When did you place the order? I ordered mine in Nov and have been advised beginning of May.
When did you place the order? I ordered mine in Nov and have been advised beginning of May.
Hi all
I have a charging question - just to see whether anyone has encountered any similar problems.....or whether it is just me being daft.
I am waiting for my rolec being fitted at home, so thought I would take myself off to the local service station where there is an ecotricity point as I recieved my card yesterday.
When I got to the chargepoint, it had a message on there about replacing the charge plug and validating in order to end the session. I couldn't work out how to remove that message so I just plugged the car in. The message changed, there was a noise from the plug at the car end as it locked into place, the charge point asked me to wave my card in front of the card reader, and then it told me that it was communicating with the car. I stupidly then walked off under the presumption that all was ok. I didn't check inside the car to see whether it was telling me anything etc etc.
When I went back, the charge point told me that it was waiting for some kind of acknowledgment from the car (I can't remember the wording exactly). I jumped into the car to see whether it was waiting for me to press enter or something.....no messages inside the car.
No increase in charge in the car at all. Nothing had happened.
I tried to unplug and reconnect but the silly charge point was then back on with its "hang up the plug and validate to end charging", and I couldn't get it past this point.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong and the instruction book that came with the car is next to useless.
Could someone with experience advise whether there is something I'm not doing that I should.....and/or give me an idiots guide to what I should be doing to use these point?
Many thanks in advance
I have a charging question - just to see whether anyone has encountered any similar problems.....or whether it is just me being daft.
I am waiting for my rolec being fitted at home, so thought I would take myself off to the local service station where there is an ecotricity point as I recieved my card yesterday.
When I got to the chargepoint, it had a message on there about replacing the charge plug and validating in order to end the session. I couldn't work out how to remove that message so I just plugged the car in. The message changed, there was a noise from the plug at the car end as it locked into place, the charge point asked me to wave my card in front of the card reader, and then it told me that it was communicating with the car. I stupidly then walked off under the presumption that all was ok. I didn't check inside the car to see whether it was telling me anything etc etc.
When I went back, the charge point told me that it was waiting for some kind of acknowledgment from the car (I can't remember the wording exactly). I jumped into the car to see whether it was waiting for me to press enter or something.....no messages inside the car.
No increase in charge in the car at all. Nothing had happened.
I tried to unplug and reconnect but the silly charge point was then back on with its "hang up the plug and validate to end charging", and I couldn't get it past this point.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong and the instruction book that came with the car is next to useless.
Could someone with experience advise whether there is something I'm not doing that I should.....and/or give me an idiots guide to what I should be doing to use these point?
Many thanks in advance
TheCorm
Active Member
Order was placed in last two weeks with Arval...they are using MB of Bristol as the dealer...I was expecting a June or July date which is why it feels the date is too good to be true!
Seems like the lead times are reducing from what I have heard from posters on here?
Anyway congrats and hope the wait isn't too painful
TheCorm
Active Member
A question from me.....are the latest run of c350e's coming without PLUG IN HYBRID stuck on the rear right quarter....I read an article that suggests this is the case?
no, it just says C350e on the left rear quarter as far as I know. I think the really early version before the mild facelift may have said plug in hybrid. Gone now though.
The first MY15 cars had this. MY16 have the new badge scheme.
(See the PDF in this thread for key details of changes.)
thanks
fields5069
Active Member
The only time I've charged at an Ecotricity point, the display cleared when I pressed a button on the OTHER side of the unit, i.e. it looked like it was related to the DC point on the other side. Then I waved my card BEFORE plugging the car in IIRC. It took ages to work out how to clear the display!
TheCorm
Active Member
TheCorm
Active Member
Seems like the lead times are reducing from what I have heard from posters on here?
Anyway congrats and hope the wait isn't too painful
Received the government forms for the grant from MB Oxford (who I think are some group covering Bristol) so when I sent them back I asked if 29th April was likely and they seemed to think it was! Perhaps the lead times are down to a normal for MB vehicles now...
C350e
Premium plus
Diamond silver, privacy glass.
Received mine two weeks ago, ordered 9 months ago. Happy with everything, Mpg not what I expected but I'll have to put up with that.
Anyone know how much approximately it costs to charge from a standard house plug.
(4 hr charge). Also what is the procedure to connect my Mercefes Connect. Do I contact my lease company (lease plan, through NHS fleet solutions) or main dealers?
Thanks
Willow336.
Premium plus
Diamond silver, privacy glass.
Received mine two weeks ago, ordered 9 months ago. Happy with everything, Mpg not what I expected but I'll have to put up with that.
Anyone know how much approximately it costs to charge from a standard house plug.
(4 hr charge). Also what is the procedure to connect my Mercefes Connect. Do I contact my lease company (lease plan, through NHS fleet solutions) or main dealers?
Thanks
Willow336.
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C350e
Premium plus
Diamond silver, privacy glass.
Received mine two weeks ago, ordered 9 months ago. Happy with everything, Mpg not what I expected but I'll have to put up with that.
Anyone know how much approximately it costs to charge from a standard house plug.
(4 hr charge). Also what is the procedure to connect my Mercefes Connect. Do I contact my lease company (lease plan, through NHS fleet solutions) or main dealers?
Thanks
Willow336.
C350e
Premium plus
Diamond silver, privacy glass.
Received mine two weeks ago, ordered 9 months ago. Happy with everything, Mpg not what I expected but I'll have to put up with that.
Anyone know how much approximately it costs to charge from a standard house plug.
(4 hr charge). Also what is the procedure to connect my Mercefes Connect. Do I contact my lease company (lease plan, through NHS fleet solutions) or main dealers?
Thanks
Willow336.
Pmg102
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I feel a phone call to the dealers coming on. Ordered mine through LeasePlan 2 weeks ago and been given a mid to late July date (Boston Mercedes).
I wouldn't mind too much, but it is costing £129 in increased tax for every month, and July means I can't get the government grant towards a charger fitted in February (has to be within 4 months)
Oh yes - and the fact that I WANT IT NOW :-D
I wouldn't mind too much, but it is costing £129 in increased tax for every month, and July means I can't get the government grant towards a charger fitted in February (has to be within 4 months)
Oh yes - and the fact that I WANT IT NOW :-D
I was ordering from MB Crawley 30/09/2015 and was told May 2016 ... phoned around and eventually ordered from via MB Oxford on 30/10/2015 and was told it would be with them 19/02/2016.
All going to plan (to my knowledge) as it goes into production on Monday and is still due to MB Oxford on 19/02/2016.
Worth phoning around a few dealers as clearly they have different priorities in the queue !
All going to plan (to my knowledge) as it goes into production on Monday and is still due to MB Oxford on 19/02/2016.
Worth phoning around a few dealers as clearly they have different priorities in the queue !
Mike the Merc
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- Mercedes C350e
If you want a quick delivery, you can have one by March, Mercedes Benz of Salisbury Wilts have a build slot. I was offered this car as I have just had to reject mine because of the faults. The dealer has run out of ideas as how to fix it and the lease company have given up. I have a cancelled order allotted to me for an April delivery. The fight now starts for a replacement vehicle until another one is delivered. I was seriously considering the new BMW 330e. This is out in April.. I don't think it has quite the same power and you need to add a lot of options to match the premium plus. They are a little cheaper and I was offered a superb lease price.
Mmmm...Benz
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- Mazda 6 Sport 2.2D
Simple maths. If it takes 4 hours to charge then you simply multiply whatever you pay per kilowatt hour by 4.
So I pay approx 11pence for 1 kwh so a 4 hour charge would be 44p.
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