AJGalaxy2012 wrote:

RRover wrote:

... even though the reliability record is dire for the poor old min...

And of course, the Range Rover has an exemplary reliability record

Paul J. wrote:

RRover wrote:

Crikes it looks like many EVs were stranded as the poor peeps in Florida etc where the bad weather hit tried rushing around to reach various points of safety...



Or maybe it's fake news?!? Not the BBC though - so maybe not.

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/28/appar...evs-again/

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/28/appar...vs-part-2/

You just gotto love those links...

They go directly to the sponsored commies that have somehow (I do wonder how sometimes) brainwashed some certain peeps/types into believing a complete load of bulls-legs... The same loons that have been pumping out yet more crap about climate catastrophe being involved in the Keys etc... So we gotto eat tarantulas and bury our own turds to appease the new Gods and idols of globalist lunacy...

Are you sponsored?

Mikey wrote:

We had to charge the Mini yesterday

It used £7.34 to charge from 23% to 100%, which gives a range of around 100 miles. Public charging would have halfed that cost at todays prices

Price of diesel is as good as £8 a gallon. How many miles do you get?

In all respects, and as someone else has already pointed out: we drive in complete luxury while you drive in a shoe box...

But at least you're saving the planet - not!!!

supershuttle wrote:

There seems to be some heated feelings and maybe a few sarcastic posts in this thread. The focus seems to be on the running costs of EVs v Range Rovers - there can only be one winner even a simpleton like me can figure that one out. I think those who drive Range Rovers, like me, do it because they want to and so when there is a Range Rover EV I'll probably buy one but until then I'll keep myself amused by reading this thread from time to time. Like I say to my mates who laugh at my 30mpg, mpg isn't amongst the criteria I use when buying a car.

30-miles per gallon?!? Are you constantly towing your house? My range on a full tank in my 4.4 twin turb V8 (60,000 miles) is anywhere between 580 to 660 miles... or does that equate to 30 mpg?!? I wonder if it is down to pedal action also - I stroke my pedals like they were Marilyn Monroe in that gold dress, not Nora Batty in wellies...

Kot wrote:

Mikey wrote:

We had to charge the Mini yesterday

It used £7.34 to charge from 23% to 100%, which gives a range of around 100 miles. Public charging would have halfed that cost at todays prices

Price of diesel is as good as £8 a gallon. How many miles do you get?

But they were luxury miles not in a cramped little car

While a Mini isn't "luxury" it's not a bad place to be

And if I want luxury, I'll take one of the Discos or the Jaaaaag

And we didnt buy it to save the planet either. If I cared that much about the planet, I wouldn't have 6 LR's in the fleet

RRover wrote:

Crikes it looks like many EVs were stranded as the poor peeps in Florida etc where the bad weather hit tried rushing around to reach various points of safety...



Or maybe it's fake news?!? Not the BBC though - so maybe not.

Some people on here seem top be in the fortunate position of having what almost amounts to a "fleet".

Surely, if they can afford to tax**/insure/MOT etc a number of vehicles then having at least one EV cannot be a deal breaker.

** Whatever that may or may be for EV's - eventually, any benefit there will go ?

SamThomas wrote:

Well, if you run out of fuel** in a fossil fuelled vehicle it's a lot easier to get going again with a jerry can full of the required fluid.
Not so easy with an EV if the grid is down unless you have access to a gen' set, which uses............ fossil fuel.

** & before someone points out that you should not run out of fossil fuel because you can damage the DPF or other bits I'm aware of that.

Careful planning should mean you never run out of fuel, or electricity

I can count only twice we (our household) have suffered a power cut

In the same way that I can only recall 2 (maybe 3) fuel shortages

Horses for courses

Mikey wrote:

While a Mini isn't "luxury" it's not a bad place to be

And if I want luxury, I'll take one of the Discos or the Jaaaaag

And we didnt buy it to save the planet either. If I cared that much about the planet, I wouldn't have 6 LR's in the fleet

SamThomas wrote:

RRover wrote:

Crikes it looks like many EVs were stranded as the poor peeps in Florida etc where the bad weather hit tried rushing around to reach various points of safety...



Or maybe it's fake news?!? Not the BBC though - so maybe not.

Well, if you run out of fuel** in a fossil fuelled vehicle it's a lot easier to get going again with a jerry can full of the required fluid.
Not so easy with an EV if the grid is down unless you have access to a gen' set, which uses............ fossil fuel.

** & before someone points out that you should not run out of fossil fuel because you can damage the DPF or other bits I'm aware of that.

RRover wrote:

Is that a rental fleet? If it is, bloody extortionate prices.

Nope

Quote:

Don't want an upgrade or service just yet: they can switch you off and out nuff said.

RRover wrote:

Paul J. wrote:

RRover wrote:

Crikes it looks like many EVs were stranded as the poor peeps in Florida etc where the bad weather hit tried rushing around to reach various points of safety...



Or maybe it's fake news?!? Not the BBC though - so maybe not.

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/28/appar...evs-again/

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/28/appar...vs-part-2/

You just gotto love those links...

They go directly to the sponsored commies that have somehow (I do wonder how sometimes) brainwashed some certain peeps/types into believing a complete load of bulls-legs... The same loons that have been pumping out yet more crap about climate catastrophe being involved in the Keys etc... So we gotto eat tarantulas and bury our own turds to appease the new Gods and idols of globalist lunacy...

Are you sponsored?

Your response speaks volumes about you and the sanity of your views.  Gone D3
Gone FFRR L322
Gone FFRR L405
Now on the JLR electric highway ....

Mikey wrote:

RRover wrote:

Is that a rental fleet? If it is, bloody extortionate prices.

Nope

Quote:

Don't want an upgrade or service just yet: they can switch you off and out nuff said.

Wouldn't happen

It already has. In the US a number of our cousins have been locked out of their EVs either because of not going asap with expensive upgrades (EVs are for cybermen remember ) or very regular services, and bizarre things needing replacing, like bad batteries, that can be costed at tens of thousands of pounds/dollars. Several recent cases in the US are where batteries have gone dead before their sell by date and should be covered under warranty but the manufacturer has said, nah, not paying for that on warranty, you pay for new one, $40,000 please! No pay? Car locked! Simples. Globalist tech Build Back Better wins...
The ultimate goal with these EV fads is for US to be removed from the roads, and driving, altogether. But THEY'LL be just fine, and will still use their private jets as well... mostly to get to a COP or Davos bash, after being accepted first and forking out half a mill to join the club...
And the irony of all this is they aren't hiding it no more...
Not that I trust any surveys, but one recent one suggests that 4 out of 5 peeps who go EV are getting rid after a year and returning to trusty old-fashioned modes of transport: petrol or diesel...