Winston_Woof

Yes there are differences but there are also commonalities such as government interference, infrastructure & home charging challenges

I get that the Merkins especially are a different market from the UK but many of the points he commented on resonate regardless of location.

Daddy Doug’s take from the other side of the pond https://youtu.be/VGIORVjqWto?si=7mvcDE6nqBujwKRq

The UK is in danger of becoming a second class country in terms of new car sales

The madness in the uk is pushing for Zero Emissions and excluding hybrids and targeting emissions

There’s no doubt (Z)EVs have their place but the Government mandates are misplaced. Let the market decide.

I do like the car wizard

have you ever been in a pub with a group of people ?

nah more likely to keep the fuel duty and include ICE on PPM as well to make more money . Why would you want fossil fuels to suddenly look cheaper by 53p per litre at the pump cos that might discourage people for buying shiney new EVs ;o)

PPM is really only needed for EVs as a replacement for Fuel Tax and where its (probably) not possible to add a tax to electricity consumption at home for the specific EV usage, for Public charging it could be added (theoretically) PPM isn't really needed for ICE as rather than paying for cameras etc you only need to increase the Fuel Tax element as required so if this is PPM as a replacement for Fuel Tax its one more thing we have to thank EVs for ;o) (there I can do conspiracy as well lol)

My "real" name is Michael and as for alternative pronunciations of it try the Irish. They say mee-hawl.

TBH based on the handful of his videos I've seen this guy appears to be a tin foil wearing nutter and many of the comments appear to feed that paranoia. DOnt get me wrong , there may be a grain of truth in his videos/comments but watching them is like listening to fingernails being dragged across a blackboard.

ah at least my ceiling light stays green Guess you're going to be joining the long list of VAG owners spending lots of time & fuel shuttling in and out of the stealers then ;o) https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/may/01/vw-audi-and-skoda-owners-angry-over-fault-in-sos-warning-system

I get this on my superb and just ignore it. As long as the green light in the ceiling is on its working(and anyways its not essential, doesn't connect you directly to emergency services but to a Skoda call handling centre from what I can work out) . The error is(or appears to me to be) just a transient start up issue. NB sometimes it will pop up the orange triangle of impending doom (in which case I do after a few occurrences reset the Diagnostic codes) , other times it doesn't.

oh and blame the advertisers, until people like Ikea & Skoda started using the above approximate native-language versions nobody used them

I'm not a fan of 'eeeeelectronic' (as used in this video) and that's an english word ;o)..

which is nice except: a) you don't (generally) have a legal right to park on the road outside your house. b) the road outside your house may have parking restrictions (eg yellow lines) c) your house may not have direct road access within a reasonable distance of your property boundary (ie a pavements width) an example of C is my GFs daughter house which is 38m from the road to the property boundary and they have to park anywhere between the 2 red lines(on a good day, could be further on a bad day)

My Old Honda Blackbird, Tango

Make/Model/Trim specific. I was referring specifically to the Dacia Spring Expression/Extreme

does seem to be the best option and if you want a different colour (say zingy orange or lime green or black) then £650 is a chunk towards a wrap (which will also protect the paint work)

especially when you have the sort of excellent Active Cruise Control the Superb (and other Skodas) has

I suspect it's a play on City (& yes I'm aware the French for City is Ville but.....)

anything other than the base polar white is a £650 option ;o) Stonewash Blue Lightening Grey Baby Poo Brown Safari Beige Khaki

running costs (other than insurance & to a lesser degree VED costs) are not a primary driver in my choice of vehicle. Neither is the ability to flaunt some green credentials. Looks, space & day to day useable practicality are my primary options followed probably by fuel consumption (on which note the Superb 1.4TSi (also with cylinder deactivation) suits me nicely, IIRC my average since purchasing in Feb has been around 43mpg). As for servicing I'll be using a local garage rather than main dealer who both my partner & I have used for a number of years rather than main stealer.