And generating the electricity just moves the pollution somewhere else, and think how much more we would need to generate if everybody had an EV.
An easy challenge to meet, provided all you put in to burn are pure hydrocarbons and pure oxygen.
Someone will need to do the study on what massively increased levels of water vapour would do to the atmosphere. Next thing we know we could end up looking like Venus.
What was your final decision buddy ?
Please to invent reliable toroidal magnetic confinement system
Like that will have low repair costs!!!!!Unless it was a W09 hybrid...
And a full wallet rebuild even more frequently!
Send us some pics buddy . Glad you are happy .Well I've done it. Driving a 1yo 350e. It's going to take a little getting used to one or two things (how to get the best out of the power delivery, the various drive / ride modes). The ride is something else with air suspension. The driving around on batteries is so quiet, even when the engine cuts in, if you're foot isn't down a way you don't always notice it.
I'm not going to suggest it's for everyone, but if nothing else, I'd recommend a test drive just to see it for yourself - but do yourself a favour, make sure the car has 100% charge before taking the test drive so you can experience the almost silent ride.
I had to go to a meeting this a.m. 19 miles each way with a full charge at this end and nothing the other. 48.7mpg - a journey I've done often before and with similar driving (a bit of overtaking when needed), but otherwise within 10% of the speed limit (decline to comment which side), some 30, 40, 60mph limits (ave. 34mph, but there was a bit of a queue near home). I think that equates to around 44mpg equivalent. The 350CDI would have been maybe 35 - 36mpg from recent experience of that route. Not exactly bought for the economy, but nice to know I'll hopefully get a bit better. Oh, and there is the £0 VED.
I did suggest SWMBO may want the 350CDI, but it was too big for her and it's not exactly friendly for e.g. taking stuff to the tip - her i30 is useful for that.
I may regret selling the C350 CDI but at least I feel free to use this car even for short journeys without worrying about the DPF - also I've no concern taking it out to get the mower to the front garden etc.. Maybe I was just DPF paranoid? But as they say, just because you're paranoid... I can also get my 'long items' in the car without increasingly damaging the unholstery and paintwork. It's also great that I can now pre-heat the car from my armchair! Really used to wind me up that in winter the first 5mins I was sitting in a freezing leather seat while it heated up. (I know, first world problem). No longer a problem.
While talking to the dealer he mentioned something which subsequently confused me. He said that the new C class coming out shortly would only have diesel hybrid motors. Seems to be trying to get the best of both worlds, but my real world experience of the C350 CDI makes me wonder. It seemed the first 15miles or so a day (commute to work as was) I got poor fuel economy, which I put down to a cold engine. After that things improved for the commute home - average maybe high 30s. Great for a high mileage driver, not so good for a low mileage. Also the damned DPF thing, it seems to require 10+mins of power to regen when the engine had got to heat. So you now stick a diesel in a hybrid, the engine will take forever to heat up to get reasonable economy and will be chucking loads of soot into the DPF and then eventually the engine will have to stay on to regen when you could be sailing. The only bit of that which makes sense is that the extra regen revs can be used to charge the battery if not already done so. Since the C300h is already diesel I'm sure they must have thought it through, but not explained it to me!
Now, where shall I go next, silently! Take-away tonight.
You are in a very similar position to me, the catalyst for me in the end was the need for the through load facility (having chipped the paint by not having one and getting a muddy interior). I obviously hope you don't have any problems although would you forgive me for hoping you do - just so that it justifies my decision you understand.I know this isn't my thread, but as the topic's been raised I hope people won't mind me asking...
At what point should one expect to get "problems" from doing short distances? The past three months or so I've mainly been doing just 5 miles per trip with the odd (rare) 20 mile trip. I don't do many miles a year at all, but the miles I do were, up until recently, either 12 or 20 mile trips. Since regularly doing the shorter trips, the only difference I've noticed is poorer MPG. At just 5 miles, my care has literally just warmed up by the time I turn off the engine.
@OP - Enjoy your new purchase. Personally, I plan to stick with my C350 for likely another five years, assuming no maor issues
Note: when I bought the car it was for a ~60 mile daily commute - a commute I never ended up doing for numerous reasons.
Final thought: I tend to potter a lot, just pootling along and not putting my foot down. Is giving it some beans from time to time - which I do - considered good for a DPF? I recall the classic "Italian Tune Up" technique used to give regular short trip petrol cars a blow out was a thing once...apparently lol.
Scoob.
I know this isn't my thread, but as the topic's been raised I hope people won't mind me asking...
At what point should one expect to get "problems" from doing short distances? The past three months or so I've mainly been doing just 5 miles per trip with the odd (rare) 20 mile trip. I don't do many miles a year at all, but the miles I do were, up until recently, either 12 or 20 mile trips. Since regularly doing the shorter trips, the only difference I've noticed is poorer MPG. At just 5 miles, my care has literally just warmed up by the time I turn off the engine.
@OP - Enjoy your new purchase. Personally, I plan to stick with my C350 for likely another five years, assuming no maor issues
Note: when I bought the car it was for a ~60 mile daily commute - a commute I never ended up doing for numerous reasons.
Final thought: I tend to potter a lot, just pootling along and not putting my foot down. Is giving it some beans from time to time - which I do - considered good for a DPF? I recall the classic "Italian Tune Up" technique used to give regular short trip petrol cars a blow out was a thing once...apparently lol.
Scoob.
Apart from that though, do you like it?
