On 03/05/15 11:43, Simon Brown wrote:

Now, at least the way I drive, after 170 miles, I rather find a 30 min
break with a coffee and a good walk around to be a necessity.

I don’t.

Bully for you - most organisations (including the AA) recommend a 15
break every 2 hours. Making that a 30 min break is not pushing the
envelope too far.

Yes, you have to plan your journey around fuel stops,

I don’t with a normal car.

but it's not a bad effort for what you can do NOW in GB and a fair
slice of northern europe. So that's only going to get better.

But is nowhere near as convenient as with a normal car.



And I'm not a Tesla fanboi

You are actually.

(ie I don't have one and couldn't afford one) but I honestly think
they are with merit.

You're wrong.

Nope.

Listen up - I am NOT claiming everyone will be happy with a Tesla. What
I AM claiming is that NOW, as in right now, not "in the near future",
there's an electric car that is fast and viable with some caveats on
planning fuel stops.

The latter can only get better as more superchargers are installed.

And there are people for whom a car is undesireable even now (eg I'd
rather take the train to Scotland and get some work done on the train
than drive for an entire day).

So at no point am I claiming this is the car for everyone now (obviously
not, it's sodding expensive). What I am claiming is it is a car and not
just a toy and it's on a curve where the negatives will lessen.