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May 13th, 2018, 20:13 | #11 | |
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The economics of T8's are questionable considering the extra cost, unless you have the added benefit of company ownership. Good friend has a Tesla - but suffers from range anxiety! I'll be waiting for a 500 mile battery to cover regular 300 mile trips.
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May 15th, 2018, 06:30 | #12 | |
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50% down 0% finance sounds very promising, are they still doing that? I will likely be purchasing through my company as well. I need to work out what will be the over all best option. £599 for a 5 year service plan also sounds steller, every time I take the BMW in I get a £500 bill without fail, and don't even get me started on the tyres. What are the MY19 changes to engine performance; I haven't seen anything about this? |
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May 15th, 2018, 06:32 | #13 |
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I don't doubt it, but I want the tech! I want a electric drivetrain! Purely financially the 10k or so extra the hybrid system costs over the diesel doesn't make full sense unless you exclusively use it for 20 mile round trips in a city like environment over 5 years if we're being honest!!!
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May 15th, 2018, 07:39 | #16 | |
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Depends on temperature, preconditioning the battery, how many hills (that works two ways if you going and coming back on the same route!)
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May 15th, 2018, 18:40 | #17 |
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Just a question on hybrid driving. Say you do your first 15 miles on electric and then switch to petrol, I assume your petrol engine is cold and at its least efficient - consumption wise?
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May 15th, 2018, 19:28 | #18 | |
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The aux heating system bring the petrol engine coolant temperature up and you find that apart for the first time the petrol kicks in (when it may stay on a few minutes) the petrol will flick in and out perhaps on being on for only a few seconds. I find on A road driving hybrid is better for overall efficiency than pure as it bring the ICE in sooner so you can use the accelerator to control when you need some boost from petrol. I find it’s best to bring the car up to fast cruising and on hills with ICE as this uses battery fast, the battery juice is best trickled in on level cruising when you’ve built speed up, to stretch out the charge to max. When the battery is gone, running on pure maxes out electric running opportunities Mrs D76 can work it so the battery runs out as she pulls onto the drive after her 32 mile round trip commute
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May 15th, 2018, 20:51 | #19 | |
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I expect we'll all find different ways! Mrs Goodshot certainly will. I notice you have BLISS in your spec. Is it worth it or is it annoying. Seems you can't have 360 without it so I might add to my spec.
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May 15th, 2018, 23:42 | #20 | |
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The preconditioning is as much about getting the battery to the right temperature as driver comfort. It does extend range. You can turn off aux preheat from Sensus for when the car is in use, but you’d get little / no heating running in battery mode. I’m not sure if the car overrides this setting to provide aux heating to the ICE cooling circuit or battery pack of needed for ‘operational’ reasons. I had BLIS as I wanted 360, but I’m very glad it’s a very useful additional safety prompt, and the cross traffic alert is clever and helpful
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