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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: MR MISTER on 26 November 2013, 18:22:53

Title: Guffer
Post by: MR MISTER on 26 November 2013, 18:22:53
Have a look at this lifted from the Chevy forum:

"All changed for me now.

I'm on 1700 miles and used 1.6 Gallons since mid-May.

I had a Chargemaster fitted by British Gas under the Source London Scheme.  It will work out £400 installed with 3 year warranty and 3 years of cover for all the electrics in the house.

Full charge in 4 hours at home now and use the standard charger at work occasionally if I need a top up to go somewhere on the way home. 

Maximum 49 miles on full charge....minimum 32 miles (mainly motorway).

I have had a few error messages, but Phoenix have just sorted this out for me."

That mileage is terrible!
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: MR MISTER on 26 November 2013, 18:25:09
Sorry...Chevy volt.
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: tunnie on 26 November 2013, 18:27:54
Volt, which is the Ampera here? It's a big car, I'm not surprised by the low miles on leccy.

Only way I'd go leccy is if car was sub £5k, would easily last 10 years and I could charge it at work  ;D
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: MR MISTER on 26 November 2013, 18:31:16
Volt, which is the Ampera here? It's a big car, I'm not surprised by the low miles on leccy.

Only way I'd go leccy is if car was sub £5k, would easily last 10 years and I could charge it at work  ;D
You can get the volt over here. Different car to the ampera.
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: tunnie on 26 November 2013, 18:32:51
Volt, which is the Ampera here? It's a big car, I'm not surprised by the low miles on leccy.

Only way I'd go leccy is if car was sub £5k, would easily last 10 years and I could charge it at work  ;D
You can get the volt over here. Different car to the ampera.

Mechanically identical  ;)

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952 (http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952)
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: Gaffers on 26 November 2013, 18:49:43
For that kind of range it must have less battery capacity than the leaf. On a bad day 70 miles range, I have done 95 on a full charge.

BG are booked in to install a home charger once I move in to the new place which will give me a full charge from empty in 8 hours.  The install is free but any extra work needed to fit it is charged extra.  £400 seems quite excessive given that it's a 16amp feed installed directly in to the fusebox on it's own dedicated ring.
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: MR MISTER on 26 November 2013, 18:55:19
Volt, which is the Ampera here? It's a big car, I'm not surprised by the low miles on leccy.

Only way I'd go leccy is if car was sub £5k, would easily last 10 years and I could charge it at work  ;D
You can get the volt over here. Different car to the ampera.

Mechanically identical  ;)

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952 (http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952)
I stand corrected young'un. :y
How come I drive a Daewoo if it's 'mechanically identical' to a zafira then?  ::)
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: henryd on 26 November 2013, 19:37:43
Volt, which is the Ampera here? It's a big car, I'm not surprised by the low miles on leccy.

Only way I'd go leccy is if car was sub £5k, would easily last 10 years and I could charge it at work  ;D
You can get the volt over here. Different car to the ampera.

Mechanically identical  ;)

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952 (http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952)
I stand corrected young'un. :y
How come I drive a Daewoo if it's 'mechanically identical' to a zafira then?  ::)

Because you just do :D :D ;)
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: omegod on 26 November 2013, 20:13:46
Volt, which is the Ampera here? It's a big car, I'm not surprised by the low miles on leccy.

Only way I'd go leccy is if car was sub £5k, would easily last 10 years and I could charge it at work  ;D
You can get the volt over here. Different car to the ampera.

Mechanically identical  ;)

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952 (http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/chevrolet-volt-versus-vauxhall-ampera/1199952)
I stand corrected young'un. :y
How come I drive a Daewoo if it's 'mechanically identical' to a zafira then?  ::)

Because you just do :D :D ;)
;D ;D
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: chrisgixer on 26 November 2013, 20:28:03
Because, dear Esta, the Zafira is a Daewoo not the other way round. ;D

Quite a blog load space in those, isn't there, Esta. ::)
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: MR MISTER on 26 November 2013, 22:01:25
Because, dear Esta, the Zafira is a Daewoo not the other way round. ;D

Quite a blog load space in those, isn't there, Esta. ::)
If you mean big load space, yes. Room for lots of wheels. ;D
Title: Re: Guffer
Post by: chrisgixer on 26 November 2013, 22:59:17
Because, dear Esta, the Zafira is a Daewoo not the other way round. ;D

Quite a blog load space in those, isn't there, Esta. ::)
If you mean big load space, yes. Room for lots of wheels. ;D

Yes big. ::) hmmm so what else went missing last night I wonder. ;D