Graham Butcher

Again, the brain did not connect the dots, see other my other posts for more information. Checking the dimensions shows these to be worse for my requirements than the Superb anyway as it is lower, not higher, thus making it even less suitable.

Can you name me one EV that I as 6ft 4" tall driver could drive comfortably and still have space behind me for another 6ft 4" person to sit in comfort, and I have 3 of these tall people to allow for? The car also now needs to higher off the ground than my Superb to make it easier for me to get in and out, also not costing an arm and a leg to buy, as I at 76 this year would not get credit option. Don't discount ICE yet, I bet it will fossil fuel still be in plentyful supply in another 50 years and electric cars might not still be thing then.

I think not somehow, I want something easier to get and out of and certainly not something that I have to add extra infrastructure for, assuming the HA would even grant me permission for in the first instance. I'm currently unaware of any other HA tenant running an electric car with a home charger, or even having an electric car and using public chargers, on my estate.

Wow, are you admitting to being a law breaker then, think about how your actions might have accidently ruined some poor families life if the worst had happened 😨 Gosh, it looks as if the Scots are the bad boys then after all 😀. I can honestly say that I never hid behind my parents insurance, I have always had insurance in my own right and speaking of which, I have just discovered while looking at changing my car for something a little easier to actually get in and out off, that my current provider is no longer offering any car insurance, so once current policies expire, everyone has to find other providers 😒. Only a couple of months left to run so will delay changing car until then I think.

Even if you are a fully trained mechanic, without some prior experience of working an DSG gearboxes, I would have personally have kept well clear of them and invested in someone who had plenty of experience,

I think it does, watch this video.

As @Gammyleg said, there is proscribed method on how to fill the DSG box with oil and think that you must follow it precisely other wise you run an elevated risk of major damage. I would not ever take the risk of even attempting to start the engine with first following that procedure to fill the gearbox correctly. There is dedicated machine for this as in this video. https://youtu.be/TMiWH5YjUIg

In that case then, it is an indication that the small internal Lithium Ion battery is failing, I had that happen before on my 512 dash cam, sourcing a new battery and fitting it will cure that issue. If you don't feel that is something that you could do, then Nextbase do offer that service for you.

When you say it threw a wobbly, I assume that it switched from displaying the speed to a live feed display of the road? This what happens with with my Nextbase 622GW and apparently it is caused by the dip in supply voltage when the Starter kicks in. The good thing however is the camera continues to record and is not affected by the change in display. This will happen regardless of the fuse you are connected to.

Agree HIGNFY is about the only thing on BBC worth watching, wish they would bring Angus Deayton back to chair, there was something magical about the chemistry between the trio, just as there was with the Top Gear trio of Clarkson, Hammond and May.

Remarkable how BBC has so far apparently been silent on this, another win to the YouTube media creators and yet so many are anti YouTubers when it is looking even more then ever that MSM is being controlled in some form, admitted not everything on YouTube is as it seems, but a large part is factual and as yet not controlled.

This is quite a good comparison of a Nissan Leaf and Nissan Micra Petrol, both purchased new and kept for 3 years, 48,000 miles and after 3 years, and even assuming you was able to charge your leaf 100% free while your micra would have cost you £6,400 for petrol, the micra would still be the more cost effective car overall by £13,800 saved in your back pocket. Now that amount would vary for other cars and of course does not cover things like tyres, servicing etc, but even with the micra requiring servicing which the leaf wouldn't (allegedly) you would still be better off with the micra.

@Ootohere well that to my mind speaks far more about the attitude of the natives and also of course of both KFC and McDonalds for not keeping the litter collected up and removed from site or is that perhaps a reflection on the local council for not making that a condition of granting them a permit to trade? The bins are much same as those employed in most places and you can't blame the poor old birds for them pulling the litter out looking for the odd titbit. You say the bins are often set on fire as well, I suppose you have to thank the local youths for that, probably bored out of their tiny brains as they can't be much else going on to occupy their minds I'm guessing, seems strange to me as for some reason, my impression of Scotland was that the people seemed to be more civilised and well behaved then the English, how wrong was I?

Those bins are perfectly OK, more likely the people don't actually understand what litter is maybe, we have similar bins down South but not the amount of litter. Down here McDonalds operate a litter patrol and collect any of their discarded packaging etc into plastic bags and then put them into their own hinged lids on them.

I'd still rather sit in my own armchair/sofa than go to a community centre or sit in my car, each to their own I suppose, but thats just me with my logical hat firmly on my head.

Maybe, but I bet most would use it to help their heating bill at home, would you like to sit outside in your warm car all day instead of being in the comfort of your armchair etc, watching TV etc, with the handy loo just a few steps away without having to get of the car into whatever the weather outside is chucking at you, and back again to car and risk catching something really nasty in process. We all know that you love your electric car and are passionate about it and generally all electric cars in general and you can no problems with them, but come on not everyone shares that passion.

Why so negative, were you actually there when he took the little "5" on a test, he might have been given specific instructions not to take it out of the town etc, or he might have only had it for a certain time limit. He was actually being really glowing and was gushing about how good the car was and all you can do is knock him and poke fun at him? Yes, it is the fan that makes the noise in air conditioning, but do you know where the fan is on the Renault 5 as opposed to where it is in his Taycan? For instance, my first car was a 1957 Hillman Minx and IIRC the heater fan on that car was right at the front in the engine bay next to the radiator and that made made it very quiet inside the car. That car also had a very ingenuous vent system that by pulling a knob beneath the dashboard a blast of cooling air would be directed right into front footwells that was ram driven direct from intakes directly behind the front radiator grill, a very useful thing on a really hot day. Car designers of today could learn something by taking a look at just how things were done years ago, we really do make a lot of things overly complicated, just because we can, when sometimes keeping it simple might be the best option.

