About to order a GT Line ZE50 as my first EV - but only 99% sure I’m making the right decision.
My commute is an 80 mile round trip each day, so I need an EV with a decent winter range - and even though it looks like I will no longer be doing that 5 days a week, thanks to the lockdown discovery that staff working from home is cheaper for my my employer, the Zoe looks to be the only affordable option.
So, coming from a 2.2L diesel Honda Civic am I likely to be disappointed? I know the top speed is a bit limited but on a couple of test drives it felt pretty nippy. It’s not really the manliest of cars either - the boy racer me of 30 years ago would have been horrified at the thought! (even the Civic would have seemed a bit “old man”)
How big an issue is the app? Is a car sitting in a compound now awaiting a buyer likely to have been built after June 1st and thus unaffected by the pre conditionimg issue?
And how long does it take to get a charger installed? I don’t want to end up with a car sitting on my driveway that’s going to cost me £15+ to charge up at the only nearby public charger.
And lastly, I presume I should wave away the salesmans’s offers of gap insurance, paint and wheel maintenance and protective coating stuff?
Thanks in advance for any advice, or indeed sniggers at the naive EV newbie
My commute is an 80 mile round trip each day, so I need an EV with a decent winter range - and even though it looks like I will no longer be doing that 5 days a week, thanks to the lockdown discovery that staff working from home is cheaper for my my employer, the Zoe looks to be the only affordable option.
So, coming from a 2.2L diesel Honda Civic am I likely to be disappointed? I know the top speed is a bit limited but on a couple of test drives it felt pretty nippy. It’s not really the manliest of cars either - the boy racer me of 30 years ago would have been horrified at the thought! (even the Civic would have seemed a bit “old man”)
How big an issue is the app? Is a car sitting in a compound now awaiting a buyer likely to have been built after June 1st and thus unaffected by the pre conditionimg issue?
And how long does it take to get a charger installed? I don’t want to end up with a car sitting on my driveway that’s going to cost me £15+ to charge up at the only nearby public charger.
And lastly, I presume I should wave away the salesmans’s offers of gap insurance, paint and wheel maintenance and protective coating stuff?
Thanks in advance for any advice, or indeed sniggers at the naive EV newbie