EV Charging in the UK

[Clifford Heath]

On 23/6/19 2:28 am, Clive Arthur wrote:

On 22/06/2019 17:22, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:31:24 +0100, Clive Arthur
cliveta@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:

On 21/06/2019 08:09, Martin Brown wrote:

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I have found that to be true of most US made hire cars. They are OK
at a
steady speed of 55mph on the straight but for anything else forget it!

The "accelerator" pedal is used to control engine noise and after the
air conditioner has used as much as it wants any residual torque
remaining is eventually transferred to the road wheels. The steering
such as it is is interpreted by the car as a vague hint which side of a
straight line to veer and the tyres invariably squeal on corners. The
suspension is so soft that you could easily get sea sick in one.

Bikers joke that you can tell which way a US car is about to turn
because it will lurch the other way first.

Cheers

When I loaded my mandatory toolbox in the trunk of my MG, I centered
it carefully to keep the car balanced.


MG never really understood that they were supposed to keep the water out
and the oil in, rather than the other way round.

They seem to think that a cross-wind is a good enough reason to change
lanes, too.

 

[Rick C]

On Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 9:46:48 PM UTC-4, Clifford Heath wrote:

On 23/6/19 2:28 am, Clive Arthur wrote:

MG never really understood that they were supposed to keep the water out
and the oil in, rather than the other way round.

They seem to think that a cross-wind is a good enough reason to change
lanes, too.

My brother had a couple of MGs. The first was an MGA which had the water/oil problem. The side windows were a pair of plastic panes with one that slid. There was a gap between them that rain could blow through. It was pretty insane. The MGB-GT was a lot better with proper roll down windows. It didn't really have those sorts of problems, but it was not overly reliable.. Better than a friend's Fiat a few years later. It took the Japanese to show the world how to build cars.

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[Tom Gardner]

On 23/06/19 02:46, Clifford Heath wrote:

On 23/6/19 2:28 am, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 22/06/2019 17:22, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:31:24 +0100, Clive Arthur
cliveta@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:

On 21/06/2019 08:09, Martin Brown wrote:

snipped

I have found that to be true of most US made hire cars. They are OK at a
steady speed of 55mph on the straight but for anything else forget it!

The "accelerator" pedal is used to control engine noise and after the
air conditioner has used as much as it wants any residual torque
remaining is eventually transferred to the road wheels. The steering
such as it is is interpreted by the car as a vague hint which side of a
straight line to veer and the tyres invariably squeal on corners. The
suspension is so soft that you could easily get sea sick in one.

Bikers joke that you can tell which way a US car is about to turn
because it will lurch the other way first.

Cheers

When I loaded my mandatory toolbox in the trunk of my MG, I centered
it carefully to keep the car balanced.


MG never really understood that they were supposed to keep the water out and
the oil in, rather than the other way round.

They seem to think that a cross-wind is a good enough reason to change lanes, too.

The mid-80s Ford Sierra was infamous for that.

The core problem was that the centre of percussion was not
the same as the centre of gravity, so a sidewind generated
a torque. The effect was particularly interesting in
gusty sidewinds.

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:52:14 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

> Joseph Lucas, the Prince of Darkness.

Ah yes, and a very well-earned soubriquet it was too, I must say.



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[Bill Sloman]

On Friday, June 21, 2019 at 6:01:36 PM UTC+2, Rick C wrote:

On Friday, June 21, 2019 at 11:27:34 AM UTC-4, k...@notreal.com wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 06:41:34 -0700 (PDT), Rick C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Friday, June 21, 2019 at 9:24:47 AM UTC-4, k...@notreal.com wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:05:59 -0700 (PDT), Rick C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 10:33:48 PM UTC-4, k...@notreal.com wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:38:21 -0700 (PDT), Rick C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 10:27:56 PM UTC-4, k...@notreal.com wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 19:46:57 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:01:26 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
curd@notformail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:36:18 -0700, Rick C wrote:

<snip>

I got it, already. Long ago! You're Tesla's #1 fanboi - Musk's li'l
brown puppy.

You could try learning something rather than just mindlessly posting your drivel.

Asking a lot of krw. He doesn't seem to have absorbed any item of new information for years, and clearly doesn't want to.

Why? You'll just go into #1 fanboi mode, as you always do.

I bought the model X because I couldn't test drive a model 3. They had a few on the lot for delivery, but I couldn't even sit in one. I'm on the tall side and it turns out the model X is the only one that I don't hit my head getting in and out. So I have the right one for me anyway. The S was a pretty nice car though. When the roadster comes out I will want to test drive one.

*WE*KNOW* It's all you talk about. Whenever the subject of EVs comes
up you just cannot resist making a fool of yourself by bragging about
your POS Tesla.

I wonder why krw thinks that Telsa's are pieces of shit? He clearly hasn't driven one, and it seems unlikely that one broke down in front of his house..

I don't know if they will survive long term, but you have to admit (or maybe you don't) that the Tesla story is pretty amazing. Just starting a US car company that will sell millions of cars is a story all in its own. Add in the fact they are showing the world wide auto industry that EVs can be made not just practical but fantastic to own and drive is truly amazing.

I really don't care one bit that you don't appreciate EVs or that you don't appreciate that I like mine. You are in no way significant in this matter. You are merely the dog nipping at the heels of others. I think this is because it is what you prefer to be.

Even the smallest dog can produce unpredictable behaviour. You could program an articial intelligence program to react like krw - Parry wouldn't need much modifcation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARRY

Of course if krw were a chatbot, he wouldn't pass the Turing test.

> If you want to learn something about EVs, then learn. Take one for a test drive. Talk to some owners. Or you can continue to be the yappy little dog trying to nip from behind.

"Learn" and "krw" are mutually exclusive. If you have one, you've excluded the other.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

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