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Are you a pro-horse or pro-petrol vehicle fan? |
Perhaps, or in the late 1800's when electric cars were preferred over gasoline ones, this very conversation was being discussed then. There were even "rechargeable" battery electric vehicles as early as 1884 in London, but once the starter motor came along, sales of expensive electric cars started to decline.
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I wonder if automobile crank starter fans of yesteryear scoffed at electric starters, because a crank starter made them feel "more connected" to their car?
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Ha ha ha! I've not missed the manual gearbox once. I'm tempted to test the 0-60 time, it seems to be between 9.5 and 10.5 seconds....
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Re that article about the Leaf, i lost £9,000 on that £13,000 Hyundai in 2 and a half years, I don't think its exceptional.
The penalty for buying a new car that you dont then keep for 10 + years is that you lose most of the money you put down on it. Luckily, the Prius offers everything the i20 didnt, so i know i will enjoy driving it for the next decade. I couldn't bear to make the same financial disaster with this car as i did the last one! Did you buy your Clio new? I bet you're looking at a comparable loss when it comes time to sell.... |
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When I bought my present car. Was waiting at the dealership. The salesman decided he just had to come up with something offensive. He said: "You drove that old car for 18 years!?" I said: "Don't worry. This one should last longer." |
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I bought the i20 by justifying i would keep it 10 years and pass it on to my son...bland as it was, i d be happy with the claimed 80-94 mpg Hyundai vouched it would deliver.
As you saw, it managed 64.1 over 40,000 miles. It also has a fault Hyundai are too stupid or lazy to identify and fix. I hated the bloody car; the thought of miserably holding on to it so as to smugly boast in 2023 that i had made a wise purchase financially...ugh! They can stick that nine grand, they ll never see me again! |
When i first got a 1987 diesel you had to flick a switch to warm the glow plugs before you turned the key. I did like that feature, but can live without it! Old diesels were no good as getaway cars, new ones seem to start like a petrol car.
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