Off Topic Electric/ Hybrid Cars

I was kind off agreeing with you until you said get a bus. Half the places I want to go id have to change bus at least a couple of times and set off the day before

 

Nah, it's not 1995 anymore. Ppl have varied and different lives now. SUVs are popular because if they're electric or hybrid, the battery fits underneath. They're multipurpose - good for families and luggage, good for travelling with dogs, sports gear, 5 ppl comfortably and easier to get in and out of, relatively efficient with fuel for long distance and short distance driving etc ppl prefer to sit up higher whilst driving... No one buys a Nissan Qashqai because it's 'status'.

 

I drive a Peugeot 208 EV and a Peugeot 5008 7 seater SUV - couldn't be happier with either car but it appears not to be the preference of many on this thread!

 

Same people will probably say they’d never buy a brand new car.

 

The village I grew up used to have 3 bus services running hourly all day to get to every surrounding town and city. There is now 1 that runs about 6 busses per day. It’s genuinely about 8x quicker to walk 5 miles to the next village than it is to catch 3 busses.

It’s also cheaper to get a taxi

 

Love my X3.
Now 9 years old and going well. Had one previously as well.

 

It's the perfect size imo, does everything needed and with it being a hybrid and a company car the BIk tax is decent as well. Due a new one end of this year and will probably stick with the X3, even through the new ones interior it's made of cheaper material and unfortunately it shows

 

Do you not think?

Of course there are practical benefits to big cars. There always have been, and there always have been some people who have them for that reason. But the popularity of these cars has blown up in recent years, to the point that it's fairly normal now for a couples in their 20s to have one each outside their house even though all they do is nip to the shops or the gym in it. But they can't be seen in an older or simpler car, even if that's what they can actually afford.

 

Absolutely. And with the advent of PCP etc, plenty of young people pay out far too much per month in order to be seen in their new or nearly new status symbol.

 

One of the few advantages to living in London, where I do for my sins, is the excellent public transport system. A bus every ten minutes from the end of our road - and free once you reach 60.

 

You have got to reach retirement age around here for that.

 

Why is it free in London ,but not around here ?.Its the same in Wales ,Ireland and Scotland free public transport at 60 .It seems bloody wrong to me why do we have to an extra seven years to the rest of the uk ?.

 

I think it is decided by the local authority. They have to give you it after retirement age but could give you it at 60. I suppose it's down to cost.

 

Hull Council is one of the few that allows free travel before 9-30.


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Google is your friend:
"The cost of providing free bus travel to eligible individuals through the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) is funded by the UK government as part of the main revenue support grant to local authorities, with local authorities responsible for reimbursing bus operators for journeys made by passengers with a bus pass."
It's down to cost.

 

And might not get them 7 years in

 

Devolved Government, Local Authorities and Regional Mayors who are able to make decisions on a whim based on their chosen prejudices generates unfairness and chaos.

 

This.
Not a fan of devolved regions, one country set of rules.

 

There's a protest about it to the Government ongoing now. There's a petition online (55,000 reached so far) for it to be discussed in Parliament. They want England to come inline with the rest of the UK.