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PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:34 pm 
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Looks like the EU barstards are up to their tricks again....it's another kick in the goolies for almost everybody that drives.

Th0se Twarts need hanging...We really would be better off leaving that asylum once and for all before the bankrupt each and every one of us.

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/motoring/motoring-news/end-of-the-road-for-diesel-cars-owners-face-additional-charges-and-big-depreciation-11363978817654



sussex missed 'barstards' ?

ffs the boys slipping!


It's the silent R in Barstard that does it just like the Silent P in Phuckwit..


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PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:36 pm 
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bloodnock wrote:
Looks like the EU barstards are up to their tricks again....it's another kick in the goolies for almost everybody that drives.

Those Twarts need hanging...We really would be better off leaving that asylum once and for all before they bankrupt each and every one of us.

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/motoring/motoring-news/end-of-the-road-for-diesel-cars-owners-face-additional-charges-and-big-depreciation-11363978817654


Oh well if I have to go electric I guess I'll have to start saving for something half decent like the Tesla or I could take advantage of all those cheap diesels and just run them til I'm forced to part with them.

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PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:40 pm 
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[quote="toots"]I'll have to start saving for something half decent like the Teslaquote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH7MwYBdSvM

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PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:49 pm 
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toots wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
Looks like the EU barstards are up to their tricks again....it's another kick in the goolies for almost everybody that drives.

Those Twarts need hanging...We really would be better off leaving that asylum once and for all before they bankrupt each and every one of us.

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/motoring/motoring-news/end-of-the-road-for-diesel-cars-owners-face-additional-charges-and-big-depreciation-11363978817654


Oh well if I have to go electric I guess I'll have to start saving for something half decent like the Tesla or I could take advantage of all those cheap diesels and just run them til I'm forced to part with them.


Saving for the Tesla and buying one is one thing but to make a £49,900 car that can do at it's very very best only 222 miles on a full charge pay at prices the client will accept is quite another...Go on, buy the Oil burners, do any of us actually know of anyone that has died from N02(nitrogen dioxide) poisoning, It must be a hell of a rare event!


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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 12:00 am 
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bloodnock wrote:
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bloodnock wrote:
Looks like the EU barstards are up to their tricks again....it's another kick in the goolies for almost everybody that drives.

Those Twarts need hanging...We really would be better off leaving that asylum once and for all before they bankrupt each and every one of us.

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/motoring/motoring-news/end-of-the-road-for-diesel-cars-owners-face-additional-charges-and-big-depreciation-11363978817654


Oh well if I have to go electric I guess I'll have to start saving for something half decent like the Tesla or I could take advantage of all those cheap diesels and just run them til I'm forced to part with them.


Saving for the Tesla and buying one is one thing but to make a £49,900 car that can do at it's very very best only 222 miles on a full charge pay at prices the client will accept is quite another...Go on, buy the Oil burners, do any of us actually know of anyone that has died from N02(nitrogen dioxide) poisoning, It must be a hell of a rare event!


312 miles actually :wink:

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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:13 am 
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bloodnock wrote:
toots wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
Looks like the EU barstards are up to their tricks again....it's another kick in the goolies for almost everybody that drives.

Those Twarts need hanging...We really would be better off leaving that asylum once and for all before they bankrupt each and every one of us.

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/motoring/motoring-news/end-of-the-road-for-diesel-cars-owners-face-additional-charges-and-big-depreciation-11363978817654


Oh well if I have to go electric I guess I'll have to start saving for something half decent like the Tesla or I could take advantage of all those cheap diesels and just run them til I'm forced to part with them.


Saving for the Tesla and buying one is one thing but to make a £49,900 car that can do at it's very very best only 222 miles on a full charge pay at prices the client will accept is quite another...Go on, buy the Oil burners, do any of us actually know of anyone that has died from N02(nitrogen dioxide) poisoning, It must be a hell of a rare event!


If you ran one for 3 or 4 years, the fuel saving alone would almost pay for it, the min range is 300 miles driving flat out, more than enough for normal shift work, half an hour of rapid charge gives you another 50% miles


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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 12:16 pm 
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If you ran one for 3 or 4 years, the fuel saving alone would almost pay for it, the min range is 300 miles driving flat out, more than enough for normal shift work, half an hour of rapid charge gives you another 50% miles


So I rush out and order one, I borrow £49,900 for the privelige. the Interest rate on the loan is say 5.8% over 5 years.

