daveenty
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- 2019 AMG S Class Coupe
I've never had, or even thought about, a hybrid before but I've been looking at them for a while now and the self charging ones seemed to suit my needs the best as opposed to plug-in.
I was initially drawn to the Outlander plug-in but knew that it would never get charged on a regular basis so decided that the Lexus, whilst being a bit bigger, would be ideal for what I want. It will be replacing my old T30 Nissan X Trail which has been a good little car but as it's a 2005 model it's going to want a bit spending on it soon, so it's time to let it go.
All I normally use it for is going to the shop in the morning early doors to get a newspaper, which is a 4 mile round trip, and picking bits up during the week, normally another 10 miles maximum. A purely electric car would probably have been fine for this, but at least once a month it will also get a trip to Nottingham or N Wales visiting friends, hence the need for an engine as well. It will also have to contend with the odd tip-run but I'll try to minimise these.
The car is a 2014 RX400h with 30,000 miles and a full Lexus service history. I believe that this makes it the third generation facelift. I've had a couple of test drives and must admit to being impressed with it, though it's going to take a bit of getting used to as it puts the power down in a very different way than I'm used to. It has a 3.5 litre V6 to charge the battery and take over when necessary, giving around 295bhp in total whilst, theoretically at least, averaging over 40mpg
It gets picked up on Friday morning though that's the only chance I'll get to drive it. I'm away at Yorkshire Air Museum at the weekend for an AMG meet, so can't really take it there, even though it may create a bit of interest...
I'll hopefully report back on my findings with it late next week when I've had the chance to have a proper play with it.
I was initially drawn to the Outlander plug-in but knew that it would never get charged on a regular basis so decided that the Lexus, whilst being a bit bigger, would be ideal for what I want. It will be replacing my old T30 Nissan X Trail which has been a good little car but as it's a 2005 model it's going to want a bit spending on it soon, so it's time to let it go.
All I normally use it for is going to the shop in the morning early doors to get a newspaper, which is a 4 mile round trip, and picking bits up during the week, normally another 10 miles maximum. A purely electric car would probably have been fine for this, but at least once a month it will also get a trip to Nottingham or N Wales visiting friends, hence the need for an engine as well. It will also have to contend with the odd tip-run but I'll try to minimise these.
The car is a 2014 RX400h with 30,000 miles and a full Lexus service history. I believe that this makes it the third generation facelift. I've had a couple of test drives and must admit to being impressed with it, though it's going to take a bit of getting used to as it puts the power down in a very different way than I'm used to. It has a 3.5 litre V6 to charge the battery and take over when necessary, giving around 295bhp in total whilst, theoretically at least, averaging over 40mpg
It gets picked up on Friday morning though that's the only chance I'll get to drive it. I'm away at Yorkshire Air Museum at the weekend for an AMG meet, so can't really take it there, even though it may create a bit of interest...
I'll hopefully report back on my findings with it late next week when I've had the chance to have a proper play with it.