ICE vs EV, the debate thread

[transam]

4 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

You are insufferable. And your reading comprehension issues are shining through again. Up to each person what they spend their money on.

I don't have an MG or a motorbike of any sort, not sure where you get your weird thoughts from. FWIW I have spent more than the BMW price on a couple of cars here and got much better specced and performing vehicles, but I didn't get "the badge" - that's not important to me at all, but it is to some people, that's fine - up to them.

Tiresome engaging with a troll. I'll stop now, good night.

Well it is tiresome you running folk down for buying a BMW, why don't you just accept folk can buy what ever they like.

If we all had your attitude, Rolls, Porche and all the other high-end brands would go out of business.

 

Now tell me, why aren't the high-end brands going out of business, in fact why do these brands have to build factories all over the world.....?

 

Take your time.........

 

[novacova]

10 minutes ago, transam said:

Well it is tiresome you running folk down for buying a BMW, why don't you just accept folk can buy what ever they like.

 

Folks tell me I should drive a nice car, my response: I’ll drive any car I damn well please just the same as them telling me to have a nice day, I’ll have any kind of day I damn well please. And if folks don’t like it then that’s none of my business now is it?

[transam]

Just now, novacova said:

Folks tell me I should drive a nice car, my response: I’ll drive any car I damn will please just the same as them telling me to have a nice day, I’ll have any kind of day I damn well please. And if folks don’t like it then that’s none of my business now is it?

Absolutely.......

[Gweiloman]

A well brought up child, with Thb 2.5 mio would have bought his parents a brand new million baht EV with all the safety features and latest tech and bought himself a fantastic Chinese made PHEV such as the Haval for 1.5 mio. But I guess for some, saying I drive an overpriced “premium“ continental car is more important. Maybe to compensate for childhood issues, riding in swift cars.

[JBChiangRai]

7 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

A well brought up child, with Thb 2.5 mio would have bought his parents a brand new million baht EV with all the safety features and latest tech and bought himself a fantastic Chinese made PHEV such as the Haval for 1.5 mio. But I guess for some, saying I drive an overpriced “premium“ continental car is more important. Maybe to compensate for childhood issues, riding in swift cars.

 

Nothing that a plethora of stupid emoji's can't fix.

[Andrew Dwyer]

13 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

A well brought up child, with Thb 2.5 mio would have bought his parents a brand new million baht EV with all the safety features and latest tech and bought himself a fantastic Chinese made PHEV such as the Haval for 1.5 mio. But I guess for some, saying I drive an overpriced “premium“ continental car is more important. Maybe to compensate for childhood issues, riding in swift cars.

Yup, could have at least bought a 4th cylinder for dad’s Celerio ( celery in Esperanto ).

[transam]

15 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

A well brought up child, with Thb 2.5 mio would have bought his parents a brand new million baht EV with all the safety features and latest tech and bought himself a fantastic Chinese made PHEV such as the Haval for 1.5 mio. But I guess for some, saying I drive an overpriced “premium“ continental car is more important. Maybe to compensate for childhood issues, riding in swift cars.

Oddly, that was mentioned, the EV thing, they laughed.................🤣

[josephbloggs]

EVs are just so boring, bland, no character.

 

905bhp. 0-100 in 2.7s. And it looked absolutely stunning in the flesh although I think would have been better in yellow.

 

[transam]

2 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

EVs are just so boring, bland, no character.

 

905bhp. 0-100 in 2.7s. And it looked absolutely stunning in the flesh although I think would have been better in yellow.

 

I doubt those numbers will be of any use on public roads......🤗

[JBChiangRai]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

I doubt those numbers will be of any use on public roads......🤗

 

That's because you're not accustomed to fast cars.  Some people would use all of that power and yearn for more.

[JBChiangRai]

On 1/10/2022 at 7:46 AM, DUNROAMIN said:

Better off with a Hybrid in Thailand for now. Cant see the infrastructure here for another 10 years to support EVs.

 

This post didn't age well.  

[transam]

3 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

That's because you're not accustomed to fast cars.  Some people would use all of that power and yearn for more.

700hp was enough in my fun car, but not very good for going shopping, but the sounds were fab.........😋

[richard_smith237]

28 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

31 minutes ago, transam said:

I doubt those numbers will be of any use on public roads......🤗

 

That's because you're not accustomed to fast cars.  Some people would use all of that power and yearn for more.

 

I think there's a reality to Trans' comment - its nice to have the 'grunt' but it gets to a point where that much acceleration is pointless on any public road... 

 

In our very average EV (0-100 in 6.1 seconds) the traction control came on today in the wet as the wife 'pulled away from the toll booth)...    OK, it was wet so of course there is a loss of traction. 

 

But when I've 'played' I can gun it, and then before I'm even joining the main expressway I'm slowing to merge with traffic. 

 

 

Its different using a car on a track of course - but who does that... Where is 0-100kmh in 3.5sec really of any value in the real world...  bragging rights, yup..  pulling away from a expressway toll booth, yep, for the first 2 seconds then its the brakes (and yep, thats fun - but really...   that'll get boring quickly).

 

 

 

 

[josephbloggs]

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I think there's a reality to Trans' comment - its nice to have the 'grunt' but it gets to a point where that much acceleration is pointless on any public road... 

 

In our very average EV (0-100 in 6.1 seconds) the traction control came on today in the wet as the wife 'pulled away from the toll booth)...    OK, it was wet so of course there is a loss of traction. 

