[KS Cleaning]

So not five and a half grand then? 🤔

It’s hardly a Tesla is it

No but you said premiums were rising due to the high repair cost. If it's an electric vehicle it is an electric vehicle.

It was Soupy who mentioned premiums, not DJW😉

Bit confusing but I meant to reference the Splash part of the quote.

I think I confused myself, it was Splash and not Soupy who mentioned premiums🥴

[KS Cleaning]

Not van related, but I had a Mercedes EQC courtesy car whilst my car was being serviced on Friday. I have to say from someone who is very sceptical about EV’s I was really impressed. Of course there are pros and cons involved but I would now definitely consider going electric in the near future.

Borrowing one whilst your cars having a service is one thing daily living with one is quite another, I have several friend that have electric cars , Mercedes , Honda , Tesla , Audi , and BMW all have said they wished they had never bought them insurance with Tesla has gone from £800 a year to 5:5k and some in’surance companies will no longer insure them all electric vehicle premiums are soaring due to very height repair costs , do your homework very  carefully before buying one would be my advice.

Yes that’s why I said there are pros and cons……seems like the cons outweigh the pros at the  moment though .

[harleyman]

Water and electric  Not for me

[Soupy]

Water and electric  Not for me

Not had a problem with that. Been running EVs for around 18 months.

Roads tend to get wet too.

[Bungle]

How are electric vehicles getting on driving through the floods today? No being able to slip the clutch to keep the revs up. Water getting into the battery compartments?

[Soupy]

How are electric vehicles getting on driving through the floods today? No being able to slip the clutch to keep the revs up. Water getting into the battery compartments?

All the roads are closed round here so parked up and going nowhere.

Water can't get into the battery compartment though.

[Smudger]

an advantage I would have thought all that extra weight will stop them floating away 

[Soupy]

How are electric vehicles getting on driving through the floods today? No being able to slip the clutch to keep the revs up. Water getting into the battery compartments?

One thing I do know - they are terrible in the snow. The accelerator pedal is basically an on / off switch which isn't helpful if you're struggling for traction.