Shiter's hybrid fix

[red5]

Like that, but with more Deathâ„¢

[forddeliveryboy]

FDB I thought it was a love in for fixing a $4000 fault for $10 and up yours main dealers and your undiyable tech.

 

Yes, I know, I know - but there's nothing more annoying for me than people praising modern electric hybrid cars. I just don't think they're the answer at all.

[dollywobbler]

I can see where you are coming from. The Insight is marvellous in how focused it is on being efficient. But, it's bloody stupid expecting to sell a car in volume that's of no use to a huge swathe of the population. Which is why the awful Pious actually sold better. It was actually a useful car. 

 

I'm intrigued by both the Vauxhall Ampera and Mitsubishi PH-EV though. I really need to put one of those through its paces. Vauxhall have said I can try one next time I'm in Luton. HELPFUL. 

[spike60]

One thing that does annoy me is wildly inaccurate mpg figures the makers tout about to sell them although this is not confined to hybrids. A mag floating around at work had a BMW i8(?) on test, it averaged 30 something mpg while they had it, the makers sell them on 130 mpg. Same mag also had a diesel Golf on test, 43mpg over a few days against claimed 75mpg. Fraud in any other world.

[forddeliveryboy]

Amperas are better than some, you could argue - except they're unnecessarily fast I'd say. A smaller engine and the economy would be miles better. I think there's the problem of the first of a type setting the public perception in stone, so manufacturers make sure they're faster than needs be.

 

The Renault Zoe is ok - fast enough and fuss-free. And no hassle having two or more different forms of propulsion. Trouble with this car is that in most of the EU, you're forced to rent batteries at a punative rate. Apparently not the case if you buy in Norway.

[Timewaster]

Come 2035 I can foresee a white bearded DW piloting around the peoples Republic of Wales in a Twizzy cobbled together with jump leads and scrapyard tractor batteries.

[dollywobbler]

Tesla Model S surely wins the prize for unnecessary pace? Imagine what the range could be if they stopped it delivering 400+bhp on demand. Problem is, it's very hard to ignore that sort of oomph, even if you're me.

[forddeliveryboy]

What did you do with the oomph, having failed to ignore it DW? Do the usual cheap thrills fast as I can from 30-80 or drive it maturely, using the excess power to pilot a road surreptitiously quickly?

 

At least it's a sports car, not a Vauxhall saloon. But I agree, so much speed wears off quickly unless you can't drive properly.

[xtriple]

I'd have Tesla like a shot if I could afford one and I had off road parking to charge the bugger. I think they look great and the thought of tear arsing around in something silent while waving the ecology flag really appeals!