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All organisations have a finite amount of resource, organisational leadership dictates where that resource goes. Maintaining and delivering a world class rapid charging experience via Super Chargers was one of Tesla’s key strategies to enable/push EV sales. No one will know the truth behind...

Just how quickly will the current SC network fall apart without investment/maintenance from Tesla? We all saw what happened to the Ecotricity network as soon as it was clear the boss prioritised spending elsewhere. I wouldn't own an EV without home charging but I never thought we would see...

Really, I've said this before, but action speaks louder than words. This is the photo I took back in 2016 at the first SC ever built, along with one of the first grid storage deployments of the mega packs (its now gone). Our finances currently are constrained as we have heavily invested in...

This kind of leadership style essentially causes everyone to lose trust in the boss, and start questioning their own job. How any EV owner thinks the Tesla SC team have done a bad job is beyond me, so if Musks thinks they are 'disposable' as a team, who's next? If you are talented individual...

Tesla is done. Musk will never step down, his ego is too big. An organisation runs on the good will of its employees, he might have vision but I fear his lost touch with reality, there is a reason why doing drugs isn't advised. Leadership matters, anyone from Teslas Autopilot, drivetrain...

I have nothing against Tesla or EVs, test drove an S back in 2014 and got my first EV in 2015. But times changes, we learn from life, am going back to combustion cars (likely an plugin hybrid). Musks latest move has helped me to consolidated my decision.

Saw my first LHD X at swimming drop off last weekend, I feel genuinely sorry for the owner. You have be mad and deluded to buy any new Tesla right now, and a LHD drive one as your main family car...... I'm increasing sure I'm going to eat humble pie and change my plans for our X come next...

Without a team to support the Tesla SC network its going to fall apart very quickly. I wouldn't own/run any EV if the Tesla SC network folds. The writing is on the wall for EVs I fear. Battery replacement costs for 10 year old cars will soon start to hit the headlines, and it'll than be game...

The size of modern cars really is unbelievable compared to machines from the past!!

......and yet we still pretend wasting effort on things like EVs has any benefit on emissions reduction. Governments around the world really need to start doing some meaningful action, banning all non essential air travel would be a start, but how many of us would vote for that, despite all the...

Personally I would say put a £100+ additional tax on air fares, another £100 tax on ALL cars, start building cycle infrastructure rather than roads, change all 30mph zone to 20mph and your reduce carbon emissions than supporting the transition to EVs. One thing is clear, EVs will never become...

These kind of figures show just how fragile EV adoption/wider engagement is. If charging companies cannot make money, who is going to invest in charging infrastructure. I'm pretty uncertain if our next car purchase will be another EV. If our X didn't have free for life surcharging I really...

I thought I had dreamt it, but its real, there will be at least one of these things either been put up for sale or become SORNed when a repair is needed in Leicestershire at some point soon!! Well

You must be reading the paper differently it clearly says ‘In the first nine years of the vehicle’s life, the only scrappage that occurs results from write-off accidents. Thereafter there is a steady increase in scrappage till a peak is reached at around 14 years.’ The implication is therefore...

Technically we haven’t extended anything, in fact the actually footprint of the house has reduced by 5sq meters!! :p But regardless of that, no way could we afford to change to new cars every 4 years. Wife’s Lexus is now 9 years old and going strong, a tiny part of me wonders if I should have...

The two richest people I know drive a base spec VW Polo and a 15 year old Fiesta, perhaps that’s why they are rich, they don’t waste money on new cars every 4 years :).

Most Rich people in the UK only keep their cars for 4 years... Our Tesla is 7 years old now, most of our neighbours have cars 10 years+ old. Car forums tend to have people who can afford to change their cars much more frequent than normal people :)...

Try to do my bit in keeping Aneurin Bevan’s vision from the 1940s alive into the 2040s…..or at least till the 2030s.

We are hardly done with only first and only build, but what the saying…’See one, do one, and teach one :)’. From that I can understand most planning offices are very reasonable, there are very few ‘Nos’, and the final decision is nearly always ‘subjective’. Lots of people can object/complain...

I think someone has already mentioned it, don't try to buy land with no existing building, that really is a pipe dream. There is however a huge number of run down bungalows etc with lovely plots all waiting for someone to rebuild/extend. Even in a conservation area I suspect your easily get...

Luckily our approach to the build is the same as owning an EV….A ‘box’ building is the last thing we want to live in, green/insulation/efficiency stuff really doesn’t do it for us, otherwise we would still have a Leaf instead of a X. We cannot have the car be more elaborate in design with...

There is not such thing as ‘dream house’ unless you build one to your spec ;). Though is gets very close to what I want to live in post retirement….but ditch the plunge pool for a cantilever of some kind :). It’s now one of my main motivations to work harder till retirement, I suspect you are...

Let's get honest here and not pretend to live a fantasy. UK summers are getting hotter, my answer is to add aircon to all the bedrooms. I know that is actually the worst thing to do interms of reducing consumption which drives changes in weather patterns, but why wouldn't you add aircon if it...

