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jpaul said:
yes I've been using a better route planner since it allows waypoints - but for real time navigation it's verbal instructions were poor especially notice for leaving duel carriageways off-ramps;
so I now prepare a route with it and transfer it to google maps, and, if I remember turn off the live data to google maps as otherwise it can still take stupid diversions - nobody's perfect., need one ring ..
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Why are you using ABRP with an ICE car?
 
chanjy said:
He probably gets home and plugs the car in then iGo only charges it when it's cheap

I honestly struggle to see how you would save £30 on the normal electricity bill from moving to iGo unless you've shifted one load of washing and drying every single day to off peak

edit: also £2 in electric at 7.5p gets you about 100 miles which isn't £40 of petrol so someone's doing some dodgy maths
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He says he presses the button on his charger to charge now.

My wife washes, tumbles and dishwashes every day of the week usually in the morning/afternoon, never in the evening but that's all changed now.

We do around 100 miles a week and she says she puts £20 every two weeks in the ICE that we had so £10 a week for 100 miles, £40 for 400 miles..
We now get 3 miles/Kw which works out at 2.3p a mile so £2.30 for 100 miles a week.
She has no reason to lie about it, perhaps our car was very badly tuned or something.

Update, there's no way our ICE could do 400 miles on £40, I'll ask her when she gets in if I heard correctly.
 
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SexyGreyFox said:
He says he presses the button on his charger to charge now.

My wife washes, tumbles and dishwashes every day of the week usually in the morning/afternoon, never in the evening but that's all changed now.

We do around 100 miles a week and she says she puts £20 every two weeks in the ICE that we had so £10 a week for 100 miles, £40 for 400 miles..
We now get 3 miles/Kw which works out at 2.3p a mile so £2.30 for 100 miles a week.
She has no reason to lie about it, perhaps our car was very badly tuned or something.

Update, there's no way our ICE could do 400 miles on £40, I'll ask her when she gets in if I heard correctly.
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Right I get it

You were comparing £40 a month to £2 a week

I don't think it was lying, just incorrect maths :D
 
Journey said:
Probably is, wasn't that one done before as well, there the Osprey just up the road with the Kempower that was done as well.
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There were some done in brierley hill a few days ago. It was posted on Facebook and the reform types were absolutely creaming themselves.
 
chanjy said:
Right I get it

You were comparing £40 a month to £2 a week

I don't think it was lying, just incorrect maths :D
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She's back in.
She is comparing what we paid out in Electric and Petrol for a month so that would have been £120 + £40 to £50 petrol (around £170).
Because of iGo and using the appliances at cheap rate the electric has come down to £90 which is a near £80 saving on those two bills.
That makes more sense :)
 
sitting in car checking routes - more comfortable indoors.

anyway - new electric alpine architecture - don't copy anyone - battery packs in just front and rear above wheels (won't that increase polar inertia though?)
e: decrease I meant like old style 911
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[given earlier discussion on cupra see they updated ICE front - bit like born ? with genuine diff ]
 
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Just bit the bullet and switched from Octopus IG to Tomato Lifestyle as the savings are too big to be ignored any longer, it's over 20p per day on the SC alone. Six hours per night at 5p per unit is going to be brilliant for the car plus the two other cheap periods at 14.7p per unit during the day are going to be handy as well. Even the peak rate is 2.5p per unit cheaper than Octopus. It's fixed for 12 months and no exit fees either so any problems I can always switch again.
 
Saving my self a small fortune so far with my swap to an EV.

Charging up at work for free, only had to charge at home once since owning the car (jan 5th).

Haven’t really had to worry about the whole range thing or worrying about charging else where. Comfortably got to Heathrow airport and back (about 205 miles), with 65 miles left over.

Over all very happy with the swap.
 
pastymuncher said:
Just bit the bullet and switched from Octopus IG to Tomato Lifestyle as the savings are too big to be ignored any longer, it's over 20p per day on the SC alone. Six hours per night at 5p per unit is going to be brilliant for the car plus the two other cheap periods at 14.7p per unit during the day are going to be handy as well. Even the peak rate is 2.5p per unit cheaper than Octopus. It's fixed for 12 months and no exit fees either so any problems I can always switch again.
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The thing that’s stopping me switching is losing the 15p I get paid for SEG from Octopus.
 
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