Why the hate campaign against EVs?

[Billy Fish]

Like a formula one driver.

Who drives an ICE car

 

[humbug]

Who’s forcing you to move over?

BTW, your previous posts on this thread do seem to suggest you are in fact a tad anti EV

it's compliance by stealth, carried out by the brainwashed public.

 

[sidneyeric]

Anyone mentioned Euro 7 and the brake dust tax.

 

[Tom]

Cheapest new ICE astra is a similar price to a new Nissan Leaf.

I’m not in the market for either.

 

[bomber]

I’m not in the market for either.

Fair enough.

 

[yamar1]

Anyone mentioned Euro 7 and the brake dust tax.

No, but it’s coming Sid.

 

[Billy Fish]

it's compliance by stealth, carried out by the brainwashed public.

Brainwashed public? By the Mail, Sun & Telegraph as well as countless YouTube “influencers “ in the anti EV campaign fully diarised in this thread.

 

[PTR]

I’m not anti EV, I think there is a place for them in today’s market. I just don’t think we should be forced to move to move over 100%. Personally I’m not ready to change over yet as they are too expensive & I want quicker charging (like a quick 5 min zap at a garage). Also I want to see what the manufacturers come up with regarding battery renewal after 10 years or so, maybe second hand batteries or something.

15 years off, but I agree.

 

[Lord Nigle]

My XC90 spun a crank pulley in February, that was the last straw for it. As much as I loved it the cost was just too much. The EV doesn’t have a crank pulley to worry about!

The last fault is caused by a faulty seal resulting in diesel leaking into the wiring harness and ECU. Apparently it’s a regular fault and 5k to fix….!

 

[TheWhitePony]

it's compliance by stealth, carried out by the brainwashed public.

LOL, some of the shite you've posted and then talking about brainwashed .....

 

[SmoggyInSunderland]

A word of advice. Don't read this message board without your geggs if you need them. I thought people were dissing the King of Rock n Roll

 

[Wilfy]

Good points! At the moment we have two diesel cars. The BMW mini has had two major mechanical issues caused by poor engineering and design faults. Apparently these are common faults on BMW’s.
Whilst there is a focus on issues with EV’s , there’s a counter argument that ICE cars have inherent design issues such as timing chains.
Going forward our next car will be a EV. Fuel prices will continue to rise and EV ranges will get better.

What were the faults? I’ve got a diesel mini that I was thinking of getting the timing chain done and keeping cos it’s a cracking little car.

The last fault is caused by a faulty seal resulting in diesel leaking into the wiring harness and ECU. Apparently it’s a regular fault and 5k to fix….!

Just seen this.

 

[Lord Nigle]

What were the faults? I’ve got a diesel mini that I was thinking of getting the timing chain done and keeping cos it’s a cracking little car.

Just seen this.

We love our Mini Cooper. Had it from new. The other big issue is that due to a BMW design fault the Swirl Flaps get clogged with carbon resulting in loss of power. We took it to a BMW garage and found out that a lot of their work was fitting new swirl flaps to BMW’s. We were told to stop using cheap diesel and only use premium .

 

[Wilfy]

We love our Mini Cooper. Had it from new. The other big issue is that due to a BMW design fault the Swirl Flaps get clogged with carbon resulting in loss of power. We took it to a BMW garage and found out that a lot of their work was fitting new swirl flaps to BMW’s. We were told to stop using cheap diesel and only use premium .

Filled mine with premium by accident the other week. It killed me once I’d noticed but you can’t stop!