Sandy @brianmini

IT Manager, classic mini owner (one time owner Triumph Spitfire), Classic car restorer, gamer, dad of 2, MG EV owner. Advocate of EV fairness. Scotland, United Kingdom Joined June 2010

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Sandy @brianmini

a month ago

@ConstableChaos One extreme compared with another. Always going to give a gulf in price comparison. Maybe do a recalculation at a more realistic 20p/kWh and 4mpkWh = 5p mile.. 😂. Oh dear poor ice owners!

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2 months ago

@modernheroestv The same emissions standards as in the era they were produced seems fair. But setting a modern limit on emissions for cars based around older emissions targets isn't fair.

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2 months ago

@JordanEVGuy Sadly only when you charge at home and are on a tarrif that's rewarding in the evening but crippling if you worn from home during the day.🤮 Public charging is horrendously expensive now too. To the point my EV is a local trips car, and I've a small diesel car for long trips.

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3 months ago

@andyburnham All great on paper, not none of these has been delivered. That's the problem with successive governments, they make promises, ring fenced years in the future that they don't have to deliver on and subsequent governments have no stomach for so half assed implementation. 🤷

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3 months ago

@ClarksonsFarm1 Fined for failing to use his mandated booster seat? 🤣

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3 months ago

@digitalchampi Plan ahead just a few days, makes a huge difference in prices. Just took the whole family from Scotland to Newcastle for day trip, under £70 return. Booked less than a week in advance.

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3 months ago

@sarah_go_green Scrap standing charges first. Then scrap stupidly low rates like Sarah has that only rewards EV owners who have solar to offset the expensive rates. I've got an EV but also work from home so I can't go split rates and I now have to restrict driving to afford my bills.

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3 months ago

@GeorgeJ29459361 @BBCBreakfast Absolutely agree with this. It's a rip off, offer zero value to consumers and is just an income stream for doing nothing. For most folk it's about £25 a month in standing charges. That's at least 1/3 to 1/4 of the monthly bill. For literally zero consumption.

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3 months ago

@BBCBreakfast Electricity should be consistently getting cheaper year on year not more and more expensive. And the idea is of an ever increasing "Price cap" is also moronic. In Scotland our generation is so high and consumption so low we should be getting paid to consume excess.

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3 months ago

@andyburnham In other news, all energy firms are just about to put their prices up. So exactly fuck all savings will be made for Joe Public. Folks will just be able to tread water for a few months longer until winter hits and bills go fucking crazy again!

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Sandy @brianmini

4 months ago

@Nationwide And yet again, for the 4th year I somehow didn't qualify! A 20+ year member with a mortgage, savings ISA and a current account and apparently none of them qualified! There's a scam going on here!

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Sandy @brianmini

a year ago

Can long term members get some clues from @Nationwide for 2026 fairer share "rules" so we don't get left out while rats who only switch bank accounts get payouts left right and centre. Maybe reward small savers rather than big spenders! 🤷 Just a thought,and considerably fairer!

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4 months ago

@neso_energy Watch this space. Unseasonably warm summer leads to electricity generators petitioning for the price cap to rise again. The price will only rise until people start losing their homes because they can't pay their bills. 🤷

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4 months ago

@g__j 39362... Always read on the low side so you're not over charged.

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5 months ago

@ValkyrieB70 @KateFantom Facts can often feel like jealousy to ICE owners when in fact it's the truth.

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6 months ago

@TaraBull In the UK you go out to eat to have a meal, not to supplement a businesses poor ability to pay a living wage. Any tip is for exceptional service and not because the restaurant owner is a tight git who doesn't value their employees!🤷

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6 months ago

@FifeCouncil Pilgrims way at Windygates, gate has been wrecked.

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6 months ago

@AutoPap Crazy prices indeed. Some 11p /kWh higher than I pay on a single fixed deal for almost the entire day. 🧐.

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7 months ago

@PSOSKirkcaldy Come to Levenmouth you'll collect 10x that number. Usually packs of 5 flying about pretty much at all times.

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8 months ago

@sscmark @1963Firestick Lucky you , queued once for a charger! This is not the experience others have. I've queued plenty of times in my 11years EV ownership. It's also only ever 10seconds to charge when you're at home. It's 45mins when I public charge if there's no queue. 🤷