@@DwaynePipes Probably had something to do with the previous administration's EV policy mandate which was specifically tailored to financially penalise legacy automakers and see a decline in the sales of IC cars that people actually want to buy and an artificially increase in the sales of EVs that lots of people don't really want to buy. It's quite incredible how the government can railroad people into buying stuff they really don't want by sneaky backdoor methods. Trump revoking Biden's 50% EV target and Kamala Harris failing to secure the Presidency were possibly two of the best things and biggest steps forward for the entire country. Good citizens don't really need to be dictated to via misguided policy on what kind of cars they should or shouldn't be buying or driving from the likes of any stupid government.
@@davidwalters313 its ok ,all our dealers will go to the wall,then soon every motor dealer will be foreign…employing foreign workers specially brought in..
What i have also noticed. While most petrol stations will have a big sign advertising the price. And i believe its now compulsory to show the price per litre. Why do electric charging stations not do this?
The biggest cost is the one that can never be recouped on your deathbed, time. Imagine laying there in your final hours and realizing how much time you lost charging, eating and drinking unnecessary meals, or just waiting in the EV for hours while petrol families were on their way in five minutes.
Worse decision I made buying an electric car, every video I watch I find myself agreeing with everything more and more. I’ve got my Tesla Model Y for another and stopped doing any distance in it now as it’s a nightmare, even tempted to buy a petrol car and leaving this milk float on the drive. Get a 911 GT3 RS
Compared to proper cars with a real engine, EVs are much heavier, have much shorter range, take much longer to refuel, are weather sensitive, the battery degrades unlike a fuel tank and have a shockingly low resale value.... They also do this 🔥 They are an impractical solution to an imaginary problem. 😲
Newer EVs typically do 3-400 miles on a charge, if you're doing more than that per day I'd say an ICE car would be more suited for you. They are most certainly heavier and take longer to refuel. Price to performance wise, EVs are very attractive with some offering super car performance for very little money (relative to their ICE counterparts) in the 2nd hand space. Batteries typically last 200k-500k miles and the majority of the battery degradation takes place within the first few thousand miles (~5-10%) and only losing another few % over the next 100k miles. I've personally had an Audi E-Tron and currently have a Volvo C40, I charge at home overnight and don't typically do more than a few hundred miles in a day, I miss the engine sound of my old BMW and the connected feel of the steering but I absolutely love the instant torque and comfort of my EVs. A common misconception is that EVs will just set on fire randomly but for every 1 EV fire there are 61 ICE fires (normalised for sales), the fires however are a lot harder to put out on EVs and typically more dangerous but you are much less likely to crash in an EV (especially if using things like Tesla Autopilot which reduces accident rates by almost 5x) Fire incidence (data from the National Transportation Safety Board, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and other sources) ICE vehicles: ~1,529 fires per 100,000 sales Electric vehicles: ~25 fires per 100,000 sales
@@Ryan-cw1ky How many EV'S are there compared to ice vehicles , for every EV on the road is there not more than a 100 ice vehicles so your ratios on the fires is false is it not ?
@@Ryan-cw1ky How often does an ICE vehicle catch fire when parked up in your garage or on your drive compared to an EV and remember there is 100 times more ICE vehicles on the road than EV's ? Could you tell me why some insurance companies won't insure your house or car if you are charging on your drive or in your garage but no problem parking an ice vehicle anywhere ?
@ What insurance providers are those? None of the large insurers I bet lol. The facts speak for themselves, there's higher incidence of fire vs units sold in ICE vs EV. Let me just summarise, you didn't understand the data so you're trying to affirm that EVs are less safe because some small insurers may not provide coverage (just like some insurers won't cover you if you've got a classic or modified car stored in your garage), is that really the hill you're dying on?
Electric cars may be up there for the Biggest Lie ever been told but you are forgetting what happened a few years ago. Some people will want to forget what the world government done to us but I will not.
The UKs total CO2 output is just 1% of the global total. Yes you’re right everything has to be a drama these day.. it’s winter so you get wind and rain - it’s not anything unusual
must admit as a petrolhead that I am proud of what you are doing with these videos as unlike the media you are admitting the truth and providing helpful consumer advice , thank you so much for that and keep up the great work
Home insurance is being canceled if you have an attached garage, before buying an EV check with your home insurer to see if an EV will invalidate your policy
I wanted a rear blade for my Insignia. Vauxhall wanted £30+vat because they are special flat blades. I went Euro Car Parts and you wouldn't believe what they wanted. £3.79p total and it works brilliantly. Never heard of the make but I'm £30 up. Main agents are awful.
So had you bought a 911 on the same day you leased your Taycan, can you show the purchase costs and what your car is worth now and what the 911 would have been worth now? How much MORE has your car depreciated than the 911 would have?
@@EnthusiasticTent-xt8fh MPs still show a much higher proportion of university graduates than the general population, so you’d have to assume they weren’t the worst students. But only a handful of them did science degrees. Mostly they do economics, history, law and such. Then they rely of scientific advisors who they frequently ignore because it is politically expedient to do so.
