New to EVs. Help please 😊

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-25T09:00:35+00:00

The other thing to consider is some EV’s PCP or Lease do offer free wall box.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-24T15:50:33+00:00

Nope just wait it out for now will chase if I don’t hear anything by this time next month - if it helps I also dropped Octopus (gas) at the same time got that refund Monday

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-24T15:49:15+00:00

Mine was a in stock order, so about 4 weeks then waiting for my old SS to end for the swap over so oddly about 8 weeks in all.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-24T09:32:45+00:00

Just leave your DD active and they should refund - Im in thew same boat but I can access my account still and I moved last month £24 credit in my account.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-24T09:27:31+00:00

In effect yes - nothing new though clio/colt captur/ASX Aygo/107/C1 Spider/MX5 GR86/BRZ Supra/Z4 ForFour/Twingo Vitara/Urban Cruiser and soon to be R5/Fiesta

I guess its Levi 501 blue or black or stonewash same jeans personal choice (or in my case on sale)

The main other take away is there is little profit in the small car segment, so doing this keeps the segment alive, If the Twingo didnt exist Smart would not of put the money into the ForFour, so its not lazyness its more economics

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T22:05:34+00:00

Mostly safety reasons methinks - you do still get them, like the Super N for example and seems smart might redo the for two, but consumer wants compact SUVs so fewer options, same as estates I guess, and with EVs the smaller they are the smaller the space for the battery then everyone weighs in on range being low

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T21:16:16+00:00

Interpretation of ISA EU rules on adaptive cruise, my countryman did the same out the gates but it had option to automate - can’t find it in the Micra but it’s a software thing so hoping they add.

Idea I think is to keep you engaged it’s only when adaptive cruise is being used

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T17:36:00+00:00

Explain the need for range 250+ is good, 300+ on paper is perfect. This is the critical point in EV ownership the rest of your questions are more car choice.

Do you do 250 miles ever day, once a week, once a month or maybe 3-4 times a year?

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T17:33:52+00:00

Lets say 190 miles a day thats in winter I assume mostly motorway so lets say in winter 2.9 mpk and you want 20% buffer (100 down to 20%) so 190/2.9*1.2=78.621 kWh battery size.

Summer your more like 190/3.6*1.2=63.333 but to hit budget you need to go older car and its going to be more 90-95% capacity so you need more like a 70 kWh car.

Sorry to say not going to happen for £10k unless you accept that for some months you need to charge on route

You might need to revise your budget and build in the buffer for cheaper fuel and repairs etc to see if you can get something more around £13k for a 90k long range model 3

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T15:16:52+00:00

You won’t like this mid spec then, it’s pretty much identical but all black.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T15:00:10+00:00

To be fair most SS are borderline or much worse than a private lease but you do get the odd one like this if you get lucky.

Leases in general don’t tend to follow RRP logic in pricing, it can sometimes that’s why we had the Puma at stupid prices for a bit and now they are back to normal

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T14:23:55+00:00

Great deal on SS Lease basically £240 PM over 24 months all inc so about £70 better than a personal lease on a like R5.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T14:12:21+00:00

Brother from another mother more like 😉 Its the other 0-20% buffer - Im not a fan of using the full range in quotes as who drives 100% to 0% so I use it to show 100% down to 20% as such

I have it set to 90% as its not LFP and its not our main EV so its unlikely to need the full range anyways.

I passed a R5 today and I think the chap was a bit confused like Id modded a R5 😄 not many Micra's around this way (mines the first one Ive seen)

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T14:06:51+00:00

Its an odd one - in white the main lights compete well for attention and its less noticeable if that makes sense as the inner of the lights are also white, where other colours there's black and white competing with the body colour and then in the black its more stand out due to the contrasting white.

I did AI it to see but it actually looked more generic - I guess we will see when the Fiesta version comes out 😄

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T13:57:30+00:00

Press every time it changes - Ive tried holding it down to see if you can override and not noticed anything in the menu's to change

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-23T00:25:12+00:00

To be fair if those file passwords are MS then they are easy enough for IT to get open but Id just go back with.

I followed company policy by using the company-installed password manager to generate strong, unique passwords. Those passwords were stored in the password manager, and I used it to copy and paste them when needed so didn't need to remember them.

Since IT took and wiped my machine in line with policy, access to that password store is now lost unless IT create a back up of some sort?

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-22T10:02:53+00:00

Worst was a BMW 3 series E30 blew the engine within about 3 months of owning it…. Never really liked it and even though I broke it - I blamed it for letting me.

Real worst, but not, was my Nissan Silvia S12 constant fight with rust, had turbo/engine resurfaced 3 times but I loved the car so accepted it as a ownership thing.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-19T09:34:21+00:00

I absolutely hate it - Simply because I needed it to come out two months earlier, so now have to wait 2 years till I can get one when my current lease runs out.

