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What vehicle(s) do you drive on a regular basis?

johnny2007 said:
Well, I re-started riding around 2016 and the bike I bought from halfords was a bit crap.
So a friend heard me complaining and gave me a trek frame.
I built it, improved it and got fit on it.
Then I built many other bikes for friends and family and 4 more for myself.
I still have 2 and the boss said no more.
Building an aluminium Specialized for my godson atm
In younger years I was messing about with bikes and motorbikes all the time and the passion is still there.
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That's pretty good. Mrs. Avocet likes her pushbikes - mainly road though (and one gravel e-bike). Youngest sprog is similar but also has an old Scott mountain bike. I have an old (ish) Specialized Allez. A good bike in its day, but I'm a sucker for Campag so it has an odd groupset with a triple chain ring (steep hills round here!) and a fairly broad cassette. Don't ride it much these days, as my neck doesn't like being on drop handlebars for very long in my old age! Until recently, had my old 1990s Claude Butler hardtail MTB (rebuilt many times!) but recently gave that to a mate of my son, who was grateful for it as a 2student bike". Recently caved-in and got an e-MTB - Haibike hardtail - which is brill!
 
Honda CRV 1.6d

Honda S2000

Longest ive owned any cars (7 and 8 years), bought because I can afford to buy a car but cannot afford to repair them, Ive wanted a 911 forever.
 
I love my old Honda Jazz, inherited it from my dad, it can carry my ebike with back seats up, so the bike is secure no worry about theft.
I have at the moment a Kia Sorento, unlikely to pass next MOT so will be going, got to tow caravan which we no longer have, big enough to put ebike in the boot, but the size also makes it a pain in car parks, the low box means 1st gear high box is quite high and the low revving engine means we seem to be always changing gear, but does nearly same MPG as a Jazz. OK, Kia is diesel and jazz is petrol.
Wife has a Jaguar XE, I bang my head every time I get in it, but see likes it, we had it set up to tow with, but never used it to tow with, and now the towing electrics have failed.
Wife's ebike does not fold so can't carry inside the Jazz, and so looking for a way to carry it. Have rack, but no electrics for number plate board.
 
ericmark said:
We have a great museum, Cloverlands, here in Llanfair Caereinion, part of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railways museum, with loads of toy cars.
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Toy cars!!! Mine have never been toy cars!! Woof!
 
We got rid of our old timer 2009 Honda FRV Diesel that we had owned since new as it had 175K on it and leased an MG4.

Now, I know, the bleeding thing is Chinese. I didn't do my full research before we bought it. I knew they still had R&D and testing facilities at Longbridge albeit a shadow of the former works.

I thought the thing was at least part British, but sadly no.

Having said that, it's a hoot off the line and we do the majority of our charging at home for 7p a kWh. It's obviously dearer if we go further afield. But even then, if we average it out, it's still, as David Dickinson would say, cheap as chips.

A couple of times we have encountered ones that don't work. And once we found 7 in Beaconsfield Services that were all in use at the same time, but out of all the times we have used the public charging network, that's not bad. But, I agree, it could be better. The best place we went to was an Instavolt hub near the A34 at Winchester. They had 44 charging stations, a set of loos, and a Starbucks. And best of all, it was only 50p, where the price can be as high as 89p.

Mind you, Tesla are now opening up their Superchargers to the hoi polloi, and they charge (in cost!) less, apparently.

We have another year left on the lease. I love the car, but our next one will have a bigger boot and be easier to get into. For me it will be an EV. But Mrs S is quite impatient and doesn't want to wait 50 minutes to top up each time.

So she fancies a hybrid, but I'm not so sure.
Funnily enough the new MG HS PHEV gets a good write-up from What Car? and it has one of, if not the longest mileage running on battery alone. 75, I think.

I still think BEVs are the way to go, but the charging network needs more improvement.
 
Scally-Ho said:
This is me, old Scally being somewhat nosey. I am interested what other members drive on a regular basis and whether you own, lease or are buying it via a loan.
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For my personal use, I have only bought outright, paying cash. A top of the range, Rover 75, which I've had for very many years, and kept in a semi-preserved state. A gentleman's transport, bought when I had the company car, a VFR, or the Rover to choose from. It doesn't do much annual mileage, I spent much of my working life behind the wheel, no I'm retired, and in less of a hurry, I try to let other chauffeur me, but never in my car :-)

Scally-Ho said:
It was originally bought as a company car who still run & maintain it on my behalf.
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I trust no one to maintain it, I do it all myself.
 
securespark said:
We got rid of our old timer 2009 Honda FRV Diesel that we had owned since new as it had 175K on it and leased an MG4.

Now, I know, the bleeding thing is Chinese. I didn't do my full research before we bought it. I knew they still had R&D and testing facilities at Longbridge albeit a shadow of the former works.

I thought the thing was at least part British, but sadly no.

Having said that, it's a hoot off the line and we do the majority of our charging at home for 7p a kWh. It's obviously dearer if we go further afield. But even then, if we average it out, it's still, as David Dickinson would say, cheap as chips.

A couple of times we have encountered ones that don't work. And once we found 7 in Beaconsfield Services that were all in use at the same time, but out of all the times we have used the public charging network, that's not bad. But, I agree, it could be better. The best place we went to was an Instavolt hub near the A34 at Winchester. They had 44 charging stations, a set of loos, and a Starbucks. And best of all, it was only 50p, where the price can be as high as 89p.

Mind you, Tesla are now opening up their Superchargers to the hoi polloi, and they charge (in cost!) less, apparently.

We have another year left on the lease. I love the car, but our next one will have a bigger boot and be easier to get into. For me it will be an EV. But Mrs S is quite impatient and doesn't want to wait 50 minutes to top up each time.

So she fancies a hybrid, but I'm not so sure.
Funnily enough the new MG HS PHEV gets a good write-up from What Car? and it has one of, if not the longest mileage running on battery alone. 75, I think.

I still think BEVs are the way to go, but the charging network needs more improvement.
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She shouldn't have to wait 50 minutes on a rapid charger? On long runs, I tend to stop for 15-20 minutes. Do an internet search for the charging curve for your car. As long as the battery is warm, EVs tend to charge like greased lightning from nearly flat, and slow down as they get closer to full. (Apologies if you already know this). It would be like filling an ICE car where you have to put the second to last gallon in with an egg cup, and the last gallon with an eye dropper! I'll typically charge to 100% before I set off, and then drive until it's between 10 and 20%. I'll stop for 15-20 minutes and that will get me back up to 60-ish%, then I'll set off again. I find it's nearly always quicker to work the bottom half of the battery and stop twice to add 50% each time than to stop once and add 100%.
 
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