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EddScott said:
Can I ask what your average range is please? Is the car a G1 or G2?

I think G2 are still a bit pricey for me and not sure about the G1 range compared to my IPace (when all the batteries are working).

The rear struts on my IPace have started leaking, it often tells me lane assist isn't working and new one on Friday, auto lights refused to work. I love it but it's becoming trying at times.
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It's a late 2024 GTS J1.1 car. I get anywhere between 240 - 260 miles on a 100% charge - more than enough for my needs. GTS gets the Performance Plus battery as standard. I'd absolutely agree with you regarding your thoughts on a J1.2 second gen Taycan, prices are still a bit steep for an OPC car of maybe a year old say, so the depreciation on those hasn't flattened out yet unlike a lot of the first generation Taycan examples. I intend keeping this one for about three years then I'll look to change. It's been the best car I've owned so far and I've only had it a few weeks, so at the moment I'd likely project that I'd go for a generation 2 Taycan GTS once its time to move this one on. More power and substantially more range.

That said, I've slowly started to relax a lot about range anxiety having lived with the car to date. For 99% of my driving I've never yet been anxious about how much range I have left. The couple of longer (above 200 miles) trips I've done I've just found a decent rapid charger and parked up, plugged in and went for a coffee (far too many Cinnamon buns is the downside to EV ownership :D),nipped to the loo and wandered back to the car. To be fair the Taycans 800v charging architecture is superb but again, I rarely do a long trip where I need to use public chargers so my circumstances at the moment are ideal for EV ownership, even with a range that some people would perhaps not be comfortable with.

You read all the reviews of Taycan's and how brilliantly they drive/steer and I can categorically confirm that they are all true. Plus, I just love the look of the Turismo's, much better looking than the Taycan saloon, dare I say it!!! :)

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Junglist said:
It was a bit chilly this morning. I'm sure what I'm about to be impressed about isn't totally specific to EVs but it's new to me!

Being able to have the car warm up without going out to it in the mornings is lovely. It'll be even nicer when the real cold mornings start. In my S3 I'd have to go outside, start it, turn the heaters on and the functions to de-ice the windows/mirrors and then wait 10 minutes before it was at a comfortable temperature and all the ice was gone.

I love that now I've set a schedule, it'll just be ready to go for me without me having to go outside and do anything. Charger will be getting installed tomorrow so I don't have to worry about the hit it does to the battery either.

On the point of a charger. What is the best practice? Do you just keep you car plugged in when at home or do you just charge when bellow 15%/20%?
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One of the reasons I got an EV was we do a lot of very short runs. To the train station for example, or her work is only 15-20 mins away. Demisting and de-icing the car for 10 mins or even getting warm on that short a journey was painful. Never mind the fumes on the drive. Now the car is pre heated and an electric windscreen. All that is gone. We still have an older ICE and that's a nightmare to demist in the morning.

We've a small battery. So usually charge when it's about 35% and charge to 90%. Some times I've 2 or 3 short trips in an evening. If The car sitting at home for an hour between runs I'll stick it on the charger.

But that's because I'm on a 24hr flat rate for electricity. If I was on a cheaper overnight rate I'd probably let it go lower to 15% and charge only at night in the cheap rate. I'll probably still top up occasionally. It's a bit like topping up your phone before going out for the night.

I'll probably move to overnight rate soon 11-8 and then I'll charge to 100% when it gets cold and preheat in the cheaper time.
 
TNA said:
Geez. Looked like it was going to take off. Scary fast.
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funnily enough it does have a jump button. perfect for potholes on UK roads. (no idea why it has that feature)

it is an insane speed however. In theory you could be going full speed in a hyper car of 10 years ago and still be hit up the ass at 100mph!
 
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I've just got the new Model Y, which I absolutely love.

I've bought a hypervolt home 3 volt which is getting installed on fri. Some EV noob questions here:

- I'm currently with ocotopus, should i wait for the charger to be installed before i try switch to the intelligent tariff?
- Do you plug your car in every night, and just let it charge to 80% or whatever on the cheap rate? Or do you only plug it in every now and then?