 

But when I've 'played' I can gun it, and then before I'm even joining the main expressway I'm slowing to merge with traffic. 

 

 

Its different using a car on a track of course - but who does that... Where is 0-100kmh in 3.5sec really of any value in the real world...  bragging rights, yup..  pulling away from a expressway toll booth, yep, for the first 2 sections then its the brakes (and yep, thats fun - but really...   that'll get boring quickly).

 

 

 

 

I don't think the thrill of gunning it with such incredible and instantaneous acceleration would ever get boring, even if it is momentary. Plenty of places to enjoy it, albeit it briefly. The fastest EV I have driven was 0-100kmh in 4.5s (I think) and it was intoxicating. Fastest ICE road car I have driven was 3.4s, also intoxicating......but different. I prefer the instant oomph of the EV.

[transam]

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I think there's a reality to Trans' comment - its nice to have the 'grunt' but it gets to a point where that much acceleration is pointless on any public road... 

 

In our very average EV (0-100 in 6.1 seconds) the traction control came on today in the wet as the wife 'pulled away from the toll booth)...    OK, it was wet so of course there is a loss of traction. 

 

But when I've 'played' I can gun it, and then before I'm even joining the main expressway I'm slowing to merge with traffic. 

 

 

Its different using a car on a track of course - but who does that... Where is 0-100kmh in 3.5sec really of any value in the real world...  bragging rights, yup..  pulling away from a expressway toll booth, yep, for the first 2 sections then its the brakes (and yep, thats fun - but really...   that'll get boring quickly).

 

 

 

 

Yep...My fun car was just used for that, fun, spent most of its life in the garage waiting for me to reverse it out to go out for an adrenalin rush and music to the ears.......

 

Then back to the E-Class or Volvo Estate to relax, though that was back in Blighty..

 

Now I am confined to borrowing Mrs.T's "Latin for Swift" Suzuki in LOS.....................

[transam]

5 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

I don't think the thrill of gunning it with such incredible and instantaneous acceleration would ever get boring, even if it is momentary. Plenty of places to enjoy it, albeit it briefly. The fastest EV I have driven was 0-100kmh in 4.5s (I think) and it was intoxicating. Fastest ICE road car I have driven was 3.4s, also intoxicating......but different. I prefer the instant oomph of the EV.

I suppose that if you're deaf it doesn't matter......😋

[josephbloggs]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

I suppose that if you're deaf it doesn't matter......😋

Pardon?

[JBChiangRai]

I use all the power of my Seal Performance when overtaking in the dry, I could use a lot more power. 

 

The issue with high power is grip.  I drive slower than most in the wet, in the dry I will use all the performance in a straight line and some of it around bends.

 

The Seal is under-tyred, changing the weels for an 1" wider helped, but it's still under-tyred in the wet or on dusty surfaces.  A German performance EV's tyres are typically around a third wider at the rear to get the grip and are a lot safer in the wet.

 

At what point do we say there is too much power or you can't use it on the public highway?  A Seal with 530bhp? A lotus with 905bhp? A Bugatti Tourbillon or Rimac Nevera with 2,000 bhp?  It's down to the driver to judge when and how much power he can use.

 

I haven't heard anyone say you can't use the power of a Tesla Model S Plaid and I think that is around 1,100 or 1,200 bhp.

[Pib]

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I use all the power of my Seal Performance when overtaking in the dry, I could use a lot more power. 

 

You saying you stomp the fuel pedal when overtaking/passing another vehicle?!  Why in the world do that?!   Kinda dangerous ain't it?

[Pib]

OK...OK....for those that are hardcore ICEV till you die, Royce Royce Thailand has the V12 car for you.

 

https://autolifethailand.tv/official-price-rolls-royce-cullinan-series-2/

 

 

[JBChiangRai]

1 hour ago, Pib said:

You saying you stomp the fuel pedal when overtaking/passing another vehicle?!  Why in the world do that?!   Kinda dangerous ain't it?

Actually it’s the safest way.  You should keep the time you are overtaking to a minimum.

 

On the highway between chiangMai and Chiang Rai you may be doing 70 or 80 km an hour behind a long six wheel truck, the faster you can complete the maneuver the safer it is.

 

38 minutes ago, Pib said:

OK...OK....for those that are hardcore ICEV till you die, Royce Royce Thailand has the V12 car for you.

 

https://autolifethailand.tv/official-price-rolls-royce-cullinan-series-2/

 

 

 

I have had a few Rolls Royce’s in my time, here’s my first with a 31 year old JBChiangRai.

 

[Pib]

14 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Actually it’s the safest way.  You should keep the time you are overtaking to a minimum.

 

On the highway between chiangMai and Chiang Rai you may be doing 70 or 80 kg an hour behind a long six wheel truck, the faster you can complete the maneuver the safer it is.

 

 

I'm behind dirt trucks like below all the time in my driving in the western Bangkok and Nakorn Pathom area...plus all kinds of other big, long trucks.    Zipping around them in a safe and quick manner definitely does not require overtaking them at high acceleration where you may not have the best control of your vehicle.     My Atto has more than enough acceleration with moderate pressing of the fuel pedal to accomplish that.  Hech,  even a Neta V EV can easily zip around long trucks.

 

[Pib]

17 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

I have had a few Rolls Royce’s in my time, here’s my first with a 31 year old JBChiangRai.

 

Very nice.