paulmerton

Haha, topically, hot off the press:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58899006

8 minutes ago, Wampum said:

I think you will see a huge increase in amp-rage if it goes all electric ,how many times have you seen people fighting or arguing at a petrol pump, and that is because they have only sat an extra minute or two,

now increase that to someone waiting for a three hour charge.

I personally own 12 electric cars, if you count scalextric,which happily go around the track all day if I want them to.

Just as an opinion with regards the metal side, I would say Platinum looks good as wouldn't rule out fuel cell tech at the mo.        

I would only consider getting an electric car when the ranges on the cheaper ones hits, say, 400 miles, such that I would only ever need to charge it at home apart from the odd time.

Hopefully in the future it'll just be a case of parking in a normal car parking space and your car will automatically be charged, or even charged while you're going along a motorway, but the transition to that is going to be long and annoying I bet.

4 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Ah, I almost missed that pun!

On a serious note, they are actually quite low, 17 pence per kwh electricity, and it still gets 50 to 60 mpg when using the I.C.E.

BMW main dealer servicing is probably the biggest part of the running cost.

But what about the wheels? Surely it can't take long for the reeding to wear down to less than 1.6mm!

1 minute ago, 4Nines7Hills said:

The police were right the guy was wrong no one here ( apart from one guy in the chain ) understands what legal tender is , and a shop can accept or reject any form of payment they wish .

Read the article, it's good.

22 minutes ago, Bigmarc said:

What about infrastructure? 

In the future 30 milion cars coming home at six, plugging in, turning oven on, popping kettle on, having a shower, sitting down Infront of Netflix and one person polishing his trumpet. Can the current grid cope? Is there going to be a big overhaul. Maybe charging point components, they definitely won't last as long as the car.

Plus everyone's new electric heat pumps!

8 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

It's funny you should say that:

These were two kilo silver Britannias

Of course, this is off-topic, as this is a hybrid, not pure electric.

😎

i8 to think of the running costs on that!

6 minutes ago, HerefordBullyun said:

I just  saw a video of a man servicin one under ramps and he blamed the weight and the tyres were balder than elton john!

I hear the weight really adds up when you go all fancy and start using half sovereigns as tyre balancing weights 😄

Just now, HerefordBullyun said:

Ive heard that the downside to owning a Telsa is the tyres wear out quicker due the weight of them. is this True?

I always assumed it was because electric cars can accelerate like poop off a shovel 😄

Does anyone know when the double set is coming out?

My guess is that there will be 6,000 single coins in the single presentation case, 1,000 coins in the double presentation case, and 10 left over for the Trial of the Pyx.

4 minutes ago, Gordy said:

Claims for personal injury by mobile phone using pedestrians as they wont hear the car coming 😂

Mobile ringtones were an inexplicably big business over a decade ago.

Maybe downloadable vehicle tones will becone the next big thing when they become a legal requirement 😂

19 minutes ago, silversky said:

worth absolutely zero as legal tender whilst pretending to be legal tender

But they aren't pretending to be legal tender - they are legal tender!

4 minutes ago, Bigmarc said:

Does anyone have a electric car? I am wondering what parts need replacing at a service. 

Bearings, tyres and brakes will always be consumables no matter what the method of propulsion is. Probably not many opportunities there, though!

2 minutes ago, HerefordBullyun said:

lithium and aluminium

I'm not sure they count as precious metals (yet!) but a lithium coin would be an interesting thing to have  

Actually, even an aluminium coin would be neat. At least it wouldn't tarnish!

It's clear that electric car production is really going to ramp up over the next several years, and that the demand for catalytic converters will dwindle accordingly.

During that period, I can imagine platinum, rhodium and palladium all being a bit risky simply because most of their production currently ends up being used in cats. Will their prices plummet when this demand has gone?

Are there any obvious precious metal opportunities relating specifically to the production of electric car motors, car batteries, car electronics and so on?

Copper seems an obvious choice at the cheap end, but what precious metals would you bet on?

I had a feeling this case would go in his favour, simply by virtue of how a petrol station transaction typically works (i.e. get product and become indebted to pay for it, as opposed to how it works in a conventional retail transaction). Even without Tesco confirming beforehand that they would accept these coins, I think he still would have "won".

While this was pretty obviously done for the youtube value, I've seen some people claim that it's stupid to try and spend commemorative coins like this because they cost far more than their face value, but that's not true - I suspect it was one of these £100 coins, which were actually sold for their face value (£100) https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/denomination/trafalgar-square-2016-uk-100-pound-fine-silver-coin/

Those coins also led this this unfortunate situation  https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3390519/I-buy-Royal-Mint-commemorative-coins-bulk-credit-card-gain-airmiles-cash-bank-s-refusing-accept-them.html

2 minutes ago, DarkChameleon said:

 

Oh man, this side reminds me of a now-defunct shock site from the late 90s, only with three robotic arms instead of two human ones. 😆

Those types of gold proofs just don't appeal to me - I think it's the weird salmon pink copper colour! If they added a bit of silver to make it a bit yellower, or just made them 24-karat gold, I think they would look a lot nicer (although I probably still wouldn't buy one!)

Topically, I hadn't realised @LawrenceChard's favourite word was a registered trademark of the royal mint 🤫

https://www.trademarkelite.com/uk/trademark/trademark-detail/UK00003376718/MINTY

£2.99 here if you don't want the coloured version or fancy presentation pack 😝 https://uk.thekoinclub.com/products/unpackaged-the-snowman-2021-50p-brilliant-uncirculated-coin

12 minutes ago, Zhorro said:

Is this the Snowman 2021 design?

https://coinhunter.co.uk/50p/the-snowman/brilliant-uncirculated/

Yes

Presumably, "gold plated version" is a synonym for "fake" in this case, and while it claims to contain 1oz of fine gold and has a face value of £100, surely its only purpose can be to deceive. 

Anyway, how on Earth has it managed to get a starting bid at that amount?!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144245799655

 🤔