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In reply to: Wow
Times like this you still wish you had E-Power!
I have the Advance, with heated electric seats heated steering wheel,built in wireless charging and an electric opening panoramic roof with an auto tailgate etc etc. I have had 3 Quashqai’s , so a big supporter, but , it is not in the same league as the Ariya. Preheating ~cooling is a godsend btw.
How do you find the Ariya? My order window is open now. I’m going to arrange a test drive, as like you, I currently have a QQ ePower. I have a choice of the standard range with pan roof, or long range without. Only the Advance trim available.
Well, I have now had my 2025 Ariya Advance 63 , with the sliding panoramic roof, for just over 4 months, covering just over 3600 miles.
The car is kept outside all year, so
Pre – heating & cooling are a godsend, getting into a warm frost free car in winter (no window scraping or spraying ) or a cool ( a/c fully on) car in the summer is tremendous – 10 minutes costs about 4-5 miles of battery usage- well worth it.I get around 140-150 miles fully loaded travelling at 70+ on the motorway, and around 250- 300 miles rural/ around Town .
As I use the car, mainly , locally, the 63 is ok for me – it charges slightly quicker and accelerates slightly better than the heavier bigger battery longer range version.
As previously indicated, my last car was a Qashqai ePower, which i had for nearly three years and travelled over 30,000 miles – which until The Ariya arrived was the best of 6 other new Nissan Datsun models.I have owned —- overall, the Ariya is by far a better car than the any of the others, especially good on build quality!
It is quick & stays very flat going around corners, and it has very nippy ‘instant ‘ acceleration surprisingly for a big heavy car, especially in Sport mode’ & it does it all in silence, and loads & loads of space inside.
I have previously owned from ‘new’ , a Volvo XC 90, two XC60’s an XC 70 & a V60, plus Rovers, Fords, Vauxhalls,Triumphs, AustinMorris, WW Tiguan etcetc. And in my humble opinion, the Ariya is the best ‘overall’ of all these.
I am impressed by & fully recommend the Ariya.
In reply to: Ovo raising price for EV’s
I am not obsessing about range, and my Ariya is averaging around 3.5 miles per kWh ( 140 mpg equivalent- using the ‘multiply by 40’ rule which gives me a quick, rough idea, for comparison to petrol and diesel powered cars )
I don’t understand the multiply by 40 rule
Petrol has an energy density of approx 33.7kWh per gallon – e.g if you travel 100 miles on 33.7kWh of energy, the MPGe would be 100MPGe. At 3.5 miles kWh, therfore your MPGe figure is 117.95 MPGe or 28.57 kWh/100miles 0r 285.71 Wh/mile. MPGe, is more a US thing for EV’s and PHEV’s and not typically used in europe, where metric miles (Km)/kWh or Wh/mile (Km) are typically used. 3.5 miles/kWh for 17 pence is cheap motoring, in a car that did 50mpg, the same 3.5 miles would cost just under 41 pence however, it would have been less than half the cost if OVO didn’t change Charge Anytime!,
II just used this to Obtain the 40 x rule – they and Isaid i t.is not accurate, just an on the the journeey guide
As you say,even at 17p it is still cheap motoring,
The difference with the new Charge Anytime compared to the current version, is that it is a charge of .17p per kWh ‘ at any time of the day ,compared to the existing charge anytime , which picks and choses when to charge.
A fixed DD payment for £59.50 giving up to 1400 miles is just clean and very convenient, and is still cheap compared to OVo’ or any other normal tariff and petrol/dieselac
Thanks for the info anyway – good to know how to accurately calculate figures?
In reply to: system broken or what, or just lack of common sense.
Don’t give the jobsworths the satifaction of saying no or give you pittance becasuse of you army pension.Omwards and upwards, as Mike 700 says, they will soon be forgotten.
In reply to: Ohme home charger installation
OHME ‘ contractor is due to fit a ‘non tethered ‘ box on Thursday- will Post a report asap afterwards!
Well, after wasting a whole morning, the contractors turned up at 11.30 – they had driven all the way from Leicester to Newbury.j the photos that I was required to send were clear but the wrong charger was ordered -apparently OHME should have advised a tethered charger with an 8 metre cable, not the untethered variety, which they ordered following their very basic survey ie my pbotos! I now await the result of the contractors report and recommendation.
