Bricktop X PWR
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X Power figures ONLY and 200 miles as a minimum mileage PLEASE.
G'day.
I have been away for the last week and I wanted to post up my real world figures.
Driving the car as I normally would with AC on, plenty of beanage and heated items ON as required.
I.E. Not trying to be particularly efficient.
I've thought about going into detail with time started, mileage covered, electrons added etc etc but I find that all a bit convoluted.
So just the headline figures.
Covered 597.8 miles @ 2.7 mi/kWh.
A roads, B roads, and the Motorways between West Wales and the Devon and Cornwall Border.
Could I have done better?
Definitely.
The first 300 miles I was seeing 3.5 mi/kWh.
The long motorway trip and my 'want' to get home late last night was my undoing.
Considering the BHP on offer, I am happy with the result, and have said before, I never bought this car with efficiency high on the list of requirements.
It would be nice to have that as well but I knew what I was getting into at the start.
Tesla Superchargers at Lifton and Celtic Manor Newport were easy and excellent.
MFG group chargers at St Clears and a solitary gridserve charger at Bridgewater Services for a splash and dash, both fine.
BP Pulse and Genie Point in Bideford both broken.
BP happily took my £45 and then didn't give me any power! (Refunded Later)
There was also a company called Project EV at a car park in Bude where I was going to top off while I had lunch.
Downloaded app, filled in details, added card, plugged in, then saw that they were going to charge £1.30 kWh.
Unplugged, deleted app, went for lunch.
TEEVS! (To be read Thieves)
So in summary, If I was marking my own homework......
## Must Try Harder, Could Do Better ##
But not if you want any fun in your X Power.
And that's one of the main reasons I bought it.
P.S.
The 32 mph average just strikes me as odd.
Pretty sure I was going faster than that for the majority of the time away.
Anyone understand that? Or is it simply the mathematical figures based on time and distance?
Thanks in advance
G'day.
I have been away for the last week and I wanted to post up my real world figures.
Driving the car as I normally would with AC on, plenty of beanage and heated items ON as required.
I.E. Not trying to be particularly efficient.
I've thought about going into detail with time started, mileage covered, electrons added etc etc but I find that all a bit convoluted.
So just the headline figures.
Covered 597.8 miles @ 2.7 mi/kWh.
A roads, B roads, and the Motorways between West Wales and the Devon and Cornwall Border.
Could I have done better?
Definitely.
The first 300 miles I was seeing 3.5 mi/kWh.
The long motorway trip and my 'want' to get home late last night was my undoing.
Considering the BHP on offer, I am happy with the result, and have said before, I never bought this car with efficiency high on the list of requirements.
It would be nice to have that as well but I knew what I was getting into at the start.
Tesla Superchargers at Lifton and Celtic Manor Newport were easy and excellent.
MFG group chargers at St Clears and a solitary gridserve charger at Bridgewater Services for a splash and dash, both fine.
BP Pulse and Genie Point in Bideford both broken.
BP happily took my £45 and then didn't give me any power! (Refunded Later)
There was also a company called Project EV at a car park in Bude where I was going to top off while I had lunch.
Downloaded app, filled in details, added card, plugged in, then saw that they were going to charge £1.30 kWh.
Unplugged, deleted app, went for lunch.
TEEVS! (To be read Thieves)
So in summary, If I was marking my own homework......
## Must Try Harder, Could Do Better ##
But not if you want any fun in your X Power.
And that's one of the main reasons I bought it.
P.S.
The 32 mph average just strikes me as odd.
Pretty sure I was going faster than that for the majority of the time away.
Anyone understand that? Or is it simply the mathematical figures based on time and distance?
Thanks in advance
Did you have fun driving it and exploiting the performance? (daft question) 
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. Anyway my Wife had a few bad bumps & a few talentless boyfriends so was a nervous passenger. Ofcourse 20 years sat next to me she is fine “until my little horns pop out” . Weird really she appreciates a nice motor until it growls 
when I was 21 & off to live in Gran Canaria. Hindsight eh! Both my “berrys” wouldn’t raise enough for the rims these days. I loved that car & a Manta GTE once went through a chippy trying to catch it 
