It will need more than that

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/...t-uk-plant

No amount of additional funding detracts from the origin of components rules that simply cannot be met in the timeframe mandated by our lords and masters. Current driveway contents:
2021 V60 Cross Country B5
2009 FL2 dog bus and shooting wagon

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ozjeff62 wrote:

the planet I want cheap power for my automatic chip frier.

NoDo$h wrote:

Take the FL2 as an example. If you want something new that has SUV/Estate practicality, 4wd and 1800-2000kg of tow capacity you're looking at the best part of £40k for something like a Skoda Octavia.

I would bet that there is an awful lot of people who buy sub 5 grand motors and have absolutely no interest in cars whatsoever. The car to them is something to take them to work,shopping, kids taxis etc. They probably get the car mot done fix what it fails on and carry on for another year, if it’s a big fail then they might sell it and start again. I know on a car forum people would think that this is bad but it’s everyday reality. With this in mind I can not see them thinking of an EV anytime soon.

The young lass from across the street came across to ask about a funny noise her car was making - alternator drive belt. I said that the tensioner / belt might need replacement and asked when it was due a service, apparently it had been MOTd a month or so ago. No when was it serviced, "oh I don't get it serviced - that's what the MOT is for".

Strangely enough it's not the first time I have heard this (not even the tenth time), there are a lot of drivers who think that the car is similar to a washing machine, put fuel in and run it. When it stops call a "man" in to fix it or throw it away. Maybe for them an electric car is a good idea, just charge it up, not a lot to service and throw it away when it breaks down. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
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Scrapyards are full of cars with broken timing belts, as well as those with never having an oil change, if the light comes on top it up, the cost of a timing belt replacement is often a third of the cost of a 10 year old car, you can get HP on a new car but £500 plus on a fitted replacement belt along with the rest of the service so either the chance is taken and it runs for a couple more years if the Credit Card is maxed out. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Saying a timing belt on a 10 year old car will cost ⅓ of the value is a bit misleading. A timing belt change on a 10 year old Peugeot 207 may well be ⅓ the value of the vehicle, but the same couldn't be said for a 10 year old Audi A5 convertible for example, which is an easy job to do, and that vehicle is worth 6 x as much as the Peugeot. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Gone.
2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE. Gone.
Audi A5 convertible, my daily driver.
1972 Hillman Avenger GT, the project.

See I was thinking 5 year old Golf - engine eventually seized due to no oil changes.
5 year old Astra engine shot - not had an oil change for 3 years despite doing over 20,000 miles a year, owner thought that as she topped it up regularly that would suffice.
4 year old Audi A3 - not been back to garage since it needed an MOT - squealing belt.
6 year old KIA probably still in warranty, but not been to garage since first MOT, the owner actually thought that while it was in having a new front end the garage would have serviced it (for free!) - fuel filter strangling performance.

Hardly old cars not worth fixing, and these are the ones that come readily to mind Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
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Nodge68 wrote:

Saying a timing belt on a 10 year old car will cost ⅓ of the value is a bit misleading. A timing belt change on a 10 year old Peugeot 207 may well be ⅓ the value of the vehicle, but the same couldn't be said for a 10 year old Audi A5 convertible for example, which is an easy job to do, and that vehicle is worth 6 x as much as the Peugeot.

Andy131 wrote:

See I was thinking 5 year old Golf - engine eventually seized due to no oil changes.
5 year old Astra engine shot - not had an oil change for 3 years despite doing over 20,000 miles a year, owner thought that as she topped it up regularly that would suffice.
4 year old Audi A3 - not been back to garage since it needed an MOT - squealing belt.
6 year old KIA probably still in warranty, but not been to garage since first MOT, the owner actually thought that while it was in having a new front end the garage would have serviced it (for free!) - fuel filter strangling performance.

Hardly old cars not worth fixing, and these are the ones that come readily to mind

I don’t think it’s just not knowing about motors also not everyone has the same disposable income and is an Audi A5 in the sub 5 grand bracket I don’t know. They tend to buy something functional rather than flashy and probably wouldn’t own one at all if they didn’t have to.

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Nodge68 wrote:

It may be easy to change a belt on an Audi A5, but the people that don't get the belts changed are the ones incapable of fixing anything on a car, even changing a wheel with a puncture, they don't even know what a jack looks like.

Just a driver wrote:

I don’t think it’s just not knowing about motors also not everyone has the same disposable income and is an Audi A5 in the sub 5 grand bracket I don’t know. They tend to buy something functional rather than flashy and probably wouldn’t own one at all if they didn’t have to.

IanMetro wrote:

It would seem the Government may be (at last) riding to the rescue.

Jeremy Hunt has hinted that a deal could be imminent between the Government and Tata Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) over the development of a new battery factory in Somerset.

I think it is the new large industrial estate off M5 Jn23 called GRAVITY.



https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology...&ei=23

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somers...ds-4368240

With regards to servicing or not as the case may be it probably wont get any better as with cost of life at present would likely mean prioritising other costs and the car may not be one of them