No she struggled to park the disco. There is nothing small about them.
Electric cars long term owners
- Thread starter daveydiesel1
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kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Maxus? They're LDV aren't they?
Quite a few of the diesel utes around here now and the vans are getting popular with couriers. I think they do an electric van too.
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
I’ve been trying to talk my wife into a Volvo XC40 electric as her next car, but she says it’s too small. Wants a 70 / 90 size car, when they come out as electric
- Location
- East yorks
My sister has the xc90 hybrid top spec and that know the dealers workshop on an intimate basis
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
a neighbour had a diesel xc90 that she used in the paddock & couldn’t kill
but yeah nah, my comments were more about size than specific brands
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
not really interested in hybrid, when we buy a new car it will be full electric I think
Feel free to tell my wife
kiwi pom
Member
- Location
- canterbury NZ
Is that the one built in China? Be interesting to see how it goes.
I believe so.
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Still don't understand this rising price of fuel malarkey.
Just put £10 worth in every time, and the cost stays the same. Simples.
Just put £10 worth in every time, and the cost stays the same. Simples.
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
2 road tax demands, ranger and ev
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
My diesel Volvo V40 (2017) is £0 too. It's not unique to EVs.
Tbh is the tax cost pretty irrelevant when you see the cost of a new ev. Wife just bought a xc40 diesel as we have our own tank and when doing the sums the extra we had to pay for the electric version was no where near the diesel running costs but our mileage is low.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Yeah, I think there's a sweet spot when you do a lot of miles, but spread out on a lot of daily runs. Maybe for the 100 mile/day commute like I used to do, but not for the 750 mile weekend runs. You probably need to be well over 15k/year to get the benefit of reduced refueling cost but you still need to work within the range/ charge constraints (which aren't much these days, but still not quite as good as fossil fuel).
If fuel costs are the only factor then yes, but it’s road tax, service, fuel, and deprecation, if the start value of both the EV and the ICE car of your choice was the same, there would be a clear winner and it would not be the ICE car.
the reality is for the majority that don’t buy new cars, it’s nearly always cheaper to keep what you have make it last which is easily 10 years plus for most cars now. Then and only when you come to replace it do you consider your options.
I have a friend that was dead set against an EV, and he buys new every 3-5 years, he did try one as he reluctantly promised me, he tried a few EV’s he ended up with a second hand one, and he said it’s the best Decision I have ever made. It’s saving me £300 a month and the service and depreciation makes it a no brainier, that and it’s so nice to drive. His price was the same as his planned new car, but he compromised and got a 1 year old EV.
I agree, next time I would be very surprised if we didn’t buy an ev, there is no doubt it’s the way to go but the initial cost of them now was the stumbling block for us, but that will change.