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General Car Chat / Re: E-Royal Mail Vans
« on: 13 February 2026, 16:44:44 »
Surely, I mean surely, they charge them up overnight  :-\

They probably do, but suspect they will be out of battery very quickly.

Loaded up heavily with cargo, with drivers who don't want to be economical, using heaters, lights, power inside. Then are using the throttle like an on/off switch. (much like someone else I know  ::))

I bet their range is awful... a quick Google

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The Ford E-Transit offers an estimated WLTP range of 166–196 miles

So in Winter that will be sub 100 miles, bet they get 80 miles range at times if that.


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General Car Chat / Re: What's This?
« on: 13 February 2026, 10:33:56 »
I would imagine that if they were parked at home and not used for the week that could be of some benefit, but as Kevin suggests the extra wind drag would surely counter any gains from the panels.

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General Car Chat / Re: Electric Motorcycling
« on: 09 February 2026, 10:10:23 »
Seen a few of these about locally....

https://maeving.com/en-gb

But still not sure on the use case, for cars there is a huge cost benefit in fuel. Bikes were and always still are cheap on fuel, plus even more of a case the noise/character makes a choice for puchase.

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW i4 M60 Arrived
« on: 09 February 2026, 10:08:24 »
Never really looked at the 0-100 stat, some figures there. Explains the g-forces on my head when I use launch control away from the lights at Sainsburys  ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW i4 M60 Arrived
« on: 06 February 2026, 17:36:09 »
Thanks for sharing.

Yes I do fine it a very smooth a refined place to be, whats funny is the salary sacrifice deal removes their only negative point, the price!

I did spec up an i4 eDrive40 and it was ~£50 a month less than the M60. Felt for the price, it was worth it for the extra horses  8)

Surprised they don't mention the weight, it's a very, very heavy car (2,300kg) - Even I notice it chucking around my favourite diesel covered and off camber roundabout. The old 435i and it's terrible run flat tyres barely gripped there but it was a good bit of fun. The X-Drive i4 is not quite as fun there.

"The i4 remains a better all-rounder than the Tesla Model 3, let down only by its lofty price and the fact it doesn’t have universal access to the US maker’s excellent Supercharger network. Supremely refined, lightning quick and filled with well integrated, intuitive tech, the only reason not to buy an i4 M60 is because the eDrive35 is 99 per cent as capable – all for £20k less."

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 06 February 2026, 10:16:51 »
With the features switched off, I'd expect no impact of charge level over a few days, as it's only powering alarm, entry system and telematics really.

Been a lurker on Tesla groups, when they were on the short list. There is a 'phantom' drain issue there, but I think it's due to all the cameras and sentry mode etc. Not unheard of for considerable amounts eg 20% of power lost in a week. Other functions like a climate over product to cool if car gets to hot etc are on by default.

To allay any potential concerns - the iX lost about 2% over the week we left it parked at Southampton docks last summer - and iirc yours has a larger battery than mine. I assume waking it up with the app might make it lose more, but I can't see why you'd need to.


So I was out Sunday-Thursday, came back and the i4 was on exactly the same percentage.  8)

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Omega General Help / Re: how to include photos in a reply
« on: 03 February 2026, 17:01:28 »
You need to host the images somewhere, eg: https://imgbb.com/ and link to them

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 02 February 2026, 11:04:41 »
With the features switched off, I'd expect no impact of charge level over a few days, as it's only powering alarm, entry system and telematics really.

Been a lurker on Tesla groups, when they were on the short list. There is a 'phantom' drain issue there, but I think it's due to all the cameras and sentry mode etc. Not unheard of for considerable amounts eg 20% of power lost in a week. Other functions like a climate over product to cool if car gets to hot etc are on by default.

So far the i4 is just like a normal car just that the power plant is electric. None of this pointless Tesla style EV extra functions.

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General Car Chat / Re: Banger Volvo vs Brand New
« on: 02 February 2026, 10:12:01 »
I'll also add, I have a sneaky feeling that 90% of all brand new EV's on the road are salary sacrifice deals. Soon as support for that is pulled, no one will be buying them new.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 02 February 2026, 10:10:00 »
Enjoy your Golden syrup flapjack nibble :y

Biscuit was nice enough, should be a proper meal, that's what BA was always known for. Now it's barely any better than Easyjet.

