The Joys of Owning An Electric Vehicle in Ireland

But have you tried sex instead?

Owning an electric car used to be like being part of a secret club, similar to being a member of the IRA or UVF if you will. Instead of pretending to decommission weapons and taking up drug dealing, we’re now decommissioning petrol and diesel engines and saving the planet. Diesel and Petrol engines are nasty, a stroll through Dublin City or any urban area these days feels like the equivalent of smoking 60 fags. All those toxic Dublin buses and cars choking people to death quicker than a sex game gone wrong.

Electric car owners will understand the silent excitement of tapping on the accelerator and taking off with no sound except for a faint whirring noise and the gentle thudding sound underneath the wheels because you’ve just run over one of the neighbours’ kids or worse still, one of the neighbours’ pets because they haven’t heard you coming around the corner. EVs are so quiet that you’ll probably find the next-door neighbours’ sex toys make more noise, (sorry Mary and Pat).

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