My instant reaction to that answer would be, why has this suddenly manifested itself, its a 2017 model, 8 years old so how come the software issue has only just become apparent?

I thank you for your suggestion, but I can't see how having the instant torque available that so many EV drivers willingly point out is there and hence their brilliant performance from a standing start is a benefit when driving on snow without the addition of some sort of advanced traction control like that found on of road type vehicles?

Yes, I don't deny that winter tyres will help especially those with little common sense, and yes, having winter tyres fitted can also lull those people into an air of over confidence and consequently, they can often still find themselves in sticky situations. The biggest secret to driving on snow and ice is to imagine that you were trying walk on it. Do not attempt to run or walk quickly? The correct answer to that is no, you take it very slowly and smoothly, give your self plenty of space from others so that don't become a hazard to each other in the event that some goes wrong. The real secret to driving in such conditions is to keep engine RPM as low as is possible and use as higher gear as you can to limit the amount of torque being transmitted through the wheels, just as you would do if walking, you certainly would not try sprinting away, you would be treading very gingerly, correct? With a VW standard DSG gearbox you cannot select a high gear to start off with like you can do in a manual car as the DSG will automatically select lower gears from a standing start, so just let the engine pull away at idle speed and when rolling slowly and gently increase speed. You might be able to able however with something like a Kodiak with various traction settings for ice/snow, sand etc. So yes winter tyres can be a positive advantage, but are not essential in order get around, its all about giving yourself more time, using common sense, treating the situation with the same respect that you would if you walking, no speed, slowly slowly, plenty of distance between you and others, anticipate the actions of others, the goal is not to try and be one of the first to get anywhere, but just to arrive safely.

But I never said that they didn't. I have never had any issues with traction in snow, ever, and as I've also worked on large fleets of buses etc, they were always running on normal tyres. I was taught by the bus driving school, do read the road and conditions and then adjust to them, no problems. So many fit these winter tyres and think that they are the invincible and drive normally. It always makes me chuckle seeing these Muppets on TV when we get snow revving their engines, wheels spinning and blaming councils for not clearing or gritting the roads.

@Ootohere To answer your questions, the very simple answer is err, no, I'm a very relaxed driver, not in the slightest bit aggressive, I never ever let the car coast up to the point where I almost come to a halt. I do most of driving in the ECO mode with lots of coasting, but I always apply brakes well before I'm anywhere near stopping. I do this because not only because it activates the brake lights for the benefit of others behind me, but it also disengages coast mode and brings the transmission back into play and thus engine braking also works, just as your regen does. Adaptive cruise control will also automatically switch on the brake lights and I have been told by family who have followed along a stretch of road that switches many times between 60 and 40mph that my brake lights are annoying from where I flick the speed settings between 60 and 40 as I know that plod will often site a mobile camera just past the 40mph signs to catch those that are not paying attention and have not already slowed to 40. Never use the gears to slow down, etc as you said to accelerate out of the corner, as the auto box does all of that for me, even when coasting or in manual mode, it will always select the correct gear to enable a smooth acceleration out of the corner / bend, that's the whole point of a automatic is it not? I have always kept the OEM standard type of tyre on cars all year round and have driven many hundreds of thousands miles with no loss of control, in adverse conditions / weather it the drivers responsibility to ensure that they are driving in the correct manner to reflect the prevailing conditions, not rely on snow tyres, etc to help them out. When was the last time you saw a bus driver or a chauffeur driven limousine like a Rolls Royce wear snow tyres, they are not needed if the correct attitude of the driver is in play, the professional driver just allows more time to do the trip in at a slower and safer pace, simples.

Yes that is exactly what I'm saying. Yes, I also do perfectly understand that some of EV's do not feature the ability to one pedal drive, but equally others do. Now it might also well be true that many drivers who are new to EV's might also disable regen and one pedal mode as they are simply not used to to that mode/style of driving and thus do not feel comfortable with it. Now this a thing, is it not also perfectly true that at the point where the cars lose traction / grip and ABS is unable to regain it, that even with full on regen, that is also totally ineffective as it requires the wheels to have rotation to work? Therefore making the heavier EV even more dangerous then its lighter ICE as a result of the increased mass carrying it even further before coming to rest. There is no need to actually drive an EV to fully understand the physics involved, once all grip has gone, its gone, full stop. The topic of the dangers of one pedal driving and the connection to brake lights not then being operational and thus a warning to approaching from behind drivers, that you are actually stopping/stopped has already been covered here.

Well, I watched that Channel 5 program and nothing in it altered my thoughts regarding the sheer complexity of a BEV or the fire hazards that can pose should the battery be the cause of the fire. Just because a BEV catches fire, it does not automatically mean that the battery is the cause, these cars still have all the other items in them that ICE cars have and if the battery is NOT involved in the fire then the car is just the same as any other car and can be quickly and safely extinguished in the same time as an ICE car. Once the traction battery is on fire, then its game over. I felt that that they under played the par about EV's in emergency braking, yes its true that regenerative braking will also add to the stopping power of a car, but what about incidents where the driver has disabled that or even reduced the amount of regen, as not everyone is happy with one pedal driving? I was glad that the quality issue of charging cables was mentioned, but disappointed however that they never made a single mention about not using standard 13A extension leads as these are a real minefield and the average person is completely clueless as to what constitutes a good safe lead as to cheap Poundland product which could result in a major fire. In short, it was a bit like the curates egg, good in parts and bad in others.

This is happening all the time, I know of some massive factory sites that are just retail areas. We exported loads of manufacturing oversea, mainly to China years ago, now we are paying the price for that.