The total repayments are £57,938.20 which Equals a monthly repayment of £956.64 per month or £11,479.36 per annum.

Lets say we drive 24,000 Miles per year at an average cost of 12.5 pence per mile for fuel, that's = £3000 of fuel saved.

£11,479 less the £3,000 fuel savings = £8479.00 divided by 52.25 Weeks =£162.27 per week (£706.00 per month) repayments.

The insurance would be astronimical, you'd still have to pay the Leccy, servicing of such a beast would be Telephone number money. In short you would be working day in and day out just to pay for the car, It'd still need tyres, Licenced etc.

Now unless the tarriff in Gala are something like £12.00 per passenger mile It's just never going to pay, and who would pay that when my old Diesel PH would cost a fraction of the price to do the same Job.

You order your Tesla Skip, I'll stick to my planet killing Diesel thank you.


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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 3:26 pm 
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You order your Tesla Skip, I'll stick to my planet killing Diesel thank you.



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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 6:58 pm 
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If you ran one for 3 or 4 years, the fuel saving alone would almost pay for it, the min range is 300 miles driving flat out, more than enough for normal shift work, half an hour of rapid charge gives you another 50% miles


So I rush out and order one, I borrow £49,900 for the privelige. the Interest rate on the loan is say 5.8% over 5 years.

The total repayments are £57,938.20 which Equals a monthly repayment of £956.64 per month or £11,479.36 per annum.

Lets say we drive 24,000 Miles per year at an average cost of 12.5 pence per mile for fuel, that's = £3000 of fuel saved.

£11,479 less the £3,000 fuel savings = £8479.00 divided by 52.25 Weeks =£162.27 per week (£706.00 per month) repayments.

The insurance would be astronimical, you'd still have to pay the Leccy, servicing of such a beast would be Telephone number money. In short you would be working day in and day out just to pay for the car, It'd still need tyres, Licenced etc.

Now unless the tarriff in Gala are something like £12.00 per passenger mile It's just never going to pay, and who would pay that when my old Diesel PH would cost a fraction of the price to do the same Job.

You order your Tesla Skip, I'll stick to my planet killing Diesel thank you.


Plug it in at Asda while SWMBO does the shop, if your only doing 24 K a year your skiving, even I do 50K a year


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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 9:58 pm 
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skippy41 wrote:
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If you ran one for 3 or 4 years, the fuel saving alone would almost pay for it, the min range is 300 miles driving flat out, more than enough for normal shift work, half an hour of rapid charge gives you another 50% miles


So I rush out and order one, I borrow £49,900 for the privelige. the Interest rate on the loan is say 5.8% over 5 years.

The total repayments are £57,938.20 which Equals a monthly repayment of £956.64 per month or £11,479.36 per annum.

Lets say we drive 24,000 Miles per year at an average cost of 12.5 pence per mile for fuel, that's = £3000 of fuel saved.

£11,479 less the £3,000 fuel savings = £8479.00 divided by 52.25 Weeks =£162.27 per week (£706.00 per month) repayments.

The insurance would be astronimical, you'd still have to pay the Leccy, servicing of such a beast would be Telephone number money. In short you would be working day in and day out just to pay for the car, It'd still need tyres, Licenced etc.

Now unless the tarriff in Gala are something like £12.00 per passenger mile It's just never going to pay, and who would pay that when my old Diesel PH would cost a fraction of the price to do the same Job.

You order your Tesla Skip, I'll stick to my planet killing Diesel thank you.


Plug it in at Asda while SWMBO does the shop, if your only doing 24 K a year your skiving, even I do 50K a year



Yes..but I run two cars, the Big un does around 28,000 a year, the wee one 24,000 approx...and I do 95% of the driving whilst swmbo helps out.


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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2015 5:01 pm 
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http://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/

310 mile range, and 50% range in half after half an hours charge

Look for one soon on a rank near you, some secondhand ones coming onto the market


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