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“Avoid polluting the planet”
I’m curious about this. I wonder how many of us on this forum actually swallow the BS. I guess its lees than half.
(happy to be corrected)
Great cars, undoubtedly, but the car’s full life cycle is certainly NOT green !
Research determines that the amount of greenhouse gas emissions which result from Teslas are are not much different from those generated by vehicles running on gasoline or diesel. Don’t get me started on battery manufacture !
Enjoy the performance and refined silent motoring, but lets leave the virtue signalling to the bloody Vegans and Snowflakes ?
Am I missing something. But I’ve never understood the need for a HUD. Even existing cars we’ve always had to glance down, as you can’t actually make out the speed in your peripheral. And in the m3 you instead glance left. It’s not like you have to actually move your head. There’s also speed alerts.Absolutely. But if the M3 could just add the comfort, refinement and build quality of my current new model A6 (as well as an HUD and matrix LED headlights) it wouldn’t be far off perfect for me.
Am I missing something. But I’ve never understood the need for a HUD. Even existing cars we’ve always had to glance down, as you can’t actually make out the speed in your peripheral. And in the m3 you instead glance left. It’s not like you have to actually move your head. There’s also speed alerts.
Is it worth it?
Paying a premium to:
Avoid polluting the planet
I’ve had to up my mileage to 15k a year
“Avoid polluting the planet”
I’m curious about this. I wonder how many of us on this forum actually swallow the BS
I did a quick calculator
I think zero cost for Tesla is unlikely ... could take the view that Service is not required, and I only service at around 30-40,000 mile interval ... but I'm doing that in a year, so for me its "once a year" ...
Be interested to hear what other folk think on that one.
What's the deal with Road Tax on Tesla and the others? Luxury tax applies to Tesla in year-2 ...
Any other savings applicable to you? - e.g. London Congestion Charge. Business Purchase perhaps? (zero/tiny% benefit-in-Kind tax)
And just a by-the-by, I have seen people decide that paying the "overs" on mileage works out cheaper than contracting (initially) for higher mileage. I expect you have considered that and it doesn't apply in your case.
Can you get your Electricity cost down to 2p/mile? (consumption is all a bit subjective anyway 'coz if you do lots of short trips you will use more for Climate on the car ... and I doubt you will get 35 MPG from the others in that instance either ... so maybe "evens" on that ...
So I did a quick calculator. Fairly Basic, assumes 35mpg except for the BMW which i've assumed 45mpg.
It looks like everything but the BMW 330e is more expensive. I think the BMW is coming out fairly close as you don't need any extras i.e. paint etc is free...
All those calculations show just how expensive all those cars are, 66p per mile, nearly £13 a day for my 20 mile commute.
It than simply comes down to do you want to be paying 66p per mile to run a combustion car which is 95% the same as your last combustion car, or pay the same amount to try something that is totally better.
There are a few EV owners who do go back to combustion cars after EV ownership, but 99 times out of 100 once you have owned an EV you simply woudlnt want to go backwards in time.
The answer is surely YES, its worth it, much more so than an equivalent priced 4 cylinder unit.
Could of done without the cost of 66p per mile.
the only expense would be tyres
I’ve assumed one charge a week on the LR model
BMW today ... it was just boring
I think I must have had Fart Mode enabled on all my previous cars. It’s strange, because I can never remember reading about it in the manual...Yup, Fart Mode is only optional in the BMW