Did you request a home pro charger in the initial application, as I’m slightly confused why one must be installed over the other? What a waste of time and effort driving all that way! I wonder if Ohme will come back to you and request £95 for an 8m cable!
they recommended a charger ,after veiwing the photos and a description of where the elec . Meter is sighted in relation to where the car is parked.
it is clear that they could fit an untethered version some 10 – 12 feet from the meter, but they said that they would have to leave around six feet without pinning to the wall , at the side of the shed, and their instructions were to pin every two feet or so .
It would have meant two pins on the house wall, before running an unpinned 6 feet, ( no access ) picking up a further two pins at the other end before fitting the charger, which would have been sited on the house wall within 3 meters of the car
Now they are talking about fitting a tethered version near the elec meter and I will run an 8 metre, loose cable over the shed ( which s easily done ). To the car !
Mike.
In reply to: Ohme home charger installation
OHME ‘ contractor is due to fit a ‘non tethered ‘ box on Thursday- will Post a report asap afterwards!
Well, after wasting a whole morning, the contractors turned up at 11.30 – they had driven all the way from Leicester to Newbury.j the photos that I was required to send were clear but the wrong charger was ordered -apparently OHME should have advised a tethered charger with an 8 metre cable, not the untethered variety, which they ordered following their very basic survey ie my pbotos! I now await the result of the contractors report and recommendation.
Did you request a home pro charger in the initial application, as I’m slightly confused why one must be installed over the other? What a waste of time and effort driving all that way!
I wonder if Ohme will come back to you and request £95 for an 8m cable!
In reply to: Put my order in today
Reall nice colour @Mike-700
In reply to: Put my order in today
Hi, I have just ordered , Via Motability, an all electric Nissan Ariya Advance, with the sky roof’ finished in Gunmetal grey metallic. The retail price was cut by over £9000 last week , and as a consequence, the AP For a Motability lease has dropped by £1500 to £1,999 and as I am a big fan of Nissan ,this will be my seventh since 1971, ,100A 100A coupe, 120A, 160B Qashqai , Quasqai ePower, , covering over 200,000 miles without incident, and the car will be ready for Monday 1st of September – so a 75 plate.
Congrats Mike! Hope you enjoy nd make sure the dealer chargers it, so you have juice untill charger fitted.
Cheers,
they will fully charge it and will charge again free if need be – so they say!
In reply to: Simply can’t choose a car
I can do that in an Ateca though – these aren’t great numbers. 50+ urban is decent, but 44-45mpg i can do in a 1.5 TSI on the motorway no problem. I get 55+mpg on the petrol engine alone in the Golf, and that weighs close to 1.8 tons with me and the lady in it. The friend didn’t have any kind of Hybrid prior, just some kind of petrol Ceed (can’t remember, i think he said 1.6l? Might misremember). He said currently he averages around 55mpg in Cardiff traffic, and around 40ish mpg on the M4 (at 75ish, probably closer to 80). Certainly not bad numbers, especially compared to older cars, but one got to keep in mind that it’s not a PHEV or even full hybrid, it’s an EVREX that you can’t plug in. I think that what miffs me, dieselelectric works on trains, petrolelectrics don’t work great in cars imho. And.. CVT. Ever since my Mk5 Escort Ghia, i despise CVT with a passion. But that’s just me. But, yeah, it’ll beat the XC40 in economy all day long, and imho, it’s a considerably nicer place to sit in too. I was actually pretty impressed with the screen as well, no stutters or anything regardless of how fast and far i zoomed in and out on the map, felt premium. Seats were decent enough for what it is, too (bud has cloth, he went for the.. what did he say, N Connecta or something, for the smaller wheels – to improve the ride). Came a long way, for sure.
It depends on how you drive, Mike 700 gets mid 50’s+ mid 70’s on a run, which is as about what I get from my 220d gran gran coupe when visiting family!
The E-Power, I would class as more of a series hybrid, where the internal combustion engine works solely as a generator and electric motors turn the wheels, so no gears. I nearly had the pre facelift model, but wanted the Tecna+ for the leather, which never came, The new one is in a different league. The Qashqai mild hybrid has old style elastic band effect CVT😂 rather than planetary gears modern eCVT have i.e Toyota.
