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Old 4th June 2021, 03:48 PM
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Default If you're going to buy an "EV" as a getaway car...

...then don't buy an i8 :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...ngham-57358040

Ridiculously dangerous driving - and quite rightly banged up for this and other offences - but it looks like they'd clearly ran out of their "battery boost" range towards the end of this chase.
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Old 4th June 2021, 03:57 PM
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so in years to come when everybody has an EV , car crime etc will be finished

chase me till me batt runs out osifer hic !
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Old 4th June 2021, 04:23 PM
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so in years to come when everybody has an EV , car crime etc will be finished

chase me till me batt runs out osifer hic !
True - unless the osifers have the same
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Old 4th June 2021, 04:43 PM
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Pull into that Shell we need some AAAs
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Old 4th June 2021, 09:11 PM
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people in range rovers used to be the 'look at me i have drug cash' cars

now its the i8 for sure, seat leons are for the street troops/dealers
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Old 5th June 2021, 05:53 PM
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Car batteries, reminds me of the video in the attached link
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=593812404556647
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Old 5th June 2021, 08:53 PM
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people in range rovers used to be the 'look at me i have drug cash' cars

now its the i8 for sure, seat leons are for the street troops/dealers
...and reminded me of this: great movie, terrible choice of car
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