Dusz
Well-known member
Well today was the last with my PHEV as it was collected and returned to the lease company that my company uses. I had wished to purchase it but it was overpriced. The woman picking it up indicated that it would most probably go to auction and realise £6000 less than what they were offering it to me for. If they had offered it to me at the price I had indicated which was still in their favour, it would have been win-win now it is lose-lose.
Things I will miss and how I will adapt now I have to rely on my 2005 Nissan X-Trail 2.2 Sport (!) diesel.
Speed limiter - found this very useful especially where there are averaging speed cameras. Will use a GPS speed app and watch my right foot.
Ability to preheat the car and defrost it on icy mornings - will have to break out the scraper.
Using the regen paddles to minimise the use of the foot brake - use of the PHEV has improved yet further my anticipation techniques.
Auto lights - turn them on manually as and when required.
Auto wipers - turn them on manually as and when required.
Heated seats - have fitted aftermarket heated seat covers.
DAB radio - have bought a Nextbase DAB+ adapter that plugs into the auxiliary socket on my radio. Means there are a few extra cables but it works OK.
What I will not miss.
Driving to work in winter and not using the heating to prevent the engine starting and maximise range. Even on a longer run I would be careful with the use of aircon to try to reduce fuel consumption. Am I the only one to do this? With a diesel car with manual aircon, whilst it will take approximately half my commute to heat up I then have warmth.
So it's goodbye to PHEV. Would I have another, quite possibly yes, maybe even a BEV one day. But for now it will be back to a wholly combustion engine car.
Thanks for all the advice over the last four years.
Things I will miss and how I will adapt now I have to rely on my 2005 Nissan X-Trail 2.2 Sport (!) diesel.
Speed limiter - found this very useful especially where there are averaging speed cameras. Will use a GPS speed app and watch my right foot.
Ability to preheat the car and defrost it on icy mornings - will have to break out the scraper.
Using the regen paddles to minimise the use of the foot brake - use of the PHEV has improved yet further my anticipation techniques.
Auto lights - turn them on manually as and when required.
Auto wipers - turn them on manually as and when required.
Heated seats - have fitted aftermarket heated seat covers.
DAB radio - have bought a Nextbase DAB+ adapter that plugs into the auxiliary socket on my radio. Means there are a few extra cables but it works OK.
What I will not miss.
Driving to work in winter and not using the heating to prevent the engine starting and maximise range. Even on a longer run I would be careful with the use of aircon to try to reduce fuel consumption. Am I the only one to do this? With a diesel car with manual aircon, whilst it will take approximately half my commute to heat up I then have warmth.
So it's goodbye to PHEV. Would I have another, quite possibly yes, maybe even a BEV one day. But for now it will be back to a wholly combustion engine car.
Thanks for all the advice over the last four years.
The wife doesn't like getting a lift from me anymore as I refuse to put the heating on and I even have to drive with the window down a little to prevent the windscreen from misting up, for a little bit!! :lol: 