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My husband who is an electrician, installed an external socket on our 2011 Swift van. We plug in overnight and charge up FOC! Makes up for the lower mpg getting to the site with the van behind. Never yet had a problem with tripping the electrics.

You are right Anko, it still reduces, just not as fast as if you didn't have it in charge mode. It is definitely one of the trade offs in having a PHEV to tow with rather than the diesel outlander, but we only tow about 8 or 10 times a year with the caravan so are happy with it for those trips...

Hi Anko. We have a Swift Charisma 550 and are about up to the 1500 kg max once loaded and ready to go. Without charge the battery drains even if in save mode so using charge is the best way we have found. Mpg is anywhere from 22 - 25 all depending on which way the wind is blowing! We had a...

Hi there, we tow our caravan with our PHEV, and don't have a any problems. Yes,you don't get the mpg as you would from a diesel outlander and you do have to plan your trips with a little more thought but overall we wouldn't swap back to the diesel outlander. As mentioned there are trade offs...

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Thank you! That makes sense, as thinking about it, it has happened just before a couple of sharpish bends. It is quite a soft noise, so will probably leave it enabled to keep me informed my foot may be slightly heavy!

Not sure if I am going mad, but every so often I hear a soft "bong" noise as I am driving along, similar to the seatbelt undo/fasten noise on an aircraft. Does anyone have any idea what it could be please? Thanks in advance!