Car (or bike) Chat!

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Originally Posted by struth

new york, new york... The eruption will be singing.. Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York:ner:

sorry, thats perhaps a bit non woke:rolleyes:

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:D Nowt wrong with that, we like a bit of non woke here :)

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Originally Posted by CageyH

Did you see 5th gear, where they took an Ioniq 5 around the NC500?
They seemed to quite like the car.

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I’ll have to find that, thanks for the heads up - Ioniq 5 is currently top of my list for family EV although I really want to see what the finished VW Id.buzz looks like (and more importantly costs!) and when it will be available.

Just had a visitor with the Electric Mustang, that’s quite tempting too...

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Originally Posted by Barry

And the north side of the island falling into the sea is predicted to set up a tidal wave which will travel across the Atlantic and destroy most of the eastern seaboard of the USA. :hmm:

On a less dramatic note, I have climbed Mout Kilimanjaro in Kenya, which is a dormant volcano. Despite the snow at the top, if you dig down with your hand to the soil beneath, it is warm. Picked up a piece of pumice and obsidian whilst there; both are created by volcanic activity

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Kilimanjaro? Now that's impressive... on a lot of people's bucket lists I believe. The altitude would be a problem for many too.

the Ioniq is a nice car, although headroom is a little lower at doors. its also quite expensive for decent spec in comparison th the Kona. Kona of course isn't an ev design, but an ICE one originally, so its all the more encouraging that it gets such a good range(especially in warmer weather) where you can if you try get fairly close to 300... some have had over that.

It all depends on your driving style. You can also extend the range by “hyper-miling”.
The next car for the wife is likely to be 100% electric, so I will be following your Journey with the Kona with interest.

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Originally Posted by Alex_UK

Just had a visitor with the Electric Mustang, that’s quite tempting too...

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But it doesn't look anything like a Mustang. Although it's not a bad looking car as modern cars go.

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Originally Posted by Macca

But it doesn't look anything like a Mustang. Although it's not a bad looking car as modern cars go.

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I agree, I was horrified at the thought when they first announced it, having loved (most) classic Mustangs and the recent revival, but it does look better than I thought it would.

porsche are doing evs too now. its gonna be the future i think whether we should like idea or not, so might as well climb aboard. TBH there isnt much difference when driving, bar engine noise etc.

except a lot of people like changing gear. Automatic transmission never really caught on here no matter how good they eventually became.

I suppose up and coming drivers will learn in evs and go on to drive them and will never encounter a manual.

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Originally Posted by Macca

except a lot of people like changing gear. Automatic transmission never really caught on here no matter how good they eventually became.

I suppose up and coming drivers will learn in evs and go on to drive them and will never encounter a manual.

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they are popular now, but we get charged too much extra for them and it puts folk off. yes i think future drivers will probably not sit manual tests, but it will take a while yet for that.
of course technically an ev doesnt have an auto box. doesnt have any gears