I’m suprised your mates Ceed was that economical, but there again it’s a car. My previous 1.6 Tucson was 33 at most (I calculate accurate mpg) and 42-44 if lucky on a run.
A few months ago, I got hold of a mates fathers immaculate 20 year old 2.5l V6 Rover 75 Connoisseur. Apart from being as comfy as hell, it lacked modern fecking bing bongs, whils’t still having satnav, cruise control etc. It reminded me of what peasure driving use to be, till eldest daughter nicked it, this will be my last scheme car and wil revert back to a car no newer than 2022/3. Probablyan X3 orX5 40d 🙂
In reply to: Nissan e power
@ajn I see alot round here with both Qashqai E Power & A Trail E Power and E 4orce (awd) Those of whom I know to talk to easily get over 50mpg locally. A guy I drink with often has a X Trail E 4orce and gets low to mid 40’s without the caravan in tow and prefers it to the Sportage hybrid he had previous. Nissan have improved economy further on the facelift version. Can’t find the thread, but @mike-700 has the Qashqai E-Power for around 2yrs and I have copied and pasted a comment from him I found in the search area. ” i normally get around 55-56 mpg , but during the winter period ,using heating, de- misting, wipers, headlights etc this drops down to about 40-42 mpg” Hopefully Mike will pop in later
cheers
Mainly Copied from some of my previous Posts on the ePower
I have a 2 and a half year old Nissan Qashqai ePower, which has now done some 27,000 miles.
It is a 100% electric drive, just like any other EV, but the battery is not charged by a plug in method, rather it is charged by an on board petrol ICE, which unlike most ‘hybrids’ is not connected to the ‘drive’ system, only to the battery!
Being a fully electric driven vehicle it certainly suffers from exactly the same problems as other EV’s especially with range due to weather conditions, amongst other things!
As an example, i normally get and indeed have been getting all this summer, around 55-56 mpg locally, which is a hell of a sight better than most ICE cars during stop start local motoring., but during the winter period ,using heating, de- misting, wipers, headlights etc this drops down to about 40-42 mpg and even less if driving on a motorway at high speed ( compared to town driving ) in bad Weather!
Everyone who travels in the ePower enjoys the experience- I have genuinely’ not had any negative comments, other than the very first time I had a non family member passenger, who ‘s overall comment on the car was favourable, but he did say something like’ well, it’s not a Tesla’! To which my reply was ‘ no it isn’t,but it is half the price your son paid for his Tesla!
In reply to: Nissan e power
@ajn I see alot round here with both Qashqai E Power & A Trail E Power and E 4orce (awd) Those of whom I know to talk to easily get over 50mpg locally. A guy I drink with often has a X Trail E 4orce and gets low to mid 40’s without the caravan in tow and prefers it to the Sportage hybrid he had previous. Nissan have improved economy further on the facelift version.
Can’t find the thread, but @mike-700 has the Qashqai E-Power for around 2yrs and I have copied and pasted a comment from him I found in the search area.
” i normally get around 55-56 mpg , but during the winter period ,using heating, de- misting, wipers, headlights etc this drops down to about 40-42 mpg”
Hopefully Mike will pop in later 🙂
In reply to: The Motability Scheme no Longer fit for Purpose.
Can’t say it’s not fit for purpose. Looking at cars from NIL to 500, there are frontiera, capri, dacia spring, peuguot 2008, Kona, Nero, Ford Explorer. All very good cars. Mobility is a lifeline, it’s not a trifling organisation.
With Ford you miss out on HUD, Active Park Assist, 360-Degree Parking Camera and Hands-free Power-operated Tailgate, with the latter two being top of list for disabled drivers.
Our new Ford Capri has all of these (with Driver Assist Pack). We’ve never been able to get on with Park Assist on any of our cars. The HUD is great on this car due to position of the main dash display. I agree about the 360 Parking Camera and Power Tailgate being extremely useful – we had neither on our Toyota but really appreciate what we were missing.
Is it standard on the EV or comes as an expensive pack like the ICE models?
