Mini Countryman PHEV - am I mad?!
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I had one of these as a company car before I left my previous role. It made sense from a tax perspective but MPG wise it didn’t cover itself in glory.
Over 4,000 miles or so I averaged about 49 MPG, with motorway trips returning low 30s. MPG took a hammering whenever the engine charged the batteries so I didn’t tend to use that option. It was better to try and charge at home & destinations, or just accept the fact that I lived at petrol stations.
My electric range was curtailed with the cold weather, usually showing 14-16 miles on a full charge and returning 8 or so when the lights and heater were used.
As a package it fell way short of the claimed mileage, but the BiK position made up for that. If it had been a personal purchase it wouldn’t have made sense at all.
Since I’ve changed jobs I’ve bought my own car, a Jag XFS, and I’m getting decent consumption. I also know that hands down it’ll be better in the snow than that faux 4x4 was.
Over 4,000 miles or so I averaged about 49 MPG, with motorway trips returning low 30s. MPG took a hammering whenever the engine charged the batteries so I didn’t tend to use that option. It was better to try and charge at home & destinations, or just accept the fact that I lived at petrol stations.
My electric range was curtailed with the cold weather, usually showing 14-16 miles on a full charge and returning 8 or so when the lights and heater were used.
As a package it fell way short of the claimed mileage, but the BiK position made up for that. If it had been a personal purchase it wouldn’t have made sense at all.
Since I’ve changed jobs I’ve bought my own car, a Jag XFS, and I’m getting decent consumption. I also know that hands down it’ll be better in the snow than that faux 4x4 was.
On ours, I'm sure that the title displays when you're using DAB radio and in the 'entertainment screen'
For the record, we've had our Mini All4 PHEV from the start January and use it as the runaround town car doing short trips - always gets plugged in to the PodPoint in the evening. The car has done just over 7000 miles and the computer showing 94.4mpg for the IC engine.
Not noticed any significant rise in the home electricity costs either.
Graham
For the record, we've had our Mini All4 PHEV from the start January and use it as the runaround town car doing short trips - always gets plugged in to the PodPoint in the evening. The car has done just over 7000 miles and the computer showing 94.4mpg for the IC engine.
Not noticed any significant rise in the home electricity costs either.
Graham
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