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Agreed. *But we do not drive theory miles in EV,s, You drive and know what you get, Real World, your world. only those without a EV have the theories, and no miles travelled on a battery charge.* Now look in the Fabia Mk3 section and other sections. Every damn year, my petrol cars economy is now crap. Well service and maintain, plugs (might be a diesel, no spark plugs) and filter and tyre pressures, and tell us about your trip lengths, cold starts, etc, and think about the fuel, the cost and tell us actually how many miles to the litres are you getting?

INTERNAL CAPACITY ENGINES are very superior in absolutely every way for lots and lots of people, so they really should enjoy driving vehicles with them while they can. Possibly decades and decades in the UK and in other world regions. From @4 minutes 40 might be of interest.

Got it. What you put in as far as diesel, petrol or LPG is what you put in, litres, we do not buy in gallons anymore. The Diesel & Petrol pretty much stays as is, hygroscopic more or less depends on the formulation for the season produced. Ethanol Content / Bio can vary, but it is what it is, even if many have no idea other than they buy and run it. You might get condensation in the tank, and maybe storage tanks with mould, and Unleaded goes off. That is Internal Combustion Engines fuels. You get what you buy and you use what you use. Unlike BEV,s batteries of various types. They have losses. Can we get more truths about Electric Vehicles and forget now that a ICE Fuel Tank holds what it holds unless it leaks of the fuel is stolen? PS If a EV,s battery losses the capacity it had when new and you do not need the full capacity anyway then why give a ****. If you are not getting one, then you need not give it a 2nd though, and if you get a lease vehicle for work or pleasure / transport then it is not really worth bothering you pretty little head!

@Winston_Woof Thanks, typing on a phone without glasses on. So a Euro 5 460,000 miles 2015 2.0 TDI DSG that dodged having SCR. DQ250 serviced 11 times maybe, & possible a rebuild. 22 Oil & Filter changes and whatever as far as brakes, suspension parts etc. Euro 5 so not LEZ compliant. Early TESLA builds can be questionable, servicing / maintenance / inspections is just common sense. If you got Free TESLA Super Charging then you might well be laughing. Now newer Superbs TDI / SCR, DQ381 DSG,s, well that is a lottery, build quality and software and bits and pieces are causing grief for some. We will see in 2043 just how the 2023/24 models are doing.

People really need to realise that the battery segregation thing is well documented and the issues with ones as recent as less than a decade old. And that is why cheap as chips. Now a new generation on the go and evolving.

The Oil & Filter service was fixed regime on 1.4 TSI PHEV,s was at 9,000 & sometimes 9,300 miles according to VW and Skoda said 9,400 / 12 months. Some cars might have the engine run regularly, and some maybe very occasionally. Now with 1.5 TSI PHEV there seems to be some confusion if they are to have the Oil Changed on a Fixed Service Regime. Then if you are running a PHEV and not charging & running just on petrol wht should you be on a Fixed Service Regime? Buyers of used ones beware. How much running has been on petrol. or just running on electricity in the life of the car. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/523320-phev-service-intervals

No GPF,s with a 1.2 TSI. or the first of the 1.0 TSI, later 2018 they were fitted.

Welcome. Is this a car you have bought that is showing 0 km? Is the car starting and running yet the gauge says 0 km? Has the AdBlue system maybe been removed, or just the system is somehow faulty?

Superunleaded is not PREMIUM fuel it is a higher octane and can have more of a detergent package and for just an extra £2.50 a tank full a better running engine might well use a bit less fuel, or just feel better. (Premium Diesel is a thing, higher detergents or Cetane.) It is important to have correctly gapped plugs and a clean air filter and an increase fuel consumption is often the first noticeable sign of consumables needing replaced. @phoneman(ret) how many litres are you putting in every 320 miles?

