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Disagree completely we have two EVs and undertake loads of long journeys. Charging is not an issue and still cheaper than petrol -
Actually it's the opposite. 180 mile range in winter, is perfectly fine for most folks needs, not all obviously but most definitely. And...
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Paulie68 replied to the thread Old stock bargains.I almost disagree completely too. Our MG5 will "only" do 160 miles safely in cold, wet, winter use, but we still rarely have to charge...
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Paulie68 replied to the thread Old stock bargains.They'll be terrible. My new MG5 Trophy cost £21000 just over 12 months ago, now it's worth £14k tops for trade in. But it doesn't matter...
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Paulie68 replied to the thread Interesting Article.Whilst I partially agree with this, people need to be careful when "doing today" uses lots of money that otherwise could be invested for...
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Paulie68 replied to the thread Interesting Article.First year of the Z4 saw over 9.5k registrations in the UK, so I think 784 over full year 2025 and the end of 2004 is pretty low.
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Paulie68 replied to the thread Interesting Article.Couldn't agree more, I really like the exclusivity too. I like the fact the Cyberster is a proper sized car as well, would never want...
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Firstly it was never gonna be a really cheap a cheerful Sports Car, it's an EV so that ruled that out. It's too big to be a proper...
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Paulie68 replied to the thread Interesting Article.Interesting read. I looked up the numbers registered in the UK and find it's only 784 registered to date. Low volume indeed.
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Paulie68 reacted to Data's post in the thread ZS EV First Service Battery State of Health? with
Useful.
The later ones are fine even at high mileage. They have better BMS. Just as an addon Paulie, we have 5 EV's in the family including my... -
Paulie68 replied to the thread ZS EV First Service Battery State of Health?.Oh, I agree, LEAFS can go on for ever, but mostly their batteries are down to around 80% or less by 100k miles, 30/40kWh are anyway, not...
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Paulie68 reacted to Data's post in the thread ZS EV First Service Battery State of Health? with Agree.
Just to reassure you Paulie, there are quite a few MK1 & 2 Leafs with much more than a 100k on the clock with their original batteries...
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Paulie68 replied to the thread ZS EV First Service Battery State of Health?.Hi Data, I'm a retired EE with lithium battery experience. I built my own EV back in 2007/8 before any commercial cars existed. I've...
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Paulie68 replied to the thread ZS EV First Service Battery State of Health?.Maybe they use a buffer at the top, so it will continue to show 100% until capacity drops to a certain point. No battery will still be...
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One from Eurekar - New Urban model joins MG4 range. And The Driven - New 2026 MG4 EV.