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I wouldn’t be buying car that I felt “fine” about.
I'm really not bothered about it. It's a nice car but for that money there's probably something that suits us better.
e-cargo bike
At some point I'll get something like that. But it doesn't solve the problem of say driving to Preston. And I'm not sure we'd get two labradors on one 😉
you really need to study your usage profile carefully before choosing the PHEV option
It was that chat we had at BPW last year Nig that put me on this road. I think we'd be fine for most of our local journeys - prob hereford and back is the longest which is about 26 miles. I always had factored in 'half way charging' at a supermarket or something if necessary but I take your point about not being dependant on UK crappy infrastructure.
The problem I have is I've no idea about future usage. I know I won't be using the car as much for work (and I'd already started to take the train more anyway) but I'm not sure I can commit to fully electric.
Ideally a small-ish electric and a big-ish not very expensive thing would work. Except we're trying to get down to one car.
Maybe I'll just buy something cheap-ish for cash in November and see how things play out in the next 12 months.
If anyone comes back searching for a similar thread, I thought I'd post the result.
Ended up with the petrol Karoq. Decided we will go full electric when the lease expired or mid way if Skoda come up with a full electric we can trade for.
Nice choice. Im interested to know if you found there wasnt enough choice vs cost for mid sized electric?
This is the position we find ourselves in, in that if we wait a couple of years im pretty sure a decent priced small electric suv will be easier to buy.
Pretty much. The more I looked at PHEV, the more it felt like a transitional technology. It was a significantly higher cost to find out, so we decided we'd wait a couple of year to see what a) range of electric cars are on offer and b) if the UK infrastructure improves.
I'm probably less worried about b) as I don't think I'll be doing that many 300+ mile drives. Again tho, a couple of post COVID-19 years experience of work will help.
There's a chance we'll move house in 2-3 years as well and I expect we'll move from very rural to semi rural which might also change our driving habits.
Ok so yes exactly the same. We'll be doing outer London school runs during the next 3 years, so it feels sensible to a) wait or b) get the XC40 Recharge on pcp so we have options to change to full electric in 3 yrs.