On 17/04/2019 19:52, NY wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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* NY wrote:
I've often wondered what the attraction with alloy wheels is,

Looks. Same as anything car wise. Otherwise we'd all be driving Allegros.

No we wouldn't. After this time, the Allegro would probably be a pile of
rust on the driveway :-( Also you picked a bad example because the
quartic steering wheel would probably have put a lot of people off
buying in the first place (I know it would have put me off).

Alloys are the one fad that I've never understood. They don't affect the
performance or road holding or comfort or fuel economy or anything like
that, and from a few metres away you'd be hard pressed to distinguish
them from steel wheels with metallic wheel trims. Not *everyone* is
taken in by posing and bragging rights of alloys.

I wonder what cars we'll be driving by the time the 2040 ban on petrol
and diesel cars comes into effect and all cars are fitted with speed
limiters. Driving will probably be very boring, with everyone going at
exactly the same speed (overtaking will be impossible on a motorway if
everyone is doing 70.0 mph). And we'll all have to stop every 200 or so
miles for an enforced and prolonged recharging stop - that's the hurdle
that really hasn't been overcome yet: limited range coupled with *very*
long recharging times. When they bring out an electric car with a 700
mile range which can be recharged in 5 mins to give another 700 miles,
then I might be interested.

I wonder if the reduced range will cause people to move back to towns
and cities or on railway/bus routes, reversing the trend of the last 50
years.

The Beeching cuts will stop that for many people.

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Adam