New Year, old thread resurrection!
I suspect Arianne has moved on, but obviously I’m curious to hear what he is driving in today: if you are about, do drop in and tell us, I miss the thread updates!
As for me: extended the warranty and still cruising happily in Stormy....still super comfy, still loving it!
However, we are changing one car this year....
We finally decided we no longer need two big cars, & since the “family SMax” is even older, we’re leaping into the future of electric vehicles with an order placed in October for the very capable Hyundai Kona EV, a baby brother for Stormy
It appears to have a reliable 250+ mile range from it’s 64kW battery, zippy performance, heated/cooled seats and steering wheel, techie heaven with adaptive cruise and lane keeping to make for relaxed driving: most reviews suggest it looks like a leap forward (but without the Tesla price tag!).
Few dealers have any to see, but a friendly SpeakEV forum owner dropped past and gave me a decent run in it: fella has over 15,000 miles on it since September (!) & absolutely loves it. His fourth EV, and first with zero issues to date, so promising!
https://youtu.be/rsmejiWvRPk is a decent review, but there are lots on YouTube.
For properly long journeys, we still have Stormy (off en famille skiing in March again!), but I suspect that within a year, most of our motoring will be in Sparky....yes, not a mass of space in the back or boot, but with ‘the kids’ finding their way in the world, we have less need for it. Still has a higher seating position than a small car, think “mini-SUV”, which I like.
We have solar PV, and a Zappi chargepoint can divert energy not being used by the house to the car for properly free fuel. Okay, that won’t be a massive amount - about zero through winter! - but handy...plus I suspect all our charging should be possible on home tariffs: the UK charging infrastructure remains....a little fragmented, I would say. I look forward to not having to fill up at a petrol station again!
Massive waiting list....but we hope to get Sparky around the April-May timeframe....down from the original estimate of August, but still some way off.
Anyway: happy new year all, happy motoring! If anyone might be interested in a 2013 SMax in a few months, drop me a message before we part-ex it!