At early 40s some of the ages mentioned here for retirement is not far off where I'll be in a few years, but retirement is something that hasn't crossed my mind once. This was my calendar for the week just gone by, I'm the SRO on about 4 different projects at the moment, a whole load of...

I think I've got away relatively lightly, Tesla installed a Power wall in the house for free, I've got a set of 22inch wheels in the garage, and 'free' SC certainly has been put to good use. Coming up to 8 years of ownership I've comfortable with what we paid, and where the car has taken us etc...

VAT on private school fees is a guarantee. How many parents in private schools own EVs versus state schools? Why should motoring be cheaper for the rich versus poor?? It's an easy vote winner, please the petrol lobby and demonstrate equality. Increase BIK for EVs, slap on 20% VAT for EV...

I like to think so, but diesel were seen as the answer not that long ago. Its 10 years now since the S was introduced in the UK, there are more EVs on the road but far more petrol cars still sold. The number of 20 years old petrol cars I see around is still quite amazing, how many EVs with make...

I think there isn't a unrealistic chance in 5 years times EVs might be viewed in the same way diesels are now. Ev charging on M-ways is now as expensive as petrol, add in the additional inconvenience, once BIK tax goes up, lots of people will be asking what's the point......Let's not pretend...

There is one that drive past the school during the school run. Some very tight roads with potential for scrapes etc......I wouldn't want to be taking an Ocean on any roads that risk damage, chances of getting any kind of repair now must be close to zero.

I was amazed how easy it was to 'brick' or change fundamental functions like engine timings on a E/F series BMW all via the OBD port and freely avaliable software back when I modding my old 335i. There was pretty much zero security checks and though I never explored it, am pretty sure cloning a...

My car is now booked in for the camera update....one question after update do I 'loss' the radar based AP codes? I've not had a single episode of phantom braking in the last 12 months, but it sounds like the camera based AP code performance is still not great?

I have zero issue been in the minority of people who cannot stand Toyota products, the Corrola we rented on our honeymoon in New Zealand remains the WORST car I have ever driven. It was so frustrating driving around some of the most beautiful and empty roads on the planet, but stuck inside a...

House hunting is for the other people in the car......a failure on the house hunting stage would result in us having more people than anticipated in the house we are renovating, not really an issue......but spending the holidays in the X with the extended family on road trips isn't quite the...

I'm quite happy to be in the minority, cannot think of any thing worse in life than settling for the mean 😀.

I don't think cars really need that many buttons, the thing kept on beeping as well, absolutely horrific user experience.

Had the chance to drive the Lexus UX EV version today whilst our IS was having some recall work done......I'm honestly lost for words, it's got MORE buttons in than out 2015 IS, and check out the 'Fuel gauge', in an EV??? The guys at Lexus asked me if I had driven an EV before when I told them...

We need somestuff to for the builders to fit in here….. …..and this is the kinda of stuff my wife is ordering…..😫

I think it all goes to show how unpredictable real life markets are. Our 2017 X is worthless than diesel Q7s of a similar age, and looking how slowly EV sales are progressing, barely more than 2023, I can see the government rolling back on the ICE ban very soon. EVs can easily go the way of...

Hope the plan work, our 6.5 year old X spent the weekend ferrying the extended familiy for house hunting duties. Covered 180 miles of Leicestershire countryside with 6 people on board since Saturday morning. It'll be a sad day when we have to part ways with ours, but hopefully not for a good...

Looking like this though is probably cheaper/less disruptive on everyone's lives as a midlife crisis 'moment' versus trying to feel young by getting know someone half your age a little too well.........Divorce costs I hear makes even owning a Lambo seem cheap 😂

It looks like after a few years of automatic renewals been cheap, it's gone back to the days of checking other insurers etc etc. Directline is still cheapest for our Tesla but for the Lexus 10 minutes online and we've got a quote nearly 50% cheaper than the renewal quote. Its also cheaper than...

The motor mounts needs to be replaced, its not really an recurrent issue if all the revised spec parts are ordered/fitted. Make sure the upper control arms are also done/most up-to-date version whilst still in warranty.

Drive to Spain? It'll take you at most 2 days, and you than have a car to use for that 3 months period. I'm pretty sure getting 90 days insurance wouldn't be that difficult or expensive.

I’ve also had some bad experiences with a non-fault claim from Admiral, they were very hard to deal with. Directline on the other hand were amazing when our X got written-off at 6 months old, if it had been with Admiral the claim would have been much more of a headache. So for me its if worth...

Not cheaper for us, quote for the X is £970, so some £300 more than Directline. On the Lexus is cheaper though, so will probably split the insurance this year.

£431 last year, £670 this year, 50% increase on the X. 70% increase on the Lexus IS300H though!! The X is now only £30 more than the Lexus to insure.

Did you guys just request in service App? I presume its a short service.

I haven't bothered chasing up AP camera upgrades. I thought FSD Beta in Europe was still years away from deployment due to ongoing legislation challenges?

^150 miles none stop is our regular trip from Leicester to Cardiff. The only time we have to stop is if there is torrential rain/wind, and that's in out 75D X, in a LR+ you will have no issues. If the wind is blowing in the right direction some consumption figures on our soon to be 7 X is quite...