Absolutely agree with the comments on charging stations. People must learn to do their own research. Forget what click bait articles (or the printed equivalent) say. Its quite simple really to find a suitable electric car. 1) Decide on a budget (taking into account massively reduced running and servicing costs - eg Nissan Leaf is unlikely to need ANY new parts before 100k miles). 2) Do cars in your budget allow for all your journeys (assuming you have no 2nd car) 3) If answer to 2 is no, go on ZapMap etc and identify rapid chargers you can use to make said journey possible.

That's about it, except of course if your budget allows a Kia e-nero or Model 3, then range is likely a non-issue.

Re Tesla quality, they have been around long enough now that it has become clear issues are not widespread. Yes customer service can be lacking in the traditional sense, but Tesla is not a traditional automaker. The design and reliability of the S and 3 are well proven, the early X models suffer from some minor gullwing door issues but drivetrains etc are bullet proof.

Edited by MoDo613 on 01/12/2019 at 01:46

Is oil still drained rather than being vacuumed out? I would expect vacuuming to make flushing less purposeful on the ground it is very effective at removing the old oil.

Takes me back to my Citroen BX19 GTI. Honest john was recommending engine flushing oil additive before a service back then in early 1990s. I duly added. Had a service and within 6 months had a problem. Eventually Citroen took cylinder head off and found one of the cams badly worn due to blocked oil feed. They had never seen anything like it before. Had to have a new camshaft in a 5 year old car (owned from new).

Cannot prove cause and effect but have never used engine flush since!