Hybrid car drivers of Urban - advice please

[Zapp Brannigan]

Re chargers, I got an electrician in to put a weatherproof outdoor socket. My car can happily charge off a normal 13 amp socket. It cost me £100, was done same day, and took only about two hours.

Before spending a lot of money on a special charger check that the car needs one. They can be very expensive to put in.

That's good to know. Had a look and it's about £900 for a 5kw/h, whereas a good friend is a sparky so works for cost and beer

 

[dessiato]

That's good to know. Had a look and it's about £900 for a 5kw/h, whereas a good friend is a sparky so works for cost and beer

Talk to him. A friend of mine with a PHEV was quote about £1k but an electrician put in an outside socket, like mine, but he's got a timer to take advantage of overnight cheap power. Cost about £200

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Well, test drives done. The Skoda was the lowest mileage and the cheapest, but preferred how it looked and felt compared to the Passat, so an easy winner between the 2. Decided that the Merc was just that little bit too expensive too.

So of course we've done the sensible thing, walking away to give ourselves 24 hours to mull over such a big financial decision... Oh who am I kidding, I just drove home in a lovely Skoda Superb