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Christ this is fugly

Looks like it’s been T-boned.

Looks like a Toyota CH-R mated with a Cybertruck. Not good.

There’s something utterly soulless about these new EVs, they just whack whatever wacky body styling on top of the same skateboard to try and give it some personality, but it just looks like it’s trying too hard. Especially as it’s not doing anything actually clever - why does it still need a ICE style bonnet? why does the rear look like it has fuck all visibility? etc…

That's dreadful. Looks like a crushed paper ball that's been unfolded.. awful.

TBF the Juke has never been a looker and it’s at least interesting.

Better effort than their badge engineered Micra imo.

Yep I don’t hate it, think it’s better than their other efforts.

My FIL is a serial Juke buyer and he has absolutely no interest in electric cars. I suspect many other Juke owners who might have traded up to the latest model will feel the same way too

Hallelujah!

New ix3 with CarPlay

When marketing departments design cars

That’s the nice thing about software though, they can find ways to use that extra space.

i3 went to new owner yesterday, I’m regretting it a bit already. Hoping they won’t hit “modern classic” status too soon so I can have another in future.

On the plus side that bmw screen has the hvac at the bottom permanently by the looks of it, unlike this

simon_g wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 11:27 am That’s the nice thing about software though, they can find ways to use that extra space.

Can someone remind Alfa about this

At least that's a screen behind a curved cover, not a silly shaped screen sticking out by itself.

So based on previous comments, I've decided it'll be better just to get a proper charger installed.

Any reason to get a local sparky to do an off the shelf one, Vs one fitted (usually more expensive) via one of the energy providers? Latter does give you some better deals, but savings are marginal and usually means you lose that benefit if moving provider anyways.

Local install is about £700-750, most providers around £1k.

Matty wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2026 2:25 pm So based on previous comments, I've decided it'll be better just to get a proper charger installed.

Any reason to get a local sparky to do an off the shelf one, Vs one fitted (usually more expensive) via one of the energy providers? Latter does give you some better deals, but savings are marginal and usually means you lose that benefit if moving provider anyways.

Local install is about £700-750, most providers around £1k.

We used a local sparky with accreditation from the charger manufacturer. Meant that I could ask for the cables to be run the way I wanted them, rather than the plastic-trunking-along-the-skirting-board that seems to be the standard. Paid more, but for a much better result.

Coincidentally I had a good long chat to a chap with an EV charger business last week. He specialises in commercial installations and told me to be very wary of a one man band electrician doing cheap installations - there's very little profit in it now so his view is that anyone doing it would be doing other more profitable work as an electrician if they were any good. That would send me towards getting it from your energy company because you have some comeback against a big organisation if anything is wrong.

I looked at accredited installers from the charger manufacturer but they're really sparse. And domestic charger manufacturers themselves are having a hard time apparently so do install one which isn't totally reliant on an app just in case the maker goes bust.

We bought the Tesla charger direct from them and used a large independent specialist ( https://www.crystalelectronics.co.uk/ ). Ours was a new build with the wiring already in situ, so it was a case of them installing the box on the outside and then a separate panel that piggy packed off our breaker box (mental note: I should really know what that does). I don't remember where I found the company, I think on a recommendation either from Tesla or Octopus.

Matty wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2026 2:25 pm So based on previous comments, I've decided it'll be better just to get a proper charger installed.

Any reason to get a local sparky to do an off the shelf one, Vs one fitted (usually more expensive) via one of the energy providers? Latter does give you some better deals, but savings are marginal and usually means you lose that benefit if moving provider anyways.

Local install is about £700-750, most providers around £1k.

£700 doesnt sound right. A decent charger is £400-£500 and unless the charger is going next to the meter you must be looking at £100+ worth of cable, clips and a breaker. The cable they used 4 years ago was £8 a metre so likely to be £12+ now!

ETA plus the building regs notification he would have to do.