Electric cars and towing

[ProfJohnL]

Is there a rule about not posting petrol prices on this forum or is it another of your rules?

I don't think I claimed it was a rule.

 

[otherclive]

Is Fred Lock related to Fred Drift? 🙈

 

[Buckman]

I never do leg work trying to find the best price on the day, a waste of time to save a small amount. Locally I have a pretty good idea which stations are most competitive and top up when required. Although if in the adjacent town for any reason I will top up as the prices are well below our local prices and putting half a tank, or more, in is worthwhile. Out of area I refuel when required but apart from motorway services I just put the fuel in wherever it’s convenient to the journey. My satnav with subscription services tells me cheapest price in area, but I’ve never used that feature so can’t say how accurate it is.

Every week when we go shopping we have to pass 4 fuel stations. The Murco one which is first is the cheapest by about 4p, but it is small service station and can be difficult to access. The other three the price difference between them is normally only about 2p. I simply use the first Esso garage as the CAMC fuel card gives me a 4p discount on petrol.

 

[Dustydog]

It is a fact that all the supermarkets price their fuel to the wealth of the local populace.

Swindon 20 miles from Cirencester is consistently upto 10 p litre cheaper than Cirencester. As said earlier any saving is lost by doing the 40 mile round trip !

 

[Tobes]

Just completed another South Northants to North lakes transit towing with the EV. This time we left on Friday but stayed with some friends in Nantwitch on the way up. They are 118 miles from home and we arrived with about 17% left in the car (25 miles towing and 30 solo). Delighted to find the Nantwich Osprey chargers have been upgraded from 75kW to 150kW since we last used them in September. Left again on Saturday morning and stopped for a comfort break and charging at Burton in Kendal services. Lots of high power chargers there, and in fact we could have pulled through two or three of them without unhitching. Again - the charger was faster than we were and we put in about 20% more than we needed bu the time we had finished our early lunch - on to the lakes and arrived with about 50% remaining. Plenty for us to crack on with Saturday afternoon.
So far no charging issues at all. No waiting, no broken chargers and no worries about running out of juice. Even the weather is good!
Heading home next week