Recent content by 26ct2143

I make my own electric onsite, on the farm, but when this electric goes to the farmhouse, I have to pay tax on it (as a benefit). But anyway, I think this tax could easily put off EV adoption for the cheaper 2nd hand market, because it makes them look less attractive than a £0 tax diesel.

You are right of course. Some ask me as an EV owner: I'm looking at a 2nd hand EV (my old car isn't running all that well etc), maybe 2 year old, to 'do the right thing' and reduce my costs on fuel, servicing, tax etc How does it work out? In the past I used to say, if you can charge mostly at...

A fair point indeed. I'm just trying to look at this from a view where: Average man (or a friend) in the street walks up to you and says 'nice car, should I go electric, what will it cost me?' I now know the answer: 'stick to the diesel car you already own, as it's the cheapest and most...

OK, thanks for that... So now diesel 4x4s cost the same as EVs to tax (except the first year) If you have no home charging, then a regular (efficient) diesel will probably cost similar to fuel as an EV. But the EV is way more expensive to buy (thus higher road taxes) Similar cost to fuel (if no...

OK understood, So since the road tax is based on CO2 grams/mile (I thought it was?), this sends us a message that my son's diesel is better for the environment than an electric car. So we should use diesel cars.

OK, so from what I can understand: My son's 2012 Kia Rio 1.1 diesel which is £0 to tax will remain this. My Model 3 will be £165 to tax Is that what will happen when this kicks in? No doubt I'll go along with this if so, but seems a big turn off for EV uptake to me.

to be honest they know where all the cars travel to and from as they have our data. They know where and when we charge, even on non tesla chargers.

Not sure it's available yet... (for UK) although if not, v soon. Looks very expensive per month. Also given our starlink speed is dropping off currently (down from around 250 to 150 and dropping) I think I would be wary of advertised speeds vs real speeds. No doubt the mass roll out of starlinks...

I live in the countryside and the starlink is quite exposed here. I have the pole it's mounted on earthed to a ground stake, with thick copper flat band. I used to do a bit of amateur radio, and the starlink is on the antenna pole I used to use. For me it's grounding static build up to earth...

Never noticed this, as I only normally use 6,7,8 (think 8 is the highest... isn't it?). I always stay well back from the person in front, as it doesn't help you get there faster, and you might drive into them.

I didn't know this about the T in the top of the screen, thanks will watch out for that one.

we have a 30kw array on the farm, 2 strings. looking at my graphs from a few days ago when there was reasonable sun, string 1 was getting to about 10.5 kw, but string 2 was reaching 11.0 kw. Having said that my panels were installed in 2012, so by now there could be some low level shorting in...

I buy rugged android phones these days, usually Ulefone (cos I like a battery that lasts a week, and is drop proof) I never can unlock my M3 unless the phone screen is on and app open. I think android is too aggressive with backgrounding apps. Tried all kinds of settings on the phone, nothing...

I had this problem constantly since getting a phone with Android 10 or later. If the screen is off, can't open the car or drive it. Turn on app with screen on, works perfect. I set not to background the app, but I think Android 10 and later is very aggressive with app backgrounding (to save...

Sorry about that... Looking at it now, ICE cars do seem ridiculous, apart from fast re-fueling, I can't see the benefit. Cheap to buy I suppose... I still need my pickup for towing and farm use, but would love to get rid of it for EV pickup ASAP.