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[TheBoy]

BMW nav says I can get home with 12% remaining.

Do tell us if BMW nav is lying and you end up walking the final mile home? 

Hey, I do the walk of shame in petrol and diesel as well

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Currently in Wales, normally I burn a tank of fuel in the mummy bus getting here and back.

Charged the I4 to 100% and I splashed 20% of juice in just after the Prince of Wales bridge, for the grand cost of £7.40. Continued onto our destination, BMW nav says I can get home with 12% remaining.

Should be less than a tenner. Normally cost me at least £60 to come here.

I should really invest in a granny lead, but I need at least a 10 or 15m one here to charge. Car gets no use once we arrive as we walk everywhere. Could easily charge back up over the course of several days.

That said the charger station out of 6 chargers 2 were broken, 2 were taken with what looked cars left there for the weekend. You don't get that problem at petrol stations....

It should come with one as standard.

I'd contact the dealer and ask him where it is.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Currently in Wales, normally I burn a tank of fuel in the mummy bus getting here and back.

Charged the I4 to 100% and I splashed 20% of juice in just after the Prince of Wales bridge, for the grand cost of £7.40. Continued onto our destination, BMW nav says I can get home with 12% remaining.

Should be less than a tenner. Normally cost me at least £60 to come here.

I should really invest in a granny lead, but I need at least a 10 or 15m one here to charge. Car gets no use once we arrive as we walk everywhere. Could easily charge back up over the course of several days.

That said the charger station out of 6 chargers 2 were broken, 2 were taken with what looked cars left there for the weekend. You don't get that problem at petrol stations....

It should come with one as standard.

I'd contact the dealer and ask him where it is.

What's a granny lead?   

I never took my Nan for a walk, but if I had I don't think she'd have run off or chased sheep or anything like that.     

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Currently in Wales, normally I burn a tank of fuel in the mummy bus getting here and back.

Charged the I4 to 100% and I splashed 20% of juice in just after the Prince of Wales bridge, for the grand cost of £7.40. Continued onto our destination, BMW nav says I can get home with 12% remaining.

Should be less than a tenner. Normally cost me at least £60 to come here.

I should really invest in a granny lead, but I need at least a 10 or 15m one here to charge. Car gets no use once we arrive as we walk everywhere. Could easily charge back up over the course of several days.

That said the charger station out of 6 chargers 2 were broken, 2 were taken with what looked cars left there for the weekend. You don't get that problem at petrol stations....

It should come with one as standard.

I'd contact the dealer and ask him where it is.

What's a granny lead?   

I never took my Nan for a walk, but if I had I don't think she'd have run off or chased sheep or anything like that.     

It's a shit-slow charging cable.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Currently in Wales, normally I burn a tank of fuel in the mummy bus getting here and back.

Charged the I4 to 100% and I splashed 20% of juice in just after the Prince of Wales bridge, for the grand cost of £7.40. Continued onto our destination, BMW nav says I can get home with 12% remaining.

Should be less than a tenner. Normally cost me at least £60 to come here.

I should really invest in a granny lead, but I need at least a 10 or 15m one here to charge. Car gets no use once we arrive as we walk everywhere. Could easily charge back up over the course of several days.

That said the charger station out of 6 chargers 2 were broken, 2 were taken with what looked cars left there for the weekend. You don't get that problem at petrol stations....

It should come with one as standard.

I'd contact the dealer and ask him where it is.

What's a granny lead?   

I never took my Nan for a walk, but if I had I don't think she'd have run off or chased sheep or anything like that.     

It's a shit-slow charging cable.

With a 3 pin 13 Amp plug on the end? 

[TheBoy]

Yeah, so a 3kW charger.  The sort of thing you charge those pointless plug-in hybrid with.

12hrs on one of those might get you a few tens of miles....

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Yep. Its what I will use once in a while to put some electricity in the milk float at home.
Public chargers area definite no for me, except in a real emergency. It would probably be cheaper to use the Omega than charge up with one of those.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yeah, so a 3kW charger.  The sort of thing you charge those pointless plug-in hybrid with.

12hrs on one of those might get you a few tens of miles....

Yep.....and Tunnie should have one with his car.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yep. Its what I will use once in a while to put some electricity in the milk float at home.
Public chargers area definite no for me, except in a real emergency. It would probably be cheaper to use the Omega than charge up with one of those.

Not used the one we have for Mrs Opti's milk float as we have the 7KW Octopussy 'Zappy'

3kw is not great but better than a knee in the groin, a slapped face, or a drink poured over your head by an irate girlie.

I have experienced all three.