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Post by chipbutty on Nov 3, 2021 14:44:08 GMT
To turn off wally cruise on my RRS, you hold down the "reduce gap/distance" button for 5 seconds and it turns off the adaptive function - try that if you have to drive it again.
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Post by Blarno on Nov 3, 2021 14:50:34 GMT
Thankfully it was for one day only. Work didn't want me to make the journey to Cov in my car so they got me a renter.
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Post by Martin on Nov 3, 2021 15:30:56 GMT
To turn off wally cruise on my RRS, you hold down the "reduce gap/distance" button for 5 seconds and it turns off the adaptive function - try that if you have to drive it again. Same as on mine obviously, but it's the only car with adaptive cruise I've driven where it's been possible to revert to normal cruise.
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Post by chipbutty on Nov 3, 2021 16:15:58 GMT
I really dislike adaptive cruise, but because I don’t drive the car regularly – when I do use the cruise I always forget about the default adaptiveness and there is usually a minor bout of swearing when the car apparently brakes for no reason (because the default “ distance to maintain gap “ is huge) and I remember I have to turn it off.
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Post by Martin on Nov 3, 2021 16:21:18 GMT
I really dislike adaptive cruise, but because I don’t drive the car regularly – when I do use the cruise I always forget about the default adaptiveness and there is usually a minor bout of swearing when the car apparently brakes for no reason (because the default “ distance to maintain gap “ is huge) and I remember I have to turn it off. That is annoying, but I'm used to changing it as soon as I switch it on so it has become less so over time. The Golf remembers the distance and you can set DCC to 'Race' in individual which closes the gap more quickly, but it's always in adaptive mode. The most annoying thing which stops me using it that often, is how erratic other drivers are.
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Post by PetrolEd on Nov 3, 2021 17:01:47 GMT
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Post by Alex on Nov 3, 2021 21:12:55 GMT
Adaptive cruise on the Ioniq is the same as the Niro and doesn't have normal cruise and does brake far too sharply when someone moves into the gap. If there's a car behind they think you're brake checking them so it's not ideal in heavy motorway traffic. The drivetrain on it is identical to the Niro too and I get just over 60mpg - I filled up today and the car said 60.4 but it was actually 60.8 when put through a calculator. The electric assistance is pretty inconsistent too. It can have almost a full battery and still run on the engine only. The trick is to just lightly tickle the throttle for EV mode which takes some getting useful but with practice I've managed to get to the shop in the village and back without using a drop of fuel until the final uphill to our road.
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Post by Alex on Nov 3, 2021 21:14:27 GMT
That Quattro is awesome. I quite like Renaults EV take on the 5 Turbo which looks pretty good.
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Post by johnc on Nov 4, 2021 8:39:06 GMT
The Quattro lookalike was in Car magazine last month. I loved the look of the Quattro when it came out (especially the short wheel based version which introduced the bonnet vents across the front) and I still do. That Quattro would definitely be on a Euro Millions lottery win want list.
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Post by Roadrunner on Nov 4, 2021 8:53:26 GMT
The front of the Audi is a complete mess, but the rest is good.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 4, 2021 10:23:23 GMT
A colleague at work has just got an electric Audi and her weekly fuel bill has dropped from £60 of diesel to a fiver of electricity. I'm mildly jealous.
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Post by Martin on Nov 4, 2021 10:31:45 GMT
A colleague at work has just got an electric Audi and her weekly fuel bill has dropped from £60 of diesel to a fiver of electricity. I'm mildly jealous. She must be able to plug in somewhere for free?
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Post by PetrolEd on Nov 4, 2021 10:33:14 GMT
How much is it to charge an electric car at home from zero miles to something like 250miles of range?
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Post by Martin on Nov 4, 2021 10:39:08 GMT
How much is it to charge an electric car at home from zero miles to something like 250miles of range? Depends on which car and how you drive.... The Model 3 seems to be the most efficient (I have 5 colleagues with one now.....), so assuming you have an EV home tariff which I think is c17p/KWH then 250 miles would be around £10-11. So roughly 4p per mile. It could easily be up around the £15 mark for other cars and you can get even cheaper tariffs, but you only get the low rate for 4-5 hours, so only suitable for hybrids.
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Post by johnc on Nov 4, 2021 10:40:01 GMT
How much is it to charge an electric car at home from zero miles to something like 250miles of range? At pre increase electricity prices we reckoned on about £10 to completely charge it at home up to maybe 230 miles range which we might squeeze up to 250 miles using Eco mode. A car doing 40mpg would cost about £40 for the same distance. However if you charge up on the motorway at the rapid chargers, they cost 69p/kwh so the cost to "fill up" would be c£65.
