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Whether it is the ratio of distance or time seems fairly immaterial to me - my point is that you could take delivery of a brand new PHEV, never connect it to an external charger and a year later it will be telling you that you have driven 30% on EV. That is misleading as far as I'm concerned -...

According to my documentation, it's 12,000 miles (actually 12,500 miles, I think). There has been a thread running recently where some of the new American PHEV owners have been suggesting that the oil change interval should be more frequent given the pattern of engine running in a PHEV which...

I think that the EV ratio display on the PHEV is misleading - I've said so before here. It is simply the ratio of the distance that the vehicle has moved with the petrol engine stopped to the distance that it has moved with the petrol engine running - irrespective of the source of the...

I get through at least one tank per week, so not a problem here either!

Well, admittedly, my days of getting up early are done - I'm self employed now and work from home, so I seldom see 8am! :lol:

Mmmm, good, isn't it? Our 4.5 litre turbo charged Landcruiser is also sub-£300! We are nursing that car along - hope it will outlast me!

Ah, the far north! I don't think we have gone below 7C yet - was about 10 this morning.

I drive in Cruise Control almost all the time and that does not permit B0.....

Where are all you guys??? It has not been cold enough in Southern England to need seat heating at all this year! I don't think I've seen even light frost on the windscreen yet and I'm still going out in a lightweight gilet.

The only time I touch the paddles is when descending a steep hill! Otherwise, the car is in "D" or "P" all the time. The fuel saving seems to be minimal and the potential to damage the battery even faster than it is damaging itself is too great to justify using regen.

As we've already recognised, there is a big difference between the economics of a new PHEV and a nearly new PHEV given the high level of depreciation. I guess the issue that may arise is that with the government incentives disappearing, there will be fewer and fewer new PHEVs purchased and that...

As elm70 explains, the PHEV will not permit B settings below B2 while in cruise control - because it would not have the ability to decelerate adequately. It will permit settings between B3 and B5 - and the selected setting dictates the maximum deceleration that it can apply to slow the car while...

I drive on cruise control most of the time (not much urban driving) - so the car is in control and sets the throttle as it sees best. It is worth noting that (at least for cars that don't have adaptive cruise control), the B setting determines the maximum amount of deceleration that will ever be...

I would tend to agree in general - the B setting primarily determines what degree of regeneration is turned on when you take your feet away from the pedals. I do suspect that it can also impact on the maximum amount of regeneration that is applied. The reason is that the brake pedal is a...

I guess I was looking at it from the point of view of the purchase of a new car - it is true that the PHEV holds its value rather badly and a second-hand model two or three years old may be a more attractive proposition. In fact the rather fast depreciation was another attraction for us - we...

Following on from the thread discussing fuel aging, I would be cautious about putting in anything that contains more bioethanol than is strictly required by law. There is a growing problem called "diesel bug" that affects diesel engines which don't have a fairly rapid turnover of fuel and is...

Fuel certainly does age - I think the extent to which you notice it depends on the type of device that you are burning it in. It is a big problem for boat outboards - we face it every spring. As petrol ages, some of the heavier fractions in the fuel tend to separate out and become sticky...

You've missed the obvious answer - the battery pack is a Tax Reduction Device. :twisted:

Speaking as a PHEV owner, I maintain that in the absence of some very significant tax incentives the car does not make sense for the majority of people. Its EV range is so short that you will only really save on running costs if your usage is almost exclusively short distance urban commutes - in...

I certainly don't mind - it is a topic that is close to my heart. I've holding back because this thread - which should be of interest to all of us - was in danger of descending into abuse - let's try to keep it reasonably civil, all! It's no secret that my approach to the PHEV has always been...