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    Avocet posted the thread Any expeirences of "ProPerla" coating on pebbledash? in Plastering and Rendering.
    Hi All, We're in a wet part of the world! The house was built in 1995 and extended in 2008. The roof and pebbledash are decidedly...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Just like if an ICE car manufacturer posts up an "official" fuel consumption of 50 miles to the gallon, but you find you're only...
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    Avocet posted the thread Any experiences of "ProPerla" coatings on pebbledash? in Building.
    Hi All, We're in a wet part of the world! The house was built in 1995 and extended in 2008. The roof and pebbledash are decidedly...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    See Post #46. Odometer accuracy is covered in ECE Reg 39, which is a type approval requirement for mass-produced cars in GB and EU...
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    Avocet reacted to Odds's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    Electric vehicles (EVs) generally have a significantly lower lifetime carbon footprint than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Yes, they take more energy to produce. 20,000 seems like a reasonable figure to break-even with the equivalent ICE on CO2 emissions...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    That's a bizarre way of looking at it?! You're conflating two different issues there? Your previous posts have been complaining about...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    The regulation for speedometers (on mass-produced cars, at least) demands that they should never under-read (which is fair enough, I...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Not really. (or even "if" it's going t happen at all)! The proposal is that it will be recorded at each MOT and for cars newer than 3...
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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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