@jv1954so @AvonandsomerRob Even if it tops just over 300 miles it’s still a game changer
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MATT EVANS
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@AvonandsomerRob Hahahaha
That “range” is under “optimum” conditions, FFS.
Those conditions are:
coasting downhill for 495 miles, with a strong tailwind and the engine turned off.
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The new BMW iX3 gives you almost 500 miles range and 0-60 in 6 seconds.
We've now reached the age where electric cars have longer range than petrol.
How long are you going to suffer £1.70 a litre, when an overnight charge, and 500 miles will cost you £7?
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@SirDanofC Utter bullshit
My 3 kids are all under 30
All in their first homes
This bullshit about not being able to get on property ladder is getting boring
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All well and good but scrimping and saving will not buy a house today. You need 5-6 times two salaries not 3 times one salary. By all means ditch the takeaways and new clothes but it isn’t going to make a dent into a quarter of a million quid.
Jen k 🇬🇧🏴@Jenny_1884
When I married in 1981 we both worked & most of our salary went on paying the mortgage as the interest rate was 15% at the time. Everything we owned was 2nd hand & we never went out for meals as we couldn’t afford to. We rented our TV Went to the launderette every weekend as had no washing machine. Only had new clothes at Xmas & birthdays as presents. We went without until we could save enough to pay for something. It’s always been hard whether you are young or old. So those out there that think we had it easy we didn’t. Our governments are to blame, not the old.
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@isnit0 83k paid in and invested properly by the government would easily cover the 158k paid back
They don’t jus put it under the bed and pull it out when someone hits retirement age
They’ve paid in they deserve a pension
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For the retired people in the comments claiming "I paid more than my fair share".
Actually, most of you didn't.
You're being subsidised by me, my peers, and the children we won't be able to have.
Joe Reeve - 🇬🇧/acc@isnit0
PSA: Pensioner Spending is the single largest line item here - *£160bn*. More than half of all benefit spending. More than NHS England, or all NHS Providers. Want to pay less tax? Reduce the benefits we give to people who’ve had an entire life to prepare and save.
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@AlrxCox To get a state pension you must have paid national insurance for a number of years
If you don’t then you don’t get a pension
If you do then you do, so yes they have paid into it
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There are 2 common arguments under this post:
1. “We paid in for a pension at the end”. No you didn’t, the state pension, like every other benefit, is paid entirely by today’s national insurance contributions. You never paid into a ring fenced “pension pot”. Baby boomers are also getting ~120-130% out compared to what they paid in.
2. “Is your solution to just make OAPs suffer then?” No, obviously not, the simple and fiscally responsible answer to the triple lock is to change state pension eligibility from universal to those who are in genuine need of it. No more millionaires getting a top up from people who get £20,000 a year, it should be exclusively for pensioners who can’t live without it.
Alex Cox@AlrxCox
The triple lock is honestly one of the worst policies ever thought of. Many of the people who say the benefits bill is too high are the ones making up 48% of it. That’s £150.7 billion so people who had the easiest housing ladder, the best savings rates and the best private pension rates can get a bigger pension than they ever paid in for. It’s a joke of a policy and I wholeheartedly disagree with it.
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@StoneAgeDodger @HeatherBo63 Poor little lamb
Having to do a days work
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@mattjouk @HeatherBo63 Sounding very defensive there. nobody is saying boomers didnt clock in but when they did clock in they did not start out with massive education debt rapped around the neck with the weight of spiralling rent and living cost submerging them under. Now AI wants a slice and fuck it
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@MikeMedFly Just realised I’m on the same
I’d only just signed up so wasn’t expecting a drop
Soooooo cheap
Why would anyone not have an EV
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@simonwatt85 Not so sensible, are you, Simon? A pensioner won't have school age kids to buy shoes, clothes, school meals or packed lunches, every day. Many pensioners have paid off their mortgage if the bought their own home, or have other benefits if renting
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The National Living Wage is right now, £12.21 per hour.
In a 35 hour week you will earn £427.35 so in a year it’s £22,222
Presumably they call it a living wage because that gives you enough to live on.
A pensioner gets £10,000 less than that. Greedy blighters.
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@StoneAgeDodger @HeatherBo63 Boomers never got chance to earn a million a year via TikTok, YouTube, only fans
They fucking worked for it
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@HeatherBo63 boomers had cheap houses, free university with free grants and cheap rents general cost of living was much better than now. Young people are tired the straw is about to break there backs and they will take boomers with them when housing market crashes. Stop feeding on the young
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@JRB___2 @blaiklockBP They’re over 55
They’ve paid their mortgage off
What the fuck is the issue here
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@blaiklockBP Absolutely horrific stats. Young people have been betrayed by older generations for the sake of preserving their wealth.
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Over-55 homeowners have £3.4 trillion of property wealth.
£321,213 per household.
76% have no mortgage.
1.6% of under 40's own a house with no mortgage.
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@blaiklockBP Obviously you dumb bugger
Take a mortgage at 30
Paid off by 55
Not rocket science is it
No drama to be made from this
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@mattjouk @redgolf99 @TeslaFamilyYT Let's start by telling us the percentage of EVs that are on the road compared to other types of drivetrain .
Also
Would you leave your phone charging overnight in the house?
EV batteries are far more dangerous than a phone .
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@mattjouk @redgolf99 @TeslaFamilyYT It's not the side of the road I'm worried about .Its battery fires being caused beside houses.
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@mattatwiggin @SimonMahan Quicker, smarter, better features
Nothing is as much fun as my Tesla
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Buying an electric vehicle is a smart hedge against rising gas prices. You don’t have to go all-in—just drive gas less.
We kept our minivan, but put 30k miles on our EV this year vs. 10k on gas. The savings add up.
And EV's are more fun anyway.
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@Alexand11802265 @redgolf99 @TeslaFamilyYT Out of interested how many EVs have you seen on fire by side of road vs how may standard cars.
Cars have recalls all the time, why do people only ever highlight the EV
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@mattjouk @redgolf99 @TeslaFamilyYT They do
That's the point
Look at all the recalls for them being a fire risk
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@redgolf99 @TeslaFamilyYT Any stats to back that up, I think you’ll find individual brands may have slowed. But that’s due to volume of manufacturers available.
EV as a whole is a growing market
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@mattjouk @TeslaFamilyYT Growth of sales of EVs are slowing considerably.
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@Hookademus @TeslaFamilyYT Charger was £499
Car allowance from work £450 per month
Tesla costs £350 a month on a 15k miles per year lease contract
Service costs £0
Repairs/maintenance in last 2 years £0
Tyres £59 a pop, no quicker wear than any other car
1.75p per mile to fuel
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@TheHangedMan18 @TeslaFamilyYT Just trying to educate people
It’s funny the only EV comments 2 years ago were about EVs spontaneously combusting
Never really happened did it
EV is the future and I’m not a vegan
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@TeslaFamilyYT Why do so many EV drivers have an uncontrollable urge to tell other people how fantastic they think their cars are? They are like vegans. They have to let you know. It's comical.
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@Hookademus @TeslaFamilyYT As a Tesla driver
I can assure you it’s the cheapest car to run we’ve ever had
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@TeslaFamilyYT How much was your charger?
And the car?
There is far more involved than the cost of the “fuel”
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