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There’s something inherently right about internal combustion engines. Yes, they may technically be inefficient, they may lack the instant torque of an electric motor and they may produce harmful emissions when they are in use and need the juice of dead dinosaurs in order to run, but my god they sound good don’t they? And this is an area that electric powered cars can simply never live up to. So, if this is the case, why would a devoted petrolhead like Andrew Dharman make the jump to buying the most ludicrous of electric vehicles available - a Tesla model X SUV of all things?

“It was my wife that first suggested we get a Model X,” shrugs Andrew. “At the time I was like ‘No way! They’re electric!’ as I’d never even considered myself becoming an owner of an electric car, I just liked petrol power too much.”

Coming from a background of owning big power Bavarian autobahn stormers, it was only natural that Andrew was

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