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ordered an Austral Iconic last month…. Now it’s going to be 600 notes cheaper.. Presume I can have a word with the dealer to get the car on the new price?
Asked Dealer for a re-order.. No problem and £600 better off.
ordered an Austral Iconic last month…. Now it’s going to be 600 notes cheaper.. Presume I can have a word with the dealer to get the car on the new price?
I don’t know how thrashing the engine is going to re-generate the ppf? That’s how you do it with a Diesel not a petrol.
As a Tucson 1.6 manual owner I haven’t had the light come on in just under 30k miles.. It’s a great car.
You need to get to use lift off “engine breaking” with no fuel going through the engine it to “blow” the filter out. I select a lower gear going downhill and use engine breaking into roundabouts or motorway junctions.. Never had to do the 4th gear to 70 then lift off and repeat method that is normal when this happens.
I have adapted my driving style to meet the current demands of the latest cars.. I don’t want to but needs must.
23k in my premium manual and not had the issue… Do both local runs and longer runs… Use engine breaking approaching roundabouts and on the many downhills we have in South Wales.
Asked about the fabled software “fix” in the dealers at 1st and 2nd service and they just looked blank. Any new car would I assume have had that anyway.
I fear this will be a bit of an uplift in AP as it starts 4k above the Iconic austral which is a 4k ap now. Hopefully it will come down by the time I cahnge next year though….
I’m strongly considering the Austral when I change this time next year. I have test driven the mid and top spec and the sunroof does make a difference.. However I didn’t like the 4C. Hopefully the AP will come down as a result.
They will have to keep some ICE or Hybrid on the scheme. Not everyone has a driveway or the ability to even park outside their own home….
And no one has a petrol/diesel pump outside there house either, yet they manage.
What I am saying is that for a lot of people it’s not cost effective to pay for public charging or the time involved to charge. If you have an EV you really need to be able to home charge. Some people cannot do that and therefore, in my case, it’s not viable.
Imagine this scenario… aside from the fact that I would have to pay over the odds at a public charging station, I go the 150 mile round trip to the caravan for the weekend excluding running around down there so call that 200 miles. I drive back, Wife and kids (one of which is severely Autistic) on board.. I drop the “Oh BTW I need to charge the car for an hour ish”. little sweetheart comment. That’s not going down well for a start and will result in some sort of meltdown from my boy. That’s even if the few chargers in the valleys are working… Or I could get up really early and charge before I do the daily 33 miles to work so 330 miles a week. I would have to charge twice a week assuming that I get the stated mpg which doesn’t happen, especially in winter. And then there is the gamble of the chargers are not being occupied or out of service. How is that coping? And also most full ev’s are smaller and not for a family of 5 and their assorted gubbins… Hence we have the Tucson..
The alternative is that I remain on a ICE/Hybrid and I spend 5 minutes putting fuel in and be done with it…. This is scenario that will play out most weeks without the occasional trips to Bedford and Reading to see family and general running around that we need to do.
In my case a full EV is just not suitable so if Motability go down this route and pull ICE and Hybrid’s then it’s no longer suitable..
They will have to keep some ICE or Hybrid on the scheme. Not everyone has a driveway or the ability to even park outside their own home….
I had absolutely brilliant experience from Swansea Hyundai when we had the Tucson. I arranged an appointment with their Motability specialist and made the entire experience ( which was out first on the scheme ) painless. The window opens this time next year to renew so as it stands now the Austral is top of my list. Just hope the experience is the same from Swansea Renault.
22 Premium 18k.
Family of 5 fits in no problem and have done several long distance trips in it. Comfy reliable family car..
To date I have not had the GPF warning light on, Including a 2 month stretch of primarily doing 5 miles a day. However the car regularly gets up to temperature on the commute and I do “engine brake” into roundabouts and going downhill. I asked about the “fix” for the GPF issue and the dealer said that there was no such fix..
MPG is averaging around 37.4 but the mpg does get better after some mileage.
Car has not missed a beat although fuel flap needed “adjustment” on 1st service and needs doing again on the 2nd. Also a limited range of colour, none of which I really like. The Sportage has better colours available.
However there is an imminent facelift due to drop soon so the Tucson in the picture above may not be the one you will get.
