Ah yeah I forgot about the 100k limit too! That's fine if you only do 2k per year!
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Had a bit of a moment in my GV70 earlier.
Was driving down country road, it's cold but the ambient temperature was 2°C
Hit some black ice round a slight bend. Car started sliding and all the safety systems kicked in. I basically had very little control for a few seconds. Luckily no other cars around
New car, so the new 'summer' tyres might not have helped, but I wasn't hooning it or anything.
Heavy cars + summer tyres + ice don't mix.
Was driving down country road, it's cold but the ambient temperature was 2°C
Hit some black ice round a slight bend. Car started sliding and all the safety systems kicked in. I basically had very little control for a few seconds. Luckily no other cars around
New car, so the new 'summer' tyres might not have helped, but I wasn't hooning it or anything.
Heavy cars + summer tyres + ice don't mix.
They aren’t as significant as the savings you can make on the tax breaks. Don’t go by that made up crap with the consultants wages. Not everyone in the NHS is on £100k consultant wages.
Basically it depends on your banding.
I'm not and I don't think you can categorically say that. The savings last for the period of the lease, the pension impacts for as long as you are drawing it, that could be 30 years.
You'd need to run the numbers but you absolutely are taking a benefit now at the expense of a benefit later.
The gross price of the Q8 is probably £1000/month, that is pretty significant for someone who isn't a consultant on £100k.
I’m not disputing it impacts the pension, I’m just stating the impact is massively exaggerated in many cases.
When you log in to NHSFleet it'll give you a personalised breakdown of exactly what effects it will have based on your salary.
We've got ours through there. The Q8 was ridiculously good value, and the base spec they offer is still a really high spec compared to other cars.
We have a car allowance covering it, so the pension difference was negligible.
We've got ours through there. The Q8 was ridiculously good value, and the base spec they offer is still a really high spec compared to other cars.
We have a car allowance covering it, so the pension difference was negligible.
Its gonna take a while before used EVs that are usable get down to ICE price levels.
Can't come fast enough.
Edit. Thought I was on the most recent page... It was page 1!
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Will it have 85pc health after that long though? Question not a accusation. I have no idea.
Right now. People see their phone battery life collapsing in 3 years and think the same will happen to car batteries.
People think lots of things, but generally don't do any research, just read headlines on a phone screen and believe that. We live in a world of increasing stupidity and blaming others for their lack of knowledge.
My 2013 Leaf battery is still above 80% capacity. (11 bars on battery health).
Driven and charged almost daily for the 8 years I've owned it.
But that's an rx8.
They need that doing as standard. (I believe?).
When I was looking at cars way back, I looked at rx8.. Until I saw stuff like that. Nope!
That's A pretty good report.
80pc health.
Does that mean you basically get 80pc of the range from new?
Because ice cars also lose performance over time (no idea how much)
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Yes, give or take. At the moment the range is pretty shocking, probably half what I get during the summer.
But that's just the way gen 1 EVs are. A much bigger proportion of the total available capacity is used for heating.
But that's just the way gen 1 EVs are. A much bigger proportion of the total available capacity is used for heating.
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Indeed. Let’s not use a RX8 as a reliability case study of an ICE.
What are the mileage limits?
I assume tires, insurance and brake down cover is all included.
Some of the modern cars, if anything electronics go wrong , local mechanic can’t deal with as they need dealership level diagnostics.
I don’t know how easy it is to get those diagnostic tools or how much of a cost barrier it is.
But my local tyre pro doesn’t have the computer to be able to calibrate my cars wheel alignment. Apparently there isn’t one for miles around.
Gov can introduce right to repair, OEM can still find loopholes ie putting up cost of specialist tools so that only their dealership or very large workshop will have such things.
It is definitely a worrying trend. Probably also why insurance premiums go up so much all of the sudden as a general trend.
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The IDs and BMW look stand out values. I assume these are basic trim and smallest battery variant of the models