Electric tailgate is standard on the premium variant, HUD (pointless) and 360 camera (debatable) are part of a £1300 pack (£700 for scheme users). £1000 for the lowest model available.
In regards to being fit for purpose, i very much think it is.
The purpose is to get you mobile. There’s plenty of options available for nil or below £500 – they might not be dream cars, but they very much will do the job. Electric tailgates only became widely available (in lower priced cars) in the last 10ish years, so they very much don’t count as a “requirement” – because if they were, then the scheme was never fit for purpose, ever. For reference, the Tiguan got it’s factory fitted electric tailgate with the Mk2, which released in 2020 (R-Line and SE-L). The Tucson in it’s 4th generation, 2021. The list goes on and on. The earliest “lower value” car that i can think of is the first generation Ateca, that got it’s electric tailgate in 2016 (XCellence Lux).
You can certainly get from and to the doctors with any car available, you can drive any car available to the shops and on road trips. That’s the purpose of the scheme, and it does it. The purpose is not to get you a dream car, or sort ALL of the customers issues.
I feel like people are expecting too much. Instead of moping that you can’t get a car for nil AP with electric tailgate, massage seats, full leather, 360 camera and everything else, i’m grateful that we do, if we put the money towards it. I know i’ll get flak for that opinion, but it is what it is.
Does that mean i’m happy with the current APs? Heck no. The car we’re driving currently went from £3250 (reasonably fair for a sporty, fully kitted PHEV imo) to now, an beyond asinine £7499.
But, we’d still be able to do everything we’re doing with the car right now, with most cars that cost less than £500 AP on the scheme. Just with less toys/comfort.
So, whether or not the scheme is “fit for purpose” is probably subjective, depending on what you think the purpose is. To us, it is fit for purpose, with the added bonus that you can get a “dream car” (i use that term losely, the Ioniq 6 is a good example – fully loaded, quality vehicle) for reasonable prices – certainly more reasonable than we’d be able to afford without the scheme. But we consider that a bonus, not an entitlement.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.In reply to: when is a hybrid not a hybrid??
hi @mike 700, the quashqai is on my list although a touch large for my needs i am on my own and as yet dont need to load scooters or whatever hence why i went for the juke last time.the qq @ £546 for the n-connecta is cheaper than the juke hybrid and the x-trail 1.5 e-power 4orce acenta premim is near the top of my ap @ £1146 wpms and the x-trail e-power n-connecta is right p there just below bancruptcy lol.£1646. wether either of those will reduce tommorrow or between now and may 26 we will have to see.
In reply to: Current electric car ranges with this weather?
I have a 2 year old Nissan Qashqai ePower, which is 100% electric drive, just like any other EV, but the battery is not charged by a plug in method, rather it is charged by an on board petrol ICE, which unlike most ‘hybrids’ is not connected to the ‘drive’ system, only to the battery! Being a fully electric driven vehicle it suffers from the same problems as other EV’s especially with range due to weather conditions, amongst other things! As an example, i normally get around 55-56 mpg , but during the winter period ,using heating, de- misting, wipers, headlights etc this drops down to about 40-42 mpg and even less if driving on a motorway at high speed ( compared to town driving ) in bad Weather! The one advantage of the ePower, which was absolutely ‘ clear’ when I had a ‘leaf’ courtesy car, when the ePower was in for it’s annual service was ‘ no worries over range, and finding charging facilities, I just top up the ePower with unleaded and off I go
Where did that 2yrs go Seems like yesterday to me Glad your still enjoying your ePower Any ideas for your next car?
Where indeed?
Everyone who travels in the ePower enjoys the experience- I have genuinely’ not had any negative comments, other than the very first time I had a non family member passenger, who ‘s overall comment on the car was favourable, but he did say something like’ well, it’s not a Tesla’! To which my reply was ‘ no it isn’t,but it is half the price your son paid for his Tesla!
I am currently looking for another vehicle as our needs have changed, and I now need a much larger boot area, but I may hang on until September / October ,when I can officially order a replacement, without penalty.
I have looked at several fully electric cars, including an Enyaq, and a Peugeot , as well as an ePower X Trail and the Dacia Jogger hybrid which has a similar set up to the ePower – my daughter is on her second Dacia – they are fairly basic, but tough and reliable, and as my main criteria these days, is boot space, then the jogger is worth considering , and has a good virtual awd system!
