Jonathan Burford

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Jonathan Burford

@JonathanBurford

Katılım Haziran 2009

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·17 Mar

@OCDaboutCars @modernheroestv Loved my 2008 Saab 93 diesel convertible that I bought for an NC500 challenge with the boys last summer. But my goodness the smells when sitting in traffic. Confirmed I wanted a convertible for the summer though, so MG Cyberster in 18 months or so it’ll be!

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Tom Kehoe@OCDaboutCars·17 Mar

@modernheroestv Can't beat the smells and sounds of a diesel with the roof down 👌

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Gary Martin@modernheroestv·16 Mar

In this week’s “terrible buying decisions I’ll definitely not regret later” Summer’s coming ☀️

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·17 Mar

@jamiezerofour @JordanEVGuy So serious answer. The EV. Let’s say someone’s petrol bombed (no pun intended) the interior so the likelihood is irrelevant. I’d have a far longer escape time before anything major happens with the EV battery and thermal runaway etc vs the fuel tank on an ICE exploding or leaking

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jamiezerofour@jamiezerofour·16 Mar

@JordanEVGuy Serious question. You live in a detached house and are sleeping with your wife next to you and kids in nearby rooms. Your car is parked right next to the house and catches fire. Would you prefer that the car were an EV or ICE?

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Jordan - The EV Guy@JordanEVGuy·15 Mar

Another electric car fire 🤯 These things are SO dangerous. Oh wait…

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·14 Mar

@SimonCarGuy 100% agree. Although a little early to be taking them off imo. Some warm days currently but cold over night and the core road temps are still fairly low. Mine will be swapped next month some time.

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Simon Lane@SimonCarGuy·13 Mar

Lots of questions asking why winters in UK:- 1. Spread tire wear 2. Will get % cost of 2nd set back come resale 3. Winters work significantly better than summer tyres below +8°C - plenty of info available online 4. They (or chains) are legal requirement in Alps during winter 1/2

Simon Lane@SimonCarGuy

Winters off. Summers on. Excellent service from @kwikfit St Albans (Hatfield Rd) who took 30 x mins and charged very reasonable £40 inc VAT for swap. Nice friendly team. Car has 25k miles but still has 5mm tread left on all 4 x original summer tyres.

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·14 Mar

@AndyKinnaird1 @EVPuzzle How’s watching the TV, charging your phone and laptop going with the Wood Method?

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Nud@AndyKinnaird1·14 Mar

@EVPuzzle My form of energy doesn’t cost thousands - can’t be taxed and bizarrely works at night il stick with reliability

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The EV Puzzle@EVPuzzle·12 Mar

Solar panels.. Unlike the grid where energy prices follow the price of gas My energy price was fixed when I bought solar panels With the added bonus of FREE energy after 6-8 years Bargain 🤑💡⚡👍

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·14 Mar

@BenGrahamStocks What a load of tosh. £6.2k system paid off for me in 4.5 years, not paid for an energy bill since install as summer credit earnt from export see me through winter, and that’s with all electric heating and 15k miles a year of EV charging! 🤣 Yes clearly they don’t break even! 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Ben Graham@BenGrahamUK·12 Mar

In hot, sunny regions, solar panels thrive. In the UK, they barely break even. Pushing mass solar here is ignoring geography, and common sense.

themrswatt@themrswatt

Pay more to make the weather gooder.

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·7 Mar

@yetiayrshore @ecocars1 @KateFantom @eV_Newt @alexlowe30 @PoletoPoleEV @EVPuzzle @TimsTravels01 @tillathenun @Go_eVUK @ukevowners Not that pitiful at all for the time if driven well. Heating was the killer in the winter for them however.

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Yeti@yetiayrshore·7 Mar

@ecocars1 @KateFantom @eV_Newt @notaguru3 @alexlowe30 @PoletoPoleEV @EVPuzzle @TimsTravels01 @tillathenun @Go_eVUK @ukevowners Couldn’t give them away. And there’s no way you drove one that distance, the range on them was pitiful.

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Jonathan Porterfield@ecocars1·6 Mar

8 years ago @KateFantom ! Who says EVs loose value over time ? If these where available today I'd see these at around £4995 'retail' great city EVs , that we regularly drove from Leicestershire to Orkney

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·7 Mar

@andybarker100 @joncoupland Wet belt failed on Wednesday…

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Andy@andybarker100·6 Mar

@joncoupland Sold on Saturday Stolen by Tuesday

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Jon Coupland@joncoupland·6 Mar

This is apparently my most liked Tweet ever ... cool

Jon Coupland@joncoupland

The final Ford Fiesta to leave the line Signed by all those who made it happen Sad day

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·28 Şub

@NotFarLeftAtAll They sit outside A&E for hours at a time due to delays. Can easily charge during that period! 🙈🤣

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WeGotitBack 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸@NotFarLeftAtAll·27 Şub

🚨 Ridiculous and Stupid idea from Labour The NHS is seeking to electrify up to 20,000 ambulances and other medical vehicles. Imagine the battery running out of an ambulance while you’re in the back needing urgent care that only the hospital can offer

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·21 Şub

@modernheroestv @jakebeldercars No motorways in East Anglia and I use it daily. It’s a lot better in some cars than others though, so luck of the draw as to what you’re driving it seems.

