What MPG without charging - BMW 330e

[shep1001]

Anybody run their 330e and not bothered to charge it for a while, if you have what MPG will it deliver?


Will be chopping my 5 series in early next year and whilst I am not I die hard BMW fan, the 330e is the most tax efficient on paper. Our company policy on PHEV & hybrids is they only pay fuel based on the HMRC milage rate for the equivalent size petrol engined vehicle. I do about 30k/yr, won't have time to dick about charging it up in the day (which the company won't cover as I believe you have to pay for leech now at services) and it would be a faff to charge up at home as I would have to shuffle our cars about to get close to a power supply as I only have 2 off road spaces & 3 cars.

I guess I have 3 options:

1) F*ck the tax and just get whatever diesel car I want. Plenty of choice but the tax is £250/mnth+ on most of the cars I like & its only going up (keep the car for 3 years). Money is not an issue but being tight & northern I like too save a quid or two where I can.
2) Go for a hybrid - I really like the new Prius Excel, cheap as anything with all the toys as std compared to an equivalent spec BMW/Merc, drops me 2 car grades so I get cash back every month & it should be efficient enough that I am not topping up the fuel out of my own pocket each month
3) Get the BMW PHEV and accept I will have to use some of my tax savings each month to contribute to the shortfall on my fuel bill each month.


I really like the idea of the Prius but the mere suggestion that was what I was considering has resulted in a barrage of abuse from my work colleagues with jokes about taxis. I lent my car to the lab monkeys this week and when I got it back they had kitted it out with a beaded seat cover, steering wheel cover, roof sign topped off with a CD hung off rear view mirror.

If having driven the Prius & I don't like it, I need a 'plan B' that is looking like the PHEV BMW 3 series but I don't want to end up more out of pocket than just sucking up the higher tax bill of a diesel car that the company will cover all my company fuel spend.

[shep1001]

raspy said:

You're going to let what colleagues think of your car dictate your choice? Choose a car that suits your needs, not theirs.

Nah - bks to them I will get what I want regardless. Being northern & tight I don't like wasting money money but equally I don't want to end up making a mistake I will regret for 3 years