Any pure EV owners here?
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Holyzeus
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I believe people have been buying hose ramps.
Also the restrictions on planning for trenches are about to be relaxed (or something like that) saw it last week. I’ll Google that s*** now.
Northam Saint
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Pleased we have our own driveway and can park off road in front of the charger.
Just looked it up too, that will make things easier and I like that it states that it must be an "approved" solution. I'm hoping to get a few years out of my current car so no plans to change yet, but I'd certainly consider an EV, especially with the knowledge that I could get away with topping it up from a standard plug most of the time.
Smiffy
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An issue where I live is that two Cable TV companies have laid their cables in front of my house, separately, and along the length of the footpath, you can see the route taken but there is no clue on the depth of the cables. I can imagine some enthusiastic person is going to dig across the path and take out everyone's cable tv.
Even though they don't need planning permission it sounds like they would still need permission from the council and a professional installer. That won't necessarily stop some idiot from just digging up the pavement themselves, but that sort of person wouldn't let planning permission stop them either.
Northam Saint
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Yeah there can be a lot to earn. Things like climate control on a big screen instead of dials. One big thing on EV’s is the acceleration, quick off the mark and constant.Picked the car up last night and have done 27 miles. It’s going to be a steep learning curve. It’s like driving a PC.
Smiffy
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A friend who lives nearby parks his electric Renault on .his drive, his garden has a highish hedge. I was walking towards his house and he was backing out of his drive, he couldn't see me and I couldn't hear him. It was a very near miss, so close that he got out to apologise, 'this is the third time it has happened, I don't know what I can do.' To his credit he was driving slowly but the car was silent, a reversing bleeper should be on electric cars.
Good job it wasn't a small child or someone on a bicycle.
Good job it wasn't a small child or someone on a bicycle.
p.b
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Electric cars are supposed to emit a low level noise when driving below 20 kph including reversing (called Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS)) this applies to any EV or hybrid registered from July 2021.
How old is his car?
p.b
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My HVAC controls are on the screen at the bottom but they are always ‘on’ and not hidden inside a menu. I don’t miss buttons.
I remember a review of a circa 2010 S-Class Mercedes where the reviewer was complaining about the plethora of buttons, about 90 if memory serves me correctly, and how hard it was to find and hit the right one!
Smiffy
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Less than a year old, not sure of the model, possibly a Scenic. I have looked into this and the reversing sounds have been designed by Jean Michel Jarre for the Scenic, as standard there is a low level hum. If the car was making a hum then I never heard it, understandable when there is other traffic noise.
By contrast, my neighbour has a hybrid Toyota and that sounds damn awful in reverse, like an electric drill where the speed is adjustable on the trigger but at the slowest possible speed, far worse than a Scalextric.
Suggest that if he reversed into his drive like a civilised human being he'd be able to see better on his way out.
If his hedge is blocking his view to the extent that he can't drive out safely, reducing the height would seem to be an obvious solution. He shouldn't be pulling out blindly trusting that pedestrians will hear his car and take evasive action.
Smiffy
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An oddball couple. There are people who consider risks, then measure and evaluate their exposure and take appropriate action. Others shrug their shoulders.Suggest that if he reversed into his drive like a civilised human being he'd be able to see better on his way out.
If his hedge is blocking his view to the extent that he can't drive out safely, reducing the height would seem to be an obvious solution. He shouldn't be pulling out blindly trusting that pedestrians will hear his car and take evasive action.
Until it is too late.