When are you going fully electric?

lordrobs said:
It's funny, for a large amount of my childhood we had very little money but it's left me with a lot of empathy for those less well off and a lot of gratitude for where I find myself today.
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I have empathy for those who are worse off I just don't buy pointless complaining. I grew up in a single parent household (I say household as we were homeless for a while, as back then there was no protection for kids Dad's selling their homes out from under them) with a mother who had two low paying jobs, and we lived like paupers (a saying my Mother used to use). My mother used to have a mini metro but when it was stolen with 3rd party cover the payout was so small she couldn't afford another car, so for the majority of my life we had a zero car household, we grew up in debt, in social housing, living around people who though the world owed them all a favour while taking every penny they could get from the tax paying public.
Yet my mother never complained about other people having more than us, she just said work hard at school keep your head down and eventually it will work out.

So going back right around to the start I don't think anything about the person getting a few quid free charging is an issue, there are far bigger issue to worry about than something that has no material effect on them at all. Society isn't fair, if it was there would be no poor people.
 
My advice from what I can see is buy quickly buy used. The price of a 2021 or even 2022 is crazy cheap compared to a new one plus if you do it before end of the month jag dealerships are throwing excellent deals around (2 year warranty etc). Just make sure you get a full battery health check.

This from my last week of mad research as also leaning ipace direction heavily but more towards purchasing end of year.
 
Simon said:
Where £2.50 from ? Doesn’t matter the value it’s the ‘unfair’ treatment
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I'll pose you the same question as earlier - are you as bitter towards people getting tax free childcare? Which is worth far more financially than a few £ in free charging (before our youngest was eligible for the 30hrs free/week, I was saving more per month from tax free childcare than my annual spend on charging the car).
 
Haggisman said:
I'll pose you the same question as earlier - are you as bitter towards people getting tax free childcare? Which is worth far more financially than a few £ in free charging (before our youngest was eligible for the 30hrs free/week, I was saving more per month from tax free childcare than my annual spend on charging the car).
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Who me??? I’m not bitter at all
 
Mr Jack said:
You regret more that which you do not do than that which you do do.

If you get the car and you like it, great, if you get the car and it has awful issues then you get years of anecdotes about how bad it was.
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excellent advice...i bought a peugeot 407 and everyone said id get problems...looked online afterwards and was shocked by things going wrong ,had the car 5 years never had a problem and never spent a penny other than oil and filters.
had i listened to others first would never have bought it.
 
HoneyBadger said:
I was advised to ask this here rather than the Jag thread.

What do I need to know if buying a 2023+ I-Pace R-Dynamic HSE Black? Mrs HB has decided she prefers this to the Tesla MYLR and I like the look of it, cheaper to run in terms of insurance quotes but the JLR reliability rumour has grasped me, and the range seems less (Circa 200-230 miles VS circa 300-330 for the Tesla)

I’ve had a look on the ipace forum, there seems to be plenty of issues but no one is going to post when things are good. JLR support seems dire, but then so does Tesla.

A few mates have said “don’t do it” but their experience is based on ICE Jags, and with it being new-ish should have a decent warranty, subject to dealer support not sucking.

Any advice?
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I have a MY21 and it is a fantastic car. Don’t hear about too many issues with the newest models tbh but dealers can be a bit slow to sort issues out. It will depreciate like a rock so think carefully about how you are finding it
 
HoneyBadger said:
I was advised to ask this here rather than the Jag thread.

What do I need to know if buying a 2023+ I-Pace R-Dynamic HSE Black? Mrs HB has decided she prefers this to the Tesla MYLR and I like the look of it, cheaper to run in terms of insurance quotes but the JLR reliability rumour has grasped me, and the range seems less (Circa 200-230 miles VS circa 300-330 for the Tesla)

I’ve had a look on the ipace forum, there seems to be plenty of issues but no one is going to post when things are good. JLR support seems dire, but then so does Tesla.

A few mates have said “don’t do it” but their experience is based on ICE Jags, and with it being new-ish should have a decent warranty, subject to dealer support not sucking.

Any advice?
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I've had the pre-facelift iPace and really enjoyed it, I would not, however, touch one as a private purchase unless it was dirt cheap. Depreciation, poor range, slow charging and dealer support being the main reasons.

Cell failure seems an increasingly common issue currently too.
 
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The failed cells rumour is no worse than any other manufacturer. I-Pace uses the same cells as other manufacturers that have had a recall, Kia and Hyundai. I am active in a number of I-Pace forums and the actual number of people with failed cells can be counted on one hand. The ones who have had it tend to complain a lot more on a forum (as noted in a previous post).

If you are getting a used car now I would not buy from independent dealers if there is no original warranty left. I would not buy any car (ICE or EV) if it was not possible to buy an official manufacturer extended warranty. Far too many expensive parts in modern cars.
 
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I’m new to EVs, I’ve got an eGolf, mostly for shorter trips locally. On the off chance I need to use public charging, what do I need to do, can I just rock up and PAYG or is it more complicated?

I’ve signed up to WeCharge through the VW app but I think that only allows me to charge with certain providers and from some Googling, there appear to be lots of providers.
 
R4z0r said:
I’m new to EVs, I’ve got an eGolf, mostly for shorter trips locally. On the off chance I need to use public charging, what do I need to do, can I just rock up and PAYG or is it more complicated?

I’ve signed up to WeCharge through the VW app but I think that only allows me to charge with certain providers and from some Googling, there appear to be lots of providers.
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There’s plenty that offer contactless charging, and it’s mandatory from next year I believe. Lots of Macdonalds have Ionity chargers with contactless and are usually an easy find if you need one.

I’d recommend Zapmap for a good way of finding local ones and filtering by speed, payment method etc
 
Penfold101 said:
There’s plenty that offer contactless charging, and it’s mandatory from next year I believe. Lots of Macdonalds have Ionity chargers with contactless and are usually an easy find if you need one.

I’d recommend Zapmap for a good way of finding local ones and filtering by speed, payment method etc
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Is that a rip off of McDonald’s?
 
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