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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: aaronjb on 19 February 2018, 09:45:21
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I was reminded of these reading the LPG thread, but thought I'd save polluting (har) that thread with EV talk.
Anyway.. radio adverts "If you have questions about electric vehicles, talk to X" and their pretend questions include:
"Can it get wet?"
"Can it go through a car wash?"
"If I charge my phone will the battery go flat?"
Seriously people, if you have to ask if a car is going to explode if it gets wet, do us all a favour and take your new EV for a long drive off a short pier... :o
Are these the questions the powers that be really feel "average Joe" is going to have regarding electric vehicles? All hope is lost :(
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Never underestimate the stupidity of "The Sun" readers.....
Ron.
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Are these the questions the powers that be really feel "average Joe" is going to have regarding electric vehicles? All hope is lost :(
Yep, and for good reason. There are plenty of people around who could do the world no end of good by taking a long drive on a short pier. :y
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As there are more people of the sort that you have just described, Kevin, then carrying out your policy (with TB's permission) would solve the planet's overpopulatio problem! :y 8)
Ron.
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Yes, and it would doubtless result in the scrappage of large numbers of mainly Ford Focuses, which he would also find pleasing. :y
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A policy with n o downdides!
Woulkd that include BumWee drivers too? :y
Ron.
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Seriously people, if you have to ask if a car is going to explode if it gets wet, do us all a favour and take your new EV for a long drive off a short pier... :o
Please don't advocate polluting our oceans!
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Yes, and it would doubtless result in the scrappage of large numbers of mainly Ford Focuses, which he would also find pleasing. :y
And VW cars (because all VW Golf/Passat etc drivers are braindead), and Nissan Qasqais (100m sperm, and they were the fastest? Jeez :o)
TB foe President!
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Yes, and it would doubtless result in the scrappage of large numbers of mainly Ford Focuses, which he would also find pleasing. :y
And VW cars (because all VW Golf/Passat etc drivers are braindead), and Nissan Qasqais (100m sperm, and they were the fastest? Jeez :o)
TB foe President!
What about Jag owners,can't they be included too ::)
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Seriously people, if you have to ask if a car is going to explode if it gets wet, do us all a favour and take your new EV for a long drive off a short pier... :o
Please don't advocate polluting our oceans!
Ooh look... A volunteer :D
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Better questions
Has the earth got enough Cobalt?
Has the earth got enough Copper?
Why are they so expensive when the technology has been around so long ( thinking disability scooters here)?
Will there be enough charging points?
How will all the extra electricity be generated?
can I get an aftermarket V8 noise generator fittedwithout affecting guarantee?
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Better questions
Has the earth got enough Cobalt?
Has the earth got enough Copper?
Why are they so expensive when the technology has been around so long ( thinking disability scooters here)?
Will there be enough charging points?
How will all the extra electricity be generated?
can I get an aftermarket V8 noise generator fittedwithout affecting guarantee?
Yep, those are the elephants... Over there in the corner, see? ;)
That reminds me. I've got Emma's nan's mobility scooter cluttering up my garage. Must get on and sell it. I'd be tempted to try my first EV commute on it but I doubt I'd survive, TBH. ;D
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I hope you have been charging it! The batteries don't like inactivity.
As for the experience. Only a well drilling rig http://www.streicher-drillingtechnology.de/en/business-sectors/vdd-vertical-onshore/mobile.html has a higher centre of gravity so corners at 8 m.p.h are tricky
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I can honestly say hand on heart I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.
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I can honestly say hand on heart I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.
I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.
As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)
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I can honestly say hand on heart I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.
I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.
As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)
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You've really jogged my memory Opti, funny enough when I was a teenager in South London there was a repair centre for those little blue invalid carriages, the guy who owned the business was disabled but he drove a Cadillac Eldorado ! Nuff said.😀
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I can honestly say hand on heart I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.
I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.
As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)
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You've really jogged my memory Opti, funny enough when I was a teenager in South London there was a repair centre for those little blue invalid carriages, the guy who owned the business was disabled but he drove a Cadillac Eldorado ! Nuff said.😀
FWD and about seven and a half litres if memory serves.
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I hope you have been charging it! The batteries don't like inactivity.
Yep, they needed a bit of TLC when I got hold of it because it had been unused for a couple of years and my M.I.L. had, unbeknownst to me, unplugged the charger because "there's no point in charging it if it's not being used". ::)
As for the experience. Only a well drilling rig http://www.streicher-drillingtechnology.de/en/business-sectors/vdd-vertical-onshore/mobile.html has a higher centre of gravity so corners at 8 m.p.h are tricky
Yep, clocked that one on the first test drive up and down the cul-de-sac. :-[
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I can honestly say hand on heart I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.
I remember walking to school one day when I was about 7 and seeing one of the old 3 wheeled electric milk floats take a corner a bit enthusiastically. The inside rear wheel clipped the curb and the whole think tottered around on 2 wheels for a while before deciding that today was not its' day and continuing up the road.
Unfortunately, nobody told its' load of milk which deposited itself neatly at the intersection of the give way markings in the middle of the road.
Myself and my mate nearly split our sides. ;D Fortunately, we outran the milkman as he wasn't best pleased with his handywork. ::)
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I can honestly say hand on heart I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.
I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.
As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)
Invacar they were called,apparently the last ones made could top 80mph :o :o :o :o,not electric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invacar
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I can honestly say hand on heart I will never ask any questions on electric cars , I know all I need to know from watching milk floats when I was a kid, it's V8 petrol or nothing for me.
I seem to remember the little pale blue invalid cars from the sixties and seventies were battery powered.
As kids we would refer to them as a 'cripple carriage' or 'spaz chariot'......... Terms probably not considered politically correct in 2018. :)
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You've really jogged my memory Opti, funny enough when I was a teenager in South London there was a repair centre for those little blue invalid carriages, the guy who owned the business was disabled but he drove a Cadillac Eldorado ! Nuff said.😀
FWD and about seven and a half litres if memory serves.
Only if you bought the small engine.
The 500ci lump is 8.2 litres.