I often wonder when I read these conversations and their focus on range, just how many posters have done any serious analysis .....
Let me guess.... er, none.
I'm a bit anal about petrol costs and mpg etc and have a number of spreadsheets that I use to work out weekly/,monthly and yearly running costs, tax, insurance etc.....Helps me budget and balance the books at the end of the month.
With regard to 200mile + day journeys - My Mrs does 2 to 3 a month for business. We do at least one day trip to Worcester a month to visit my elderly parents. Then we have a number of citybreaks and holidays a year that are 200 or more (we did 350 miles on Friday). And it certainly doesn't take 10 mins to fill up a petrol vehicle - more like 3 mins. This gives me 300 in the MG, 350 in the Mog or 450 in the Golf.
A Tesla would tick most of the boxes - great range, large charging infrastructure and fast charging. However the massive initial cost would outweigh any savings on fuel and it would be a number of years before I saw any benefit, And I can't afford one and although I was rather impressed when I first travelled in one, these days probably wouldn't buy one if I could.
