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Having seen a few adverts on TV lately promoting leasing cars as being a green choice and good for the environment it got me thinking.
How can getting a new car every 3 years be green compared with running a car in my case 16 years and still going.
will an electric car still be any good after the said 16 years and 130000 miles ?
They mention electric cars in range. but what will the range be like after a few years? if its anything like my laptop it would be around half.
I am not anti electric or hybrid but being technical minded and having some commonsense it just does not seem to add up.
look forward to any feedback / discussion
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Check out The Fully Charged Show on YouTube. They're a good source of info.
I spoke to a taxi driver in LA four years ago who had a Tesla - first time I'd ever seen one. He said there were plenty of Toyota Prius in California that have been used as taxis for over ten years that are still working fine every day. He said they get shonky (his word, not mine) at 250k miles.
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I had a quick Google and it seems that my fears over the battery life might be unfounded.
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Thanks for the input, I think that cars will become a throwaway item, which is a shame. I still like to get my hands dirty , I guess that's why classic cars go up in price.
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(08-01-2021, 08:59 PM)jimbo Wrote: Thanks for the input, I think that cars will become a throwaway item, which is a shame. I still like to get my hands dirty , I guess that's why classic cars go up in price.
I think they already are throwaway (more or less) - modern stuff gets too tricky/expensive for garages to fix so they get scrapped 'early' unless somebody willing to get their hands dirty takes a punt on ownership. 2010/2012 cars - especially BIG stuff seems incredibly cheap these days at auction (not FleaBay - proper auctions).
I've been looking around for 'something' older but useable as a 'daily' for a while and looked at stuff like a Rover P6 estate, Triumph 2000/2500, a BX etc etc but the prices are absolutely sky high at the moment for that type of car.
So sticking with the Subaru power sledge - lovely car to drive, easy to work on but does drink the petrol a little. Mind you - London LEZ exempt 'cos it's not a 'dirty diesel'. (Only 2.5 litres of petrol warming the planet - but no NOx - what's not to like?)
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The only car programs that are even close to being green is car sharing where a group of people go together to buy and maintain a small set of cars, on the basis that no one need a car on a daily basis.
I wouldn't be surprised if in the future, large apartment buildings come with a set of common cars in the basement. One panel van type, one or two 7seaters, and the rest 2 seaters(small cars for city driving) and MPVs.
And everyone will be expected to use public transport most of the time.
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My god, that sounds like Orwell's 1984.
As long as I can drive, I will never ever board public transport. Tried it a few times, bloody awful experience. Personal space preferred thanks.
I get the environmental issues. I'd love an electric car that did a decent range to swap over to from my combustion version. But, I live in a new build apartment with no way of charging said vehicle. Millions of people with terraced houses or apartments will never be able to use BEVs until there's a charge point in every parking space. Do I think that's ever going to be a reality......sadly no.
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I live in terrace and I am lucky to get a parking space so can't imagine charging points would work as some cars don't move for weeks.
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