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[YZ250]

Yes, that plus the fact they will shortly move from nil road tax to £300 ish due to their cost makes a late 2016 one really rather attractive.

I watched a Tesla review on YouTube and the guy called in to the services. He popped it on charge for a top up, went in to take a leak and to buy a drink, returned the his Tesla within fifteen minutes and said it cost him six pounds for that short charge. He explained that the six pounds was the minimum amount that was chargeable and if he'd have stayed for an hour it would have been the same amount. Obviously he'd gone over his allowance for the year already.
He absolutely loved the car though. 

[Lazydocker]

Yes, that plus the fact they will shortly move from nil road tax to £300 ish due to their cost makes a late 2016 one really rather attractive.

I thought Electric Vehicles were still going to be zero rated for RFL 

EDIT: Just checked... Zero Emission vehicles still qualify for zero RFL but will have to pay the £310 premium for first 5 years if over £40k value.

[henryd]

They're beautifully made too.

Re Supercharging, I wasn't aware of impending restrictions,  but I haven't been paying that much attention to them lately

I've read that only current owners get free charging,New customers now have to pay certainly  on the smaller car but not sure on the larger ones

[henryd]

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/tesla-grows-gives-free-charging/

[X30XE]

Borrrrrinnnggg 

Batteries = the shittest thing about anything that has ever run on batteries. ever. in the world.
Electric heating = stupid
Electric air con = stupid
Cars that charge off an already over stretched national grid = stupid
Basing a whole car round a slow laggy ipad that isn't safe to use while driving = dangerous

Owning a tesla is like owning a PDA in the 90s; everyone else is looking at you and thinking "twunt". 

Now man up already and get a V8 and to hell with the consequences 

[Nick W]

Owning a tesla is like owning a PDA in the 90s; everyone else is looking at you and thinking "twunt". 

Excellent analogy. Who here doesn't have what PDAs turned into, a smart phone?


Electric cars aren't a replacement for every I/C engined vehicle, but once(if!)  the electricity supply is sorted out will become increasingly more useful.
As for sounding 'better' noise is one of the emissions we should be glad to get rid of. Try a car with no sound deadening, and tell me how desirable it is.

[Doctor Gollum]

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/tesla-grows-gives-free-charging/

Seems reasonable enough

[Viral_Jim]

I passed by the Tesla showroom in Solihull this evening. Had a sit in the front of a model s for the first time (only ever been in the back of a tesla taxi before). It's a seriously nice place to be.

The fit and finish isn't up to the standard of an s class or 7'er. But better than the F10 5 series I've been in.

I may have to take one for a spin 

[VXL V6]

I passed by the Tesla showroom in Solihull this evening. Had a sit in the front of a model s for the first time (only ever been in the back of a tesla taxi before). It's a seriously nice place to be.

The fit and finish isn't up to the standard of an s class or 7'er. But better than the F10 5 series I've been in.

I may have to take one for a spin 

Euuuk, Touchwood... I've lived in Solihull for 35 of the 43 years of my life (escaped for 8 years in my late 20's...) I could count on one hand how many times I've been into Solihull Town Centre since they turned it into tacky bling world with that vile shopping centre! 

[Doctor Gollum]

Have wiled away many Wednesday mornings at the McDonalds and the cinema

[TheBoy]

We frequently get the main EV manufacturers in at work to show off their junk.  Its mostly easy for them, as we have a lot of the moronic tree huggers at our place.  So I usually go out to see them for a bit of baiting....


In principle, the idea is reasonably OK *IF* you live in the same town you work it.  But utterly useless for anyone else.  The young suites from Tesla are usually the easiest to get chaffing at the bit, as their's is probably the most viable, but still absolutely no good for me once you go beyond the headline figures they tout.


Not yet managed a test drive in any of them, they can't change them fast enough

[VXL V6]

Ah but TB, I thought you already had an 'alternative fuel' vehicle, you seem to mention charging one regularly 

[TheBoy]

Ah but TB, I thought you already had an 'alternative fuel' vehicle, you seem to mention charging one regularly 

If ever it stops phishing down, I'd fill it up again (new charger not waterproof).  Needs a top up before its little visit to Nottingham next week.


I guess this is what its like owning EVs. Gay.

[henryd]

Ah but TB, I thought you already had an 'alternative fuel' vehicle, you seem to mention charging one regularly 

If ever it stops phishing down, I'd fill it up again (new charger not waterproof).  Needs a top up before its little visit to Nottingham next week.


I guess this is what its like owning EVs. Gay.

No.the EV's are probably much faster

[Lazydocker]

Ah but TB, I thought you already had an 'alternative fuel' vehicle, you seem to mention charging one regularly 

If ever it stops phishing down, I'd fill it up again (new charger not waterproof).  Needs a top up before its little visit to Nottingham next week.


I guess this is what its like owning EVs. Gay.

No.the EV's are probably much faster

And spend less time plugged in!