November 12, 20187 yr Funny enough Motor Cyclists DO have small tanks and a worse mpg than many cars but it doesn't seem to bother them! My VTR1000F Firestorm V-twin has an range anxiety inducing 16L tank giving a 80 mile range when used in urban conditions or with open road enthusiasm. Basically whenever I see a petrol station it's time to fill up.
November 12, 20187 yr My VTR1000F Firestorm V-twin has an range anxiety inducing 16L tank giving a 80 mile range when used in urban conditions or with open road enthusiasm. Basically whenever I see a petrol station it's time to fill up. Just think.. If that took 20 minutes to 2 hours to do!
November 12, 20187 yr Just think.. If that took 20 minutes to 2 hours to do! It's taken that long to fuel up esp when I've miscalculated getting to the next petrol station and ran dry - funnily enough both times were near Bury St Edmunds and either had to push it or wait for help!
November 12, 20187 yr It's taken that long to fuel up esp when I've miscalculated getting to the next petrol station and ran dry - funnily enough both times were near Bury St Edmunds and either had to push it or wait for help! In my earlier driving life I've twice through negligence run out of petrol on the road. The first time it happened, the engine spluttered and a glance at the gauge showed the cause and I was able to turn the wheel and glide into the adjacent petrol station and stop at a vacant pump. Incredible good luck. What follows is almost unbelievable, but I assure you it's absolutely true. The next time I ran out a few years later I was able to turn the wheel and glide into an adjacent petrol station forecourt in exactly the same way. There were many more petrol stations back then, but it still seems almost impossible that I could have been so lucky. Ever since I've been very careful not to tempt providence, since it could be third time very unlucky indeed. And I'm safe now with my e-car remaining range displayed on the dashboard at all times so no chance of forgetting to "fill up". .
November 12, 20187 yr I am a battery convert.. I have rechargeable bikes, Lawnmower, Rotavator, leaf shredder-vac, strimmer, Vacuumes, power tools and numerous other gadgets so a car is the next step but I have been told there are too few chargers up here in the dales which may be a problem, so I have just used Google maps to find a charging point local to me in Oxenhope nr Keighley, and am surprised to find the nearest being 20 minutes away and have a choice of 12 within a 45 minute drive, although north of Skipton they are looking a bit thin on the ground. And that is assuming they are all available, accessible and working. This highjacked thread is getting more intersting by the day.. they have fitted charge points at The Rendezvous hotel in Skipton...
November 12, 20187 yr what about buying a 2kw Honda genny....put that in the boot and top up the batteries in the Tesla when required ?? I'll get my coat shall I ??
November 12, 20187 yr Harrogate have a fleet of electric busses and use a big diesel generator to charge them.
November 12, 20187 yr what about buying a 2kw Honda genny....put that in the boot and top up the batteries in the Tesla when required ?? I'll get my coat shall I ??Stick a wind turbine on the roof of the car so as you drive the battery charges! (yes this is in jest)
November 12, 20187 yr Harrogate have a fleet of electric busses and use a big diesel generator to charge them. That says it all
November 12, 20187 yr Stick a wind turbine on the roof of the car so as you drive the battery charges! (yes this is in jest) Hey don’t be so sure You may have something there
November 12, 20187 yr they only work to a wind speed that the motors can handle even the big ones lock there blades at around 28mph or they blow up lol.
November 12, 20187 yr Harrogate have a fleet of electric busses and use a big diesel generator to charge them. ????????????????? and yet again ??????????????? how does this mean green?
November 12, 20187 yr ????????????????? and yet again ??????????????? how does this mean green?I think it's because the system isn't working as it should.
November 12, 20187 yr Harrogate have a fleet of electric busses and use a big diesel generator to charge them. If the Skipton Tourist Information Centre is to be believed, surely solar panels on the roofs of the buses should easily power them in all that sunshine? .
November 12, 20187 yr Hey don’t be so sure You may have something there Would never work due to drag, conservation of energy etc.
November 12, 20187 yr just get slaves to crank it round http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/moviepics/htbwheel1.jpg
November 12, 20187 yr Would never work due to drag, conservation of energy etc. It could with cross winds over the car. Wouldn't gain very much though. .
