Pro's and con's for buying an electric vehicle

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  • EasyT
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    edited February 2018 #332

    In 20 years time I doubt I will be breathing - let alone driving smile

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited February 2018 #333

    £21,500 less the £4500 government grant making it £17,000 so about £5000 more than I paid for the petrol version.

  • KjellNN
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    edited February 2018 #334

    My Mother died at 98, so I hope I take after her!

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited February 2018 #335

    By then advances in medical technology might make us all immortal!

  • Metheven
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    edited February 2018 #336

    That won't be rolled out Malcolm, the country cannot afford immortality. You will be told to take a pill when you are of no use to anyone.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited February 2018 #337

    They'll have the technology to combat the aging process too, Metheven. Just think I could still be delivering pizzas to you when I'm 120 years old!

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2018 #338

    The planet is already over populated without making it worse,surprised,and by then pizzas will be,delivered quicker and cheaper by dronewink

  • Goldie146
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    edited February 2018 #339

    I don't think that eating pizzas is the way to longevity.

  • EasyT
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    edited February 2018 #340

    I doubt that the are that unhealthy unless eaten to the exclusion of other foods Goldie.

  • KjellNN
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    edited February 2018 #341

    Think of the cost of the pensions if we kept going too long!

  • cyberyacht
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    edited February 2018 #342

    That could be a bit salutary for some of us.frown

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2018 #343

    But retirement age will be about 99surprised

  • KjellNN
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    edited February 2018 #344

    Does that mean we pensioners will have to go back to work again?  surprised

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2018 #345

    By the time Malcs " blue sky thinking"if ever,materialises we will be long gone surprised

  • Goldie146
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    edited February 2018 #346

    I admit I’m biased. I don’t like pizza. I’m always disappointed.

  • Grant705
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    edited February 2018 #347

    I have no desire to live until i am 100 and probably would be well satisfied with reaching 90 years of age. This is obviouslyassuming I am in good health until I pop my clogs.

    What age would you be satisfied to attain?

     

     

  • brue
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    edited February 2018 #348

    I think you have the makings of a new thread there Grant...wink

    One of the reasons we bought an EV now is because we probably won't have the brain power to do the change later on. smile

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited February 2018 #349

    Around the time I can’t look after myself. If I need someone to help me do the essentials in life. . . .I want out👍🏻

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2018 #350

    I am quite happy each week to note that my name is not in the obituries in the local papersurprised

  • cyberyacht
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    edited February 2018 #351

    I have more a modest ambition. I worked in banking for 34 years, taking early retirement at 5 0. My cunning plan is to draw a pension for as long and I worked for them. Just so long as my longevity is more than an electric bike battery. wink

  • KjellNN
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    edited February 2018 #352

    I would agree.

    My mum was pretty good untill she was around 96, so I am hoping for another 20 years.

  • cariadon
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    edited February 2018 #353

    Child labour is used by many companies, and will continue to be used when the demand is for cheap products, but some work is more dangerous than others. As long as a company wants to make huge profits the practise will continue.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited February 2018 #354

    I think there needs to be more quality control over stuff entering into the UK market from overseas. It's ridiculous, for example, that tin openers that are sold over here but made overseas, don't work! How do you open a can of mushy peas with a tin opener that doesn't work? 

  • SteveL
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    edited February 2018 #355

    There is always the fall back of the good old Swiss Army knife.😀A very useful bit of kit. Opens wine and beer as well.😂

  • Metheven
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    edited February 2018 #356

    Just lift the ring pull and ....... pull laughing

    If there is none then you bought the wrong can wink

  • SELL
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    edited February 2018 #357

    What has tin openers got to do with Electric Vehicles, talk about going of topic.

  • Navigateur
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    edited February 2018 #358

    Tin openers are made abroad - and don't work (apparently).

    Electric cars are made abroad - and  . . . . . .

    It is called "forewarned".

  • Spriddler
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    edited February 2018 #359

    Of course you will; no one lives forever wink

  • KjellNN
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    edited February 2018 #360

    We have two tin openers, one is from Ikea so no doubt made in China, or thereabouts, and it actually works very well.  So does the other one but I have no idea where it was made.

    You seem to have been very unlucky with tin openers!

    Personally, I prefer frozen garden peas, no tin opener required.

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2018 #361

    You take it back to the place you  bought it ,if it is not due to "operator error"

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