Hi all good people of NSC,
Current car is starting to go wrong a bit too often for my liking.
Any experiences (bad/good) of new electric/hybrid etc cars?
Any info would help me with this morass of decisions I have to make.
When you say has started to go wrong, what sort of stuff are we talking about
Hi Mouldy,
Engine electrics symbol flashing amber warning....going in next week for a check. Car is 20
years old mind.
Hi all good people of NSC,
Current car is starting to go wrong a bit too often for my liking.
Any experiences (bad/good) of new electric/hybrid etc cars?
Any info would help me with this morass of decisions I have to make.
Have been told the price of new EVs will plummet over the next eighteen months as they move into mainstream production.
Most important question is what is the budget. I am no expert on this as I am kicking against it at the moment. Am I right in thinking the cheapest hybrids are about 19k for a very small one and electric quite a bit more?
This might help the OP
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/hybrid/cheapest-hybrid-cars/
I'm not a car person as you'll be able to tell, they are a method of transport to me but......I have a Toyota Auris Hybrid and found it very useful if you spend a lot of your time travelling stuck in traffic as I did pre covid (going through the blackwall tunnel twice a day). It runs off the battery until about 30 mph unless you floor it. Above that unless you are in a high gear it'll run off the petrol engine. I did a lot of motorway travelling and certainly didn't drive it economically but was still getting 55-60mpg. I've no idea if that is good or not but it is certainly more economical than the BMW I had before it. You can put it in to full EV mode put the range is pitiful 2-3 miles maybe before it switches back to petrol to charge.
I'm not a car person as you'll be able to tell, they are a method of transport to me but......I have a Toyota Auris Hybrid and found it very useful if you spend a lot of your time travelling stuck in traffic as I did pre covid (going through the blackwall tunnel twice a day). It runs off the battery until about 30 mph unless you floor it. Above that unless you are in a high gear it'll run off the petrol engine. I did a lot of motorway travelling and certainly didn't drive it economically but was still getting 55-60mpg. I've no idea if that is good or not but it is certainly more economical than the BMW I had before it. You can put it in to full EV mode put the range is pitiful 2-3 miles maybe before it switches back to petrol to charge.
Hi Mouldy,
Engine electrics symbol flashing amber warning....going in next week for a check. Car is 20
years old mind.
Considering a hybrid. At least for the next couple of years I do a 300 mile round trip from West Country to the midlands once or twice a week and the occasional 400 miles to London and back. No time or place for recharging an electric car without extending to a night stopover so electric still not under consideration.