This thread Hybrids! is a few years old and I wonder if opinions have changed? We have a Tesla Model 3 Long Range as our daily driver and would never go back. 10,000 miles in a year and I have never had to charge it anywhere but home. The range is immense, low maintenance, huge torque, never have to queue for fuel but it is not a big car when you have a family of active boys
We need a second vehicle. There needs to be two "mum and dad taxi's" at the weekend now as the boy's football and other sports matches are never at the same place, but more than that I want something I can chuck 4 bikes and 4 people in and not worry about the mud. Bike racks are such a pain when you have 4 mountain bikes, it really puts you off going especially spur of the moment.
So I want a van, probably Kombi LWB, that's why I am here, but I also have the bug. I would love to convert it to a basic camper and then go further afield. I enjoy carpentry, this could be the start of something. I'd get the bikes in behind the R&R in a lwb.
The majority of journeys in a second vehicle will be short except for those few weekends away. I see lots of T6 California's parked up and used the same way, the odd short drive. Sounds like I am going to have all sorts of trouble with the Euro 6 as a result, especially in the winter. I need to be doing longer journeys if I don't want trouble with EGR's, DPF's and regen and we would do those in the car. The wife takes the kids to school every day in the car for example. A petrol van would have been better. We could put up with the consumption on the longer journeys, but VW does not make the TSi any more and I don't want to to put loads of effort into an old van. Right on the edge of London so a Euro 5 is not a great choice and I don't feel good about how much they pollute now we know. I would be happy to go Electric but 56 mph and 80 mile range is a total fail. Needs to be real world 250 at least. Can you imagine how long it would take to get to Wales or France? I am not sure there are enough chargers.
The engine, motor and battery out of the Passat would have been perfect and would have slotted right in. Most of my journeys would be all electric. Dump, hardware store, kids school local shops. When I want to go to Wales, South Coast or Europe it would be no problem with the 1.4l Petrol providing the juice, perhaps the odd charge as well. Even crossing the South Circular would be uneventful with a petrol hybrid. I really want a T6.1 but I am increasingly concerned I may need to make do with something else and put off my build. Perhaps build using the Multivan when it comes out or hope the T6.1 replacement has a PHEV like the Transit or a much longer range electric. I am tempted by the Transit PHEV but I would not be here if I wanted a Transit and they are not cheep.
We need a second vehicle. There needs to be two "mum and dad taxi's" at the weekend now as the boy's football and other sports matches are never at the same place, but more than that I want something I can chuck 4 bikes and 4 people in and not worry about the mud. Bike racks are such a pain when you have 4 mountain bikes, it really puts you off going especially spur of the moment.
So I want a van, probably Kombi LWB, that's why I am here, but I also have the bug. I would love to convert it to a basic camper and then go further afield. I enjoy carpentry, this could be the start of something. I'd get the bikes in behind the R&R in a lwb.
The majority of journeys in a second vehicle will be short except for those few weekends away. I see lots of T6 California's parked up and used the same way, the odd short drive. Sounds like I am going to have all sorts of trouble with the Euro 6 as a result, especially in the winter. I need to be doing longer journeys if I don't want trouble with EGR's, DPF's and regen and we would do those in the car. The wife takes the kids to school every day in the car for example. A petrol van would have been better. We could put up with the consumption on the longer journeys, but VW does not make the TSi any more and I don't want to to put loads of effort into an old van. Right on the edge of London so a Euro 5 is not a great choice and I don't feel good about how much they pollute now we know. I would be happy to go Electric but 56 mph and 80 mile range is a total fail. Needs to be real world 250 at least. Can you imagine how long it would take to get to Wales or France? I am not sure there are enough chargers.
The engine, motor and battery out of the Passat would have been perfect and would have slotted right in. Most of my journeys would be all electric. Dump, hardware store, kids school local shops. When I want to go to Wales, South Coast or Europe it would be no problem with the 1.4l Petrol providing the juice, perhaps the odd charge as well. Even crossing the South Circular would be uneventful with a petrol hybrid. I really want a T6.1 but I am increasingly concerned I may need to make do with something else and put off my build. Perhaps build using the Multivan when it comes out or hope the T6.1 replacement has a PHEV like the Transit or a much longer range electric. I am tempted by the Transit PHEV but I would not be here if I wanted a Transit and they are not cheep.
