Discussion
Legacywr said:
Do I take it these are the 17's, and the 18's have been calculated to show they produce a higher CO2 figure?
Yes supposedly. As you can never change the V5 CO2 figures by making a car more economical, I'm assuming that fitting different wheels and making it less efficient (possibly) is ok too from a tax point of view.I'll see what the ride/handling is like with these, that's what's important to me anyway.
supermono said:
I'll report back my fuel findings when I drive it. Although the first few hundred will be done with proper running in in mind which definitely won't help the mpg, but hopefully will pay dividends since I'm planning to keep it for 10 years at least.
Ooof...I smell big bills. Does it have a battery for the electrickery bit?yeah thanks it's definitely a consideration but get this; there might be an improvement in technology between now and then such that I want to upgrade batteries to some giving maybe twice the range. 6 years is a long time in this so far very young field. I guess theoretically I'll be quids in from those batteries saving me juice in town and recycling kinetic energy for 6 years +
Actually getting quite excited for some reason! Just hope the cream/red looks ok -- was a bit of a brave choice in this world of blacks and silvers. 9 days to wait...
Actually getting quite excited for some reason! Just hope the cream/red looks ok -- was a bit of a brave choice in this world of blacks and silvers. 9 days to wait...
First impressions 300 miles in: Great car.
Looks superb and is comfy as hell, handles ok seems to have loads of grip and high speed stability on a par with the Panamera I was loaned once. All great.
Economy wise, on a run it's not too bad, I think I'll be able to get 40-50mpg on a shortish trip up to 50 miles, 100 miles probably high 30s or low 40s. It is possible to adjust driving style and I think learning the car will help a lot more than normal when on an economy drive.
Driving 25 miles to the office in central London averaged ~90mpg by the time I arrived and that included a 15 mile bit of 70/80mph dual carriageway at the start. Very happy with that. I screwed up and couldn't charge it though so on the way home it was high 30s which considering the traffic that's fine -- next time with a charge during the day I genuinely think the 50/60 mile round trip will average 80 (or 90 if I really try), which is staggeringly good. Even with no charge it still managed to use electric 1/3rd of the way during coasting so great.
It's pretty quick surprisingly. Certainly enough go for what I expected from it, more actually.
Hifi seems pretty good, satnav ok although I think last night in London when I was trying to program it using voice it learned a few new words, very frustrating. Maybe I'll learn that too.
Overall what a car. Buying the car with company money up front, little BIK to pay and this sort of economy in London, it's got to be the bargain of the century yet easily surpasses the 2007XJR I had previously in every respect apart from it's a bit slower. I always have the GT2 / bikes for speed so no loss there really.
Looks superb and is comfy as hell, handles ok seems to have loads of grip and high speed stability on a par with the Panamera I was loaned once. All great.
Economy wise, on a run it's not too bad, I think I'll be able to get 40-50mpg on a shortish trip up to 50 miles, 100 miles probably high 30s or low 40s. It is possible to adjust driving style and I think learning the car will help a lot more than normal when on an economy drive.
Driving 25 miles to the office in central London averaged ~90mpg by the time I arrived and that included a 15 mile bit of 70/80mph dual carriageway at the start. Very happy with that. I screwed up and couldn't charge it though so on the way home it was high 30s which considering the traffic that's fine -- next time with a charge during the day I genuinely think the 50/60 mile round trip will average 80 (or 90 if I really try), which is staggeringly good. Even with no charge it still managed to use electric 1/3rd of the way during coasting so great.
It's pretty quick surprisingly. Certainly enough go for what I expected from it, more actually.
Hifi seems pretty good, satnav ok although I think last night in London when I was trying to program it using voice it learned a few new words, very frustrating. Maybe I'll learn that too.
Overall what a car. Buying the car with company money up front, little BIK to pay and this sort of economy in London, it's got to be the bargain of the century yet easily surpasses the 2007XJR I had previously in every respect apart from it's a bit slower. I always have the GT2 / bikes for speed so no loss there really.
supermono said:
First impressions 300 miles in: Great car.
Looks superb and is comfy as hell, handles ok seems to have loads of grip and high speed stability on a par with the Panamera I was loaned once. All great.
Economy wise, on a run it's not too bad, I think I'll be able to get 40-50mpg on a shortish trip up to 50 miles, 100 miles probably high 30s or low 40s. It is possible to adjust driving style and I think learning the car will help a lot more than normal when on an economy drive.
Driving 25 miles to the office in central London averaged ~90mpg by the time I arrived and that included a 15 mile bit of 70/80mph dual carriageway at the start. Very happy with that. I screwed up and couldn't charge it though so on the way home it was high 30s which considering the traffic that's fine -- next time with a charge during the day I genuinely think the 50/60 mile round trip will average 80 (or 90 if I really try), which is staggeringly good. Even with no charge it still managed to use electric 1/3rd of the way during coasting so great.
It's pretty quick surprisingly. Certainly enough go for what I expected from it, more actually.
Hifi seems pretty good, satnav ok although I think last night in London when I was trying to program it using voice it learned a few new words, very frustrating. Maybe I'll learn that too.
Overall what a car. Buying the car with company money up front, little BIK to pay and this sort of economy in London, it's got to be the bargain of the century yet easily surpasses the 2007XJR I had previously in every respect apart from it's a bit slower. I always have the GT2 / bikes for speed so no loss there really.
Any update now you're a month in? What's the mpg doing?Looks superb and is comfy as hell, handles ok seems to have loads of grip and high speed stability on a par with the Panamera I was loaned once. All great.
Economy wise, on a run it's not too bad, I think I'll be able to get 40-50mpg on a shortish trip up to 50 miles, 100 miles probably high 30s or low 40s. It is possible to adjust driving style and I think learning the car will help a lot more than normal when on an economy drive.
Driving 25 miles to the office in central London averaged ~90mpg by the time I arrived and that included a 15 mile bit of 70/80mph dual carriageway at the start. Very happy with that. I screwed up and couldn't charge it though so on the way home it was high 30s which considering the traffic that's fine -- next time with a charge during the day I genuinely think the 50/60 mile round trip will average 80 (or 90 if I really try), which is staggeringly good. Even with no charge it still managed to use electric 1/3rd of the way during coasting so great.
It's pretty quick surprisingly. Certainly enough go for what I expected from it, more actually.
Hifi seems pretty good, satnav ok although I think last night in London when I was trying to program it using voice it learned a few new words, very frustrating. Maybe I'll learn that too.
Overall what a car. Buying the car with company money up front, little BIK to pay and this sort of economy in London, it's got to be the bargain of the century yet easily surpasses the 2007XJR I had previously in every respect apart from it's a bit slower. I always have the GT2 / bikes for speed so no loss there really.
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