November 23, 20187 yr Hiring is what many do for the odd long journey. Cyclezee drives electric and I think he has hired in that way. . Hi Tony, Having sold my Citroen DS5 Hybrid 2 weeks go I did hire an ICE car to go up to the Northern Lake District to visit my wicked stepmother and to be honest if I hadn't been taking the family along I would have gone in my Zoe. There is are Ecotricity charge points at every motorway service station + 1 a mile from where my stepmother lives My Journey was M1 then M6 and as anybody who has driven that route recently will be aware there is 100 miles of 50 MPH average speed monitoring which is due to the construction so called smart motorway. BTW, how trucks and vans manage travel at 55 to 60 without getting a ticket? Coming home on a Sunday night I took the A66 to Scotch and A1M / M1 which was clear until 10 miles from J14, that took almost an hour due to a van which had broken down in the road works. 2 weeks ago a guy with a very rare and much hyped high spec Hyundai Kona 64 kWh met me in MK and kindly took me for a drive. A nice car, impressive performance but there is more leg room in the back of my Zoe and the boot is not very big. It's sister car the Kia Niro electric is more spacious but for that money I could by two Zoe 40 kWh i's.. After having been in or driven most of the currently available electric cars on the market in the UK, I realise what a great little car the Zoe is. To get back to the point, until I change to an ev with a genuine range of 200 miles plus and I am in a hurry to get somewhere with a lot of stuff, I would hire an ICE car or van, but that will not happen very often. One thing is certain I will never own another ICE car.
November 23, 20187 yr My Journey was M1 then M6 and as anybody who has driven that route recently will be aware there is 100 miles of 50 MPH average speed monitoring which is due to the construction so called smart motorway. Back in July when I drove to Chorley and back in the Suzuki I suffered all the M6 restrictions, a real pain. On the return journey I was in fixed 50 limit area, it being clear I was tail of a four car well over 70 mph convoy when suddenly police popped up from behind as bridge parapet aiming hand held radar. Maybe it was because I was at the end, but I never heard further, lucky day. Like you I never want to own an ICE car again, the Leaf is everything I could want in a car, especially here in the crowded south east. The only change I've made is to add a space saver spare wheel and jack etc with cover bag. I don't like relying on the supplied pump and slime kit and the boot is so huge and deep the spare doesn't detract. Nissan actually do a spare as an option, slung under the rear on a frame, but factory fit only and they are vulnerable to theft of course. .
November 24, 20187 yr Problem also for me apart from range in my case Is , This wouldn’t be the same with an electric motor installed Or this It’s going to be a very sad motorsport world without IC Engines very sad
November 24, 20187 yr Problem also for me apart from range in my case Is , This wouldn’t be the same with an electric motor installed Or this It’s going to be a very sad motorsport world without IC Engines very sad Isn't it an ecar that recently broke the high peaks record? Seems to me they can be made to go astonishingly fast
November 24, 20187 yr Isn't it an ecar that recently broke the high peaks record? Seems to me they can be made to go astonishingly fast Not denying that at all My problem is the lack of drama And also tuning engines for motor sport is not an exact science so there’s a competition aspect as well there
November 24, 20187 yr Problem also for me apart from range in my case Is , This wouldn’t be the same with an electric motor installed Or this It’s going to be a very sad motorsport world without IC Engines very sad I can see where you are coming from, you like noisy as well as high performance motor sport. As a track marshal at Silverstone I too enjoy motor sport, but I am at age where the noise of a high performance ICE becomes irritating after a while. e.g. The 6 hour WEC race featuring LMP's was extremely noisy to the extent concrete walls were vibrating. Interestingly the quietest cars were Toyota Hybrids which came 1st and 2nd although later disqualified on a technicality. I don't know if anyone has ever measured this but it would interesting to know how much pollution is pumped in the atmosphere by ICE cars at motor sport events.
November 24, 20187 yr Ecars are surprisingly complex. I watched a video where the dismantled a telsa and they are struggling to understand how they get so much power from the motor. Apparently, according to the vid, it is something special. Edited November 24, 20187 yr by Gubbins
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