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dlockers said:
I keep hear people whinging about the window switch situation - but I really prefer it. In the Merc I am constantly hitting the rear window buttons instead of front because of how its laid out. This would remove that problem entirely, in lieu of the minor/non existant issue of having to press another button to crack the rear open.
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Unfortunately it doesn’t, it makes it worse.


The reason is that you inevitably touch it as you’re trying to find the window switch anyway, and then you have to find it again to switch it back to the front windows


@Jonnycoupe see above. Issue isn’t wanting to open rear windows. Issue is not wanting to, and seemingly always enabling rear windows when trying to put front ones down, since it’s a touch button right by the switches.
 
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MrRockliffe said:
Unfortunately it doesn’t, it makes it worse.


The reason is that you inevitably touch it as you’re trying to find the window switch anyway, and then you have to find it again to switch it back to the front windows
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It's a touch sensitive button beneath the actual window switch? OK I concede.
 
ICDP said:
It’s funny the things that make you dismiss a car as an option. I dismissed the ID4 as an option because of this silly feature. I won’t entertain a Tesla because of the utterly laughably cheap interior design… it’s a steering wheel stuck to a plank. Well that and I detest Elon Musk. I also dismissed the Polestar 2 because it has only 1 accessible cup holder.

Efficiency and charging speeds mean nothing to me when choosing an EV. Same for how sporty and fast it is. But delete the indicator stalk and I’m not interested in what you have for sale. :)
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Polestar 2 owner here - a quick session with a 3D printer added 5 cup holders to my car. All available to buy or you can just download the designs if you have access to a printer…
 
Penfold101 said:
Polestar 2 owner here - a quick session with a 3D printer added 5 cup holders to my car. All available to buy or you can just download the designs if you have access to a printer…
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Or do what we did and get a C40 instead. A lot more practicality in a smaller footprint car.
 
dlockers said:
I keep hear people whinging about the window switch situation - but I really prefer it. In the Merc I am constantly hitting the rear window buttons instead of front because of how its laid out. This would remove that problem entirely, in lieu of the minor/non existant issue of having to press another button to crack the rear open.
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Literally kept doing the same in a Porsche Taycan.
 
Penfold101 said:
Polestar 2 owner here - a quick session with a 3D printer added 5 cup holders to my car. All available to buy or you can just download the designs if you have access to a printer…
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P*2 being delivered today here :) Wondered if you had anymore detail or pictures on the cup holders? Didn't like that the cup holder on them is pretty much where your arm wants to be from memory
 
Going back to the original 2018 question of "When are you going fully electric?" post budget my answer is now early 2028 :rolleyes: Assuming I still have a company car at that point.

Bit of a blow for the sales of all those new and pending high EV range PHEVs. There will be an absolute fire sale on double cab pickups on the horizon as well!
 
A bit of an ouch for you there with the BIK changes, still a lot lower than a full ICE mind.

Come 2030 it will be the same for EVs, we will probably max out the BIKs gravy train while we can before going back to buying a used (electric) car like I normally would have done in the past.

I 100% agree with the double cab changes, it’s a car first and foremost and always has been.
 
Nothing from the UK government yet on whether they will impose same chinese ev tarifs as EU now confirmed , you'd expect good UK deals on the EU ones that attract highest rates there.
 
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b0rn2sk8 said:
A bit of an ouch for you there with the BIK changes, still a lot lower than a full ICE mind.

Come 2030 it will be the same for EVs, we will probably max out the BIKs gravy train while we can before going back to buying a used (electric) car like I normally would have done in the past.

I 100% agree with the double cab changes, it’s a car first and foremost and always has been.
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I don't mind too much, just means I need to play the system a little. We keep our company cars for ages running them to around 6 years old and well into 6 figure mileage normally.

Last time I picked up a 6 month old pre reg, this time I'm now going to recommend that they keep a third of the budget that they've suggested and I'll get something older with more miles and look to replace it sooner (ie. Early 2028...).

Who it really sucks for will be company car users without the ability to charge at home.

I agree with regards to the double cab pickups but again, bit of a blow for Ford though. Ranger sales will stop dead in just 4 months time. Likewise the high range PHEVs, they may as well pull them middle of next year because no one is going to put themselves in an expensive car at 5% BIK knowing that is going to end up at 18%.

BIK gravy train was always going to end but I thought it would pull up at the station not come clean off the tracks.
 
lordrobs said:
Who it really sucks for will be company car users without the ability to charge at home.
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I get what you are saying here but if you can’t charge at home, a PHEV is an unsuitable vehicle as it will not get charged.

The whole point is that you did most of your miles on battery. You might as well just got a standard hybrid or a diesel if you are doing the miles.

This is the reality of company car owners who can’t/don’t charge at home, they benefit from the reduced tax but there are zero CO2 savings, if anything there is additional CO2 produced. It was/is terrible value for money.
 
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