In reply to: My new car arrived at dealer !
No idea mate why he want’s it early. Did you ask why it can’t all be sorted Monday?
They must do the payment by Bank Transfer Mike. It takes 4 or 5 days to process. They only do Max £250 by debit card and £400 (or somethjng like that, cant remember the figures) by credit card. Now, there will be a few comments on this process, they are futile. If you show up and think you can pay the 845 and drive away the same day…its not gonna happen. Only when the funds are cleared by the garage head office and approved, only then is the car released. Its the new way of paying the AP. Its really a case of like it or lump it. My last car in 2020, I paid 1600 by debit card. But its all different today. It will probably change again in a few years as well.
What a load of tosh ?
Credit and Debit cards operate on a basis of “cleared funds”up to the value in your account and payment authorised immediately by the bank and are paid to the merchant when they request it.
Most dealers will except debit card payment up to £10,000 and a similar amount for credit cards however, they reserve a right to charge a fee if using a credit card.
Some dealers base payment methods on the amount owed after part exchange hase been taken into account and could request a banktransfer if the difference is over £25,000. Lexus for example states that if the amount owed after px is above 26,000, then bank transfer must be used.
Dealers can accept cash but, only High value dealers who register with the Money laundering supervision, can accept or make high value cash payments over £8,700.
FWIW I paid the £2,100 AP with £20 notes however I did clear it with the dealer long before collection day!
Mone of matters because, the dealer wouldn’t be telling Mike to pop around tomorrow to make a bank transfer infront of them would they! Most likely its to cut the time down on collection day.
In reply to: Quarter 2 1st April 2024 – News and updates
I’m just to excited Dave ??
You are? I’ve just read that the e3008 has dropped to £500. So I think a call to my dealer when it opens to change the order for new price and add the sensation pack. All for £700 after the NCP and GCB. My stomach is doing somersaults lol
Have you actually been able to drive the E3008 ? And what is a sensation pack?
In reply to: The Search Begins!
I would have swopped my Hyundai Tucson for the Kia Sportage HEV or PHEV but run into some problems where Motability said they were happy for me to have one from the docks however Kia wouldn’t let me!
The Tucson & Sportage are technically the same car with differnt coats. I’d prefer the twin screen layout in the Sportage and overhall think the the Kia’s interior “looks” more up market.
The Nissan Qashqai was on my list @Mike700 is getting 50+mpg. Sadly the Tekna doesn’t get full leather(ish) seats (only the outers) Like you I need a leather type seat so discounted it on this. The Tekna+ has full leather but not on the scheme.
The Nissan X-Trail was one I wanted before the QQ but, for similar reasons the N Connecta doesn’t get leather seats and Ive waited since last February for Tekna to join, which get fake leather seats.
The Mazda CX-60 I really liked but, wasn’t suitable as explained previous. Iwould have been happy with the Exclusive with comfort pack or the Homura which gains a nice Bose sound system. All 3 grades get leather seats and are pretty much base cars that you add packs. The Takumi adds cream leather over the others but is similar in base spec to the Homura. Something to bear in mind when looking.
I’m not a huge fan of Volvo since having a C40 years ago. I also think the interiors look dated. The XC40 would be too small for us anyway and the B3P doesn’t get great mpg 38-42mpg.
One that does interest me is the outgoing Skoda Kodiaq 2.0l but an average of 35mpg I’ll give it a miss unless the diesel joins to clear stock.
The Kuga Vignalle PHEV, currently has from memory £1300 off the AP, see @BigDaves offer thread. Its the outgoing model, whether the offer will carry on next quarter I don’t know. Something for you to consider.
What else is there! You have covered all those with an ICE/hybrid engine worth looking at and those on my list. Others include Vauxhall Grandland, New Peugeot 3008/E3008, Renault Austral etc.
I’m still unsure on going full electric – the Q4 Etron would make the list, The i4 is nice but, too low and the BYD Seal should it join will be worth a look, though I expect it would be too low for us. Kia EV6 if the GT Line S joins will look at.
If I went electric I would want AWD.
