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Jamie600 
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 Topic: Tow CarsPosted: 23 May 21 at 5:04pm |
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It's starting to look like good old diesel might still be best for long trips towing
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john80
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Posted: 23 May 21 at 7:08pm |
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Went to pick up a 49er. 350 miles down on the Thursday then 350 miles back on the Friday. Diesel campervan all the way as far as I am concerned. Not impressed by a lot of the new vans with smaller heavily turboed diesel engines never mind small petrol engines. How long would I have had to spend doing this trip electrically.
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Posted: 23 May 21 at 7:19pm |
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423zero
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Posted: 23 May 21 at 8:12pm |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53837491
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Posted: 23 May 21 at 9:22pm |
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We can only hope, but I for one am holding off any car purchase until there is certainty. My fear is that first diesels will be banned, then petrols, then hybrids. Then the zone will be expanded.
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423zero
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Posted: 23 May 21 at 9:36pm |
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Probably best to go with the hybrid, just been reading a article about the ecological disaster we are about to face from millions of car batteries that are full of toxins and are almost impossible to recycle,can see bans being moved further on.
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Jamie600
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Posted: 24 May 21 at 6:51am |
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I don't do any town or city driving.
One advantage of buying on PCP is if diesels are banned/phased out/ plummet in value is that I can hand it back at the end of the agreement instead of paying the balloon payment. I can also hand it back once I have paid more than half the agreement, hopefully nothing is going to change significantly with regard to diesels in that timeframe. If I was paying cash I would be thinking differently |
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Alistair426
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Posted: 24 May 21 at 7:58am |
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The whole movement to fully electric vehicles is a long way away and getting further as the realities of range, infrastructure, etc start to become an issue. There will come a point when the sale of new diesels is banned but existing diesels/petrol vehicles become much sought after by people who need 'range' to be able to conduct business and live their lives. Concern is already being expressed about the effect the vehicle range issues may have on the domestic holiday market.
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Chris_H
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Posted: 24 May 21 at 9:29am |
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I have looked a lot at electric cars recently. I currently have a diesel car, but will be going petrol or hybrid next time and then electric when the prices have become more realistic and affordable (they are silly prices right now for quite an average car - you can buy a large premium petrol car for the price of a small family electric car). For towing a RIB or dinghy, the torque of a petrol engine is absolutely fine, unless you want a burn-up at the lights .....
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iGRF
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Posted: 24 May 21 at 11:44am |
Well mine's the van version (phev 4work) so plenty of space, but no need (nor means) to take passengers and I get to claim back the Vat. It's basically full of kit, toolboxes, wetsuits, trailer boards, dog bed and has that lovely changing room man smell of damp wetsuit booties so daughters of darkness don't drive it off, get p1ssed and abandon it outside gay bars like they used to with the T6. Now rumour has it a T7 hybrid is imminent and then it'll be back to my home vehicle of choice, I can't wait, this Outlander is a great vehicle but lacks roof height to put bikes in without removing front wheels and changing inside it doesn't work either which has been a bit of a ballache during Covid. Edited by iGRF - 24 May 21 at 11:45am |
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