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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    Did you see 5th gear, where they took an Ioniq 5 around the NC500?
    They seemed to quite like the car.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    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.

    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
    Kilimanjaro? Now that's impressive... on a lot of people's bucket lists I believe. The altitude would be a problem for many too.
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    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.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex_UK View Post

    Just had a visitor with the Electric Mustang, that’s quite tempting too...
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    But it doesn't look anything like a Mustang. Although it's not a bad looking car as modern cars go.
    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.
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    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.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    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.
    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
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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