I must really ❤️ these two cars. Two baths in less than a month!!
It’s the first time in 3 months I’ve felt up to doing anything strenuous, it’s been a crap winter of virus, infections and asthma.
I now understand why people chase winter sun.
Not so #weirdcarmastodon #SoulEV #e_Niro
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Misty morning view
Breeze was gently clearing it as I watched
That was yesterday Today is the frosty one 🥶
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RYC was such a good boy on his trip to that there London (ok around it) I gave him a bath
And found a OBD BT dongle in the shed that works with ABRP, so no 3 hour out of date battery data now! Should make long trips even more relaxing 👍
#e_Niro #roadtrip #BEV #EV
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I arrived home safe and sound and surprisingly relaxed. The #e_Niro was faultless. Quiet comfortable relaxing to drive in grotty weather with all it’s safety, guidance and smart cruise control systems
Even 20 minutes of crawling through rush hour traffic didn’t require me to do anything other than press go if we came to full stop. I just enjoyed the music which sounds great
3.8 m/kWh at 6-8 DegC points to well over 4 being easily achievable in summer.
Car needs a wash now
#roadtrip #BEV #EV
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Day 2 was a short hop down to near Gatwick to my mum’s storage unit to check on some stuff with my uncle
Then the long drive back home
I hate the M1 so went Dartford Tunnel and M11. Lucky as the M1 closed for a police incident and I’d have been caught up in the congestion.
Stansted Services had no chargers free so I diverted to Sainsbury’s Smart Charge in Huntingdon where I stayed for 50 minutes to get back to 80% and more than enough charge to get home I hoped.
[#]roadtrip #e_Niro #BEV #EV
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Second stop was to stay at Ramada by Wyndham at Cobham Services £35 and a Pizza Express next door
I charged the car back to 80% as I checked in and threw by bags on my lovely room before I ate. Ionity was more or less tap phone to pay too, once I’d worked out where to tap. Ie the low level out of eye line car reader not the big tap here to pay icon up by the big screen 🤷♂️
3.5 m/kWh at 3 DegC with cruise set at real 62 mph seems pretty good to me.
[#]roadtrip #e_Niro #BEV #EV
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Made the first charge stop just before the store closed so I had time to go in for wee stop and buy a cof bottles of beer for later 🥳
Set Cruse at real 62 mph and lost range over the car’s estimate (expected as it doesn’t usually do motorway blasts) but comfortably beat ABRP’s wild guess 🤣
Plug-in-&-tap-phone-to-pay worked first time. I’m b lining for Smart Charge charging whenever I can.
I’ll let the car get to 80% before I set off as I’m in no rush 👍
#roadtrip #e_Niro #BEV #EV
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Propper #roadtrip not #Roadtrek tomorrow and Monday as I’m doing my first long trip in the #e_Niro #BEV #EV because it too cold to go in the #CamperVan
I was gonna wash car the before I left but it is too cold for that too 🥶
I’m gonna seek out as many Sainsbury’s Smart Charge chargers as possible as they are the only ones I’ve had 100% luck with so far.
Wish me luck 🤞🤣
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I got a notification that the Qashqai had passed its MOT a couple of days back. It is already at a dealer the other end of the country. It’s up for double the price WBAC paid for it. Good luck to ‘em.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202412197424616
#e_Niro #SoulEV #EV
[#]weirdautos #weirdcarmastodon
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RYCy is home safe!
Absolutely loved the hellish 40mph average speed cam roadworks on dual carriageway with the fancy follow the car in front and stay in lane cruise and lane guidance.
Hated the 2 hours lost trying to find how to reset the fackinn’ thing back to MPH as someone reset it to KPH after the test drive 🤬
It’s only easy or possible when you know it’s 4 levels deep in the SatNav Settings menu wtaf?
[#]e_Niro #Bev #EV
[#]weirdautos #weirdcarmastodon
[#]Kia
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New to me car collection day has arrived.
We had horrendous rain last night and a storm is expected tomorrow but the sun is out at the moment ☀️
First the dogs are going to the vets for their monthly arthritis jabs.
Wish us all luck 😉🤞
#e_Niro #e_Niro #SoulEV #e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Typically the washing machine had decided to terminally expire in a cold puddle of leaky-ness right between signing up for the ‘new’ car and paying the balance 💦😢
Local second hand appliance place has the one that matches the dryer with 18 month warranty for £150 … so that’s a quick fix for that problem and they are delivering today 👍
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Good bye Qashqai 👋
It has been sold to WeBuyAnyCar.Com
Such an easy way to sell and I got what I needed (it didn’t owe me any money), so now it’s all systems go with the #e_Niro purchase 👍
[#]e_Niro #SoulEV #e_Niro #e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Test drive done and deposit left RYC the #e_Niro will be mine 🥳
… just as soon as I can get shot of the Qashqai. Hopefully one of the local traders or national buy your car places will come up with a reasonable price as the dealer wouldn’t even make an offer 🤷♂️🤞
At least the dealer experience was sooo much nicer than Daughter had with THAT car supermarket in Leeds.
#SoulEV #e_Niro #e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Update
We had a good discussion and have come the the conclusion we can’t part with the #SoulEV it’s just too quirky and fun. I can’t believe how attached we are to it after 14 months.
But we now have enough in the car kitty to trade the Qashqai for an #e_Niro … unless the MD (wife) changes her mind about things before I do a deal 😂
#e_Niro #SoulEV #EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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We went to have a good look at the #e_Niro today and we loved its practicality and features. And it looks quite nice in dark blue in a grown up respectable kinda way. But it’s just so dull after the #SoulEV especially on the inside.
So we have lots of thinking, number crunching and Soul, or E_Nero, searching to do 🤔
#EV #weirdautos #SoulEV #weirdcarmastodon #Kia
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Ok #EV #weirdautos peeps, recommendations please.
We don’t think we need 3 vehicles and we are thinking of keeping the #Roadtek #CamperVan and chopping in the #SoulEV and Qashqai.
Absolutely top budget is £20k so 4+ top spec 30k mile late e-Nero seem the obvious target and we are going to look at one tomorrow hopefully.🤞
Unfortunately X-Power MG4 are still just out of budget (and too big and wide IMO) but is there anything more fun or #weirdcarmastodon that we should consider?
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Me yesterday
Trying to set up “smart” thermostats in shed and van for frost protection using routines 🤣
https://mastodon.online/@jcmacomber/113556423637014240
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Lady couldn’t be bothered to return her trolley And the rest of the car park is pretty much empty. So she put it right in front of the #SoulEV blocking me in while I was sat in the car with the dogs.
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Yeah 👍 https://mastodon.ie/@cianhan/113543935187133489
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