A DRIVER who swapped his Porsche electric car for a petrol Suzuki Swift says he’s glad he made the change.
After spending years driving his electric vehicle, Lee decided to go back to diesel.
The motors enthusiast went back to diesel
The influencer, who runs a YouTube channel with more than 100,000 subscribers, posted a vlog explaining why he loved the petrol vehicle.
The car whizz borrowed a Suzuki Swift to test drive for a day in Nottinghamshire.
He swapped his £76,000 Porsche EV for the cheaper petrol car from a pal.
Lee said: “Finally after years of owning and driving an EV I climb back into a petrol car.
“A car with an internal combustion engine, but I did have to part with my hard earned money.”
Although the electric Porsche Taycan boasts an electric motor and battery with 800 volts, Lee still chose the petrol option.
The car owner confessed driving the manual Suzuki turned out to be a better experience
Lee said to have “loved driving the little car” and praised the noise of the 1.2 fuel manual gear box- which is cheaper to fill.
The self-confessed long-EV-driver added the Suzuki was “easy to drive” and gave him more freedom of movement.
The motorist said: “That is a great little car, 45 gallons can get you about 350 mile. It’s a lot cheaper to fill a diesel car than an electric car.”
“I’ve said before EV are all about control and stop freedom of movement in my opinion.”
At the end of the video, Lee gets slapped with a bill from his pal for driving his vehicle.
He said: “This is for borrowing and driving a proper car.”
The video has now gained thousands of likes and more than 32,000 views from fellow car enthusiasts.
Hundreds of users flocked to the comments section to share their thoughts.
It comes another EV owner explained why she made the switch back to diesel, saying it’s much more relaxing.
Abigayle Andre, who runs motors site SheTalksCars, took to TikTok to explain why owning an electric car became too much of a headache.
Elsewhere, a mum who swapped her diesel car for an electric vehicle slammed them as the “worst invention in the world”.
The driver vented on TikTok that she had been forced to spend around an hour trying to find a working electric car point to be able to charge her car.