On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 23:55:25 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
harry wrote:
On Thursday, 19 October 2017 10:42:51 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy Bennet wrote:
We did not get an EV based on the cost of the fuel, it is just plain
more enjoyable driving.

Must admit that's the first time I've heard that one. ;-)

Electric cars are a dream to drive compared with ICE.

A Tesla may be interesting. But not as interesting as many many ICE cars
at the same price.

harry said 'a dream to drive', not 'interesting'.

eg, Ignoring range anxiety, from turning they key the first time (and
I'm talking specifically of my EV here) that trip, that's it, you
don't even feel / rear the gear changes as you might with even the
best automatics and have loads of torque (even on a small EV), just
when you generally need it.

And when you come to a halt, everything (any noise / vibrations etc)
instantly stop, silence, nothing. And when you hit the throttle, you
*instantly* start off again, no lag or hesitation whilst things fire /
spool up again (especially on the stop-start IC engined vehicles).

I have seen all this being experienced (and expressed by those
interested in such things) many many times over the 30 I've had my EV.

The first is that it's a Moke (when all open in the summer and
especially when the windscreen is folded flat on the bonnet and the
doors off) and so very open making you very aware of everything around
you, especially noises and in the olden days, smells of other peoples
exhausts (as you would as a pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist etc).

Then you turn the 'ignition key' and they 'expect' something to happen
.... but it doesn't.

Then you accelerate and they jump because they didn't expect that to
happen when they hadn't previously heard the engine start etc. ;-)

Then they grin when you are bundling along the high street at 30 mph
and there is no noise coming from the vehicle at all (inc PCM speed
controller 'whine').

Then you come to a halt at say some traffic lights and they look
uneasy when as you come to a halt, they don't hear an engine ticking
over (thinking it has stalled etc).

Then as you pull away again they are often once again 'shocked' that
you have done so without any preamble / starting / revving etc. ;-)

Now, given my Moke is a very crude / basic example of an EV and pretty
old now ... and ignoring the ride quality, lack of speed and features
etc, I'd say that *comparatively* my EV was 'a dream' to *drive*, even
when compared with my mates RR Ghost.

And the Moke is faster in reverse of course. ;-)

Cheers, T i m