Monkhai

Second hand values had been going up not down. Have you tried we buy any car or similar places to confirm the value? what does Parker’s or glasses guide say it’s worth?

Ahh it’s one of those parts. Still at least it’s something you can refurb 👍

Modern cars are huge, and the UK parking spaces were starting to look small in the 90's. Now however the cars are way too big and the spaces a reasonable bit too small. Glad the fuel readings seem to behaving, although with lead times on everything I'd be getting a spare for the shelf. I assume there isn't some crud in the tank or that any of the welding/filter removal hasn't allowed another chamber to become open?

Electric disco type vehicle or Isu Trooper replacement, then sure. No need for 3 tonnes of ride over the crash protection in any cars on the congested town and city roads though.

If they made one where an Isuzu sized vehicle then I'd go with you but these things are massive. What I would say is that whilst I get that work sites and actual workers might need these, most in the UK seem to be driven by your average person and are treated as a bullying/compensation device.

I don't get the attraction of a vehicle that is too wide for UK roads, poor for the safety of other road users and looks like they have the aero profile of a house brick.

40kW and 150 miles, AC on, not really trying too hard and driving on a motorway as you would normally. That's about 3.75m/kWh, which is pretty good. If you take that of the 40kW 10 was on an ultra rapid at 60p, 6 on a 7kW destination charger at 30p and the 24 would have been charged at home at say 10p-30p That's £6.50 + £2.50 (Both inc connection charges) + (say 24*15p) £3.60 = £12.60 I'd say that's pretty realistic for a real world mix too. That's actually a smidge under 9p per mile. Shame the car on loan had 12V battery issues or zombie mode (I presume it hadn't had software updates) and left us stuck if it hadn't been for some other EV drivers. EDIT: to be clear that was from a test drive in the maddening heat of the last few weeks.

With the high prices, if servicing become that expensive along with high running costs nobody will bother. manufacturers need to hammer dealers who do that by offering a collect and return service direct. I see Tesla do 👍

Manufacturing of Batteries isfully under control of China and they/Russia are in control of many of the metals that go into them. Batteries need replacing every 10-15 years in commercial systems. Batteries are extremely difficult to recycle. Batteries are just expensive per kWh Mining of material for as well as recycling of batteries often involves lots of very poor or child labour. If conditions were good costs would be unaffordable. mining is devastating to the local environment too. When they come up with a lighter, safer , cheaper more environmentally sound battery I might be more convinced. Not everyone can survive on 150 miles and 45 minutes rest break. Most people I know won’t go EV but would go hydrogen. So your choice is ICE of FCEV which would you rather picked?

Check the hose under the tank and make sure the lid and pressure cap are in good Nick

You’re missing the point. Renewables be they large solar or wind are asked to disconnect/stop generating all the time. That is wasted energy that isn’t generated. The generation of hydrogen at source is essentially a huge battery which can be sold as hydrogen or fed into a fuel cell to generate power for the grid when demand is high and sun/wind low. Transmission losses are real, grid upgrade costs are high, millions don’t have parking and plenty can’t afford to extend journey times. Hydrogen would be an easy swap for fuel with few changes of habit and those without private parking can swap. Where is V2G which has been coming for years but isn’t? If there’s lots of wind in wales, but no demand there, however loads of demand in London you can’t just dump all the power on the local grid in Wales. It needs more interlinks and balancing to keep the grid in spec/tolerance.

But hydrogen electric doesn’t have to come from the grid via the global market. Hence unwanted and not inflated by the grid price being related to gas. FWIW petrol seems to be getting more buyers due to higher upfront cost and a 10 year payback rate of an EV. If petrol is cheaper to buy and run… plus you save an hour a journey for long runs…most people won’t go EV.

