Rate this Mini Cooper please!

[glasgowcyclist]

Frequent short drives that don’t allow the engine to reach proper temperature are going to cause problems. That’s what wrecked the engine in my sister’s Honda.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Accrington, 8 miles there and back in one direction. Clitheroe 14 miles there and back in the opposite direction. Sometimes, but not that often Blackburn there and back which is 10 miles. I use my car almost every day of the year, though 40 percent of those days are very short joiurney days, doing about 1.75 miles a day. I don't use it on 40 percent of Sundays I'd say. On average, I do approximately 2,750 miles a year. 😉

OK, have a look here. Really, really good cars - we love ours:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...=ox279bn&sort=relevance&transmission=&flrfc=1

I know you haven't got home charging, but I do think you should look at an EV (this is a range extender, just for those long journeys), even if you use a public charger. And the lower tax rate under the new pay-per-mile tax, too!

 

[Accy cyclist]

OK, have a look here. Really, really good cars - we love ours:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...=ox279bn&sort=relevance&transmission=&flrfc=1

I know you haven't got home charging, but I do think you should look at an EV (this is a range extender, just for those long journeys), even if you use a public charger. And the lower tax rate under the new pay-per-mile tax, too!

Maybe it'd be too big for my parking 'skills' etc 🙄😬, and I reckon someone's going to say that BMW parts are quite expensive.😉

 

[Accy cyclist]

Frequent short drives that don’t allow the engine to reach proper temperature are going to cause problems. That’s what wrecked the engine in my sister’s Honda.

But on looking at the temperature gauge regularly as I'm driving, I notice its on approximately half after a few minutes. Which indicates my car's engine has warmed up to the maximum temperature, Id say.🤔

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Maybe it'd be too big for my parking 'skills' etc 🙄😬, and I reckon someone's going to say that BMW parts are quite expensive.😉

70mm longer than a Mini? I reckon you're man enough!

Very, very reliable - better to not break in the first place. If you went full EV (as opposed to ReX, then the most reliable format of all.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I always thought that short, stop, start journeys, like Post Office/courier delivery vans/vehicles endure was bad for engines, not short journeys where the car/vehicle hardly stops, apart from for traffic lights etc.🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

70mm longer than a Mini? I reckon you're man enough!

Very, very reliable - better to not break in the first place. If you went full EV (as opposed to ReX, then the most reliable format of all.

Ah, but when you say 'Mini'. Is that my idea of a Mini, as in the, apart from British Leyland Minis, the first BMW Mini series. Or the Minis that look more like mini buses these days, than the intended small, town and city cars that Minis were intended to be?😉

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Ah, but when you say 'Mini'. Is that my idea of a Mini, as in the, apart from British Leyland Minis, the first BMW Mini series. Or the Minis that look more like mini buses these days, than the intended small, town and city cars that Minis were intended to be?😉

I have no idea what you're talking about.

For your use case the i3 is approx 745.7x better than some of the old pony you're looking at - better quality, better to drive, more insulated from depreciation, and so the suggestion was a serious one, but given your objections I'll leave it there.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

For your use case the i3 is approx 745.7x better than some of the old pony you're looking at - better quality, better to drive, more insulated from depreciation, and so the suggestion was a serious one, but given your objections I'll leave it there.

There's one here, must be about 15/20 miles from me. Charging it would be a problem and I much prefer the smell of a petrol exhaust than the 'milk float' sound of an electric car! Each to their own, as they say! 😉👍

Used BMW i3 2015 for sale in Whittle Le Woods at Cazoo (76482313) https://share.google/7UMLz873RCDLT1jI4

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Try one. I'd be gobsmacked if you still maintain that preference. Charging is easy. 20 mins once a week or so on a fast charger for you.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Oh, just checked and it's only 11 miles away! Don't get me wrong, they look quite compact and 'trendy', but that electric car/vehicle thing....I don't know!!!🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

Try one. I'd be gobsmacked if you still maintain that preference. Charging is easy. 20 mins once a week or so on a fast charger for you.

How much would that charge up cost? Meaning would it be cheaper than, or comparable to 'four star'?😉

 

[Drago]

Overnight on an e car tarrif 300 mikes costs about £4. That'd get you maybe 35 or 40 miles in an economical ICE car.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Drago hasn't appreciated you're a public charger only. The charger at Collier Street is 66p per kwh. That'll take you about 4.5 miles or so in the i3, so about the same cost as an ice, but obviously if you can charge at somewhere like a Tesla station, then the cost comes down significantly. There's other cards, schemes etc that do the same, so that equal cost is worst case.

 

[Drago]

Public chargers!

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