Interesting about tyres, my Kia EV has gone through 8 tyres in less than 25k miles. Its not the way I drive it, well maybe for the first few days. The lease company pays for the tyres and they always fit the same tyre, which only has 6.5mm tread from new. Shocking really
Should always be left to choice !!!! Electric cars cannot be charged at home if people live in multi let ,properties or rented accomodation , or terraced housing with no drive ways or if they live in flats ,maisonettes , no pop up chargers , being put in place by councils is there , imagine the disabled the elderly , having to wait hours at a charging station , in a line of traffic all waiting to charge up . As opposed to, and attended petrol station filing up their car , with juice , 5 mins , it's a no brainer .
If your towing with an EV. You will have to park up and disconnect the caravan to charge the car. Can you imagine the chaos ( especially in motorway services) in the Summer months with all these caravans disconnected while cars are on or waiting to connect to chargers
Your battery firmware upgrade will not prevent it catching fire. It will just tell you it has happened just after it happens. Personally I would only need the massive flames to let me know rather than the message on the dash saying 'Run Away'.
Some people may think you're spreading misinformation but I don't think that Lee. You're a man with a phone on a stick who drives an EV and you're telling us your opinion. It's your opinion which you're entitled to hold. Personally i agree with you about EVs which is why I will never buy one. 👍
Went to Hyundai to buy a new car in October 2024, walked in they asked what I was looking for, told him Hyundai Kona petrol, he asked never thought of buying electric car, no thanks not interested, he said what about hybrid, no thanks I want a petrol, after 20 minutes I walked out had enough, in the end I bought a new MG Petrol, no hassel, never tried to push electric, they were happy too have my business, 👍
We have a friend who works at a dealership and works with motability and he's not pushing my mum to have a electric car we chose to order a ice and he never told us to change our minds we are going for a mazda
Seen comments lately on other channels saying the McMaster is biased on electric cars so take no notice of his lies , well I have watched your channel now a while now and it’s fact based only and your content is based on your own experiences with your on car , keep on being factual and telling it how it is.
Lee i understand 1000%.as i said in previous video's yes they may have a place but to in are lifetime.they are not practical nor cost efficient.its expensive to run expensive to build and expensive to maintain and expensive to repair.as soon as you sign on the dotted line is worthless.
There place in sorority is Purley recreational vehicle's but as a daily use vehicle they are not cost effective and are not practical and are difficult to manage
You are not allowed to undertake on a motorway. Slow moving traffic where the middle or outside lanes are crawling while the inside lane is moving a little faster, yes, I believe you can. And as McMaster says the middle and outside lanes are for overtaking only. If the road ahead is clear you should use the inside lane. The Police are within their rights to pull over any driver in the wrong lane.
I'd love to see a discussion between McMaster and The Electric Viking. Viking loves EVs, loves China and their flamethrower EVs, and is really excited about the downfall of ICE cars.
Why hes said hes not against EVs its just there not really good enough for everyone, yet! They need a few more years in battery development and infrastructure then the governments will be able to control the cost of recharging and keep all the workers poor
EV or NOt? Will depend on what your plan for the motor is. No point if you are unable to charge at home, or if you regular drive long distances or in my case being a Taxi driver all day long.
One of the biggest misconceptions about electric vehicles (EVs) is their advertised range. Like many products, manufacturers provide figures based on ideal conditions, which often do not reflect real-world driving. In practical use, an EV typically achieves around 80% of its stated range when fully discharged from 100% to 0%. Furthermore, to optimize battery longevity and charging efficiency, it is recommended to operate the battery between 80% and 20% capacity. This reduces the usable range by an additional 40%, resulting in an overall range reduction of approximately 60% from the advertised figure. As a result, a vehicle initially rated for 200 miles may realistically require a charge stop every 80 miles-significantly impacting convenience and long-distance usability.
Quentin Wilson would have you believe that the tyres on his Tesla lasted for 40,000 miles. However, if you do an MOT History Check on his car (as Barrie Crampton did in one of his videos), he got an MOT fail due to the tyres being worn down to the canvas at 39k miles.
@@TheMacMaster not good..... I had Ford Escort TD with an intercooler.... It went like sh off a stick.. The first pair of front tyres managed 13K..... Hard acceleration and regular high speed saw them off.
@@TheMacMaster That's pretty good going Lee. The Tesla Model 3 & Model S will chew through a set of boots in 6k-8k. The weight of the S is a real tyre killer.
A Taycan EV went past me on the freeway today. I thought that's a cracking looking car. Then I sat back in my diesel sportage and had a good old giggle..
Feel sorry(ish) for car salesmen because they are potentially bullied by their bosses to try to push you into an EV. It's a bit akin to the general 'cold calling' scenario where agents have to make so many calls a day or be penalised.
Apparently if you are driving along on a motorway you can pass a slower vehicle on the inside if it's speed is lower than yours, but what you cannot do is change lane to pass on the inside.
Hi Lee, from me downunder in Perth. I have been a Tezzie owner for the past 2 years. In regard to servicing, all I have done is rotate the tyres every 10k kms. The car has done 40k. The only fluid to be replaced is the screen wash. The Supercharger infrastructure has improved and we have not had an issue. Keep up the great videos. Dave K. Onwards.
As a passionate car enthusiast and petrolhead, I'm training to become a mechanic, and I see how the industry is evolving. In my opinion, we need both electric vehicles and internal combustion engine (ICE) cars on the roads. The government should stop pushing electric cars on people and instead focus on developing synthetic fuels. This would allow people to keep their perfectly functional cars without having to switch to an EV. We already have the technology to create clean fuels that can power ICE cars over 20 years old-so why aren't we focusing on this? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Generally when a car salesman’s lips are moving they are lying.I have a good relationship with a car dealer but I do believe that is rare.Also the rubbish they come out with trying to sell EVs is unbelievable.
