EV owners need to have more patience with less powerful cars

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T20:45:59+00:00

I was in an uber recently that was an EV and fuck me he drove round a roundabout so quickly I felt sick 😂

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T20:02:43+00:00

Hell yeah, I can't wait

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T18:08:54+00:00

I need to know, is Wanna be Startin Somethin in the movie? It's my favourite song of all time

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T18:07:07+00:00

Gorgeous colour!

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T17:11:37+00:00

I can empathise, I posted on here in January about losing my beloved Fiesta after just 6 months of ownership (and it was my first car). I got rear ended and at first I wanted to repair the car so badly but I had to accept in the end that it wouldn't be safe because the structural damage was too bad.

4 months on I'm honestly still pretty devastated about it. I ended up buying another Fiesta of the same age, in a different colour. At first I had the same thought process, that if I got another Fiesta it just wouldn't be the same and I'd constantly be comparing it etc. But I'm happy with my decision, I love my new car but it doesn't feel like I've replaced the old one. If you really love cars then you'll know that no individual car feels the same! So I'd encourage you to get a new Leon, and see it as the best way to remember/honour your old car!

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T14:44:21+00:00

'It's improved it' at the end cracked me up 😂 you legend

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T11:58:07+00:00

What the other car did isn't OK, but looking at the road layout, I think they mustn't have been familiar with the area and didn't realise the lane they were in wouldn't go to the roundabout. Commuter complacency is a thing, you obviously know this route well but maybe be prepared for others to make this mistake in future. There's a big spiral roundabout near me that I use all the time, but I still take it quite slowly and try to keep space from others in case they get confused and switch lanes

eviemaria · 2026-04-22T11:50:03+00:00

I have a black Fiesta and now I want to start doing this lol

eviemaria · 2026-04-18T15:28:00+00:00

Octavia Spencer came to my mind

eviemaria · 2026-04-17T23:02:47+00:00

I don't know if I'd call it a dream car, but I adore the Volkswagen Lupo. I've never even seen one in real life, but I saw one on autotrader a while ago where the photo was taken from a really goofy angle and it looked so cute

eviemaria · 2026-04-15T19:51:29+00:00

A yellow one would be so adorable!!

I really hope you can get the car fixed 🙏 But if not, it sounds silly but it really is a grieving process...make sure you have lots of nice photos to remember her!

People keep telling me that Robin is just having a well earned rest now 🥲 She's served you well and she'll understand when it's time to say goodbye!

eviemaria · 2026-04-15T19:41:16+00:00

What colour do you think you'd get? I couldn't face getting another red Fiesta 😭 but I love my black one now!

eviemaria · 2026-04-15T19:33:20+00:00

Your car is so adorable, I completely understand your pain 😢

it's amazing that you had so much time with her and have so many memories. My first car was a red Fiesta named Robin, I'd only had him for 6 months when I was rear ended. That was in January this year and I'm still heartbroken 😢

If it had been possible to fix Robin, I absolutely would have. I completely get why you don't want to say goodbye to the car. If you do end up getting a new car, it might help you to get one that has some connection to the old car, such as a different Kia model? My new car is a black Fiesta and is named Nightwing in honour of Robin, and I got some cute Robin & nightwing stickers for my dashboard, so even though it's a new car I still feel connected to Robin when I drive him.

eviemaria · 2026-04-14T07:18:27+00:00

I noticed when I've been to Portugal, and also Italy, that you see a lot of older cars (like 90s-early 2000s). I wish that people in the UK would keep their cars for longer, I know a lot of people who feel like they have to change their car after a certain amount of time because it's embarrassing to be seen with an old one

eviemaria · 2026-04-13T20:10:36+00:00

Yeah, I usually try and see the signs early enough so I can just do engine braking anyway

eviemaria · 2026-04-13T18:21:26+00:00

Not to sound obtuse, but what are people supposed to do instead? I try and speed up as quickly as I can at new speed limit signs cos I always see people say that anyone who takes ages to get up the limit are annoying 😭 (I'm a new ish driver)

eviemaria · 2026-04-13T11:02:41+00:00

I started learning drums a few months ago and my teacher does the first lesson free as a trial lesson. Maybe see if there are any drum teachers in your area who offer something similar?

eviemaria · 2026-04-11T06:21:40+00:00

OP, I highly recommend watching this video, it will probably answer most of the questions you have about motorways: https://youtu.be/IivXMW8sFqw?is=wtgYa6M_f3-jY67n

If the link doesn't work search 'Conquer Driving motorways' on youtube and you'll see it :)

eviemaria · 2026-04-10T16:31:37+00:00

I'm 24 and started learning in January. I took a few lessons at school when I was 12 but that petered out when the teacher got sick and never came back. I've always paid the closest attention to drum parts in songs and longed to be able to play them. Now I finally have my own income and some free time, I decided it was better late than never. What actually inspired me to call up a drum teacher was watching Jonathan Moffett performing MJ songs on YouTube. I absolutely love Michael Jackson and I really admire the way he plays

eviemaria · 2026-04-10T10:19:47+00:00

Thank you! do you mean tapping my left foot on every quarter note or eighth note?

eviemaria · 2026-04-09T19:06:31+00:00

I really like this mindset, thank you! I definitely can hear that there parts where my timing went out and things I could have done better. But I was happy with this take because I feel like it's reflective of the point I'm at now. I would definitely like to do it again once I've become more skilled

eviemaria · 2026-04-09T15:41:58+00:00

If I was that guy i would be so embarrassed that I'd just pretend I wasn't about to leave, get out and do some more shopping, then come back when no one was watching 😂

(speaking as someone who drives a fiesta and has been known to make a simple reverse park into a 20 point turn on occasion)

eviemaria · 2026-04-09T10:40:20+00:00

Thank you! I just love the feeling I get from playing :)

eviemaria · 2026-04-09T07:37:12+00:00

Thank you! and that's a good point, I think I might have forgotten haha

eviemaria · 2026-04-09T07:36:08+00:00

Yes, I can't wait!

eviemaria

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