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Why didn't you have the charge point on an outside wall? It's so easy to plug in when you get home rather than faffing about with padlocks etc.

Hello everyone, I have the free bt charging point installed at home and all well and good it is. I do have one small issue, I want to be able to charge at work (my own shop) and so I need to set up a charging point. The benefit being any power I use at work I can claim the vat back on, and...

Generally pretty happy, but I find the time for the macs to boot up unacceptable. In the morning when I get in ready to drive off I want to know what the time is. Mmcs is still voting up. I'm reversing off the drive, want to check distances using the guides....Myers you guessed it, mmcs is...

I pay £366 plus vat for my business lease Gx4h in metallic. This includes the service pack, but not tyres. Contract is 6+30 with what is called a 'terminal pause', ie we don't pay anything in the last 6 months of using the car so I'll have had it for 3 years in total. I thought this was a good...

Can't remember where but I do recall reading that new cars include pre reg as well as first owner cars, provided that car only has delivery miles on when you buy it.

I too am a bit disappointed with the wifi range. If I'm in bed upstairs and want to put the heater on I can't connect. In fact I have to go downstairs and stand by the window to get a usable connection. I might just as well go outside and switch on the car! Still, there's still more to like...

Are you using air on because I get about the same range with air on on and about 26 to 28 with the aircon off.

In terms of avoiding the bik charge, there is no change to my previous regime of low salary through payroll and the remainder of my remuneration paid as dividends. Yes of course you pay tax on dividends but it's a lot less than higher rate paye tax. All very standard stuff for small business...

Even at £2k, that's a lot of miles you'd have to cover before it became economically viable to replace an 80% effective battery. Remember that the car will still work, just that the ice will kick in sooner and use more petrol. I'm sure someone far cleverer than me can do the maths to...

Was opening up the shop yesterday morning and spotted my first one wafting by! Same colour as mine, couldn't tell the spec but clearly a man of taste and distinction! A59 in penwortham heading into Preston. Might be some competition for the charging bays in the local multi story now! Andy

Well if that's what you've got to do then I'm having second thoughts about going!

I'm going on a long trip at the weekend which is beyond the ev range of my car. Can anyone remind me where the petrol station is? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Andy

I did a lot of internet research as part of the 'research' phase of buying my car. I looked at the options on offer from the different manufacturers on my short list. Specific information was from the mitsubishi website which then directed me towards British gas and the chargemaster site. I...

2.0 Petrol mondeo Zetec. 58 reg, only cost me £6k to buy from local dealer. I don't do many miles so thought the 28mpg wouldn't be a problem, which to be fair it wasn't. Seduced by yet technology though and the ability to put it though the companies books. We also have a vw diesel Touran for...

The only other brand new car I ever bought myself (apart from company cars when I worked for a big company) was a 520d bmw in 2007. It was a very efficient yet reasonably powerful large car for its time and I have to say that the quality of the materials used in it and the fit and finish we're...

Only other one I've seen (apart from the demonstrator at the dealer) was in the car park at centerparcs in Belgium last month. Got my car the day before we went! Didn't see the owner though so no euro pleasantries could be exchanged!

I run the phev through my limited companies books too. For simplicity I've just assumed 50% of monthly lease vat is claimable and of course all of the lease payments are 100% allowable against year end corporation tax bill. As I only pay myself a small salary to keep below the income tax and NI...

I've not driven a 3, and I was initially going to go with that, but the lure of the extra goodies got to me and the wife said I'd be kicking myself if I didn't so I splashed out the extra for a 4h with no options. To be honest, I now think I'd have been better with a 3 and reversing beepers...

If you assume that no one is charging at home that's true, but as most people, most days won't need to use public charging then who knows the gross area required might actually decrease.