or not, with most of the stuff actually being produced by Cows not Pigs! CWL  |
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Post by Pollypeterborough on Feb 9, 2011 15:56:42 GMT 1
No Polly it's actually true . Perhaps you are thinking of Methane........................which is what causes all the bother with Global Warming and believe it or not, with most of the stuff actually being produced by Cows not Pigs! CWL 
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 17:21:41 GMT 1
With a small conversion you can get diesel cars to run off used chip fat.
My car only just over three months old, so I don't want to do that.
Can you imagine a car sticker that said "Powered by South Gosforth Chippy"
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Post by Pollypeterborough on Feb 9, 2011 17:26:14 GMT 1
With a small conversion you can get diesel cars to run off used chip fat. My car only just over three months old, so I don't want to do that. Can you imagine a car sticker that said "Powered by South Gosforth Chippy" Its just heavy oil the same as diesel. as in both smell'y stuff.  |
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Post by nicknackpaddywhack on Feb 9, 2011 21:26:52 GMT 1
With a small conversion you can get diesel cars to run off used chip fat. My car only just over three months old, so I don't want to do that. Can you imagine a car sticker that said "Powered by South Gosforth Chippy" I have been told if you run on half diesel half chip oil you dont need to make any sort of modification to the engine |
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Post by skintagain on Feb 9, 2011 23:41:47 GMT 1
the problem with using cooking oil is the exhaust fumes smell like what ever was cooked in it, if it was fish you will have thousands of sea gulls and cats following you round , as for running an electric car the charge points are going to be free for the next 3 years and then it's £75 per year after that, and to charge at home will cost about £1 per full charge. |
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Mind, they will have to find alternatives to oil, but I don't think it's going to run out next week!!! We'll all probably be shoving up the daisies by the time it does!!! 