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Post by Martin on Nov 4, 2021 10:45:16 GMT
How much is it to charge an electric car at home from zero miles to something like 250miles of range? At pre increase electricity prices we reckoned on about £10 to completely charge it at home up to maybe 230 miles range which we might squeeze up to 250 miles using Eco mode. A car doing 40mpg would cost about £40 for the same distance. However if you charge up on the motorway at the rapid chargers, they cost 69p/kwh so the cost to "fill up" would be c£65.This is what my EV driving colleagues moan about, as they only get 4p for each business mile, so fine if they can get back home but they lose out if they have to top up. No sympathy from me though, they're saving a fortune in tax by having one and I get 15p per mile to run my car which with the current fuel prices is costing 21-22p! I do claim back the difference between the 15p and 45p/25p on my tax return though, so it's not as bad as it sounds, which they can't do as it's a company provided car.
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Post by garry on Nov 4, 2021 11:00:52 GMT
How much is it to charge an electric car at home from zero miles to something like 250miles of range? At pre increase electricity prices we reckoned on about £10 to completely charge it at home up to maybe 230 miles range which we might squeeze up to 250 miles using Eco mode. A car doing 40mpg would cost about £40 for the same distance. However if you charge up on the motorway at the rapid chargers, they cost 69p/kwh so the cost to "fill up" would be c£65. Agree on the circa £10 home charge. Last time I charged on the motorway it was at gridserve and it was 30p/kWh at a rapid charger. I’ve never spent more than £20 at a charging point.
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Post by Tim on Nov 4, 2021 13:02:40 GMT
I think CAR mag have started recording the fuel cost per mile on their long-termers. I was surprised the electric ones didn't appear to be significantly cheaper but presumably they're filling up out and about a lot.
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Post by Alex on Nov 4, 2021 20:05:30 GMT
I think CAR mag have started recording the fuel cost per mile on their long-termers. I was surprised the electric ones didn't appear to be significantly cheaper but presumably they're filling up out and about a lot. I think with the way energy bills are going the cost of using EVs will not be much less than ICE cars before long and that's before some future government (or maybe even our current one) has the political balls to find a way to replace all that lost fuel duty probably by means of road pricing.
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Post by PG on Nov 5, 2021 17:02:23 GMT
I think CAR mag have started recording the fuel cost per mile on their long-termers. I was surprised the electric ones didn't appear to be significantly cheaper but presumably they're filling up out and about a lot. I think with the way energy bills are going the cost of using EVs will not be much less than ICE cars before long and that's before some future government (or maybe even our current one) has the political balls to find a way to replace all that lost fuel duty probably by means of road pricing. Day to day running costs for an EV maybe had / has a golden period of cheaper power and no road pricing (or whatever they dream up that is not in ant way road pricing, but actually is) that is bound to come to an end. However we power our transport, sadly I can't see it ever getting cheaper in real terms.
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Post by Martin on Nov 6, 2021 8:19:39 GMT
I read in The Lawyer (leading news website for the legal profession) that one of our competitors is introducing a new electric car scheme as part of their employee benefits package whereby their employees can lease an electric car on a salary-sacrifice basis. Sounds like a very intriguing idea. Lindsay has just told me her employer has just introduced a green car salary sacrifice scheme and it’s been really popular in the first week, including people who want to take a car allowance instead of a car and use that to fund one. I couldn’t get onto the list for some reason, but in summary: - Zero deposit - Fully inclusive (tax/insurance/servicing/tyres etc) - 24/36/48 months - You’ll pay company car tax - Doesn’t impact pension contributions as the cost comes out after that’s calculated but before tax I can see why it’s been popular. Will be interesting to see the costs when I can log in. Not because I want one, just interested to see the options and costs.
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Post by Andy C on Nov 6, 2021 13:34:04 GMT
I read in The Lawyer (leading news website for the legal profession) that one of our competitors is introducing a new electric car scheme as part of their employee benefits package whereby their employees can lease an electric car on a salary-sacrifice basis. Sounds like a very intriguing idea. Lindsay has just told me her employer has just introduced a green car salary sacrifice scheme and it’s been really popular in the first week, including people who want to take a car allowance instead of a car and use that to fund one. I couldn’t get onto the list for some reason, but in summary: - Zero deposit - Fully inclusive (tax/insurance/servicing/tyres etc) - 24/36/48 months - You’ll pay company car tax - Doesn’t impact pension contributions as the cost comes out after that’s calculated but before tax I can see why it’s been popular. Will be interesting to see the costs when I can log in. Not because I want one, just interested to see the options and costs. My company has also introduced a similar scheme, I haven’t looked at the figures yet but it’s an all in one package
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