Cheers!
 
You can switch to IOG based on the Tesla alone.

Charge it when you want to charge it, it’s your car, just don’t forget or run out because you will be mocked :p
 
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After giving up on finding a Tesla Model 3 that I wanted (Seems to be impossible finding one without damage). I've ended up with a Polestar 2 Performance. Lovely thing. Very much an appliance that I'm unsure I'll ever love but it does what I want from an electric vehicle. Only issue I've had since receiving the car is the predicted range. I think the chap who delivered it had a very heavy right foot so it's predicting 190 miles at 90% charge. I'm hoping it would be similar to the Model 3 with 300 miles...
 
Logsi said:
After giving up on finding a Tesla Model 3 that I wanted (Seems to be impossible finding one without damage). I've ended up with a Polestar 2 Performance. Lovely thing. Very much an appliance that I'm unsure I'll ever love but it does what I want from an electric vehicle. Only issue I've had since receiving the car is the predicted range. I think the chap who delivered it had a very heavy right foot so it's predicting 190 miles at 90% charge. I'm hoping it would be similar to the Model 3 with 300 miles...
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I have a 2022 long range single motor - realistic range in summer is about 250 dropping closer toward 200 in winter with the heater on.
 
i have found this site a really decent one for working out a realistic range for a car for different driving scenarios. I certainly would not buy a car without checking out here 1st


if anything i find it a tiny bit pessimistic - but not by much, and besides i prefer it that way than over optimistic.
 
I don't get anywhere near the claimed 280-300 miles my I5 is meant to get but I do use sport mode a fair bit and can't say I drive it conservatively. It's almost as aerodynamic as a brick which probably does not help. I get around 200-220 on an %80 charge.
 
bigmike20vt said:
i have found this site a really decent one for working out a realistic range for a car for different driving scenarios. I certainly would not buy a car without checking out here 1st


if anything i find it a tiny bit pessimistic - but not by much, and besides i prefer it that way than over optimistic.
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Thanks for this! Seems roughly comparable to the fleeting time I had a Tesla Model 3. I travelled back from Derby in that and it started at 300 miles and did a very good job with its range calculations. I'm sure this will settle and recalibrate in due course.

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Well the man points are racking up with the Mrs's first EV, which I encouraged her to get.

With the chilly mornings this week, today I prompted her to start the pre-conditioning to warm up the car before she left for work.

I couldn't resist going outside for a nosey. The dash was blank, but the little lights on the buttons for heated steering wheel, heated seats and front and rear demist were illuminated. The little light showing the big battery was in use was on too.

When she went out it was all warmed up for her.

The battery had gone from 78% to 76%, this was for 30 mins pre-conditioning. Tomorrow she's trying 15 mins, and of course the battery will drain more as it gets colder. Well worth it though.

I think she can schedule it on her app, but she'll probably start it and hoc each morning.
 
bainbridge said:
Well the man points are racking up with the Mrs's first EV, which I encouraged her to get.

With the chilly mornings this week, today I prompted her to start the pre-conditioning to warm up the car before she left for work.

I couldn't resist going outside for a nosey. The dash was blank, but the little lights on the buttons for heated steering wheel, heated seats and front and rear demist were illuminated. The little light showing the big battery was in use was on too.

When she went out it was all warmed up for her.

The battery had gone from 78% to 76%, this was for 30 mins pre-conditioning. Tomorrow she's trying 15 mins, and of course the battery will drain more as it gets colder. Well worth it though.

I think she can schedule it on her app, but she'll probably start it and hoc each morning.
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Can you conserve battery by leaving it plugged in? Or is it not an option/feasible?

With my EV thankfully most mornings I leave at 5:30am so I can charge and pre heat the cabin on the cheap rate, and the rare day I leave at 8 I leave the car plugged in and pre heat on the normal unit rate to conserve battery, but it’s not that often I need to do that.
 
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