Lee, threatening behaviour is unacceptable when you are only warning us of the consequences owning EV, you have made your point ! Running down budget EVs is unacceptable as most of can’t afford anything over 40k
I actually agree with much of this video. There is no doubt that one of the biggest rip-offs is the expensive of charging at Public Chargers in the (fast becoming 3rd world) UK. In countries that are not operating this rip-off then the cost of running an EV is a lot cheaper than running an ICE car. Prices of 79p per kWh or more is a complete rip off.
Cost of running electric cars, must take into account depreciation Oh dear! Low mileage users Volvo have said it takes 70 000 miles before real total energy use ie construction and fuel use before electric car greener. Therefore evangelists should be condemning EV cars for low mileage use. But of course polluting the rest of the world digging ores for and processing all materials used in construction is not on their backyard.
Ok never going to let an electric car come past my letter box.I really feel that the English government have to be held accountable for what they are doing to the motor industry in Britain.Hey just keep doing the blogs about it and surly it will start people in the know to think about it . Just keep on doing it as your channel is the best 👍❤️👍❤️👍
When I owned a MG EV had a very nasty experience in the middle of a major roundabout, breaks slammed on, artic close to wiping me out, driver wanted to punch my lights out for stopping! Now own Hybrid
Charging You would have to unhitch the caravan before charging what a nightmare in the rain then hope now one has stolen the caravan when waiting .what about mobile homes look at the size of them best to buy a tent😂😂
If the EV was a viable solution, the government wouldnt need mandates and legislation to force their sale. Ive just renewed my home insurance. They asked me... Do I own and EV? Do I charge or park an EV on my property? If I answered YES to either question, they would refuse to insure me.
I was in a hurry this morning and vary low on my fuel, Mitsubish challenger 2013 10 l per hundred k Not my usual station $2/l Australian I did a quick 20 l squirt $40, 200 k range. Out the car fill pay , in the car 4 minutes.
Do you have Gap Insurance? If you don't and your car were to be written off or set on fire the insurance will pay lower book value but your PCP ends of agreement settlement won't apply so you could be on the hook for the early exit figure on your PCP and be out of pocket by tens of thousands of pounds?
No you can't undertake, you can if in a queue of traffic and the left lanes are moving, the simple rule is we drive on the left and the other lanes are overtaking lanes, you should move back to the left lane after overtaking (ex bike instructor here)
I've got 5 vehicles, 2 are diesel, 3 are gas, all 5 are 4X4. Electric? Not for me. After watching The Macmaster and Myguy it has turned me right off EV's.
I also went and got a recall thing fixed on my 2005 Nissan X-Trail and they gave me a new set of 4 winter tires for FREE! And they cleaned my vehicle inside and out! Would I get free tires given to me for an electric vehicle?
The TYRES are a rip off, 450 pounds a tyre that's 900 pounds for 2 tyres, translate that into AUSSIE dollars $1800 that's ridiculous. EVs are a rip off you couldn't give me one for free. In the US many put a $2500 down payment on the CYBER TRUCK and the sales people been ringing up the people who put down payment to pick them up, now refuse to pick them up, sounds like they rather loose the $2500. Sounds like there about to hit the wall with there EVs.
Ordered new kia in December, due to be delivered any day, I went in kia dealer told them exactly car I wanted, he had 4 ready to be shipped, didn't even mention ev cars, if he did I'd just walked out.
The joke is on you paying 100K for a Porsche then complaining it is expensive to service and clearly, from your own videos, having not done any basic research at all on charging options. Unless you are exaggerating a teeny weeny bit of course......
I think all the Politicians, and their family must have EVs only. No ice allowed for any of them. OH yes, they want to lower the co2 levels, right? Well, keep your mouth shut! That should do it.
I was coming home from work tonight and an electric car had run out of charge at the traffic lights am I right that they can't move after that. The tailback was about half a mile long lol as it was rush hour. As you said EVs not fit for purpose.
It's like going to fill you vehicle up with petrol or diesel then telling the person at the check out your just going for a coffee and some internet browsing and will be back in an 1hr and a half 😆😂 who wouldn't want to do that! 🤣
One added cost i haven't heard you mention is wear on our roads, heavier vehicles equals more wear and not just a little bit. lorries wear roads thousands of times more than a car. EV i don't know but its likely to be considerable.
Man alive my friend, I have loved watching these videos of yours and I am so glad you like men and you want to save them from EV madness. I think Elon is going to make rocket powered cars just because of your insight on EVs. Trump is hopefully going to wipe the floor with Ed Silliman's plan and we will drill baby drill.
The brand new services at a COST of £45m and no EV charging brilliant planning of infrastructure or do you have to run a cable from those National Grid Pylons 🤔 That Cockwomble in the Peugeot was Ed Miliband👍😃
Lee, if your car is on a PCP, the excess mileage charges at the end of your contract will only apply if you hand the car back. Won't apply if you sell it or trade it in, which you will I guess.
