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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    I'd hope that a bit of shopping-around would reduce that. Most of the people I know who insure their own EVs are paying the same or...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    No, of course I don't! I never, for once second, imagined that the incentives would last forever. I've saved an absolute mint this last...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Yes, I'm dreading 2028, when my running costs might be as high as 5p / mile... ;)
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    EV brakes tend to last forever. A bigger problem - especially if gently-driven all the time, will be sticking calipers, because then...
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    Avocet reacted to Highway Man's post in the thread What car did you learn to drive in? with Thanks Thanks.
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    :ROFLMAO: Nice bit of AI going on there...;)
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Do you know if it has a heat pump or a resistive heater? Mine has a heat pump, which are more efficient than the resistive heaters (the...
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    Avocet reacted to flameport's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    That will be using a 'granny lead' 3 pin plug affair, which for a van will add about 6 miles of range for every hour of charging, so 5...
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    Avocet reacted to flameport's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    All rapid chargers in the UK accept debit/credit cards. The law requires this since November 2024. Slow AC chargers (same as a home...
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    Avocet reacted to Munroast's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    I have finally went over to the dark-side. My old van is gone and i have got myself an EV Van lol I quite like it, range is quoted...
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    Avocet reacted to flameport's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    That's exactly what it is. Real world range perhaps 60 miles in the summer. In the winter - good luck with that. It's probably the...
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    Avocet reacted to Wayners's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    I drove 66 miles round trip. 55 mins each way. Air conditioning going. Battery on van was 73% when I got back.
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    Avocet replied to the thread The study of a radiator.
    Funny enough, I was doing the cam belt on my car over the weekend, and that necessitates dropping the coolant, so I thought I'd change...
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    Avocet reacted to robinbanks's post in the thread Filling up from can with Like Like.
    Your diesel filler neck has a device fitted to help prevent you filling it with petrol. The nozzles on petrol guns are physically...
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    Avocet replied to the thread The study of a radiator.
    Yes, really! The 2001 "Euro 3" Freelander sat on my drive has a combustion heater. As did various VAG cars that I had as company cars...
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