Wasn’t actively looking as such but recently stumbled upon a car for sale that I liked the look of and picked it up at the weekend 
Very niche model that certainly won’t appeal to most I am sure, but is absolutely perfect for its intended use - local trips in and around town, charging at home. Fully braced for the disapproval and ridicule of the collective here..
Drove it back from Swindon, around a 70 mile trip - very smooth, comfortable, quiet, zippy and packed with tech for the type of car/model
Yes I had a bit of ‘range anxiety’ when I first collected it - wasn’t quite fully charged so took it easy mostly 60-70mph on the motorway but a couple of bursts here and there passing stuff and it’s more than capable - spec reckons 177bhp/251lbft torque, 0-62mph 7.9 which is fine for a town car. Supposed to be able to do 124 miles on a full charge, which seems as though 90 is more realistic. Winter time with cold weather and/or motorway speeds are not the optimum conditions for this sort of car. I was only getting 3ish miles per kWh, which isn’t great - I think at lower speeds/milder weather would be a little better than that.
When I was nearly home with 25/30 miles still showing on the range I was far more relaxed. I have other cars for longer journeys and wouldn’t pick this for trips such as that but I’m quite satisfied that it’s fine for a motorway trip of this sort of distance without needing to charge. Plenty of places I could have stopped if needed but it’s not a quick charging vehicle so doesn’t have the flexibility of a Tesla for example.
The car itself is 8 years old but is as new, inside and out. Not a hint of dirt anywhere and not even a fingerprint to be found. 2k miles from new, one owner, garaged its whole life.
Very well specced for this type of car with heated electric memory seats, ‘Sport Premium’ spec whatever that is with comfort suspension, reversing camera, nav, Apple CarPlay (cabled version I think - but it is a 2016 car I guess), driving assistance pack (blind spot assist, lane keeping etc). Very similar interior wise/switchgear to my GL so a familiar place to be and very easy to live with
Feel a bit guilty as it’ll be used all year round now and will never look as nice as this again (weather has been rubbish recently) but in my opinion was excellent value for money and with free road tax and charging at home (probably plug in a every couple of days - no hassle for me) I’m hopeful that it’ll serve its intended purpose well for a while - and maybe I’ll upgrade to something more exciting in a year or two.
Interestingly it was a joint venture between MB and Tesla - this has Tesla drive motor and batteries apparently. I did read up on this but I’m hopeful with just 2k miles it should be hassle free for a while, and I have a 3 year warranty on it too.
Very niche model that certainly won’t appeal to most I am sure, but is absolutely perfect for its intended use - local trips in and around town, charging at home. Fully braced for the disapproval and ridicule of the collective here..
Drove it back from Swindon, around a 70 mile trip - very smooth, comfortable, quiet, zippy and packed with tech for the type of car/model
Yes I had a bit of ‘range anxiety’ when I first collected it - wasn’t quite fully charged so took it easy mostly 60-70mph on the motorway but a couple of bursts here and there passing stuff and it’s more than capable - spec reckons 177bhp/251lbft torque, 0-62mph 7.9 which is fine for a town car. Supposed to be able to do 124 miles on a full charge, which seems as though 90 is more realistic. Winter time with cold weather and/or motorway speeds are not the optimum conditions for this sort of car. I was only getting 3ish miles per kWh, which isn’t great - I think at lower speeds/milder weather would be a little better than that.
When I was nearly home with 25/30 miles still showing on the range I was far more relaxed. I have other cars for longer journeys and wouldn’t pick this for trips such as that but I’m quite satisfied that it’s fine for a motorway trip of this sort of distance without needing to charge. Plenty of places I could have stopped if needed but it’s not a quick charging vehicle so doesn’t have the flexibility of a Tesla for example.
The car itself is 8 years old but is as new, inside and out. Not a hint of dirt anywhere and not even a fingerprint to be found. 2k miles from new, one owner, garaged its whole life.
Very well specced for this type of car with heated electric memory seats, ‘Sport Premium’ spec whatever that is with comfort suspension, reversing camera, nav, Apple CarPlay (cabled version I think - but it is a 2016 car I guess), driving assistance pack (blind spot assist, lane keeping etc). Very similar interior wise/switchgear to my GL so a familiar place to be and very easy to live with
Feel a bit guilty as it’ll be used all year round now and will never look as nice as this again (weather has been rubbish recently) but in my opinion was excellent value for money and with free road tax and charging at home (probably plug in a every couple of days - no hassle for me) I’m hopeful that it’ll serve its intended purpose well for a while - and maybe I’ll upgrade to something more exciting in a year or two.
Interestingly it was a joint venture between MB and Tesla - this has Tesla drive motor and batteries apparently. I did read up on this but I’m hopeful with just 2k miles it should be hassle free for a while, and I have a 3 year warranty on it too.
