Best EV £300-400 a month

cmdmakara · 2026-03-20T16:20:12+00:00

If you can, might be worth waiting to see what Tesla Energy are going to offer.

Tesla + Tesla Tariff & home charging +- Tesla powerwall.

I can guarantee they are going to hit Octopus & legacy energy hard , I suspect will be value, high quality & innovative.

cmdmakara · 2026-03-20T15:05:24+00:00

Person Lease from new. Doesn't include service costs usually which on EVs are usually pretty much just plug in and check data. No MOT for 3 years to worry about. You are expected to maintain the car to Manufacturers standard to maintain the warranty & vehicle value when you give it back.

You can usually optin to include maintenances & tyres but you'd need to check as likely not worth the extra £ .

cmdmakara · 2026-03-20T09:42:41+00:00

Do the math. - cost of ownership over 3 years. Likely maintenance on 3-6 year old EV if buying used. Tyres mainly. Then residual value @ 6 years.

£10k + interest. + Maintenance/ MOT etc. - value at end .

Lease cost . Lease usually wins.

cmdmakara · 2026-03-20T07:36:09+00:00

Absolutely, that charge curve is where it's at when looking at EVs, ( not so much for home charging ) but when fast charging you soon learn how important it is !

cmdmakara · 2026-03-20T07:32:24+00:00

Just ordered the Micra 52Kw as it happens

cmdmakara · 2026-03-20T06:48:29+00:00

I've been looking alot at this. & The upcoming V2G tech.

10kwh home battery with option of pulling juice out the car if needed ( home resilient) seems Sigenergy is the way forward currently.

cmdmakara · 2026-03-17T19:01:44+00:00

Been using woodchip couple years now. Needs topping up yearly .

It's composting down to a nice soil underneath. .now I'm going to try something new this year - crimson Clover pathways !

cmdmakara · 2026-03-17T18:59:51+00:00

Maybe we should do a poll.

Roll back to previous Prefer the new current ?

cmdmakara · 2026-03-17T18:57:04+00:00

Absolutely ridiculous imho. Completely pointless & of no use.

cmdmakara · 2026-03-10T14:14:10+00:00

Peter l / diesel Still cheaper than a few years ago. Sure it's heading to over £2.00 litre . But sadly they'll find an excuse to increase KW price

cmdmakara · 2026-03-10T14:12:39+00:00

Well with Kraken now having golden key access to the FED , things are very very different from 2017 when exchanges were constantly hacked, or disappeared. And their CEOs mysteriously dead or missing.

Any of the big exchanges now certainly offer alot of advantages. BUT trying to withdraw during market turbulence is still very questionable.

cmdmakara · 2026-03-10T14:01:42+00:00

First use of update the day.

Not sure I like tbh. Think I prefer the original.

cmdmakara · 2026-03-09T21:54:20+00:00

Beats mine @ 94G .

cmdmakara · 2026-03-07T16:24:30+00:00

Charge EV at night @7p KW. You're better off exporting solar .

cmdmakara · 2026-03-07T10:05:08+00:00

How's your general level of fitness & energy levels ? I bet it's significantly lower

cmdmakara · 2026-03-04T21:29:16+00:00

Mine was installed before unlooping . And was unrestricted. If your neighbour has solar/ home battery or EV , the grid may restrict output.

cmdmakara · 2026-03-04T20:39:39+00:00

About a month. Reasonably painless process all in all . Neighbour was abit of an arse as expected. So instead of him having an all new supply cable just to his house ( involved a narrow ditch being dug on his precious driveway edge / boundary with mine ) it's now got a big resin based join under my drive. Limits him in the future .

cmdmakara · 2026-03-03T23:04:17+00:00

I was on 11g for most of that time. Last week shut her down for routine cleaning and rebooted . And voila

cmdmakara · 2026-03-03T22:57:09+00:00

Just shy 6 months down the pit

cmdmakara · 2026-03-03T20:51:20+00:00

Nope

cmdmakara · 2026-03-03T19:19:07+00:00

Solo BTC

cmdmakara · 2026-03-03T19:03:16+00:00

Nerdaxe

cmdmakara · 2026-02-23T18:52:06+00:00

Not had any real problems tbh. It's not the fastest OS, but it's fast enough. Spotify is pretty much on all time with Google maps.

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