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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45520 Location: Essex
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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 24 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Nicky cigreen wrote: |
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I think you’d be ok with an ev then, there are so few moving parts compared to an ICE, my brothers had a Tesla for 8 years, had it serviced maybe twice. Nothing that needs doing really |
I read somewhere ( sorry I forget where) that a third of all breakdown callouts on EVs are punctures
Does this mean they have more punctures?, or, as I suspect, there is less to go wrong on an EV there will be a higher proportion of puncture breakdowns, whereas ICE cars have a load of other things that can go wrong
Also.. a friend of my parents ( never a reliable source) says that when they had a puncture it was impossible to change the tyre, and AA couldn't either as car too heavy (a mini,) and car would have to be towed every time . Is this true? |
I've had two punctures, both were very deep potholes hidden under flooded roads. My brother has had none, my nephew has had an EV for several years he hasn't had one either.
I really can't imagine a Mini EV is any heavier than say a Range Rover or similar, that sounds like total bollox to me |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45832 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45832 Location: yes
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Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9752 Location: Devon, uk
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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 24 9:30 am Post subject: |
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dpack wrote: |
the stuff that makes ice move is over complex and expensive, a ten yr old reasonably priced ice car might cost more to mend each year than it cost
ev is newish tech, but there are less breakable bits which hints at less to mend |
yeh my old car - getting the brakes fixed cost twice what it was worth. However if it was only worth 300 quid, then 600 quid for a working car is a lot more affordable than buying a new or newer car! And even when it becomes a money pit, most people are more likely to be able to come up with the 600 to get back on the road for now, than find the £££s needed for a more reliable car. It's Vimes boots theory all over again. Reliable cars are for the privileged.
People say EVs have less to go wrong on them - dunno, there aren't that many old EVs around, so I am not sure if that has been properly tested. The only personal knowledge I have was my relatives buying a nissan leaf and that wasn't that old and totally rubbish. T
There are cases of parts being A no where near the owner and B thousands of pounds in value so still costing more than the Ev....(my relatives needed to replace the battery, far more expensive than the car, they gave up on it ) so... I would say the jury is still out on that. |
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Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9752 Location: Devon, uk
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Nicky cigreen
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tahir
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Nicky cigreen
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tahir
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Nicky cigreen
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tahir
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