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There's some absolutely ridiculous deals on the Frontera leases at the moment.
Quite a decent little car with a reasonable boot.
I actually like how it looks, and seems incredible value. I'm a fan of the latest Vauxhall design.
Thanks for the i4 tips. Probably have to wait until after Christmas, but that's sounds like a decent option.
Unrelated but I like the look of the new Skoda prototype . Shame about the big ipad on the interior, but I guess it saves them a few pence. Doubt the suicide doors will make it to production but they look ace!
There's some absolutely ridiculous deals on the Frontera leases at the moment.
Quite a decent little car with a reasonable boot.
I didn't know they'd brought back the Frontera name. Just look at the white steelies 😎
IIRC @trail_rat was a fan of the original Frontera.
Not sure the reincarination will satisfy his current needs though.
i like it id noticed it was cheap and i like it .
but it doesn't work for me 🙁
the reason my original one worked was because it cost me 1000 pounds and ran like a swiss clock for many a year going places it shouldn't have - including through the back end of a bus.......
but if theres a brand whos electrics worrys me more than a peugeot ....its vauxhall... at least french electrics just refuse to work - vauxhall have a reputation for making extremely fast heating vehicles.....
Seems to be a lot of Mercedes electric SUVs around for big cars. They don't have the best range but they're plus and not overly expensive.
^^ they also appear to have extremely soft suspension. We have loads of speed bumps in our estate and commonly see/hear Merc EVs scuffing on them, way more than any other cars that are common here.
I remember Clarkson slagging off the original Frontera with its :" rickshaw suspension" but they did what they were designed to very well. A friend is stiil using hers to drag horse boxes out of muddy fields.
The new leccy one above I quite like. 🤫
Does anyone know of a way to check the historical utilisation of a charging site?
I'm starting to scope out the options for our annual migration down South and it would be handy to see which charging locations tend to be least busy and when. I was hoping to be able to click on a charge location and get a graph of occupancy rate over, say, the last 24 hours. But I can't seem to find any way of getting that information.
ABRP, for example, claim to use this sort of data to plan your charging stops, so I guess it must exist. But maybe it's one of those datasets you can only get if you pay for it.
But maybe it's one of those datasets you can only get if you pay for it.
Would make sense seeing as it's data that would be very handy in route planning.
Google maps has that on some charge locations here, a curve for usage by the hour.
Edit:- just checked, they don't anymore.
Thanks for confirming that I'm not going mad @mert. I was sure I had seen it somewhere too. Must have been on Google maps at some point.
To be honest, I'm fairly relaxed about travelling across the country by EV these days. For the most part I'll just have a rough idea of where I want to break the journey and then use the in-car navigation to check the occupancy of chargers along my route as I get near to stopping. But with it being the Christmas week I thought it might be handy to have an idea of which hubs near to my route tend to be quietest.
Looking at an EV for us in the new year, any advice on what to avoid in the Corsa, Mini, Honda E, Pug 208, Fiat 500 size & secondhand budget of £15k up to 5yrs old. Current car is a Mazda 3 which Mrs dB likes & would have to have heated seats & cruise control - she also likes a "nice place to be" in a car. Don't want to be paying £££ for insurance either.
Looking at an EV for us in the new year, any advice on what to avoid in the Corsa, Mini, Honda E, Pug 208, Fiat 500 size & secondhand budget of £15k up to 5yrs old. Current car is a Mazda 3 which Mrs dB likes & would have to have heated seats & cruise control - she also likes a "nice place to be" in a car. Don't want to be paying £££ for insurance either.
we looked at the Fiat 500 but it was tiny in the back, 2 door and lacked ‘extras’, we felt you don’t get much for your money and were paying for the ‘looks’ but it drove fine. We went with a Hyundai inster, loads of toys and feels like a tardis, very happy with it so far, but it is about £18-20k as they are so new but worth the extra IMO.
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Corsa, Mini, Honda E, Pug 208, Fiat 500 size & secondhand budget of £15k up to 5yrs old.
2020 Corsa e driver here. Would I buy one for sub £10k 🤔 possibly 🤔 But it does not have adaptive cruise control and an auto hold handbrake. These are 2 things that my ioniq EV has and they are great. Screen isn't that big and it seems reasonably low tech basic compared to the ioniq.
Performance wise it is pretty good compared to what I've driven before. I rarely use sport mode, never use eco so it just stays in normal mode which is ok. Regen braking only has one setting and there isn't any paddles to alter it as there is only one mode.
Probably better Korean or Chinese options out there? Maybe a byd dolphin? Or a mg offering?
it would be handy to see which charging locations tend to be least busy and when.
is this, with respect, not a bit of a case of overthinking it ?
Most EV, will offer you, on the nav system, a range of chargers as you drive along, with suggestions and info on how many are available/in use etc.