Recent content by untruenorth

Blast. Going to have to delete some options, then, to keep costs in check. Probably the driving ass. pack (as I hear it's scurrilously named in dealer-land).

Annoyingly, my initial Google search suggested 20, though I see reviews quoting both 19 and 20 (now I've more time to look), but I can find nothing on MBUK. If only we could spec the cars without the sodding sunroof!

A put a deposit down a few weeks back on an almost-fully-specced 350e estate. My dealer's just phoned to say that the grant has just been withdrawn on any variants that tip over the 50g/km emissions threshold. Obviously, that includes estates on 18" wheels as a consequence of Premium(Plus)...

My electricity will be semi-free, but it's a fair point. However, since I'm only getting around 17mpg at the moment (on the basis that I've never met a 55mpg ICE car I wanted to drive, and "oh, look, a V10!") I'll still be quids in fuel-wise, and being considerably nicer to Cambridge with it...

There are other reasons. 95% of my journeys are from just outside Cambridge, into Cambridge. I can charge at work, and there are places to charge in town. I'm anticipating buying much less fuel than I do now. Patterns of use have a lot to do with reasons to buy cars of this sort, as do...