[P @ F]

The Touran had never missed a beat tbh , cost us nothing other than wear and tear , my T4 Transporter was the same , I didn’t need a clutch in the 10 years I had it , I only did the cambelt after 9 years as I thought I was pushing my luck !
We have an 05 Golf as well , 4 years now that’s not cost a penny , although the day we drove it off the forecourt the management light came on , took 2 months to rectify it under warranty luckily, but I hate the thing , always have !
The Zafira is now at main dealer getting the recall bits done and will pick up on Thursday, we can all run fast so should be ok. 

[P @ F]

This is all that’s left of the Touran
 
6 disc changer and heater controls !

Gotta be better than a single disc currently in the Golf 

[AuRavelling79]

Oh great. Bristol City Council HAS voted to implement a diesel ban.

[Dave Willis]

Not good is it? There’s going to be loads of cheap diesel cars going in the Bristol area shortly 🤣

[P @ F]

Bugger , I just passed over that TDI Touran in favour of a petrol 

[Slacky]

I had a ride in a Tesla a couple of weeks, a custards.

That was frigtening, shit off a shovel.

[dazmond]

Oh great. Bristol City Council HAS voted to implement a diesel ban.

You ll find its NOT for commercial vehicles though at certain times of day...they will be allowed as usual.....do you honestly think all the food and drink delivery trucks will not be diesel?course they will...👍

[AuRavelling79]

Oh great. Bristol City Council HAS voted to implement a diesel ban.

You ll find its NOT for commercial vehicles though at certain times of day...they will be allowed as usual.....do you honestly think all the food and drink delivery trucks will not be diesel?course they will...👍

There is a charge for them.

[Dave Willis]

Just google it, plenty of information. I reckon all the big cities will follow.

[zesty]

You can’t beat the sound of a straight 6,  or a v8 etc.

This hot air tax drives me up the wall. No pun intended.

[Frankybadboy]

Oh great. Bristol City Council HAS voted to implement a diesel ban.

You ll find its NOT for commercial vehicles though at certain times of day...they will be allowed as usual.....do you honestly think all the food and drink delivery trucks will not be diesel?course they will...👍

You ll find you are WRONG


£100 a day for lorries

[Dave Willis]

Multi Story car parks will be empty for a while 

[P @ F]

On the up side my new petrol car is fab !
TV ,  Heated seats , and my phone just TXT me to let me know where I had parked it , like I would have forgotten it was outside my house 

[Oliver James]

Was talking about electric vans today with a friend.

He claims that the new all electric Nissan has a payload of 700kg,  and a range of 130 miles...

He said that the hybrid transit will be here soon.

Anyone in the know about what is happening in the the hybrid / electric van market?

[zesty]

Was talking about electric vans today with a friend.

He claims that the new all electric Nissan has a payload of 700kg,  and a range of 130 miles...

He said that the hybrid transit will be here soon.

Anyone in the know about what is happening in the the hybrid / electric van market?

The transit custom hybrid is pants.

30 miles on battery.

Crap payload.

1 litre engine needed to power batteries over 30 mile mark. (That’s probably 30 miles unloaded and in perfect conditions with a slight downhill)

All in all, crap.

We need diesels!!!!

[windowswashed]

Honda Civic hybrid was one of the two main hybrid cars for popularity when they first came out, I had one myself. I got rid of mine before the trouble started. One of the most problematic for battery issues after 6-8 years. I'm not interested in how far electric cars can run on one charge but how practical they are to own.  As the battery life shortens, so does the mileage but at the same time the battery is nearing replacing. I will never buy a hybrid or electric car ever again in my lifetime and will pay the extra running costs they decide to bring in for persuading us to change over from diesel and petrol.

[AuRavelling79]

Was talking about electric vans today with a friend.

He claims that the new all electric Nissan has a payload of 700kg,  and a range of 130 miles...

He said that the hybrid transit will be here soon.

Anyone in the know about what is happening in the the hybrid / electric van market?

I had a little nose around different reviews and at the moment the Nissan NV200 seems the only real option for a window cleaner at the moment. And even that is right on the edge of being "worth it" unless you are regularly in a congestion charge area.

It has a 705KG payload so a single operator with a 400L tank would be about the limit and it costs in the mid-twenty thousands depending on the model and charger. What concerns me is the fact that if i sell it at say 5 years then the battery warranty is down to three years for the new buyer so what will depreciation be like?

If I keep it and decide to run it for ten, twelve, fifteen years then how much will a replacement battery set cost me?

On the other hand I'm told running/maintenance costs are cheap per mile but it's not really a long distance vehicle when you have to recharge every 100 miles or so.

For me I think my Hyundai diesel will "see me out" but I think electric vans will reduce in price and/or gain more subsidy, range and scale of economy. Ask me again in two years.

[Slacky]

Anyone else noticed the propensity of coffee outlets popping up in garage forecourts.

Im of the opinion this is a long term investment strategy by coffee shops knowing that the need for charging vehicles is coming in to the publics consciousness.

[Spruce]

Was talking about electric vans today with a friend.

He claims that the new all electric Nissan has a payload of 700kg,  and a range of 130 miles...

He said that the hybrid transit will be here soon.

Anyone in the know about what is happening in the the hybrid / electric van market?

I had a little nose around different reviews and at the moment the Nissan NV200 seems the only real option for a window cleaner at the moment. And even that is right on the edge of being "worth it" unless you are regularly in a congestion charge area.

It has a 705KG payload so a single operator with a 400L tank would be about the limit and it costs in the mid-twenty thousands depending on the model and charger. What concerns me is the fact that if i sell it at say 5 years then the battery warranty is down to three years for the new buyer so what will depreciation be like?

If I keep it and decide to run it for ten, twelve, fifteen years then how much will a replacement battery set cost me?

On the other hand I'm told running/maintenance costs are cheap per mile but it's not really a long distance vehicle when you have to recharge every 100 miles or so.

For me I think my Hyundai diesel will "see me out" but I think electric vans will reduce in price and/or gain more subsidy, range and scale of economy. Ask me again in two years.

A windie on one of the forums booked an NV200 for an extended test drive. He returned it shortly afterward as it was useless for window cleaning. He stated that the battery packs are all secured under the floor of the van and it would not be possible to secure a tank frame through the floor because of this design.
Just something to think about.

https://www.drivingelectric.com/nissan/e-nv200/386/nissan-e-nv200-van-range-battery-charging

The Nissan e-NV200 has benefited from Nissan’s battery development, and uses the same 40kWh battery pack as the latest Nissan Leaf. This has been slotted under the e-NV200’s load area, and as it takes up the same amount of space as the smaller battery, the van’s load volume and payload haven’t been affected.

[Spruce]

Oh great. Bristol City Council HAS voted to implement a diesel ban.

When city center businesses start to go bust from lack of customer's the council will just look confused.