BB1 Concept Car from Peugeot
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
I did. Proof enough of the sagacity of your posting I think.
I had to look up sagacity. Admittedly my impression of French cars is clouded by their cost at home in Auustralia, they're probably half the price in Europe and the UK. A friend of mine bought a little Citroen in Australia about 5 years ago. Thought she was so cool in her little Euro-styled run around. About 3 years later she got a quote for the first major service. The parts are so amazingly expensive in Oz that she was better off selling the car, paying out the finance (yes it lost that much value in 5 years) and buying a Toyota.
My impression is based on the fact that I bought a Megane which had no end of problems. I gave up on it in the end.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
I did. Proof enough of the sagacity of your posting I think.
I had to look up sagacity. Admittedly my impression of French cars is clouded by their cost at home in Auustralia, they're probably half the price in Europe and the UK. A friend of mine bought a little Citroen in Australia about 5 years ago. Thought she was so cool in her little Euro-styled run around. About 3 years later she got a quote for the first major service. The parts are so amazingly expensive in Oz that she was better off selling the car, paying out the finance (yes it lost that much value in 5 years) and buying a Toyota.
Josh Gray wrote:
Admittedly my impression of French cars is clouded by their cost at home in Auustralia, they're probably half the price in Europe and the UK.
Another arguement against them is that they don't seem to be able to cope with the Australian climate. An acquaintance of mine bought a second hand (5 years old) Peugeot a few years ago and by the time she'd had it for three years there were bits falling off it. I don't think the problem was build quality since it seemed fine when she bought it, I think it just couldn't cope with being parked out in the Aussie summer sun every day.
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Josh Gray wrote:
Admittedly my impression of French cars is clouded by their cost at home in Auustralia, they're probably half the price in Europe and the UK.
Another arguement against them is that they don't seem to be able to cope with the Australian climate. An acquaintance of mine bought a second hand (5 years old) Peugeot a few years ago and by the time she'd had it for three years there were bits falling off it. I don't think the problem was build quality since it seemed fine when she bought it, I think it just couldn't cope with being parked out in the Aussie summer sun every day.
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That is racist slander! The French do not run away from the enemy! The Italians run way, the French just surrender. Cheese eating surrender monkeys... :laugh:
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The way it's bent forward, it looks like they crashed the prototype into a brick wall, then decided to just leave it as-is.
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Russ-T wrote:
Another arguement against them is that they don't seem to be able to cope with the Australian climate.
That seems unlikely. Parts of France get pretty bloody hot.
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I agree. :)
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I don't see the point in battery powered cars. The car may not emit any nastyness, but the electricity that powers isn't summoned by magic either.
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SMART car ;P
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I don't see the point in battery powered cars. The car may not emit any nastyness, but the electricity that powers isn't summoned by magic either.
My current favourite quote is: Punch them in the face, see what happens!
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Large power plants are much more efficient at turning fuel into useful energy than a little car engine, and produce much less waste (On a percentage basis). Plus, the electricity that powers an electric car doesn't necessarily come from fossil fuels. It could be wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, etc.
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Josh Gray wrote:
That seems unlikely. Parts of France get pretty bloody hot.
Well if heat/humidity isn't the problem, maybe the problem is simply that they're sh*t cars? :)
Your friend's driving can be the problem :)
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I don't see the point in battery powered cars. The car may not emit any nastyness, but the electricity that powers isn't summoned by magic either.
My current favourite quote is: Punch them in the face, see what happens!
-SK Genius
SK Genius wrote:
electricity that powers isn't summoned by magic either.
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an autonomy of 120 km
Is that BS marketing speech for "range"?
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Large power plants are much more efficient at turning fuel into useful energy than a little car engine, and produce much less waste (On a percentage basis). Plus, the electricity that powers an electric car doesn't necessarily come from fossil fuels. It could be wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, etc.
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)But it's still not 'zero emissions' is it. I understand that overall it would be better for the environment but it's not an ideal solution is it? How much longer would you actually get before we still run out of enough fuel to *cough* cheaply run vehicles?
Ian Shlasko wrote:
Plus, the electricity that powers an electric car doesn't necessarily come from fossil fuels. It could be wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, etc.
If we currently had more power coming from renewable energy then this would have a bigger impact but at the moment I believe only around 7% of the power in the UK comes from renewable sources. Maybe in another 10 Years the electric car will have a better time, and maybe it won't look so damn ugly.
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Your friend's driving can be the problem :)
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And they wonder why people make fun of the French. Good lord that's hideous.
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Large power plants are much more efficient at turning fuel into useful energy than a little car engine, and produce much less waste (On a percentage basis). Plus, the electricity that powers an electric car doesn't necessarily come from fossil fuels. It could be wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, etc.
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Too bad making and disposing of those batteries is as bad for the environment as it is. Right now the cars are not all that green yet.
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