Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

[Brigadier]

I don't usually bother reading, or responding to your banal, oft offensive comments, but one occasion I will...

Last time was October, next time in a few weeks of so. So far as the vehicle is concerned, no planning or preparation will be required, beyond the usual check the tyre pressures.

So one, last October.

The upcoming one is not drop-of-a-hat.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

When we bought our latest car, I CBA with the PHEV version because I knew after the initial purchase, I'd end up not plugging it in every night so we went with just the HEV version. It’s for that reason I don’t think I’d ever buy a fully electric car. If everyone was driving a fully electric car, just imagine what the queues at the motorway charging points would be like.

I had an eye screening check today, one of those times when it would be most unwise to drive, and so two buses to get there. bearing in mind, I live in a village, mostly occupied by commuters, I took the opportunity whilst waiting for the bus, to do a count of ICE, versus EV. This was on a very local village road, where EV's are most useful. The result was 44 ICE, versus 2 EV's. Imagine the chaos, had that been 46 EV's and all trying to recharge simultaineously, at a motorway filling station.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

So one, last October.

The upcoming one is not drop-of-a-hat.

Neither did/will require me to ensure I have a full tank of fuel, prior to driving - is the point you seem blind to. I just jump in and drive, reassured that if I should decide I might have set off without adequate fuel, I can stop almost anywhere, top up, and resume my journey, within five minutes.

 

[Brigadier]

Neither did/will require me to ensure I have a full tank of fuel, prior to driving - is the point you seem blind to. I just jump in and drive, reassured that if I should decide I might have set off without adequate fuel, I can stop almost anywhere, top up, and resume my journey, within five minutes.

I'm not denying that at all.
I've always said it's horses for courses.
Your dragging a caravan probably rules you out of EV but realistically, that's the only thing.

Charge overnight for buttons, do a couple of hundred miles to my office or site. Stop for twenty minutes on the way home for a top-up and cuppa, and charge again overnight. Easily doable, and absolutely no bother.

Whereas you've consistently poo-pooed EVs based on (in) experience, and utterly contrived scenarios.

When people are coming here for advice, it's a shame that your often worthwhile opinion is absolutely not so, when it comes to EVs.


I've done decades in ICE, and tens of thousands of miles in EV, so know the merits of both.



"Stay in your lane" is an apt maxim here.