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ShockDiamonds wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:05 pm Not news I know, but the Panamera is going quite a bit further on battery alone, now that the weather is warmer. My morning commute is 19 miles. A40 dual carriageway then country roads and through villages. During the winter, the engine would activate towards the end of the dual carriageway bit, then go on and off at various times through the villages until reaching the office, normally with a flat hybrid battery. I'd do around 14 miles I guess, if driving at moderate speed (60 down the A40 and no more than 70), before the engine came on.

Now though, I'm getting to the villages with the battery still on 20%. This means I roll through them without the engine running (because even though 20% is normally the point at which the engine spins up, it only does that if it thinks it's going to need to use the engine soon). So I'm doing perhaps another 3 or 4 miles just because the weather is warmer. This also means I'm arriving at the office with an engine which has just started, so there's no heat in it, but which I immediately them switch off. Porsche insist this is fine for the car but longer term I'd have thought it wasn't.

Anyhoo, interesting to me anyway

Marv wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:37 pm

ShockDiamonds wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:05 pm Not news I know, but the Panamera is going quite a bit further on battery alone, now that the weather is warmer. My morning commute is 19 miles. A40 dual carriageway then country roads and through villages. During the winter, the engine would activate towards the end of the dual carriageway bit, then go on and off at various times through the villages until reaching the office, normally with a flat hybrid battery. I'd do around 14 miles I guess, if driving at moderate speed (60 down the A40 and no more than 70), before the engine came on.

Now though, I'm getting to the villages with the battery still on 20%. This means I roll through them without the engine running (because even though 20% is normally the point at which the engine spins up, it only does that if it thinks it's going to need to use the engine soon). So I'm doing perhaps another 3 or 4 miles just because the weather is warmer. This also means I'm arriving at the office with an engine which has just started, so there's no heat in it, but which I immediately them switch off. Porsche insist this is fine for the car but longer term I'd have thought it wasn't.

Anyhoo, interesting to me anyway

Can you not choose when to switch to battery then Mark?

I know some other hybrids allow you to choose when to switch to battery, so when you get to town/city, you can switch your dirty IC engine off and switch to battery power. Won't somebody please think of the children?

mik wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:52 pm The thrill of whirring

GG. wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:06 am

mik wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:52 pm The thrill of whirring

Zzzzzzz

Seriously this is some dull shit. What’s the point of buying something with (faux) sporty credentials to use it like an electrical appliance?

I genuinely (as a dyed in the wool Porsche fanatic) cannot see why you’d buy some hybrid VW engined saloon over say an M5 and to hell with the MPG. If you’re obsessed with penny pinching then switch back to a 520d, no?

I just don’t get the point of them.

GG. wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:06 am Seriously this is some dull shit. What’s the point of buying something with (faux) sporty credentials to use it like an electrical appliance?

integrale_evo wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:15 am The thrill of spending eleventy billion pounds on a new car to save a few quid on petrol and pretend you're saving the planet

PreacherCain wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:14 pm

integrale_evo wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:15 am The thrill of spending eleventy billion pounds on a new car to save a few quid on petrol and pretend you're saving the planet

Fuck the polar bears.

But the low BIK tax is very pleasing.

simon_g wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:47 am

GG. wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:06 am Seriously this is some dull shit. What’s the point of buying something with (faux) sporty credentials to use it like an electrical appliance?

Because most driving is dull shit, and these sorts of cars are very good at that stuff. And if they hasten the death of diesels that can only be a good thing.

Anyway, with that sort of journey I'd be letting the petrol engine run as soon as I got on the dual carriageway - past 50mph the battery usage is heavy and the petrol engine fairly efficient. Plus if you need cabin heat it's better to warm some coolant to do it than use the battery to run an electric heater. If you're not charging at work, better to arrive with some battery left to use on the way home than to drain it and need to start the engine straight away on the trip home.

ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:58 pm

simon_g wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:47 am

GG. wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:06 am Seriously this is some dull shit. What’s the point of buying something with (faux) sporty credentials to use it like an electrical appliance?

Because most driving is dull shit, and these sorts of cars are very good at that stuff. And if they hasten the death of diesels that can only be a good thing.

Anyway, with that sort of journey I'd be letting the petrol engine run as soon as I got on the dual carriageway - past 50mph the battery usage is heavy and the petrol engine fairly efficient. Plus if you need cabin heat it's better to warm some coolant to do it than use the battery to run an electric heater. If you're not charging at work, better to arrive with some battery left to use on the way home than to drain it and need to start the engine straight away on the trip home.

May have a point there. Will try this tomorrow.