The Crossflow was Henrys best. I had one in my narrow body Westfield, lovely engine.
Yes, it has been powering Formula Ford cars for over 1/2 a century now
The previous X3 BMW had approx £1400 pa more fuel and VED costs.
Good to hear.The BMW i3 continues to show more efficiency as the warm weather continues with my average mi/kWh now up to 5.3.
But better than that, it seems I now have both a house and a vehicle which are energy cost zero!
In the few years we have had the house we have learned to 'drive' it more effectively mostly by timing when we do energy intensive tasks and generally cutting down on energy usage. Air fryers and 'crowaves now do the majority of our cooking. The dish washer usage is down to about once a week and the tumble dryer largely redundant now we have a drying rack above the heat store. We don't have gas here but the difference between the electricity we sell to the grid and the amount we use covers the modest fuel oil bill.
With the arrival of the i3 our electicity usage has increased an average of just 12% by doing vast majority of car charging whilst the sun is shining and we have surplus solar energy. I tend to leave the car plugged-in in the garage and just tap the phone app when I see defined shadows outside. Simples!
Last month I changed to a new lower rate energy tariff with Scottish Power which means I'm now paying the same monthly amount for electricity as I did last year.
So now both the house and the BMW have zero energy running costs.
I'm not a real zealous 'green' person but I do enjoy the cost saving and given I have spent a large proportion of my life rushing around the globe to make cars rush around in circles, I feel I am at least doing a little to offset my previously large carbon footprint. Some years in the 80's and 90's I was spending over 2 weeks of my year above 35,000 feet
Now looking for ways to achieve that with the Macan.....a much more difficult one!
Other than the fact that the new Q6 E-ton and the new Macan share a platform, not really. I suspect I will be keeping a foot in both EV and ICE camps for the time being. One reason is that whilst the house has surplus energy to power one small EV, but not two. I'd end up paying fuel bills for the next one!
....and no!...a JCB Fastrac will not fit in the garage!
Fair point.Other than the fact that the new Q6 E-ton and the new Macan share a platform, not really. I suspect I will be keeping a foot in both EV and ICE camps for the time being. One reason is that whilst the house has surplus energy to power one small EV, but not two. I'd end up paying fuel bills for the next one!
The Macan is fine at the moment, but just suppose you had project managed Bentley's only Le Mans win in the past 90 years and engineered the current diesel landspeed record, where might one's thoughts be headed to celebrate that?
Very good......but at least you will be able to start paying VED for ir in a few months!!.....thats something to look forward to!!The BMW i3 continues to show more efficiency as the warm weather continues with my average mi/kWh now up to 5.3.
But better than that, it seems I now have both a house and a vehicle which are energy cost zero!
In the few years we have had the house we have learned to 'drive' it more effectively mostly by timing when we do energy intensive tasks and generally cutting down on energy usage. Air fryers and 'crowaves now do the majority of our cooking. The dish washer usage is down to about once a week and the tumble dryer largely redundant now we have a drying rack above the heat store. We don't have gas here but the difference between the electricity we sell to the grid and the amount we use covers the modest fuel oil bill.
With the arrival of the i3 our electicity usage has increased an average of just 12% by doing vast majority of car charging whilst the sun is shining and we have surplus solar energy. I tend to leave the car plugged-in in the garage and just tap the phone app when I see defined shadows outside. Simples!
Last month I changed to a new lower rate energy tariff with Scottish Power which means I'm now paying the same monthly amount for electricity as I did last year.
So now both the house and the BMW have zero energy running costs.
I'm not a real zealous 'green' person but I do enjoy the cost saving and given I have spent a large proportion of my life rushing around the globe to make cars rush around in circles, I feel I am at least doing a little to offset my previously large carbon footprint. Some years in the 80's and 90's I was spending over 2 weeks of my year above 35,000 feet
Now looking for ways to achieve that with the Macan.....a much more difficult one!
Any thoughts on potential contenders which meet all of those criteria ?
I'm going to narrow it down even further by hoping the car will celebrate my work at Le Mans with Bentley and getting the diesel land speed record!
Green would be more Le Mans coloured, but it's still not a Le Mans 10th anniversary edition, unlike my Conti suggestion
That looks nice