Flying American in a couple of weeks to the states, interested to compare American/BA Premium Economy. Hope I get their newer setup they have been rolling out.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 02 February 2026, 10:00:40 »
Left it at Heathrow Airport, while I've flown off to Prague for some important meetings beer drinking with my CZ colleagues. Interested to see how much battery charge will be lost from Sunday-Thursday and not being plugged in. I've disabled pre-conditioning for the morning, as that won't be needed.

So far after 24hrs it's on exactly the same percentage.

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General Car Chat / Re: Banger Volvo vs Brand New
« on: 02 February 2026, 09:52:35 »
Funny how the second anyone gets rid of an Omega, there's very little to actually do to a car >:D

Whilst new fangled cars on company lease plans are great in principle, I do wonder where the catch is :-\

I mean zero deposit and low payments on a £70k+ car has to have an almighty gotcha attached to it? Retail leases are circa £2k down and £1,700 a month and you still don't own it.

If your employer are picking up the bill then there's a massive implied benefit, likewise for charging at work.

I hope the car serves you well, and getting shiny things is always fun, I hope you've done your homework.

I don't charge at work, only at home, for £0.07p for each kWH. I'm on a standard Octopus home charge policy, that always gives that price no matter the time of day. (for the car) - It just dynamically wacks charge in when demand is low. I just ask it to ensure it's at 80% each morning at 07:00.

I can assure you I've researched this to death for the past year, as for me it has a bigger impact on my pension and I needed to calculate the impact there.

There are wider implications for me around the 60% tax trap and trying to ensure that I never pay that tax threshold. Be it via pension contributions, EV car, childcare vouchers, denplan, etc.

I'm confident in the cost and also wish I jumped on the scheme earlier than invest in the 435i 3 years ago. Given what I know now and how much it will cost. It is rather ironic that the more you earn the cheaper the car is, because the more tax you save.

For me now, it's a simple no brainer for £450/m loss in my take home, with zero down and a brand new 600bhp car that's pennies to charge. Even with the pay by mile scheme, if/when that comes in it's still going to be cost effective for an EV for me.

I suit EV ownership as my daily milage is 60-80 miles max. But I do that at least 3 to 4 times a week. Plus maybe 20 miles at the weekend.

If I was asked to travel to 300+ on a weekly basis, on a single trip eg go to Manchester, go to Newport, go to Ipswich each week I would not be so keen. The cost charging away from home greatly reduces the benefit.

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General Car Chat / Re: Banger Volvo vs Brand New
« on: 02 February 2026, 09:43:34 »
Tunnie...

Was your BMW built in Mexico and shipped from there to Blighty?

My M240i was and it took 13 months to arrive, probably because the Mexican workers were fast asleep under a sombrero and blanket for 10 hours each day.  :)

No mine is a proper BMW  :D  ;D

It was built in BMW Group Plant Munich in Germany  :y

They then shipped it on a train/boat to the UK. Then rather amusingly it was trucked up to BMW in Glasgow (as that's who LEX do the deals with) was checked over and then trucked down to me again in Surrey.   ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW i4 M60 Arrived
« on: 30 January 2026, 15:02:51 »
Not tried the pre-heat thingy on Mrs Opti's I-Pace, or the heated steering wheel.

But I grew up with ice on the inside of the windows, so such things have a touch of the 'nancy boy' about them. :D

one of the best features, so nice coming into a warm car. You almost don't need a heated seat or wheel

We tried the 'preconditioning thingy' last night before driving to the supermarket...... preheated car for about forty minutes.

Car was good and warm with no misting up to clear away. :y

However, car was not plugged into the zappy and lost 3% of charge.....94% down to 91%. Hmm. ???

40 mins feels excessive, in the morning it's plugged in so no issue.

At work, I ask it to warm up about 5/10 mins before I get to the car. Usually nice and warm!

Mine does have a Heat Pump though, which is supposed to have less effect on the drive battery for heating

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW i4 M60 Arrived
« on: 30 January 2026, 15:01:24 »
I can't wrap my head around the maths. Surely there's a price to pay somewhere  :-\
Its a tax avoidance scheme*, so that's where the money is...  ...rather than give to Rachael, it goes towards a car.


*to clarify, NOT a tax evasion scheme.

In simple terms, I could give Rachel a £1,000. But if I decide that I'd rather have the money instead, into my bank, I'd see less than £400.

But instead of going into my bank, I ask for a car instead. A very fast car.  ;D

No doubt this loop/avoidance will change, but for now it works and I'll take it.

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