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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    <shrug> I work in technical support in a software company. In theory I ought to be able to work out stuff like this. I have other reasons to never bother with Tesla
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    My recent long trip was from Cambridgeshire to Arran. I stopped first at the services at Scotch Corner. All the ultra fast chargers were busy when I arrived, but there was a 50kW BP Pulse one which was available. I tried using it with my Electroverse card but it didn't charge. ZapMap says that...
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    Yes you're right I had missed out "not" in my post. I've had my EV3 for a little over a year and in 15,000 miles, I've used chargers away from home for 4 trips, some of those were day trips, others over a week. There are more fast chargers around, but I have still had to hunt for them at times...
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    200 miles could be a 100 mile return journey, where I might <not> want to mess about with charging during the day.
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    Travel Insurance for Interrailing - Advice Appreciated

    You might be right. Its something I will try not to test though! My latest pass shows the time when I activated it for day, but not the time when I added journeys. This is the thread that I had seen where someone was fined when they hadn't activated the day before getting on the train. The...
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    Interrail on the Bernina route

    I started from Chur at 10am and changed at Samedan and Pontresina, stopped for lunch at Alp Grüm, changed at Tirano and spent the night in Monza. It was a 2 minute connection in Samedan, but everything was on time and the connection was from one side to the other of the same platform. It was a...
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    Cricket

    The 3rd England-Pakistan Under 19 ODI in Wormsley is streaming at https://www.cricinfo.com/series/pakistan-under-19s-in-england-2026-1552314/england-under-19s-vs-pakistan-under-19s-3rd-youth-odi-1552320/live-cricket-score
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    Travel Insurance for Interrailing - Advice Appreciated

    If you do a search for your interary at https://int.bahn.de/en/ it should only give you valid connections. With an Interrail ticket, there are a few trains where a reservation is essential as listed at Seat61.com but for most in the countries that you're going to, you can hop on any train you...
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    Cricket

    There was quite a finish to the 4 day match between the England and Pakistan under 19 teams at Arundel today. Pakistan were cruising for a win, and 184-3 with two set batsmen, needing 77 runs in 26 overs. On Youtube there is a copy of a live stream with fixed cameras and no audio (it doesn't...
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    Experiences of service recovery (or lack of) on GTR Great Northern

    The 6.48 and 7.19 from Ely to King's Cross were both cancelled this morning, apparently from crew issues. I have an Interrail ticket so I am going via Peterborough instead
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    Experiences of service recovery (or lack of) on GTR Great Northern

    Bother. I had a ticket for the News Quiz recording this evening. The thought of only an hourly all stations Thameslink train coming back was enough for me to cancel.
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    With a slow charger, I would leave it until a reasonable time. With a fast charger, you should check the terms and conditions for the specific charger. I used a Charging Scotland one last week which had a £30 charge if you stayed there for longer then 70 minutes. I fell asleep and woke up after...
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    Products and services where the new version is not as good or has significant disadvantages as the old

    I stayed in one horrible Travelodge (musty smell, black mould on walls, 10m from an A road). I hadn't checked the reviews beforehand. I checked them later, and there were some which also said it was horrible, and others which said it was fine. I think those were in a different wing at the back...
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    Products and services where the new version is not as good or has significant disadvantages as the old

    I like Rohan trousers, shirts and jackets. When I find something from them that I like, I set up an eBay search for them with filters for style name and size, and set a target price that I would like to pay. There is a checkbox to save the search, and get an email when something is listed that...
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    There might be other types of charging. For example: Attended fast charging, if you can't be bothered with doing it yourself, or if a CCS charging cable is too heavy. Mobile charging if you are parked on a street or in a car park and need a few miles extra range. This would need work from the...
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    The problem is by the time you have 3 full width seats and some crash protection, you'll end up with something that is so wide, that hinged car doors won't open in a normal parking space. With sliding doors, then you can get a bit wider. The middle seat for a KIA PV5 passenger van is a little...
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    You didn't mention your budget. A KIA EV3 matches everything but the 3 equal size rear seats. Its big enough for 3 adults for a short journey, with a flat floor, but its a bit cosy for a longer journey. The EV5 is an inch wider. The EV9 is much bigger with 3 rows of seats, but more expensive.
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    Budget hotels discussion

    Premier Inn now have a similar page as well https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/calendar.html
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    In 1989 I worked in a village/town with about 3000 people, in the German equivalent of Lincolnshire. There was a Sparkasse which had an ATM. I used the ATM for a bit. I forget what happened - I might have forgotten the PIN - but I couldn't face the administration to fix it. Instead I would go in...
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    Older cars you have seen

    I think it was "Nevada Beige" o_O

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