D5 is a bit clever

[roberto]

well ive tried to buy at least 6 £25,000 - £30,000 Diesel Audi,s this year

making offers, and all sold well above retail as prices rocketed after 1st lockdown, so i gave up for now..

but im watching the market and all the nice cars sell within a week

2 cars sold in 1 day , and 1 of them went on the market for £5000 more and sold (audi derv again)

All Diesel

folk will go mad for new Diesel cars in the last year of manufacture

[tonupkid]

Originally Posted by roberto

well ive tried to buy at least 6 £25,000 - £30,000 Diesel Audi,s this year

making offers, and all sold well above retail as prices rocketed after 1st lockdown, so i gave up for now..

but im watching the market and all the nice cars sell within a week

2 cars sold in 1 day , and 1 of them went on the market for £5000 more and sold (audi derv again)

All Diesel

folk will go mad for new Diesel cars in the last year of manufacture

'Mad for a diesel vehicle'. On the contrary you have to be mad to go for one

The same leap in demand that you have seen for diesel applies also to petrol. It's just a result of the distortions that Covid has applied to the used car market this past few months.

[tintin]

Here's a couple of links that show what's already live in terms of Net Zero Fuel for electric vehicles (and not Tesla related ) - which aptly demonstrates the "short supply chain" capability which electricity has over fossil fuels or hydrogen.

(1) Gridserve announcement of their Braintree electric service station, now open:
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...opens-in-essex

(2) Gridserve CEO explaining how they're doing this, why this is 100% green energy, and what they're planning on building out in the UK:
https://youtu.be/xUmE_beDk2Q

And - in the interests of balance - some stuff about synthetic fuel:
https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/in...nt-only-option

[Ameiseuk]

Mains electricity is a costly 'fuel' to make, and equally as dangerous as Hydrogen....Chernobyl? Three Mile Island?

I'm currently involved in the project of ripping out a 'brand new' dual fuel coal/oil fired power station which is be replaced by a 'cleaner' natural gas powered station.

The station was due to closed completely this year and dismantled....then the boffins realised that they won't have enough generating capacity if people start buying EV's and want to charge them during the ad break in Corrie.

£200m to 're-purpose' an existing power station......thats's on heck of a payback at 19p/kwh out of a plug.

....and where is the dirty polluting coal fired station going to?.....not the scrap yard.....Africa

Local farmers there will be charging their Teslas there for years off squished dinosaurs

[tintin]

Originally Posted by Ameiseuk

Mains electricity is a costly 'fuel' to make

https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is...y-confirms-iea

[paulrstaylor]

Originally Posted by tintin

https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is...y-confirms-iea

"Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India."

Maybe we need to turn up the sun for those of us in less favourable climates?

Anyway, back on topic, the D5 is a lovely car and the standard UK options changed a lot from the D4, based on owner feedback! Adaptive cruise I think was standard at launch.... 2019 brochure here may help?



That said, it doesn't really appeal to me at present. To many touch screens maybe, but that is becoming a more common challenge, including in ev's.... must be my age, but I'm waiting for the gimmicks to wear off

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by paulrstaylor

Anyway, back on topic, the D5 is a lovely car and the standard UK options changed a lot from the D4, based on owner feedback! Adaptive cruise I think was standard at launch...

Looking at the brochure it seems to be pretty comprehensive as standard with a few things added on the S-Line such as Matrix headlights and acoustic glass.

Not many options to add that aren't to do with personalising the interior.
Though oddly the "City Assist Pack" is extra despite probably using sensors already there for other systems. Similarly "Park Assist" is also extra.

[HPsauce]

Synthetic fuels could turn out to be a more efficient and "green" solution to storing energy generated by intermittent sources such as wind, tidal, solar etc. certainly compared to batteries.