BMW 225xe (2 Series Active Tourer)
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BG79 said:
Installers must be at it then in Scotland!
I’ve been quoted circa £1200 for a Zappi to be installed.
OLEV £500
Energy Saving Trust £300
Me £400
Some companies just not reply or takes ages with quotes.
Car arrives on Friday and charger still not organised! Look like I will going with the Rolec as that can be done for the £800 grant.
Actually, what that just proves is that with government grants/interventions, the prices are just artificially inflated. Quite possibly the same for buying EVs too. I’ve been quoted circa £1200 for a Zappi to be installed.
OLEV £500
Energy Saving Trust £300
Me £400
Some companies just not reply or takes ages with quotes.
Car arrives on Friday and charger still not organised! Look like I will going with the Rolec as that can be done for the £800 grant.
We don’t get the EST here south of the border. I bet the gross cost would be quoted £300 cheaper by a similar installer in same circumstances
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Hi guys, I got my 225xe yesterday, drove home from work with zero charge, about 12 miles, charged it last night to about 50% and have driven about 30 miles today. It’s showing as 18mpg, having reset the average yesterday!
If I were to run this on petrol only, is this going to be a gas guzzler?
If I were to run this on petrol only, is this going to be a gas guzzler?
ProTantoQuid said:
Hi guys, I got my 225xe yesterday, drove home from work with zero charge, about 12 miles, charged it last night to about 50% and have driven about 30 miles today. It’s showing as 18mpg, having reset the average yesterday!
If I were to run this on petrol only, is this going to be a gas guzzler?
That is what I think as well.. when i was driving it on petrol i wasnt even getting 28mpg tbh .. If I were to run this on petrol only, is this going to be a gas guzzler?
I was thinking my last lease all wheels drive passat wasnt good in mpg (around 40mpg)
Awt said:
That is what I think as well.. when i was driving it on petrol i wasnt even getting 28mpg tbh ..
I was thinking my last lease all wheels drive passat wasnt good in mpg (around 40mpg)
Most of my driving will be to and from work, taking the kids to school and their clubs etc so I will be mostly using electric. But if I want to go on a day trip, I’ll want to do more than 28mpg. There’s a dial which shows the battery charging as I brake, surely that should do something to bring mpg down. I was thinking my last lease all wheels drive passat wasnt good in mpg (around 40mpg)
ProTantoQuid said:
Most of my driving will be to and from work, taking the kids to school and their clubs etc so I will be mostly using electric. But if I want to go on a day trip, I’ll want to do more than 28mpg. There’s a dial which shows the battery charging as I brake, surely that should do something to bring mpg down.
On a recent round trip of about 100 miles, I averaged about 47mpg. That included some fast motorway driving at about 75mph. Started with a full battery charge, got back with about 2 miles battery range left. Mostly in AutoEV + Comfort mode. Used the heater/aircon normally. MrChad said:
On a recent round trip of about 100 miles, I averaged about 47mpg. That included some fast motorway driving at about 75mph. Started with a full battery charge, got back with about 2 miles battery range left. Mostly in AutoEV + Comfort mode. Used the heater/aircon normally.
That seems pretty poor?Very similar journey (Torquay to Taunton) and got 63mpg but in a Golf GTE
ProTantoQuid said:
Hi guys, I got my 225xe yesterday, drove home from work with zero charge, about 12 miles, charged it last night to about 50% and have driven about 30 miles today. It’s showing as 18mpg, having reset the average yesterday!
If I were to run this on petrol only, is this going to be a gas guzzler?
You should be able to get 100% charge overnight, it only takes 3 hours even using the granny charger. Have you reset the charging rate on the in car screen? For safety it’s set on low when you get a new car, but you can reset it to maximum unless you have weak electrics! If you are still using the granny charger (ie the charger with a 13 amp plug supplied with the vehicle) it will still only charge at the intermediate rate. That’s automatically set by the charging cable itself. It will charge at the full rate if you have it set on max only if you have a proper home charger or use a public one.If I were to run this on petrol only, is this going to be a gas guzzler?
dmsims said:
That seems pretty poor?
Very similar journey (Torquay to Taunton) and got 63mpg but in a Golf GTE
The 225 isn’t wonderful on long journeys, it’s the small 1500cc 3 pot engine and it’s having to haul around the electric motor and battery pack weight. But it has near hot hatch performance, especially in sport mode because it can call on the battery for extra boost whenever it needs it. 0-60 in 6.7 seconds isn’t the way to get great mileage figures, but it sure is fun!Very similar journey (Torquay to Taunton) and got 63mpg but in a Golf GTE
I use mine mainly for local short runs where it comes into its own from the economy viewpoint. Most of the time I’m getting an overall figure of 80 or 90 mpg, which makes up for the occasional long trip.