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Gary Martin@modernheroestv·21 Şub

@jakebeldercars Lots of cars have adaptive cruise with assisted steering now, you’d be a bit crazy to use it anywhere apart from a motorway though 😳

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Jake Belder@jakebeldercars·20 Şub

I was stuck behind some sort of Kia EV for several miles earlier, and soon realised the driver was really only steering. Various bits of tech were doing everything else. The result was hugely inconsistent and unpredictable driving patterns. [1/3]

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·25 Ara

@MarkSoFla @Mileage_impo The 8 year / 100k for the traction battery is over and above. So year 5-8 the traction battery is still covered, providing it’s under 100k miles.

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Mark@MarkSoFla·25 Ara

@JonathanBurford @Mileage_impo That doesn’t sound correct to me. I think the Hyundai UK general warranty is 5 years unlimited mileage, but the HV battery is 8 years or 100,000 miles (whichever comes first). hyundai.com/uk/en/owners/o…

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Mileage impossible@Mileage_impo·24 Ara

Hyundai Ioniq 5 with 666,255 km (414,000 miles) on the clock. The car hasn't had a ton of issues, but it did need a new battery pack at 579,363 km (360,000 miles). Hyundai replaced it for free.

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·25 Ara

@MarkSoFla @Mileage_impo Might not have been beyond warranty. In the UK Hyundai warranty is 5 years unlimited mileage. Might be the same in this location?

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Mark@MarkSoFla·24 Ara

@Mileage_impo Why did Hyundai replace it despite beyond warranty?

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·6 Kas

@KateFantom I genuinely think the whole ban ICE by X year isn’t even needed. The market can see the benefits. It’s taken time but growing month on month, word of mouth etc etc.

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Kate, Florence and James@KateFantom·6 Kas

Many people say "hydrogen is the future, it's a fad, sales are down, nobody wants them, new batteries blah blah blah". The facts paint a very different picture. I always say "if you want to know what an EV is like to own and live with, ask an owner and ignore everything else". Happy clean air everyone 🫧🌬️

Department for Transport@transportgovuk

Electric car sales in the UK are up this month, making up 20.7% of new car sales, according to industry figures. This means nearly 30,000 new EVs on our roads as drivers are increasingly making the switch to electric – a 24% increase compared to sales in October 23.

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Rusty@RealRusty·4 Kas

Hey @elonmusk, can @Tesla please include this to the next bigger OTA Update? Thanks!

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·5 Kas

@RealRusty @elonmusk @Tesla @KiaUK any reason my EV6 can’t be made to do this via HDA? Always wondered why if I ignore the commands to hold the steering wheel it’ll eventually turn off cruise control and let the car just carrier into anything in its way rather than bring to a controlled stop like this!

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·4 Kas

@Shane_Hands @cathsbruv @ChaponaBike123 @Chestertons Are you blind? The cyclist they’re preparing to overtake is clearly visible in the still you’ve posted!

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Shane Hands@Shane_Hands·4 Kas

@cathsbruv @ChaponaBike123 @Chestertons This is the start of the cycle lane. He was no where near the other cyclist to try overtake. He should have been in that cycle lane until the opportunity to overtake!

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Chapona Bike@ChaponaBike123·3 Kas

Estate agents running riot in London!! This time @Chestertons were having a play.

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·18 Eki

@s1m0nc @EVPuzzle What’s your actually generation from that system? Parents 7.4kwp south facing system with 6kw inverter was generating 9mwh annually. Would be surprised if yours is significantly less? What tariff are you on? I’d be aiming to export as much as possible at 15p and import at 7p OP.

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Simon Cole@s1m0nc·17 Eki

@EVPuzzle Very good. What capacity are you up to now? My 5.7kW due south at a perfect angle is not faring so well, but other than grid is the only source of power/heat...

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The EV Puzzle@EVPuzzle·17 Eki

Exporting solar really is helping justify all the extra solar I've been adding. We're doing well this year and I'm not even maximising it exporting for peak prices at peak times 🤔

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·21 Tem

@Ryanbybike @KateFantom I’ve never prevented someone charging when using 2 bays with my EV6. It’s a short term issue until longer leads are rolled out with V4. Could be worse. They could have just kept them for Tesla only and jacked up your charging prices to cover the money they’re making from others.

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Kate, Florence and James@KateFantom·20 Tem

This really is how it should be. This particular Supercharger was heavily used by non-Tesla vehicles. You can see why.

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·19 Tem

@StuInNorway @au_tom_otive It’s exactly how insurance works! They can and do refuse to payout where there’s no negligence. This is nothing new and is a main fundamental of how insurance claims, or any civil claims work. Obviously this article is wrong also thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/art…

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Tom Callow@au_tom_otive·12 Tem

So the way you get roads resurfaced quickly in the UK is evidently to spill a load of diesel all over them. Potentially 10 miles of resurfacing done in something like 72 hours. Why can't it always be that quick? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Jonathan Burford@JonathanBurford·18 Tem

@StuInNorway @au_tom_otive No they won’t claim against your neighbours insurance. Unless you can prove your neighbour has been negligent with their tree (ie knowing it’s defective / dead and failed to put this right) then their insurer will be paying you nothing 😂

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