So if you're 60% cheap to 40% on public chargers and low rate overnight at 7.5p for 1000 miles: Diesel is say £1.80 /l = 18p per mile assuming only 50mpg, which is laughably low mpg. = £163/1000 miles EV based on 60:40 overnigh cheap to public based on 3m/kWh (also a bit low) = £15 + £88 = £103/1000 miles Still winning, but over an average of 10k miles you're talking a £500 saving which doesn't even begin to cover the lease costs. Of course if you can't get overnight cheap and are paying say 45p/kWh at home and no public charging and getting 3.3m/kWh then it's bad at £150 Come October/January when we're all paying 60-80p/kWh or more it's suddenly getting very shaky: - £181/1000 miles @ 60p and 3.3 m/kWh - £242/1000 miles @ 80p and 3.3m/kWh Both with zero public charging, which of course is likely to increase again and could even hit £1 per kWh by then. I'm fairly certain we're going to have to start looking to hydrogen for range vehicles as cost per unit of electric goes up and combined with time to charge makes it unattractive. Would be better of course if electric generation was sold to users and only excess sold to the global market. Perhaps the political types might do something about that?

I seem to remember there is a way around the deadlocks on that generation of vehicle, certainly there was on the previous. Regardless of if my memory serves me correctly, it's basically back to time for a disclock type solution again 😞

Definately look for a good indy, but I'd get a price and I'd get a price for the dealer if there is a good will gesture. Not saying it'll be any cheaper but at least it has a warranty on it if from the dealer using genuine parts. Obviously if the dealer sounds like they're unhelpful, then you might as well go straight to the indy. EDIT: title has had the error added.

I carry one, because when I've needed ones it's been out of the way, usually late at night or on a sunday and with damage to the sidewall (or even the wheel). That's not anything goo can fix and it's unlikely recovery will get you on your way. The main culpret over the years (but far from exclusive) have been potholes and when you hit one of these it's spare wheel or call recovery. A few have been nails/screws etc, but then that's been dealt with by a spare or if the nail is well in inflating the tyre and driving to the nearest tyre repair centre. That's fine, but not an option in the middle of nowhere. TBH you would be better off going to a breakers yard and buying the whole kit with wheel, jack, tools etc.

How much :o:o:o I've purchased some other parts from a dealer, exactly because the online marketplaces were taking the proverbial. If those prices are accurate and you can solder then I'd be checking out the board under the rubber cover, hunting down microswitches and swapping them out for new ones.

I'd just find the part number and buy it from the dealer. 1) it's a genuine part and will fit and save time faffing with ebay will it/won't it fit. 2) You might actually find it's cheaper from a dealer (Plenty of online marketplace markup around). The microswitches do fail but I seem to remember there were two sizes of switch (A smaller one and a larger one). The dealer will be able to tell you which it is from your VIN number I would imagine.

I understand. Just trying to find a reliable provider, although it looks like the one I used previously may have started doing cover again through their in house insurance arm.

Internal handle or external handle and hatch or estate?

Thanks, As I don't have the car I've no reg plate yet, so the quote won't be something I can do. When you say 100 days, it also mentions 3 years, can you do longer policies say for 42 months? It's a bit of a shame as previously I could buy at 6 months old and take out 3 years cover for a car on 42 months of finance.

So I had gap insurance when I purchased a car on PCP, but the providers I used and others I looked at at the time all seem to have stopped doing it. I'm now looking at leasing a car on a personal lease and wanted to ask if GAP insurance is still a thing and if so are there any reliable and reasonable providers out there? I think (but need to confirm) that the car insurance has new car for 1st year and obviously with used prices so high there's a question on if GAP is a thing to do right now. Of course the new prices are also going up up up, so that's a reason to have it. Any help appreciated.

Sorry, I’ve just seen this but see John pinned it. Sadly if it’s not turned up I would imagine it was nicked as parts for Audi/VW and other in group cars 😞

I have realised we've gone waaaay OT... If someone wants to create a suitable thread for the discussion they want to have I can move the OT stuff over there.

I don't think anyone believed them when they initially said every 3 months to benifit consumers. A cap is a cap and lower prices means somebody would have broken ranks to get customers. Quarterly cap reviews means making sure those buying energy can charge more. Should have told them to do one and renationalised generation and the grid.