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?

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I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous :obscene-birdiedoublered:
£195 for my non polluter! :thumbup: errr :wtf:
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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
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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
Yeah. For anything post-2017, it's £195, plus £425 for years 2-5 if list is over £40k.

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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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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MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous :obscene-birdiedoublered:
I pay that for a car and 3 bikes :D
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:08 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous :obscene-birdiedoublered:
I pay that for a car and 3 bikes :D
Yebutt. You've got 326.62 square miles and one road*, we've got 80,823 square miles and thousands of roads.

* This might not be completely accurate. :P
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Saga Lout wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:53 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:08 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:22 pm I already do , £30 a year my tax costs me, bleedin' outrageous :obscene-birdiedoublered:
I pay that for a car and 3 bikes :D
Yebutt. You've got 326.62 square miles and one road*, we've got 80,823 square miles and thousands of roads.

* This might not be completely accurate. :P
To be fair, from the pics he's posted, he only has one road but it doesn't have any potholes :)
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Horse wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:11 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:53 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:08 pm
I pay that for a car and 3 bikes :D
Yebutt. You've got 326.62 square miles and one road*, we've got 80,823 square miles and thousands of roads.

* This might not be completely accurate. :P
To be fair, from the pics he's posted, he only has one road but it doesn't have any potholes :)
I'm sure if I looked hard enough and long enough I could find the one road in this island that has no potholes. :)
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Saga Lout wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:50 am
Horse wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:11 pm
Saga 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.

* This might not be completely accurate. :P
To be fair, from the pics he's posted, he only has one road but it doesn't have any potholes :)
I'm sure if I looked hard enough and long enough I could find the one road in this island that has no potholes. :)
We'll take it in turns. I'll start: sections of the Newbury to Basingstoke, recently resurfaced (and some very well).

Your go.
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What's wrong with the shit bits. ?
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Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:35 am What's wrong with the shit bits. ?
They're shit? :roll:
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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
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Fake news, everyone knows EVs spontaneously burst into flames visible from orbit when they reach 100,000 miles.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:04 pm Fake news,
Good catch, everyone knows VW doctor the ECU's to give whatever results they want
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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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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 🤣
Are tyres included in the lease?
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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 🤣
The novelty of it does wear off in a little while - honest :D

Once it does your tyres will thank you for it. 😂
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KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:40 pm Are tyres included in the lease?
Nope 😥
wheelnut wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:44 pm The novelty of it does wear off in a little while - honest :D

Once it does your tyres will thank you for it. 😂
I don't believe you 😆

And yes, I'm beginning to think the tyres are going to be the most expensive part of this experiment 😆😬😱
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