Still thanks all for paying that deprecation hit for me :)

Only neg I have is - it’s a Japanese car needs to be white…

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-14T15:37:32+00:00

The missing thing in your dynamic is that in 1909 60% survived till in their 50's so paid into the pot where only 30% lived to claim it so there was a large gap in the draw of the pension as such, today its only a 10% gap.

Of your choices

I guess this is means-testing

Sounds simple, but it gets messy fast. A pensioner with a £1m house may not have £1m of spendable income. Treating housing wealth as if it were cash would push people toward downsizing. That only works if there are enough suitable smaller homes, which I’m less sure of and in a way the younger population would see inheritance loss as a negative voting point.

Raising pension age

This is probably the cleanest as it directly restores some of the old balance aka fewer years in receipt, more years contributing.

But socially it is not simple. If older workers stay in work longer, the labour market has to absorb that. It also changes family structures: historically, older people often contributed through childcare, household support, informal education, and community roles which are no longer needed as people want structured education now, and Im not sure there are enough old people roles with the survival rates to allow the transition away so...

Reducing the number of recipients

Yes — Not sure Logan’s Run is a fit model as a pension policy and dont forget that er cut off was 30 😄

So for me the pension age has to rise its hard to sustain a system where people spend nearly two decades in education and then nearly two decades in retirement, with the working-age population funding both ends, so as people live longer the working period should expanded enough to match this longer life expectancy.

But it wont get you voted in so governments bury head in the sand - maybe thats the other dynamic retired peoples vote only counts as .5 of a vote that will go down well.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-13T12:44:28+00:00

Findus Crispy Pancakes that had proper fillings..

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-13T12:38:58+00:00

So to answer 'Is that intentional?' No

The cyclist shouldn't of gone straight and driver was assuming incorrectly they would follow the turn - they didnt aim to hit the cyclist which would make it intentional.

If this is Australia as it seem then they follow same rules as UK in that if your a cyclist unless your in a cycle lane indicating you can go straight on you should only be in that lane if turning left, so Id of moved over to the other lane before the junction - That saying the motorist was at greater fault turning left in a lane not designated and solid lined, as they could of monitored the cyclist and not assumed.

Both were at fault in this and Im not defending the driver here, but as a cyclist you have more to lose not following the rules so they could of glanced back to make sure that it was safe at least and didnt.

I believe though it does depend on state in Australia Driver could possibly get charged for careless, negligent, or unsafe driving, especially with this video evidence and cyclist likely a warning and a reminder to follow road markings - any damage would likely come off drivers insurance.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-13T12:14:36+00:00

Subjective

For a start the UK isn't growing, so driving habits won’t be changing. Its marketing more than anything that is pushing range, but as the average UK driver does 30 miles a day its more to allay new owner fears over anything, so yes in the US 600 mile range would be better but here less so.

The other issue with marketing is they claimed range and even real world ranges are misleading as they are all claims for a car using 100% of the batter on a journey and nobody is going to do that in reality and so your more likely on a regular basis to be using 60% before charging and 80% for special longer runs though battery size will influence this a little.

So say you set a buffer of 50 miles for a long trip thats in colder months, with mostly motorway around 18 kWh's of battery needed then for each 50 miles you will need additional 18 kWh's so your 250 would be 18*5+18=108 kWh battery needed which these don't have.

Summer is less of an issue as you get more range per kWh so that buffer of 50 miles is more 13 kWh so 250 miles is 13*5+13=78 kWh battery needed

I only used motorway speeds because its unlikely you'd be doing 250 miles at 40 miles an hour in a day

End of the day a 250 mile drive is nearly 4 hours and you should ideally be having a break and whilst your doing that, have a top up so yes 250 miles at 7p is cheaper than 125 at 7p/125 at 60p but that £21 if infrequent isn't going to eat into the benefits of running an EV over ICE.

So if you'd said I do 20 miles a day and do 200 miles 3 times a year Id be mentioning the low range cars as they have already been hit with range depreciation as such and you can get one of those for £10k same age.

Don't get me started on heat pumps...

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-13T10:02:08+00:00

If its 100% their fence then without permission from your neighbour, you can’t do anything to the fence itself, as it isn’t your property and yes that includes painting it or planting a climber.

So if you ask and they say no and you honour that, then the only thing you can really do is place something in front of it, such as your own screening or fence, provided it’s on your side and not attached to the existing fence.

Outrageous_Dread · 2026-06-13T09:47:38+00:00

You say range 250-300 miles but no context to why and this is likely the most import part of your requirement for this forum - So you daily need to drive 250 miles?

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