The problem with being next to a power station is the power leave at 400 KV (400,000 volts) that requires a very large substation to bring the voltage down to 11KV and yet another substation to bring the voltage down fo local distribution so they will have connected to the local distribution lines and there may well be not enough capacity to power fast chargers. I have known farms right next to power stations and or sub stations not have any electricity from the mains because the voltage is to high and the cost of a transformer is to great for the suppliers to bother with a connection.
Going to be updating and trading my Nissan car for a new automatic petrol this month , I wander when they will mention the electric or hybrid ones lol, I'm just saying a new automatic petrol for me thankyou, had my Nissan since 2010 so think it's time for a new one 😁😉👍
I bought a new ICE KIA October last year and there was no hard sell at all from the dealer, EV's were never even mentioned. I had to wait nearly six months before it arrived, but I wasn't in a hurry.
Hey master Do a video of a car show room sales man forcing you to buy an EV explosive Vehicle.. Would be a great educational video for us all to know the tactics they use. Video will rate through to the moon !!!
Mister Macmaster! As Americans now can have the CHOICE, YES CHOICE of petrol/ diesel/ Electric, the rest of Europe is forcing people into EV's , i see a very interesting year now, The Evangelical Society members will be crying in their Musli 😂😂🎉
Well Lee, I think you might find that you just need to move here to the US, get you a Ford F150 truck or a nice Mustang, which btw sounds awesome! Drive down South and check out some delicious food! 🦅😎🍽🇺🇸
Gosh, electric cars run on heavily taxed bad coal and natural gas plants that are after it reaches your charger worse efficient than running the combustion in an car engine with free heat in winterc😁
That's actually complete nonsense. For one the efficiency of generating electricity from coal or gas and charging an EV is actually higher than burning petrol in a combustion engine (you obviously can't burn coal in a 4 stroke engine). For the second part, that first part is largely irrelevant as the UK has shut all of the coal power stations, and slightly decreased the use of gas over the last 10 years. Consequently CO2 emissions from electricity generation are now 1/3 of what they were in 2012.
I used to regularly used Hopwood on the M42 and they had a Red Hen restaurant where you could sit comfortably get served and eat a civilised meal. It was excellent. Now we just get garbage fast food, no proper seats and plastic cutlery
Hi Lee, I have an apology to make to both you and Glenn's Tyres. My research on tyre prices was based on the reg. of your car(milk float) which indicated 275's. After watching your latest video in full I see that you opted for the larger wheels(hardly surprising your car cost north of £120k)😂I have to say I prefer to use the smaller independent tyre company's as they generally provide a better service and more often than not can match or better the big boy's on price! Once again my apologies for providing incorrect information(when I'm wrong I say I'm wrong).
In America you can buy ANY car you want to now. What a great country.
Lucky you.
@ I live in the uk 🇬🇧 so it don’t apply to me 😂
What was stopping you before?
Not true. You cannot buy for example a new cheap small Kei cars from Japan.
@@DwaynePipes Probably had something to do with the previous administration's EV policy mandate which was specifically tailored to financially penalise legacy automakers and see a decline in the sales of IC cars that people actually want to buy and an artificially increase in the sales of EVs that lots of people don't really want to buy. It's quite incredible how the government can railroad people into buying stuff they really don't want by sneaky backdoor methods. Trump revoking Biden's 50% EV target and Kamala Harris failing to secure the Presidency were possibly two of the best things and biggest steps forward for the entire country. Good citizens don't really need to be dictated to via misguided policy on what kind of cars they should or shouldn't be buying or driving from the likes of any stupid government.
The UK government cares more about Net Zero and EV cars than the economy and the public’s livelihoods & wellbeing.
@@MiniBull-vq2yg yes it does and the more people who don't comply the better. 👍
I live in Thailand and the only thing green here are the bananas.
My local Renault dealer told me this weekend that customers are now either buying hybrid or petrol vehicles and keeping away from full electric.
I really do feel sorry for the motor dealers. They will probably all fold unfortunately. This government has a lot to answer for!
@@davidwalters313 its ok ,all our dealers will go to the wall,then soon every motor dealer will be foreign…employing foreign workers specially brought in..
@@griswald7156 That's all part of the master plan ..Starmer-geddon.
Especially Jaguar, we bought an F-Pace last January, the dealer went bust in July 2024. It’s an absolute disgrace what those clouds have done.
The WEF government are happy to go along with the 2030 agenda which destroys car ownership the elites will all drive cars from overseas probably China
My brother in law got rid of his EV he replaces his cars regularly and it cost him a lot of money to trade it in
What i have also noticed. While most petrol stations will have a big sign advertising the price. And i believe its now compulsory to show the price per litre. Why do electric charging stations not do this?
The biggest cost is the one that can never be recouped on your deathbed, time.
Imagine laying there in your final hours and realizing how much time you lost charging, eating and drinking unnecessary meals, or just waiting in the EV for hours while petrol families were on their way in five minutes.
I’m thankful that I will never be able to afford an EV.
