EV general discussion

[JonRGV250]

And any half honest and experienced EV owner would have told you that regular trips in winter up to 600 miles, with no home charging is a bad idea, but still doable. Again every time you post it becomes clearer you did no research. Yet somehow your lack of preparation is the EVs fault.

Please, please, please… any people out there reading this and considering an EV, take note of what happens when you don’t do even basic research. You WILL almost certainly hate your EV experience if you don’t have home charging. Especially if you expect to do 600 mile pleasure trips in winter and don’t have access to destination charging.

Yeah, we get it by now.
No need to keep bleating on and on and on.

 

[ICDP]

Yeah, we get it by now.
No need to keep bleating on and on and on.

I disagree. The more FUD we face the more we have to correct it. This thread is not just for current EV owners to post boring (even if useful) tariff info, or about the joys of preheating. It’s a valid source of information to a lot of potential EV owners. The information provided needs to a least be decent and factual.

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Yeah a bit rude, please review how you 'conduct' yourself else people will get extra grumpy and fail basic maths. The forum will be overun with 1 year olds!

 

[turbot1984]

The information provided needs to a least be decent and factual.

Which it has been? You are the one bleating on and on and on about how it's impossible to criticise EV ownership?

 

[turbot1984]

The clue is in the thread title @ICDP
EV general discussion
not
EV owners smug hugfest

 

[chanjy]

Facts: 600 mile trips do take longer in an EV

My own opinion: Charging on the go is actually pretty easy and doesn't overly detract from the ownership experience

 

[ICDP]

Which it has been? You are the one bleating on and on and on about how it's impossible to criticise EV ownership?

Not remotely true. You are now creating a strawman. I have and will criticise EVs and EV ownership. Ironically my advice to people like you would be to avoid EV ownership. Hardly the type of thing someone who refuses to criticise EV ownership would post.

I am correcting your misconceptions that charging at home would not have improved your overall EV experience*. I have corrected your misconception that the i4 is one of the best handling EVs and that all EVs (by extension) are numb and detached to drive.

That is it, the only two points you were corrected on.

* This is not me saying your experience would have ended up positive.

 

[ICDP]

The clue is in the thread title @ICDP
EV general discussion
not
EV owners smug hugfest

More strawman nonsense. I have put you on ignore for the sake of the thread.

 

[turbot1984]

Thank the Lord for small mercies!

 

[JonRGV250]

The information provided needs to a least be decent and factual.

Yes, but there’s ways of providing said information without sounding like a turbo’d vegan.

 

[Penfold101]

EV general discussion
not
EV owners smug hugfest

It’s EV owner’s Circle Jerk thank you.

 

[Jonnycoupe]

<Cough> most aren't owners.

Does rent boys work?

 

[b0rn2sk8]

To be fair, looking at the top contributors in this thread, it’s very much from owners or people who have gone on to buy one.

Of the first page, it’s only jpaul (1845 posts… ), Masher (mostly trolling), [TW]Fox and Roff who don’t.

 

[tamzzy]

Urrgh im not even on the first page. Must spam more lol

 

[Penfold101]

<Cough> most aren't owners.

Does rent boys work?

Meh - that’s more of a hobby if I’m honest.

 

[OspreyO]

It’s EV owner’s Circle Jerk thank you.

What's does that say about the people watching it.

 

[cuke2u]

Not remotely true. You are now creating a strawman. I have and will criticise EVs and EV ownership. Ironically my advice to people like you would be to avoid EV ownership. Hardly the type of thing someone who refuses to criticise EV ownership would post.

I am correcting your misconceptions that charging at home would not have improved your overall EV experience*. I have corrected your misconception that the i4 is one of the best handling EVs and that all EVs (by extension) are numb and detached to drive.

That is it, the only two points you were corrected on.

* This is not me saying your experience would have ended up positive.

You need to calm down, everyone has their right to an opinion, doesn't mean yours is the only right one.
You've not proven that the opinion you have of the i4 is in the majority either. Clearly some who drive many cars for living, professionally, differ.

 

[Penfold101]

What's does that say about the people watching it.

Everyone has a different vice - no kink shaming here!

 

[JonRGV250]

What's does that say about the people watching it.

They get the soggy biscuit.

 

[lordrobs]

I disagree. The more FUD we face the more we have to correct it.

You really don't.

I really appreciate it when people give their experience and opinion on any topic. When one person's experience or opinion becomes 'right' at the detriment of anyone else's it's no longer a discussion.

Some people have clearly been triggered by someone going from EV back to ICE, personally I'm happy to read about their experience and it will be filed up in the lordrobs data centre, along with everyone else's when it comes to new company car time. At which point I'll use my own judgement to determine what is relevant for me and my circumstances.

To be honest the statements you made about 600 mile EV trips in winter without destination charging is extremely helpful. I've been told so many times I should have an EV for work but I cover the whole of the UK 12 months a year. So you've added balance to the counterargument for that.