In reply to: nissan qashqai e power
In reply to: Qashqai E-Power
Have a search for @mike-700 posts on the QQ E-Power 🙂
In reply to: Honda zr-v
I totally agree Kezo I will book a 2 hour test drive
Do you really need a family car, when your mostly drive alone?
that’s right Kezo but the blooming Yaris and Clio even on highest height to low for me to get in and out ! And the Yaris cross oh my goodness the battery problems on the Yaris forum ! Leave it 3 days it won’t start saying it’s the Turkish battery ! Pity the Honda jazz is such a silly advance payment
Also take into account the ZR-V is £900 – £1500 cheaper, than the base CH-R, which could be put to petrol and considering your not an high mileage driver, would make it equal if not cheaper to run than your current CH-R.
In reply to: Honda zr-v
Could I ask you the range was 700 miles on the display when you picked up what the range is saying now is in true with the miles you have done ? Cheers
….288 left after doing 236…I have enjoyed the car though!! 45-50mpg will be easily achievable although I thought I’d just enjoy the free fuel ? People look at it more than any other car I have had. The blue just pops and I waxed it yesterday.
How’s the new car going ? Have you needed to fill up yet ?
….. today it needs filling. Nigh on 480 miles from the full tank. But I haven’t tried to economise tbh. 550-600 will be easily achievable. The car is such a nice space to spend time in…. the Megane had a dark headlining and was so dark inside but this is the polar opposite!! Still loving it so far!!
In reply to: Honda zr-v
Could I ask you the range was 700 miles on the display when you picked up what the range is saying now is in true with the miles you have done ? Cheers
….288 left after doing 236…I have enjoyed the car though!! 45-50mpg will be easily achievable although I thought I’d just enjoy the free fuel ? People look at it more than any other car I have had. The blue just pops and I waxed it yesterday.
How’s the new car going ? Have you needed to fill up yet ?
In reply to: nissan qashqai e power
Thanks for all advice. I think, in my head, I’d already decided on swapping to something different. Had a few niggles at the back of my mind. Plus, the Nissan Motorbility rep was much more friendly and helpful. He didn’t mind that I asked loads of questions he’d not been asked before – don’t know if that’s 100% true – but no eye rolling or fobbing off the little lady. It’s a small thing, but good service is a huge bonus. Even better is the fact that they’re also much closer to home. Decision made. I’ll test drive again on Saturday, cancel current car and book the Qashqai. Many thanks
Plenty of posts around on the Qashqai by Mike 700 🙂
P.S Hope all goes well Saturday 🙂
In reply to: nissan qashqai e power
In reply to: nissan qashqai e power
@Mike 700 has one and has done lengthy posts on it several times. I guess he will have to come out of retirement to do another! Well worth the addtinal £300 in fuels savings.
Thanks. I’ll look up his name.
Fid you find Mike’s posts on the QQ. He gets around 52-53mpg. Whils’t its not got the wow factor as the cabin of the Austral, the running gear IMHO is far superior in the QQ. The ZR-V wotks in a similar way to the QQ, where the engine acts as a generator but whils’t the engine doesn’t drive the wheels in the QQ it does in the ZR-V, especially in sport mode. For £500 you won’t go wrong with the top spec Honda with all the spec’s on it.
yeah I did. Sounds like an interesting car. Can place a order for new car in mid feb so hope Honda is still on there to make the choice difficult
thanks for your helpIf you look at reviews on the Austral, they all say there a lag of 2 seconds or more when pulling out of junctions or overtaking, due to the over complicated gearbox!
You won’t go wrong wih either the E-~Power or ZR-V 🙂
Petrol has an energy density of approx 33.7kWh per gallon – e.g if you travel 100 miles on 33.7kWh of energy, the MPGe would be 100MPGe. At 3.5 miles kWh, therfore your MPGe figure is 117.95 MPGe or 28.57 kWh/100miles 0r 285.71 Wh/mile. MPGe, is more a US thing for EV’s and PHEV’s and not typically used in europe, where metric miles (Km)/kWh or Wh/mile (Km) are typically used. 3.5 miles/kWh for 17 pence is cheap motoring, in a car that did 50mpg, the same 3.5 miles would cost just under 41 pence however, it would have been less than half the cost if OVO didn’t change Charge Anytime!
thanks for your help