Worse decision I made buying an electric car, every video I watch I find myself agreeing with everything more and more. I’ve got my Tesla Model Y for another and stopped doing any distance in it now as it’s a nightmare, even tempted to buy a petrol car and leaving this milk float on the drive. Get a 911 GT3 RS
Compared to proper cars with a real engine, EVs are much heavier, have much shorter range, take much longer to refuel, are weather sensitive, the battery degrades unlike a fuel tank and have a shockingly low resale value.... They also do this 🔥
They are an impractical solution to an imaginary problem. 😲
Newer EVs typically do 3-400 miles on a charge, if you're doing more than that per day I'd say an ICE car would be more suited for you. They are most certainly heavier and take longer to refuel. Price to performance wise, EVs are very attractive with some offering super car performance for very little money (relative to their ICE counterparts) in the 2nd hand space. Batteries typically last 200k-500k miles and the majority of the battery degradation takes place within the first few thousand miles (~5-10%) and only losing another few % over the next 100k miles. I've personally had an Audi E-Tron and currently have a Volvo C40, I charge at home overnight and don't typically do more than a few hundred miles in a day, I miss the engine sound of my old BMW and the connected feel of the steering but I absolutely love the instant torque and comfort of my EVs. A common misconception is that EVs will just set on fire randomly but for every 1 EV fire there are 61 ICE fires (normalised for sales), the fires however are a lot harder to put out on EVs and typically more dangerous but you are much less likely to crash in an EV (especially if using things like Tesla Autopilot which reduces accident rates by almost 5x)
Fire incidence (data from the National Transportation Safety Board, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and other sources)
ICE vehicles: ~1,529 fires per 100,000 sales
Electric vehicles: ~25 fires per 100,000 sales
@@Ryan-cw1ky How many EV'S are there compared to ice vehicles , for every EV on the road is there not more than a 100 ice vehicles so your ratios on the fires is false is it not ?
@ They are both per 100k sales, not sure how you can't understand that...
@@Ryan-cw1ky How often does an ICE vehicle catch fire when parked up in your garage or on your drive compared to an EV and remember there is 100 times more ICE vehicles on the road than EV's ? Could you tell me why some insurance companies won't insure your house or car if you are charging on your drive or in your garage but no problem parking an ice vehicle anywhere ?
@ What insurance providers are those? None of the large insurers I bet lol. The facts speak for themselves, there's higher incidence of fire vs units sold in ICE vs EV. Let me just summarise, you didn't understand the data so you're trying to affirm that EVs are less safe because some small insurers may not provide coverage (just like some insurers won't cover you if you've got a classic or modified car stored in your garage), is that really the hill you're dying on?
Yes there is a power station at Rotherham but Ed Minibrain has closed it.
Electric cars may be up there for the Biggest Lie ever been told but you are forgetting what happened a few years ago. Some people will want to forget what the world government done to us but I will not.
The UKs total CO2 output is just 1% of the global total. Yes you’re right everything has to be a drama these day.. it’s winter so you get wind and rain - it’s not anything unusual
I always thought to myself ‘is it just me or is the weather just the same random weather that it’s always been?’
I love how my entire set of tires for my small cheap petrol car is less than single tire for that Porche...
Some people aspire to have better.
@@kevatnorthfield And rightfully suffer for it as seen on this channel.
My car cost 800 quid my mate services it part worn tyres. Total cost 500 a year that's tax insurance mot . That's the real world
must admit as a petrolhead that I am proud of what you are doing with these videos as unlike the media you are admitting the truth and providing helpful consumer advice ,
thank you so much for that and keep up the great work
It's the politicians and civil servants that are laughing at us! And not just about EVs.
Home insurance is being canceled if you have an attached garage, before buying an EV check with your home insurer to see if an EV will invalidate your policy
I wanted a rear blade for my Insignia. Vauxhall wanted £30+vat because they are special flat blades. I went Euro Car Parts and you wouldn't believe what they wanted. £3.79p total and it works brilliantly. Never heard of the make but I'm £30 up. Main agents are awful.
The genuine Bosch ones VW brand dealers are cheaper than what the main dealer will sell them for if you go to Halfords.
So had you bought a 911 on the same day you leased your Taycan, can you show the purchase costs and what your car is worth now and what the 911 would have been worth now? How much MORE has your car depreciated than the 911 would have?
🤔 nice one
Politicians were not the best students in school. Why do they get to make decisions about science?
@@EnthusiasticTent-xt8fh MPs still show a much higher proportion of university graduates than the general population, so you’d have to assume they weren’t the worst students. But only a handful of them did science degrees. Mostly they do economics, history, law and such. Then they rely of scientific advisors who they frequently ignore because it is politically expedient to do so.
Interesting about tyres, my Kia EV has gone through 8 tyres in less than 25k miles. Its not the way I drive it, well maybe for the first few days. The lease company pays for the tyres and they always fit the same tyre, which only has 6.5mm tread from new. Shocking really
I drive a BMW M550. Tires for German cars are expensive. Just like everything else. You can own a German car and complain about costs!
Should always be left to choice !!!! Electric cars cannot be charged at home if people live in multi let ,properties or rented accomodation , or terraced housing with no drive ways or if they live in flats ,maisonettes , no pop up chargers , being put in place by councils is there , imagine the disabled the elderly , having to wait hours at a charging station , in a line of traffic all waiting to charge up . As opposed to, and attended petrol station filing up their car , with juice , 5 mins , it's a no brainer .
If your towing with an EV. You will have to park up and disconnect the caravan to charge the car. Can you imagine the chaos ( especially in motorway services) in the Summer months with all these caravans disconnected while cars are on or waiting to connect to chargers
The wall kissing Globalists don't want you travelling so they really don't care about those scenarios. Look into Agenda 2030.
Lee's been lied to, hoodwinked, and had the wool pulled over his eyes. 😂😂😂😂
Your battery firmware upgrade will not prevent it catching fire.
