Salary Sacrifice EV

[motorbiking]

Does she like it?

She loves it. Hers is the Xdrive diesel.
BMW have been good too. had a fuel sensor leak that they fixed foc

But the new Beemers are ugly as F***

 

[motorbiking]

King Billy is definitely Notch7 reincarnated

No He’s Himmy, Himmy is slightly more intelligent than notch.

 

[pete01]

King Billy is definitely Notch7 reincarnated

Ya think? Whats the point

 

[Highway Man]

She loves it. Hers is the Xdrive diesel.
BMW have been good too had a fuel sensor leak that they fixed foc

This is my first BMW, I have been veryy happy with the service from BMW, only problem I had was when I bought it they added a ceramic coating to it and charged me, I didnt want it or asked for it.

 

[motorbiking]

The old “Would sir like special polish” trick. Did your old car have special polish, that’s a shame we’d have offered another £1k trade in.

 

[King Billy]

Ya think? Whats the point

Exactly what's the point of guessing. It only makes the guesser look silly and desperate.

 

[Highway Man]

https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/electric-cars/plug-in-hybrid.html

 

[motorbiking]

This is my first BMW, I have been veryy happy with the service from BMW, only problem I had was when I bought it they added a ceramic coating to it and charged me, I didnt want it or asked for it.

She’s had 1 before and an Audi before that. I wouldn’t let her buy an Audi.

 

[Highway Man]

She’s had 1 before and an Audi before that. I wouldn’t let her buy an Audi.

Lena had an Audi. She had the Q5 which we part ex for the range rover

 

[motorbiking]

Back to EVs. You can’t go wrong with a used Model3 or model y dual motor.

Cheap as chips used and if you can ignore the dullness they are really nice cars.

 

[securespark]

but soulless to drive.

You've never driven the MG4 then. Even the bog standard model, let alone the X Power, is a cracker.

Ours is the LR Trophy: RWD, a hoot off the mark and an even bigger hoot round twisty B roads. And all from a relatively lowly 201 BHP.

Far from soulless!

 

[securespark]

My Mrs hardly gets anywhere near the milage I get out of my hybrid, I would never buy another full EV. She likes hers but it constantly needs charging up.

That's like saying, I like my petrol car, but it always needs filling up!

I assume it only needs charging up after driving it the number of miles needed to discharge it?

We charge ours at home for 7p per unit. We get at least 200 miles per charge and it's a fraction of the cost of Diesel. Yes, when we are on a long journey we need to charge on a public charger, so it will be more expensive, but averaged out over the year, it's still much, much cheaper.

 

[Highway Man]

That's like saying, I like my petrol car, but it always needs filling up!

I assume it only needs charging up after driving it the number of miles needed to discharge it?

We charge ours at home for 7p per unit. We get at least 200 miles per charge and it's a fraction of the cost of Diesel. Yes, when we are on a long journey we need to charge on a public charger, so it will be more expensive, but averaged out over the year, it's still much, much cheaper.

As I have said, certain models suit some but not others, I cannot be doing with the hassle any more of keeping it charged, we have 4 cars and it is a pain and an inconvenience to keep the drive clear for the Pure EV, its shuffling around constantly, I charge my hybrid once a week and is hassle free,.

 

[securespark]

That's because they have much smaller batteries. Depending on the mileage you do in the hybrid, you may only need one charge a week.

A few hybrids do 70-80+ miles on EV mode alone, but when discharged, your MPG will shoot up as you switch to ICE only.

Having thought long and hard about this myself, you are better off choosing one or the other, not a combination. Why lug around a petrol engine if you're mostly using battery? Or a battery if you're mostly using ICE?

If you can't be bothered keeping it charged, you're not using it enough and maybe that's because you don't really need it?

 

[Highway Man]

That's because they have much smaller batteries. Depending on the mileage you do in the hybrid, you may only need one charge a week.

A few hybrids do 70-80+ miles on EV mode alone, but when discharged, your MPG will shoot up as you switch to ICE only.

Having thought long and hard about this myself, you are better off choosing one or the other, not a combination. Why lug around a petrol engine if you're mostly using battery? Or a battery if you're mostly using ICE?

If you can't be bothered keeping it charged, you're not using it enough and maybe that's because you don't really need it?

Eh? we are charging it six times a month and you say we are not using it enough???