[Glyndonian]

VAUXHALL AMPERA MY2012 BLACK 63,000 miles ESSEX AREA

After two years of ownership it’s time to sell. I’m currently getting 41 miles to a charge and I have increased the lifetime mileage to 101 miles from around 70 when I picked the car up. I have rectified a lot of things that the Ampera is known for or should have done. Brand new steering...

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[h8ten]

I've stuck it on the Ampera Owners club UK Facebook page. Good luck with the sale, anything new lined up?

 

[Glyndonian]

Buying a used e-golf. I did intend have a M3 on order but the pandemic happened and it doesn’t make financial sense now.
I love the Ampera but my wife doesn’t like driving it and I’ve not done enough long journeys over the two years to need the range extender, so can go full EV.

 

[Glyndonian]

PS thanks for posting on Facebook.

 

[Spiny]

@DomJ a forum Ampera has come up for sale.

 

[h8ten]

Buying a used e-golf. I did intend have a M3 on order but the pandemic happened and it doesn’t make financial sense now.
I love the Ampera but my wife doesn’t like driving it and I’ve not done enough long journeys over the two years to need the range extender, so can go full EV.

I stretched for the M3, thanks to an interest-free loan from the Energy Savings Trust in Scotland. The Ampera was a great stepping stone for me. When I bought mine the nearest public charger was 20 miles away and none near to my work that would have been viable. Latterly I was given permission to use one at a nearby Marriot hotel which helped my do 95% of my annual commute on electricity but without heating in the winter. My brother now has the Ampera and he can easily do his commute on electricity with heating and he has access to charging at his work so no issues. Hopefully, the Golf is as good as the Ampera but with more dealership support (then again hopefully you will not need it).

 

[Glyndonian]

I’ve always been able to do my 28 mile round trip on electricity alone all through the year.
The interest free loan is such a great scheme, I wish England would follow suit.

 

[GJO]

I wish England would follow suit.

In many ways!

 

[Russ]

@Glyndonian your car is looking very well presented and good to see the GOM capacity as 41 miles.
Have you been on a country roads trip recently to really push the range as I bet you can still reach 50 miles as I did before selling mine to prove to nay sayers that the battery was still giving an as new range.
Amazingly I covered a 50 mile EV only range over two months after garaging my car and without topping up the battery before the run. My Tesla M3 would have lost more than that from vampirical drain!

Mine went via Ebay. Didn't get much luck on Autotrader but did get interest from PistonHeads and even Gumtree.

Good luck as buyers are out there. Mine went to an Asian family in Luton and purchased for the wife who made the final decision to buy.

 

[Glyndonian]

Cheers @Russ I highly recommended the Meguiars ceramic spray wax.
You’re right, I could easily hit 50 miles on a B toad trip, I even got 11KW out of the battery yesterday!
Thanks for the selling advice, I’ve kept half an eye on forum members selling their cars.
eBay looks a good route, did you do an auction?

 

[Russ]

Regarding Ebay you use the classified sale choice and post the price you are looking for.

 

[Shedman]

@Glyndonian your car is looking very well presented and good to see the GOM capacity as 41 miles.
Have you been on a country roads trip recently to really push the range as I bet you can still reach 50 miles as I did before selling mine to prove to nay sayers that the battery was still giving an as new range.
Amazingly I covered a 50 mile EV only range over two months after garaging my car and without topping up the battery before the run. My Tesla M3 would have lost more than that from vampirical drain!

Mine went via Ebay. Didn't get much luck on Autotrader but did get interest from PistonHeads and even Gumtree.

Good luck as buyers are out there. Mine went to an Asian family in Luton and purchased for the wife who made the final decision to buy.

What is it about a B road that’s good for range Russ? I’ve not got more than 42.5m out of 10.3kwh this summer, after buying my Volt in winter, and have blamed the abundance of 50mph + B roads where I live for dragging the range down. I assumed those that got 50mpc we’re doing so in urban areas.

 

[Russ]

It's not too hard to reach the magic 50 miles to a charge. Air con turned off, nice sunny dry day and deserted roads allowing gentle driving. Check out the 50 mile + threads on the forum.

 

[HandyAndy]

I managed 50 without any special effort when on holiday on Isle of Wight. I think the secret is keep the top speed down, preferably below 60, and ideally 50 if you can. ( Have managed 60 in a super-slow trip, max top speed 40!). I wasn't having to do anything special to avoid regen, it was just a generally very gentle pace, like the pace of life over there.