It will just tell you it has happened just after it happens.
Personally I would only need the massive flames to let me know rather than the message on the dash saying 'Run Away'.
Spot on,as usual
Some people may think you're spreading misinformation but I don't think that Lee. You're a man with a phone on a stick who drives an EV and you're telling us your opinion. It's your opinion which you're entitled to hold. Personally i agree with you about EVs which is why I will never buy one. 👍
I don’t see National Express or eighteen wheelers running on batteries.
You could have travelled another 5000 miles on those tyres, Lee. The steel belt wear indicator was nowhere to be seen..
Went to Hyundai to buy a new car in October 2024, walked in they asked what I was looking for, told him Hyundai Kona petrol, he asked never thought of buying electric car, no thanks not interested, he said what about hybrid, no thanks I want a petrol, after 20 minutes I walked out had enough, in the end I bought a new MG Petrol, no hassel, never tried to push electric, they were happy too have my business, 👍
We have a friend who works at a dealership and works with motability and he's not pushing my mum to have a electric car we chose to order a ice and he never told us to change our minds we are going for a mazda
It’s all about control and choice what you choose in your life the car you choose and very good music 🎶.
Seen comments lately on other channels saying the McMaster is biased on electric cars so take no notice of his lies , well I have watched your channel now a while now and it’s fact based only and your content is based on your own experiences with your on car , keep on being factual and telling it how it is.
Thank You.
Lee i understand 1000%.as i said in previous video's yes they may have a place but to in are lifetime.they are not practical nor cost efficient.its expensive to run expensive to build and expensive to maintain and expensive to repair.as soon as you sign on the dotted line is worthless.
There place in sorority is Purley recreational vehicle's but as a daily use vehicle they are not cost effective and are not practical and are difficult to manage
You are not allowed to undertake on a motorway. Slow moving traffic where the middle or outside lanes are crawling while the inside lane is moving a little faster, yes, I believe you can. And as McMaster says the middle and outside lanes are for overtaking only. If the road ahead is clear you should use the inside lane. The Police are within their rights to pull over any driver in the wrong lane.
I'd love to see a discussion between McMaster and The Electric Viking. Viking loves EVs, loves China and their flamethrower EVs, and is really excited about the downfall of ICE cars.
Why hes said hes not against EVs its just there not really good enough for everyone, yet! They need a few more years in battery development and infrastructure then the governments will be able to control the cost of recharging and keep all the workers poor
EV or NOt? Will depend on what your plan for the motor is. No point if you are unable to charge at home, or if you regular drive long distances or in my case being a Taxi driver all day long.
One of the biggest misconceptions about electric vehicles (EVs) is their advertised range. Like many products, manufacturers provide figures based on ideal conditions, which often do not reflect real-world driving. In practical use, an EV typically achieves around 80% of its stated range when fully discharged from 100% to 0%.
Furthermore, to optimize battery longevity and charging efficiency, it is recommended to operate the battery between 80% and 20% capacity. This reduces the usable range by an additional 40%, resulting in an overall range reduction of approximately 60% from the advertised figure. As a result, a vehicle initially rated for 200 miles may realistically require a charge stop every 80 miles-significantly impacting convenience and long-distance usability.
Admit defeat. Get rid of the EVidiot Chariot and get a proper car. You’ll only lose every time with an Electric Shitbox
Quentin Wilson would have you believe that the tyres on his Tesla lasted for 40,000 miles. However, if you do an MOT History Check on his car (as Barrie Crampton did in one of his videos), he got an MOT fail due to the tyres being worn down to the canvas at 39k miles.
😂 he lives round the corner from me, and normally drives an old freelander mk2
So how many miles have your back tyres done Lee......??
About 10k
@@TheMacMaster not good..... I had Ford Escort TD with an intercooler.... It went like sh off a stick.. The first pair of front tyres managed 13K..... Hard acceleration and regular high speed saw them off.
@@TheMacMaster That's pretty good going Lee. The Tesla Model 3 & Model S will chew through a set of boots in 6k-8k. The weight of the S is a real tyre killer.
Hey Mac you cannit put it any more CLEAR😎👍
Stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway with a low charge showing on your EV! Pity you cant carry a "gallon can " of electricity to get you safe!
If it's going to cost a arm and a leg to run these cars vans lorries. Inflation will go through roof .
A Taycan EV went past me on the freeway today. I thought that's a cracking looking car. Then I sat back in my diesel sportage and had a good old giggle..
Feel sorry(ish) for car salesmen because they are potentially bullied by their bosses to try to push you into an EV. It's a bit akin to the general 'cold calling' scenario where agents have to make so many calls a day or be penalised.
Apparently if you are driving along on a motorway you can pass a slower vehicle on the inside if it's speed is lower than yours, but what you cannot do is change lane to pass on the inside.
£600!? You've got a Porsche problem, not an EV problem!
Hi Lee, from me downunder in Perth. I have been a Tezzie owner for the past 2 years. In regard to servicing, all I have done is rotate the tyres every 10k kms. The car has done 40k. The only fluid to be replaced is the screen wash. The Supercharger infrastructure has improved and we have not had an issue. Keep up the great videos. Dave K. Onwards.
