Recent content by Redpete

Went for a game of golf on Sunday My mate took his tee shot on the last hole, he hit it left into the trees we lost sight of the ball but heard that familiar sound of ball on wood. He took a provisional and again hit it left but shorter this time. When we got to were the 2nd ball had landed the...

When I suggested the EV to the Mrs the 1st thing she said was it has to get me to Coventry without needing to charge. If it was me I wouldn't worry about stopping but she also mentioned last night about being a lone female in a service station possibly in the dark and the charging points are...

Someone mentioned Chubby and living next door to Alice, well Smokey's lead singer Chris Norman was born in Redcar. He did one of our lasses favorite songs with Suzi Quatro. Stumblin in ( after a bottle of wine ) He also did a song about Laburnum road in Redcar.

Its part of the joys of living in the North East of England, and following the Boro. As kids we would go to Halifax every week to see our Nana. Sheffield which is historically in the same county is a 200 mile round trip and even google maps is stating it as under 2 hours. Living in Dorset you...

I have been doing a similar journey regularly and have done for over 30 years well before the A43 was duel carrigeway and the Newbury bypass on the A34 was still a nightmare for swampy's bedtimes . I have to disagree though on a good day you can do it fairly comfortably in under 5 hours. You...

Not without potential having to stop and charge and she doesn't want to have to do that. I would also assume as you didn't really answer but as the car and batteries get older then the expected range will also drop so over time that 16 mile buffer will reduce. Would you let your nearest and...

She would simply answer why would I buy a car for 30K plus that cant get me to where I want to go. Even if it only once a year which its not what are you suggesting instead? I did buy her an electric bike maybe she could use that. LOL. Re My mates Tesla it works for him fine as he doesn't use...

I have just looked myself and used mine and our friends postcodes according to google maps its 144 miles and is expected to take 2hrs 22 mins . which works out at 63 mph. I said it takes me about 2 1/4 hours which is backed up by google maps. Your example is from deepest darkest Dorset and to...

I'm not sure what your point is .The reason we talked about motorway driving because on MG's own website they state the range of there base EV is 160 miles. You would assume they have tested the car in motorway conditions and its them who provided the figures.

Out of interest how long did it take? And I recon you could I also live in Dorset and it cost me about £100 in a VW Van so I'm sure there are a few small cars that could do the journey for £70

Are you telling me your happy with the current charging infrastructure and you may want to stop and wait for your car to charge when doing a long journey. We rarely do and if we do its a 5 min comfort break then we are back on the road, personally I would rather spend my time with our loved ones...

We all know if you set your cruise control at 70 on a motorway you will be overtaken by more cars then you overtake. Again your just been pedantic. I am not anti EV I really wanted the Mrs to get one as I have said many times it would be perfect for her daily commute but the ones in our price...

Apart from a couple of miles either end it Motorway or dual carriageway, so about 95% I am only quoting figures from MG 'S own website and it says it would do 160 miles at motorway speeds. As I said it usually takes us just over 2 hours driving at motorway speeds I haven't worked out the exact...

Which we discovered eventually, but usually his Mrs did it whilst he drives. It took me 15 minutes and some googling to discover it. I know now though.:)

That is exactly it. As I said to the Mrs re my trip in the Tesla to QPR it was all a bit of a faff he even had to heat up the batteries on route to prepare for the charging then dont park next to someone on a joint charger as its slows down the charging. I think EV'S are great for short regular...