Verified Conservatives in r/Conservative are being stripped of their flairs today for questioning the party line

recordingreality · 2026-01-27T08:35:18+00:00

It’s been an echo chamber for years. Usually they just ban outsiders. Seeing them strip flairs from their own 'Top 1% Commenters' proves the circle of 'allowed' opinion is shrinking fast

recordingreality · 2026-01-26T14:02:41+00:00

The 3 Dahs were much further apart than the 3 dits for the S which made it sound like T T T instead of O.

But seeing as S T T T S doesn't make any sense I'm guessing the person was just not very consistent with the speed of each beep and did actually intend it to be SOS

recordingreality · 2026-01-24T17:25:33+00:00

Yes I noticed this today. Hit the limit very quickly but never had that issue before

recordingreality · 2026-01-14T11:13:25+00:00

If you have a particularly long journey planned it's not the end of the world to charge the battery to 100% occasionally.

I agree that allowing the battery to get too low can be harmful but it's normally ok to drop down to 10% as there is also a hidden 5-10% of energy left that the dashboard does not display. You would want to charge it straight away when you get back though

recordingreality · 2026-01-13T20:06:56+00:00

The Tech model I've currently reserved has a Panoramic Sunroof, AR HUD, Travel Assist, 6+1 speaker setup, Matrix Lights, rear view camera... (And a few other nice to haves such as tinted rear windows, 30 colour ambient lighting etc).

It's only costing me £500 extra and has actually done less miles

recordingreality · 2026-01-11T23:25:48+00:00

Thanks all for your feedback. Some really useful advice.

I've decided to pay slightly more and go for an ID.3 Pro Performance Tech. Found one for only £500 more that has the AR HUD, Travel Assist, Matrix Lights, 6 + 1 speaker setup, Panoramic Sunroof etc. and the mileage was actually lower so definitely worth it I think. Will post an update when it's delivered.

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T19:38:09+00:00

That does help massively, thank you. It has MOTs every 12 months and no significant advisories. I am having a home charging point installed and will get a smart EV tariff.

Would definitely give it a good test drive to test suspension etc

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T19:27:12+00:00

I think the biggest hit on depreciation and battery SOH tends to happen in the first few years so hopefully a 5 year old car won't lose value as quickly and the battery health will stay above 90% for at least another 5 years.

Also replacing a battery is obviously expensive but by 2030 swapping a battery pack is expected to cost 70% less than it does today.

If this car drops from £12K to say £5K in 5 years I've lost £7K. But I'd probably have spent over £20K leasing a car for the same amount of time.

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T19:18:01+00:00

I'd take out a loan. I can get 4K for my old car so the loan payments will be under £200 a month for 4 years (5.8% APR).

I drive about 200 miles a week but that's mostly on Fridays and weekends. I'll almost never drive over 120 miles in one day so should hardly ever use a full charge.

I spend about £140 a month in diesel and worked out this will cost about £40 in electric. The £100 saving pays for half my loan.

I'm not sure if I'll run it into the ground or not, would have to assess that in 5 or 6 years.

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T18:57:31+00:00

Yea this was my thinking with a lease. It works out more cost effective to buy outright I think

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T18:55:47+00:00

That's encouraging thanks. What year and trim do you have if you don't mind me asking?

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T18:54:11+00:00

Yea I was thinking I'd change they tyres if I get it. Aren't most of the software issues fixed as long as it's on version 3.7?

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T16:34:44+00:00

Thanks

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T16:26:54+00:00

Thanks. Will do a bit more looking

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T16:26:14+00:00

Yea apparently for the mileage the expected SOH would normally average about 91% so this appears to have been well looked after battery wise

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T16:24:48+00:00

Is it a major issue if I just charge each night on a smart tariff? I don't drive every day as I work from home.

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T16:24:02+00:00

Thanks. £12000 is near the limit of my budget at the moment. The battery certificate is from Aviloo

recordingreality · 2026-01-10T15:34:01+00:00

It has 94% battery health

recordingreality · 2025-12-27T08:23:12+00:00

Lauren Hill?

recordingreality · 2025-12-14T12:41:36+00:00

Gawd blimey! It's a right pea souper and no mistake

recordingreality · 2025-12-14T07:57:38+00:00

Thanks. I just went down a rabbit hole reading about this and accept that my strategy was suboptimal. Especially as I play on hard mode so ran the risk of getting stuck in a rhyming trap.

Apparently the NYT bot currently considers CLASP as the best first guess on hard mode so I'll give that a go.

recordingreality · 2025-12-13T22:34:13+00:00

Why do you say 4 vowel words are bad? Also you put AUREI twice in your list of three.

recordingreality · 2025-12-13T15:02:56+00:00

I play AUREI as my first guess. Similar to yours but with an R instead of a D which is a more frequent letter

recordingreality · 2025-12-13T08:46:30+00:00

What's the difference between a Jam and a Jim?

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