As a passionate car enthusiast and petrolhead, I'm training to become a mechanic, and I see how the industry is evolving. In my opinion, we need both electric vehicles and internal combustion engine (ICE) cars on the roads. The government should stop pushing electric cars on people and instead focus on developing synthetic fuels. This would allow people to keep their perfectly functional cars without having to switch to an EV. We already have the technology to create clean fuels that can power ICE cars over 20 years old-so why aren't we focusing on this? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Generally when a car salesman’s lips are moving they are lying.I have a good relationship with a car dealer but I do believe that is rare.Also the rubbish they come out with trying to sell EVs is unbelievable.
Lee, threatening behaviour is unacceptable when you are only warning us of the consequences owning EV, you have made your point ! Running down budget EVs is unacceptable as most of can’t afford anything over 40k
£40K!!!! I'd struggle finding £4K.. and it seems that's how much you lose every month on that car for the first 2 years
@ sorry for not making my reply clear, my point was for new EVs
I actually agree with much of this video. There is no doubt that one of the biggest rip-offs is the expensive of charging at Public Chargers in the (fast becoming 3rd world) UK. In countries that are not operating this rip-off then the cost of running an EV is a lot cheaper than running an ICE car. Prices of 79p per kWh or more is a complete rip off.
Cost of running electric cars, must take into account depreciation Oh dear!
Low mileage users Volvo have said it takes 70 000 miles before real total energy use ie construction and fuel use before electric car greener.
Therefore evangelists should be condemning EV cars for low mileage use. But of course polluting the rest of the world digging ores for and processing all materials used in construction is not on their backyard.
And the weight of them is knackering the roads
Ok never going to let an electric car come past my letter box.I really feel that the English government have to be held accountable for what they are doing to the motor industry in Britain.Hey just keep doing the blogs about it and surly it will start people in the know to think about it . Just keep on doing it as your channel is the best 👍❤️👍❤️👍
When I owned a MG EV had a very nasty experience in the middle of a major roundabout, breaks slammed on, artic close to wiping me out, driver wanted to punch my lights out for stopping! Now own Hybrid
Charging You would have to unhitch the caravan before charging what a nightmare in the rain then hope now one has stolen the caravan when waiting .what about mobile homes look at the size of them best to buy a tent😂😂
These EVs have been pushed through to soon, should of been drip fed over 30 years
If the EV was a viable solution, the government wouldnt need mandates and legislation to force their sale.
Ive just renewed my home insurance. They asked me...
Do I own and EV?
Do I charge or park an EV on my property?
If I answered YES to either question, they would refuse to insure me.
Mandate is the polite way of saying dictate. Your rulers are dictators!
@@sahhull If you answer no and either someone snitches on you or it catches fire you could be done for insurance fraud be careful .
I was in a hurry this morning and vary low on my fuel, Mitsubish challenger 2013
10 l per hundred k
Not my usual station
$2/l Australian I did a quick 20 l squirt $40,
200 k range.
Out the car fill pay , in the car 4 minutes.
Do you have Gap Insurance? If you don't and your car were to be written off or set on fire the insurance will pay lower book value but your PCP ends of agreement settlement won't apply so you could be on the hook for the early exit figure on your PCP and be out of pocket by tens of thousands of pounds?
No you can't undertake, you can if in a queue of traffic and the left lanes are moving, the simple rule is we drive on the left and the other lanes are overtaking lanes, you should move back to the left lane after overtaking (ex bike instructor here)
You can only undertake if the traffic in the right lane is queuing. That car on the motorway you should overtake in the third lane as normal
Who's going to provide us with electricity when we're all driving ev's ? .
I've got 5 vehicles, 2 are diesel, 3 are gas, all 5 are 4X4. Electric? Not for me. After watching The Macmaster and Myguy it has turned me right off EV's.
I also went and got a recall thing fixed on my 2005 Nissan X-Trail and they gave me a new set of 4 winter tires for FREE! And they cleaned my vehicle inside and out! Would I get free tires given to me for an electric vehicle?
Sorry it’s petrol! Gas is a gas petrol is a liquid! ❤
You mean petrol.Why Americans use word gas.
@@nigelmorphew4290 I agree but petrol is derived from petroleum and gas from gasoline.
@ Americans can’t spell colour properly so petrol or petroleum is possibly out of their reach, sorry only joking but it had to be said! ❤️
In 1987 Michael fish never mentioned 'danger to life'.....Doh! No such thing as climate change either. Happy days.
If the government legislated that new EVs use 3 wheels, drivers will save 25% on retreads!
The TYRES are a rip off, 450 pounds a tyre that's 900 pounds for 2 tyres, translate that into AUSSIE dollars $1800 that's ridiculous. EVs are a rip off you couldn't give me one for free. In the US many put a $2500 down payment on the CYBER TRUCK and the sales people been ringing up the people who put down payment to pick them up, now refuse to pick them up, sounds like they rather loose the $2500. Sounds like there about to hit the wall with there EVs.
Ordered new kia in December, due to be delivered any day, I went in kia dealer told them exactly car I wanted, he had 4 ready to be shipped, didn't even mention ev cars, if he did I'd just walked out.
Hi Lee, in the UK it is definitely illegal to undertake! There are many countries where you can do this, but the UK is not one.
I remember when I was a teenager we'd all go out and get in our cars when it snowed just to get some sliding practice in.
The joke is on you paying 100K for a Porsche then complaining it is expensive to service and clearly, from your own videos, having not done any basic research at all on charging options. Unless you are exaggerating a teeny weeny bit of course......
