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Old Mar 2nd 2019, 4:24 am
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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
It's the tediously dull RAV4 that we have to replace this month at end of lease.
What about a tediously dull Rav 4 hybrid?

We switched to a Camry hybrid about 3 yrs ago. I forgive it for its equally dull appearance and finish for providing about 950km on one tank. Its actually surprising vroomy!
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Old Mar 2nd 2019, 4:50 am
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I think one of the benefits is that I don't believe drink driving laws apply to electric vehicles, I think they come under the same regulations as invalid scooters and golf carts.
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Originally Posted by Oink
I think one of the benefits is that I don't believe drink driving laws apply to electric vehicles, I think they come under the same regulations as invalid scooters and golf carts.
They can bust you for drunk driving in anything - golf cart, bicycle, boat, but maybe self-driving cars have potential (Home, James.).
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What if you're drunk but on a horse or an elephant? Then are you still liable if you get a piggyback ride from a gorilla or a chimpanzee.
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What if you're drunk but on a horse or an elephant? Then are you still liable if you get a piggyback ride from a gorilla or a chimpanzee.
In Canada under Federal Law No

Operation while impaired
  • 253 (1) Every one commits an offence who operates a motor vehicle or vessel or operates or assists in the operation of an aircraft or of railway equipment or has the care or control of a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft or railway equipment, whether it is in motion or not,
  • In the UK you would probably get convicted under the 1872 Licencing Act if on a horse like this chap did
  • BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tyne | Drunk man fined for riding horse
  • Under section 30 of the 1988 Road Traffic Act in the UK its an offence to be unfit to ride a bicycle through drink or drugs.
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Old Mar 3rd 2019, 11:55 am
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Originally Posted by Oink
What if you're drunk but on a horse or an elephant? Then are you still liable if you get a piggyback ride from a gorilla or a chimpanzee.
I seem to recall you asking where you could obtain an elephant once before. They can even get you for walking drunk if they want; not fair really. All that would come of involving animals is you'd incite a half million animal rights activists to attack you (probably an unpleasant experience either drunk or sober).
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We just bought a second hand Chevrolet Spark EV when our daughter passed her Driving test. It's perfect for urban driving. I couldn't face buying another petrol car and the Kia Sportage we have is too big (for me and her) and a manual. We all love it and fight to drive it, even me (my first go on an automatic). It's really fun to drive. We have a level 2 charger at home and there are plenty of public chargers nearby. All free.

We thinking of transitioning to a Chevy Bolt (for the range) but it's expensive. I don't think we'd buy another petrol car.

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I seem to recall you asking where you could obtain an elephant once before. They can even get you for walking drunk if they want; not fair really. All that would come of involving animals is you'd incite a half million animal rights activists to attack you (probably an unpleasant experience either drunk or sober).
Oh, yes, my friend needed one for a tv show about Jan Arden, apparently renting one was really expensive so I think they just wrote that out of the script.

What about being on a self-driving electric horse?

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If charging at home was possible and if they were more affordable, I would not mind an electric car.

When we did have a car, we only averaged 30-40km per day.
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Old Mar 7th 2019, 2:48 am
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Looks like Petro Canada is building an EV charging network across Canada:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...coast-to-coast

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I laugh at a colleague who has a Tesla. One day he emailed that he would be late because he had a flat tyre and was waiting for the CAA. I responded with something helpful like "change the bloody thing, you wimp" and he explained that it doesn't come with a spare type.
Unfortunately these days quite a few cars come without a spare. Usually it's a can of something and a compressor like thing to pump the stuff into your tire. I suspect it's either cost saving, or to be combined with weight saving to produce "better" emission results so as to be able to shout from the rooftops how nice the car is to the environment.

As for an EV, and I've not bothered to google, but I do wonder how much it costs if you charge it at home, is it close to the amount you'd pay to fuel a car with petrol? Does the extra purchase cost and the possible saving with charging at home actually work our cheaper in the long run (and how "long" is that) than a petrol powered car?
I've been known to comment that I'd not purchase an electric car until such time they are the same price as their petrol equivalents, mainly as I'm not totally convinced the extra cost isn't just the manufactures being greedy because they know they can.
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I love our little Sparky EV. It's such fun to drive.
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As for an EV, and I've not bothered to google, but I do wonder how much it costs if you charge it at home, is it close to the amount you'd pay to fuel a car with petrol? Does the extra purchase cost and the possible saving with charging at home actually work our cheaper in the long run (and how "long" is that) than a petrol powered car?
£3.50 to charge ours (220 miles ish), versus approx £80 in petrol. Don’t know how it compares in Canada, but just to give you an idea of the comparison in the UK.

I also rarely charge at home, hubby charges it for free at work and I tend to top up for free when out i.e. at a shopping centre/supermarket. Plus no road tax, so essentially only insurance plus a few quid a month on electricity. Not sure I’d go back to a ‘normal’ car now.


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Yes you can plug for free at many places near where we live. The level 2 portable charger we bought on Amazon (I researched it before buying and consulted the Spark EV group I'm a member of) is useful for charging overnight. We had to get a 240 socket installed in the car port. A fixed unit like my friend has would also have been possible. There's a few level 3 chargers around which charge the car from zero to 80% in about 20 minutes. But as Christmas implies, you're usually just topping up. You get more Kms in warmer weather and the more hills you go up the more charge you use. The flipside is that Kms left on the charge increase as you go downhill. So in North Vancouver where I live, this is all very noticeable.

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Originally Posted by Snowy560
Yes you can plug for free at many places near where we live. The level 2 portable charger we bought on Amazon (I researched it before buying and consulted the Spark EV group I'm a member of) is useful for charging overnight. We had to get a 240 socket installed in the car port. A fixed unit like my friend has would also have been possible. There's a few level 3 chargers around which charge the car from zero to 80% in about 20 minutes. But as Christmas implies, you're usually just topping up. You get more Kms in warmer weather and the more hills you go up the more charge you use. The flipside is that Kms left on the charge increase as you go downhill. So in North Vancouver where I live, this is all very noticeable.
A new chap joined our ream last week. He drives a Porsche but realised that commuting 75 miles each way in that car was going to be expensive so, in mid-week, he bought a Chevy Volt. He says that it's rated to go 400kms on a charge in the summer and 250 in the winter. 150 miles is 240kms so he's dependent on access to the fast charger near work (assuming he's still with us in the winter). I think that's cutting it a bit tight especially as the government's policy is to stamp out public car charging devices. Still it was interesting to hear someone who has a reasonably sporty car (Cayman with a stick shift) say that the Volt is fun to drive. I'm keen now to try any electric convertible; the Morgan ideally.
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