If you are doing regular long runs, this isn’t really the right version. The 220D would a much better bet, if you don’t mind owning a diesel.
MrChad said:
The 225 isn’t wonderful on long journeys, it’s the small 1500cc 3 pot engine and it’s having to haul around the electric motor and battery pack weight. But it has near hot hatch performance, especially in sport mode because it can call on the battery for extra boost whenever it needs it. 0-60 in 6.7 seconds isn’t the way to get great mileage figures, but it sure is fun!
I use mine mainly for local short runs where it comes into its own from the economy viewpoint. Most of the time I’m getting an overall figure of 80 or 90 mpg, which makes up for the occasional long trip.
If you are doing regular long runs, this isn’t really the right version. The 220D would a much better bet, if you don’t mind owning a diesel.
The GTE has a smaller 1.4 litre engine and the electric motor and battery packI use mine mainly for local short runs where it comes into its own from the economy viewpoint. Most of the time I’m getting an overall figure of 80 or 90 mpg, which makes up for the occasional long trip.
If you are doing regular long runs, this isn’t really the right version. The 220D would a much better bet, if you don’t mind owning a diesel.
It also has GTE mode and do a similar 0-60 time
I'm just surprised that the 225 does so poorly on a long run
Diesel is dead
dmsims said:
The GTE has a smaller 1.4 litre engine and the electric motor and battery pack
It also has GTE mode and do a similar 0-60 time
I'm just surprised that the 225 does so poorly on a long run
Diesel is dead
Yes, it does sound a little better, the golf engine must be that little bit more efficient somewhere along the line. Must have a look at the specs perhaps it is a bit lighter as well? I’m not going to get too worried, I bought the car mostly for short runs and local driving. I hope in a couple of years time there will vehicles with decent range and a better charging infrastructure also so I can go fully EVIt also has GTE mode and do a similar 0-60 time
I'm just surprised that the 225 does so poorly on a long run
Diesel is dead
Wife now up to 85mpg. Half a tank of petrol and 500 miles. Unless you are using this electric only 90% of the time you’re better off with diesel or a Prius if you’re concerned with mpg. Only getting a reading of 19 miles off full charge now weather cold but has been up to thirty when it was warmer so will be better when it heats up again. Spoke to spark and max is perfectly fine on a normal socket which Is what we use to charge and doesn’t take long.
Welcome to everyone’s that has just had theirs delivered. Had mine for just over a month now.
If you’re doing regular long journeys, on motorway, then you may have bought/leased the wrong vehicle if fuel economy is high up on your list of wants.
The benefit of this vehicle is for short trips upto 20 miles at a time between charges.
If you’re doing regular long journeys, on motorway, then you may have bought/leased the wrong vehicle if fuel economy is high up on your list of wants.
The benefit of this vehicle is for short trips upto 20 miles at a time between charges.
BG79 said:
Forget that the mirrors don’t fold as someone posted a few pages back, but how does a £37k car not have heated mirrors!!
Agree -amazes me BMW are prepared to put in the electric boot but make the mirrors bogo standard. How hard could it have been to add in the heat to these as standard. When I used the climatize the other morning, the car was totally clear.... errr.. except the mirrors were frosted. Brilliant.R0B3RT said:
BG79 said:
Forget that the mirrors don’t fold as someone posted a few pages back, but how does a £37k car not have heated mirrors!!
Agree -amazes me BMW are prepared to put in the electric boot but make the mirrors bogo standard. How hard could it have been to add in the heat to these as standard. When I used the climatize the other morning, the car was totally clear.... errr.. except the mirrors were frosted. Brilliant.Well, after a painful process (our first lease), ours should be delivered on Friday morning, just in time to be put to task on the long-haul Christmas drives. I'm sure it will be absolutely fine, but I'm looking forward to getting to know it.
Total Motion were always professional to deal with, but the process seemed really haphazard. Forms were requested multiple times, emails coming from different email addresses (and being missed because they were sent to Spam by Gmail). The final pain-point, after confirming delivery timing, was an email two days later saying "we can't deliver until you've paid us and shared an insurance cover note".
It's a good job we weren't in a hurry.
Any hints and tips for getting set up and running?
Total Motion were always professional to deal with, but the process seemed really haphazard. Forms were requested multiple times, emails coming from different email addresses (and being missed because they were sent to Spam by Gmail). The final pain-point, after confirming delivery timing, was an email two days later saying "we can't deliver until you've paid us and shared an insurance cover note".
It's a good job we weren't in a hurry.
Any hints and tips for getting set up and running?
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