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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    They already are.
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    Some of that is true but not to such a great degree these days, lots of third party companies that can rebuild / repair ECU's etc. There...
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    It depends on how the table is scored. Many of them are customer satisfaction scores rather than real reliability scores. I have to say...
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    It's a good first step. What in particular made you feel the build quality wasnt good? My Audi Allroad managed 270,000 miles and my VW...
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    johnb80 reacted to woodieallen's post in the thread Electric vehicles with Like Like.
    Surely that’s just being careless and not realising you were getting near empty last time you were out driving?
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    and ignoring all of the vehicle warnings which in my experience are plentiful.
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    Absolutely, we need to get our act together. In the late 60's / early 70's the Japanese made inroads into the UK motorcyle industry...
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    I agree there are loads of cars on the roads ovger 10 years old, what I said was vehicles of this age are unlikely to be garage...
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    Average life of a car using garage maintenance I would gues at around 10 years, after that time, they will be run into the ground and...
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    Many are 800v nowadays but this still doesnt create a greater risk for an insurer, no flammable liquids, very little heat etc. Of...
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    I have, twice with no subsidies and even if there was additional charges I would still buy EV because it's so much better. That will...
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    johnb80 reacted to sploo's post in the thread Electric vehicles with Like Like.
    In my experience, if there are gloves at a forecourt the diesel pumps are really nice and clean. If there are no gloves, the pumps are...
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    johnb80 replied to the thread Electric vehicles.
    Aye, there are boilers now that work on the same principle but have a better heat retention than sand. Tepeo
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    johnb80 reacted to John Hughes01's post in the thread Electric vehicles with Like Like.
    Heating up sand brings back memories of electric storage heaters using off peak leccy. They worked quite well - Economy 7 etc.
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