Cars!

I really fancied the Edge, lovely car. It was though a bit out of my league, in practical terms.

 

I hear you! My Kuga is stuffed with tech, like a lot of cars these days. I was bewildered by all that was on offer at my fingertips. It’s all very nice, but really frightens me...more to go wrong

 

I can not get my head around Electric cars
Just look at any petrol/diesel forecourt and they are queued up, taking about five to ten minutes each to fill and pay,
Now imagine if they were all electric, where would you get a car park big enough for them all to park up and charge for an hour ?
You could charge them overnight at home but you can not charge them from your home 35amp ring main, you need a heavier circuit, Then what about the millions of people who live in a terrace, do they lay an extension cable over the path all night ?

 

IMO, cars have never been as reliable as they are today. Back in the day, it was commonplace to carry a toolbox in the boot, I did. The downside now is the notion to replace, rather than fix, or if it can be fixed, specialists (specialist equipment) are required.
I wouldn’t go back to the days of lack of reliability, my knuckles couldn’t stand it, but the notion of paying around £1,000 for a new particulate filter fills me with dread.

 

....And a dislocated shoulder!

 

My late father's first car, a Ford Escort taken at Combe Martin, Devon. Three forward gears and reverse gear for Porlock Hill. That was the only way up it back then.

 

Love the heated seats in the Mitsubishi , must be an age thing
And as Freddie said above , they still cannot determine the pros and cons of petrol versus diesel. This week petrol has been deemed to be the bad boy. Also the best thing for the environment is retirement. Not been on the motorway for a month and a tankful of diesel is going to last 4 weeks. Going up to the caravan on Monday to give it a blast and clean the particulate filter.

 

Have a great time Harry Can’t wait to get back on the road again (touring)

 

Question!!!

With the use of ad-blue with diesels, what other nastys are there going into the air as ad-blue is basicly liquid urea?

 

Then, when we have all bought electric cars, and governments realise how much revenue they are losing, they will be demonised so that they can impose environmental taxes on them. Thats already the case in Norway.

As if we dont have enough taxes to pay on vehicles, some governments are now looking into the amount of "micro plastic emissions" caused by them. I'm willing to bet nobody on here has even thought of that.

Finally. Automotive engineers have known for years that it is both possible and practical to have a combustion engine that produces zero emissions. How convenient it is to have legislation that prevent these being used!