Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous 
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
£195 for my non polluter!MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous![]()
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
All cars from 2018ish pay the same now, I think.
Be it a Dacia Spring or a 5l V8 Mustang, £195.
There might also be a luxury car supplement of another couple of hundred quid if it's less than five years old and was over £40k when new
Be it a Dacia Spring or a 5l V8 Mustang, £195.
There might also be a luxury car supplement of another couple of hundred quid if it's less than five years old and was over £40k when new
Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Yeah. For anything post-2017, it's £195, plus £425 for years 2-5 if list is over £40k.KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:59 pm All cars from 2018ish pay the same now, I think.
Be it a Dacia Spring or a 5l V8 Mustang, £195.
Their might also be a luxury car supplement of another couple of hundred quid if it's less than five years old and was over £40k when new
The first year emissions rate scaled per carbons, and tops out at £5.5k! Mate of mine recently ordered a new 911 and was desperately trying to get it registered before April 1st as the rates doubled then, so he was gonna save/lose £2,750 depending on which day it arrived.
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
I was looking at Mustangs a while ago, a 2017 car was something mad like £780, but one six months newer was £195.
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
I pay that for a car and 3 bikesMrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous![]()
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Yebutt. You've got 326.62 square miles and one road*, we've got 80,823 square miles and thousands of roads.Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:08 pmI pay that for a car and 3 bikesMrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous![]()
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
To be fair, from the pics he's posted, he only has one road but it doesn't have any potholesSaga Lout wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:53 pmYebutt. You've got 326.62 square miles and one road*, we've got 80,823 square miles and thousands of roads.Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:08 pmI pay that for a car and 3 bikesMrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous![]()
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
I'm sure if I looked hard enough and long enough I could find the one road in this island that has no potholes.Horse wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:11 pmTo be fair, from the pics he's posted, he only has one road but it doesn't have any potholes![]()
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
We'll take it in turns. I'll start: sections of the Newbury to Basingstoke, recently resurfaced (and some very well).Saga Lout wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:50 amI'm sure if I looked hard enough and long enough I could find the one road in this island that has no potholes.Horse wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:11 pmTo be fair, from the pics he's posted, he only has one road but it doesn't have any potholesSaga Lout wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:53 pm
Yebutt. You've got 326.62 square miles and one road*, we've got 80,823 square miles and thousands of roads.
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
What's wrong with the shit bits. ?
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
VW ID3 real world battery test and it loses eight miles of range after 107,000 miles
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/tech ... 7000-miles
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/tech ... 7000-miles
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Fake news, everyone knows EVs spontaneously burst into flames visible from orbit when they reach 100,000 miles.
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Good catch, everyone knows VW doctor the ECU's to give whatever results they want
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
The acceleration of my Cupra is epic - I'm well impressed.
I've done a couple of longer runs in it now, and I've been leaving bikes for dust in the traffic light GP
I've done a couple of longer runs in it now, and I've been leaving bikes for dust in the traffic light GP
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Are tyres included in the lease?Sunny wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 2:13 pm The acceleration of my Cupra is epic - I'm well impressed.
I've done a couple of longer runs in it now, and I've been leaving bikes for dust in the traffic light GP![]()
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
The novelty of it does wear off in a little while - honestSunny wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 2:13 pm The acceleration of my Cupra is epic - I'm well impressed.
I've done a couple of longer runs in it now, and I've been leaving bikes for dust in the traffic light GP![]()
Once it does your tyres will thank you for it.
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Re: Would you have an electric car if you had the money for a new car and were in the market for one?
Nope
I don't believe youwheelnut wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:44 pm The novelty of it does wear off in a little while - honest
Once it does your tyres will thank you for it.![]()
And yes, I'm beginning to think the tyres are going to be the most expensive part of this experiment