When were the spark plugs changed and is there a clean fresh air filter fitted? Are the tyre pressures correct? Try a tank of E5 Super Unleaded 97 or 99 ron. As it is the Winter Formulation Petrol is being delivered from this wee to filling stations in Scotland and the north of England. Less Hygroscopic and the E10 might well have less Bio Ethanol in. And 97 or 99 ron Minimum can actually be the minimal ron.

That is what many people do just need to do and they are doing that having bought or lease a PHEV because maybe occasionally they need to go further.

If that car has lost 75% range from the 22kWh battery then that will just be about 6 kWh need to charge it. Much cheapness for a car to use in a LEZ.

*We have to assume he has paid £1,000 and the person selling the car owned it and owns the battery.* I have never heard of one of these Renaults. Looks a nice car for £1,000 compared to some buckets of sh!te that there are about. It has all the range that many need. I have only been doing 10 miles a day i my electric car, i might as well be driving something like that one. 22 kWh Battery. 22 X 4 Miles =88 miles. 22 x 3.0 miles =66 miles. 135 km= 84 miles. 160 km =99 miles. Lots of info with this one. Could be as bad as 50 miles when new... http://youtube.com/watch?v=CeYSxXDW7xc

Welcome to the forum. Best say what engine your car has.

@Winston_Woof There are plenty vids and blogs / vlogs with controversial stuff. Those dudes did what they did and filmed it and will have had the experience many do with driving an EV and knowing nothing about them. Plenty getting in a brand new EV pick up a car and have very similar experiences. There are vids and blogs / vlogs that can help people gen up, or ones like that as forewarned is forearmed.

@lol-lol please remember there is plenty of the UK where nipping off for a 20 minute rapid charge is problematic or not an option. Winter or adverse weather times and roads closed by diversions and others requiring to do the same if there are rapid chargers actually near or working. But that is the 'Truth of EV driving still' for quite a lot of EV drivers and something potential ones will be thinking about. Range anxiety is not a myth for many even in October 2024.

@Winston_Woof Who is it you think the views expressed would tick off & why would they? People acting daft for affect certainly does annoy some people. If you drive a petrol or diesel you want to know which pump you need to buy fuel at. If you buy an EV, borrow it or what ever best just find out if it charges only with a ChAdeMO or at on an AC charger and what your max charging speed is. (He was looking at a CHAdeMO in his hand.) AC port at one side of the car and CHAdeMO at the other. If buying an older or early model expect it to be different from vehicles a decade or more newer. £1,000 for a road legal car for going to the shops, work, train station etc. Less than an Electric Bike might cost you and leave it for hours charging maybe 10 kWh on an AC charger for £3.50-£4.50 and less chance of being stolen than a bike. If you can charge at home, work, college or where ever maybe much cheapness.

Why not just get ones with the correct offset and plenty clearance for rims and tyres? @Carlston Will know all the scores on the doors.

The American Tech Industry seems to fully into getting on with Small Modular Nuclear for powering their data centres. The Tory government were all for them in the UK and right being Rolls Royce as it appears the Labour Government are with various locations they seem to think they will be going up at. I do wonder just how many years it will be before these ever started generating & providing energy in England where they will located since Scotland and Wales are unlikely to want them.

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Not just JCW trim but John Cooper Works Mini Cooper & Aceman electric models available next year. From £38,420 next April. Order from end of October.

I changed the 12 Month fixed tariff today. Offpeak just down 6.9 pence to 6.7 a kWh, but the day tariff 5 pence a kWh lower, all helps. (Gas a bit higher in the new year.)

It does not remove incentives or disincentives installing home and work place chargers in any way, it just maybe highlights how those with that facilities are making a nice little earner over those that can not. There are Smart Meters and not Dumb Chargers with Wall Boxes. Nothing wrong with actually claiming and receiving expenses fairly. So that means the cost of not just the Energy, but Charger Installation and vehicles running costs. The system is no longer fit for purpose with HMRC and BIK etc. Those business users with a PHEV just running on liquid fuel and those BEV,s running for 10 times less than public charging costs.