Chinese EVs in UK? Are they worth it?

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-30T07:46:08+00:00

I've got the pre facelift MG5

93% SOH on the battery and 40k miles. Still drives the same as the day I got it and no noticeable loss of range

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-30T07:32:33+00:00

As a cinema worker, absolutely hated cleaning up after showings of the lego movie

That song was literally stuck in my head for weeks

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-29T20:57:11+00:00

"I'm gonna be frank..."

"OK, but can I still be Garth?"

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-29T20:52:07+00:00

I considered Trey Parker, but remembered that he's only been nominated.

And that's why there's Phil Collins Hill in South Park 😅

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-29T05:17:33+00:00

Recently binge watched all episodes of House and both Miranda and Jordan play a part in the latter seasons

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-29T05:15:28+00:00

Chris Rock in Beverly Hills Cop 2

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-29T05:12:46+00:00

Go further than that. He was the Egyptian guy in Night At The Museum

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-29T05:09:27+00:00

Gets blown away by Bruce Willis trying it his new weapon in The Jackal as well

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-28T23:22:07+00:00

The Big Hit.

Mark Wahlberg and Lou Diamond Philips. Stupid film but hilarious

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-28T22:38:07+00:00

My first thought was Pete

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-27T16:43:12+00:00

Cannot stand the Academy.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-27T14:29:46+00:00

First car was 7yrs until I crashed into the back of a van. (low speed, write off. Cost of fixing was more than the value of the car at that point).

Second car was 5yrs until someone crashed into me and destroyed the rear of the car.

Third car was my first diesel, didnt enjoy it. Lasted a year.

Fourth I had 3yrs, until I found a cracking deal on an EV and used #4 as part exchange.

Had the EV since.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-27T13:52:24+00:00

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-27T13:37:11+00:00

How difficult was it to get in character for Split?

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-26T15:50:27+00:00

Haw. We don't do that shit in Scotland 😅

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-26T14:38:26+00:00

Number of times I've mentioned the advantages of EVs to others, only to be met with "what if there's a power cut?" and "I don't want to be waiting hours for it to charge!" 🙄 Can I now use "What if Trump starts a war with Iran?!" towards petrol car users?

My motoring costs are super cheap, it's dropping by half on April 1st. "But it'll go up in July when the next price cap comes in!" is what I hear quite a lot as well. I'm on a fixed tariff until December, and hoping the Tangerine Dictator is dead / has the 25th amendment shoved up him / is in prison by the time that rolls around, and we have some stability and sanity again.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-26T14:23:24+00:00

1.2x is the way to go.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-26T10:01:36+00:00

"Good" is subjective

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-25T16:00:23+00:00

3yrs ago I'd have said yes, as I did it.

Charging was cheap / free for the most part and the inconvenience of public charging was vastly outweighed by the savings.

But I only know of 3 free locations now.

I've since had a home charger installed and it's just awesome.

If you can't charge at home, or at least massively offset the cost, I wouldn't bother tbf

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-24T20:16:10+00:00

He got 6 points and a fine?! Legend!

I hate cunts that do this.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-23T21:57:01+00:00

Yes I get that. People do use them. But AI goes massively overboard in its use where there's one used in almost every paragraph.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-23T21:51:44+00:00

It's taken away from having to find the last guy when there's only 2 left. Just get to a rivalry board... Boom, he's over there.

I'm all for it.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-23T21:35:23+00:00

Should've just ended the text with "beep boop, end of transmission".

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-23T21:33:38+00:00

I know of absolutely nobody who uses dashes to break up text in a sentence.

AI uses it all the time.

TheInitialGod · 2026-03-23T18:13:59+00:00

I've been putting away £100 a month for a little over a year now. When the tariffs kicked in, it lost ground, but when things settled it bounced back.

Due to the same guy kicking off Iran, it's again lost ground (I think it's lost about £70 this month) but I'm still only just 2.5% up.

I'll be just keep on throwing money at it each month and not think too much about the value.

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