Jeep Renegade PHEV...bought
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Picked up yesterday...so far I'm impressed...
For Context:
- had a Renault Zoe for a year
- had a Tesla MS for a couple of months
- live in the country literally no neighbors, closest village is 2 miles away...lots of narrow muddy lanes
- its mostly a car for the missus
- driving requirements are 95% driving the kids to and from school which is 10 miles in each direction
I was looking at all the mid-sized/small BEV SUVs, bur we decided we need 4x4, and there are no BEVs which are 4x4....and she hates big cars.....
Going to test today whether scool and back can be done on pure electric......it will need plugging in on the drive every night
Will post more after a few more days experience. Only last point, its on a Personal Lease, mostly because I think technology is evolving so fast, there will be a much better fit for our requirements in a few years, and I want to swap it when that happens.
For Context:
- had a Renault Zoe for a year
- had a Tesla MS for a couple of months
- live in the country literally no neighbors, closest village is 2 miles away...lots of narrow muddy lanes
- its mostly a car for the missus
- driving requirements are 95% driving the kids to and from school which is 10 miles in each direction
I was looking at all the mid-sized/small BEV SUVs, bur we decided we need 4x4, and there are no BEVs which are 4x4....and she hates big cars.....
Going to test today whether scool and back can be done on pure electric......it will need plugging in on the drive every night
Will post more after a few more days experience. Only last point, its on a Personal Lease, mostly because I think technology is evolving so fast, there will be a much better fit for our requirements in a few years, and I want to swap it when that happens.
Thought Iwould give a quick update after a few months driving...
So obviously it has mostly sat on the drive unused as I am WFH and the kids were off school until March, that said:
THE GOOD
- inside is a lovely place to be - leather, driving position, LOADS of gadgets (more later), good visibility, outside looks good too - like a "proper offroader"
- stays plugged in alll night - always ready to go on a full charge.... although advertised as 27 miles on battery, display says 31 miles from full charge, seems accurate...I would estimate we are doing over 90% of driving on battery only (1000 miles on 2.5 tanks ahich cost about 35 squid to fillup)...no, I havent done the maths
- powerful and quiet. leave in "hybrid mode" most of the time, and although you can see (guages) and feel the two motors switching in an out, its not obtrusive
- gadgets are great, even better than the Model S (sat nav significantly so) - apple car play, climate controls, driver assist (interesting, unobtrusive but not (yet) significantly helpful)...has odd things like it turns the "corner" lights on at nght when you approach a sharp turn....warming up and de-misting the car is amazin on cold mornings...and the U-connect app is OK (climate, charging, tyre pressures, range etc to your phone)
THE BAD
- Snows Jeep in Southampton (dont get me started)
- i cannot get it to stay in electric mode - even pressing "electric" it will switch into petrol when not expected, although possible to keep this to a minimum by not pressing the loud pedal too hard
- U-connect needs some work (though its improvig)
- Bluetooth is ropey, switches in and out at random, doesnt give access to basic stuff like track lists, contacts etc
- Since Jeep got sold to Fiat, things need to improve on the customer services front
Thats about it reallly (in summary so far I love it) - wen lockdown eases, will be taking it on some longer joirneys, and doing some offroad work, more later, cheers
So obviously it has mostly sat on the drive unused as I am WFH and the kids were off school until March, that said:
THE GOOD
- inside is a lovely place to be - leather, driving position, LOADS of gadgets (more later), good visibility, outside looks good too - like a "proper offroader"
- stays plugged in alll night - always ready to go on a full charge.... although advertised as 27 miles on battery, display says 31 miles from full charge, seems accurate...I would estimate we are doing over 90% of driving on battery only (1000 miles on 2.5 tanks ahich cost about 35 squid to fillup)...no, I havent done the maths
- powerful and quiet. leave in "hybrid mode" most of the time, and although you can see (guages) and feel the two motors switching in an out, its not obtrusive
- gadgets are great, even better than the Model S (sat nav significantly so) - apple car play, climate controls, driver assist (interesting, unobtrusive but not (yet) significantly helpful)...has odd things like it turns the "corner" lights on at nght when you approach a sharp turn....warming up and de-misting the car is amazin on cold mornings...and the U-connect app is OK (climate, charging, tyre pressures, range etc to your phone)
THE BAD
- Snows Jeep in Southampton (dont get me started)
- i cannot get it to stay in electric mode - even pressing "electric" it will switch into petrol when not expected, although possible to keep this to a minimum by not pressing the loud pedal too hard
- U-connect needs some work (though its improvig)
- Bluetooth is ropey, switches in and out at random, doesnt give access to basic stuff like track lists, contacts etc
- Since Jeep got sold to Fiat, things need to improve on the customer services front
Thats about it reallly (in summary so far I love it) - wen lockdown eases, will be taking it on some longer joirneys, and doing some offroad work, more later, cheers
HAHA - yes exactly the same for me on forgetting to switch on lights! Renaoult Zoe and Model S both took care of that.
Interestingly, seems if you leave the lights on, it switches them off when you stop/get out, but then doesnt switch them back on again.....hmmmm more investigation required...
Interestingly, seems if you leave the lights on, it switches them off when you stop/get out, but then doesnt switch them back on again.....hmmmm more investigation required...
Nice review thanks for posting, few points
1. Quite a bit more boot space if you dont get the TRAILHAWK (cause others dont come with a spare wheel :-0 )
2. I doubt you can get the Trailhawk "between 30 and 40 K" - my Limited came in over 40K (although it seems to have all the same toys)
1. Quite a bit more boot space if you dont get the TRAILHAWK (cause others dont come with a spare wheel :-0 )
2. I doubt you can get the Trailhawk "between 30 and 40 K" - my Limited came in over 40K (although it seems to have all the same toys)
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