I put a full set of premium Goodyear all season tyres on my van last year for £280 including fitting and balancing. Thats for all four.
I think all the Politicians, and their family must have EVs only. No ice allowed for any of them. OH yes, they want to lower the co2 levels, right? Well, keep your mouth shut! That should do it.
I think you'll find- ya spot actually😂. I swear, they can shove EVs directly where the Sun never shines!!
I was coming home from work tonight and an electric car had run out of charge at the traffic lights am I right that they can't move after that. The tailback was about half a mile long lol as it was rush hour. As you said EVs not fit for purpose.
It's like going to fill you vehicle up with petrol or diesel then telling the person at the check out your just going for a coffee and some internet browsing and will be back in an 1hr and a half 😆😂 who wouldn't want to do that! 🤣
They don't service the car, they service you, well and truly.
Love the music...makes half the clip.
Definitely!
One added cost i haven't heard you mention is wear on our roads, heavier vehicles equals more wear and not just a little bit. lorries wear roads thousands of times more than a car. EV i don't know but its likely to be considerable.
Man alive my friend, I have loved watching these videos of yours and I am so glad you like men and you want to save them from EV madness. I think Elon is going to make rocket powered cars just because of your insight on EVs. Trump is hopefully going to wipe the floor with Ed Silliman's plan and we will drill baby drill.
The brand new services at a COST of £45m and no EV charging brilliant planning of infrastructure or do you have to run a cable from those National Grid Pylons 🤔 That Cockwomble in the Peugeot was Ed Miliband👍😃
all them pylons at the small service station but not one ev charger funny
Lee, if your car is on a PCP, the excess mileage charges at the end of your contract will only apply if you hand the car back. Won't apply if you sell it or trade it in, which you will I guess.
Those tyres are expensive, my car has 20" wheels and I got 4 Goodyear Eagles from Costco for 550 (fitted)
The problem with being next to a power station is the power leave at 400 KV (400,000 volts) that requires a very large substation to bring the voltage down to 11KV and yet another substation to bring the voltage down fo local distribution so they will have connected to the local distribution lines and there may well be not enough capacity to power fast chargers. I have known farms right next to power stations and or sub stations not have any electricity from the mains because the voltage is to high and the cost of a transformer is to great for the suppliers to bother with a connection.
Going to be updating and trading my Nissan car for a new automatic petrol this month , I wander when they will mention the electric or hybrid ones lol, I'm just saying a new automatic petrol for me thankyou, had my Nissan since 2010 so think it's time for a new one 😁😉👍
I bought a new ICE KIA October last year and there was no hard sell at all from the dealer, EV's were never even mentioned. I had to wait nearly six months before it arrived, but I wasn't in a hurry.
I just ordered a kia, same as you the guy didn't even mention ev, if he did I walked out.
Hey master
Do a video of a car show room sales man forcing you to buy an EV explosive Vehicle..
Would be a great educational video for us all to know the tactics they use.
Video will rate through to the moon !!!
With the extra weight they have to carry what are the tyre pressures?
Mister Macmaster! As Americans now can have the CHOICE, YES CHOICE of petrol/ diesel/ Electric, the rest of Europe is forcing people into EV's , i see a very interesting year now, The Evangelical Society members will be crying in their Musli 😂😂🎉
Communal parking in the grounds of a big house. I would need at least 3 x 30m extension reels connected together for "home charging".
EV drivers do like to pull there wire.
Well Lee, I think you might find that you just need to move here to the US, get you a Ford F150 truck or a nice Mustang, which btw sounds awesome! Drive down South and check out some delicious food! 🦅😎🍽🇺🇸
Nobody thinks about the depreciation, which is hidden by lease deals. They just think about the running costs
Tyres, when I previously owned a BMW 745i, a single tyre cost £620.
WHEN AT THE DEALERSHIP THERE IS A SPECIAL WORD.............NO!
PRACTICE IT FOR 1 HOUR BEFORE YOU GO
Gosh, electric cars run on heavily taxed bad coal and natural gas plants that are after it reaches your charger worse efficient than running the combustion in an car engine with free heat in winterc😁
Something must be wrong in free solar and wind powered rainbowland.
That's actually complete nonsense. For one the efficiency of generating electricity from coal or gas and charging an EV is actually higher than burning petrol in a combustion engine (you obviously can't burn coal in a 4 stroke engine). For the second part, that first part is largely irrelevant as the UK has shut all of the coal power stations, and slightly decreased the use of gas over the last 10 years. Consequently CO2 emissions from electricity generation are now 1/3 of what they were in 2012.
Absolute rubbish! You are 15 years out of date.
I used to regularly used Hopwood on the M42 and they had a Red Hen restaurant where you could sit comfortably get served and eat a civilised meal. It was excellent. Now we just get garbage fast food, no proper seats and plastic cutlery
Hi Lee, I have an apology to make to both you and Glenn's Tyres. My research on tyre prices was based on the reg. of your car(milk float) which indicated 275's. After watching your latest video in full I see that you opted for the larger wheels(hardly surprising your car cost north of £120k)😂I have to say I prefer to use the smaller independent tyre company's as they generally provide a better service and more often than not can match or better the big boy's on price! Once again my apologies for providing incorrect information(when I'm wrong I say I'm wrong).