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    Does Short Circuit Damage Car Battery ?

    How well does that cut your sandwiches ?
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    Electric theft by EV owners causing charge points to be switched off. Again.

    I'm simply astonished that it would ever be contemplated any other way. Ericmark, who are the people running tour local charging-point ? Is it the council by any chance ?
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    Tripling parking charges for SUV/heavy cars in Paris.

    The initial stories I read only contained the broad outlines and subsequent ones have fleshed in out and it's even more restrictive/expensive 1) Maximum time allowed 6 hours 2) The charges increase after 2 hours, and 6 hours will cost you E 225 ( £ 195 ) 3) No charges 20h - 09h Initial stories...
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    Annoying Driving Habits...

    Is there either a law or a convention about this ? Some countries I know - Germany and Switzerland - often have a sign when you enter parking areas that says - approximatively - "Normal driving rules apply here "
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    Tripling parking charges for SUV/heavy cars in Paris.

    What ? You mean to tell me he doesn't use a push-bike ? Absolutely speechless !!
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    Tripling parking charges for SUV/heavy cars in Paris.

    Parisians have voted to triple parking charges - from €6 /hr to € 18 for cars exceeding 1 600 kg ( 2 000 kg for EV ). This is basically for non-residents as residents, taxis, emergency vehicles, tradesmen and handicapped will be exempt. This was decided by referendum of Paris residents with...
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    Beep beep!

    Why 99 mph ? If you wanted to avoid German careless/dangerous driving laws it should be 80 mph. Nothing correlates with 99 ( or 100 ) mph.
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    Annoying Driving Habits...

    Drivers who believe they have the right-of-way when merging from a slip-road.
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    Self charging hybrid...getting to know it!

    Out of curiosity, John, is there any attempt by any providers to offer traing for EV repair to independent garages ? Given likely costs involved and relatively young fleet, I would doubt it, but thought I would take the opportunity to ask. Do any of your associates show any interest ?
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    Lexus UX250F hybrid

    That's because you're all canny lads up there , John :p ! Lexus may be saying tht because this model was homologated only with the Dunlop, and thus they feel legally constrained .
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    All Season Tyres 2023

    I read winter tyre reports every year ( German and Austrian ) and one thing I have never understood is their reports differ by tyre-size i.e. the results for the best 15" tyre are very different for the 17" ones ( this assumes that the equivalent tyre is available in both sizes, which isn't...
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    Range Rover Evoque with many faults(now there's a surprise)

    I thought they had always had a poor reputation e.g. drive-shafts, miserable electrical plugs and connectors . Since circuits were much simpler, this usually only affected certain accessories and was therefore almost self-diagnosing. I had a journalist friend who lived in rural E Africa and...
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    K12 micra with cold feet. My micra heater all seems to work except that the driver side footwell is cold.

    Possibly, but not guaranteed. My local garage will only fit parts he buys. The reason he gives is that people buy e-bay parts that don't fit properly and he has extra work to make them fit, plus they are more likely to be defective and he doesn't want the bother. There is also the obvious point...
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    EV are they worth it?

    Sixt car rental Germany ( maybe other countries too ) willl order no more Teslas and will sell off current fleet ( although keeping BYDs) Reasons are: 1) Not popular with customers 2) 30% more on average to repair than ICE 3) More expensive to buy, and selling -price very uncertain due to...
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    Can I ?

    As far as legality goes, was that tyre/wheel size ever homologated on that vehicle ?
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    EV are they worth it?

    I disagree: Rich enthusiasts who were indulging a whim invested a bit of spare cash, and it slowly developed from there. Failure would have meant more time playing polo/taking cruises until a new craze developed An extract from an American article about the period. "By 1900, at least 100...
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    EV are they worth it?

    350 kW seems tops currently. According to this list - contrary to your assertion -most current EV's cannot charge at 100kW...
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    EV are they worth it?

    I've read two comments by you so far: both just yapping, but with absolutely no evidence, based opinions, worthwhile discussion points.
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    Skoda Fabia 2007 repair or not

    Would an engine even run after piston/valve collision ? That apart, a quick search will tell if it's a contact engine or not.
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    EV are they worth it?

    This is a deeply unconvincing document. I don't believe you can have read it if you say it's true. 1. Will enough electricity be available to charge EVs? Their answer. Yes, believe us. That's really convincing, don't you think ? 2) 2. Do the electricity grid's wires have enough capacity for...
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