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by BobtheTrain - 18/07/25 05:47 PM
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it does need controlling but has a lot going for it , it looks nice I think and still lets light thro , I have about 80 meters of hedge standing about 5 meters high , to date it is not controlled by local authority unlike ever greens . https://www.bamboogrove.com/why-bamboo-save-planet.html
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it does need controlling but has a lot going for it , it looks nice I think and still lets light thro , I have about 80 meters of hedge standing about 5 meters high , to date it is not controlled by local authority unlike ever greens . https://www.bamboogrove.com/why-bamboo-save-planet.htmlMega thread drift warning..... If you are a believer in the use of bamboo, as I am, then buy your paper towels and toilet paper from these people.... Green DelightBamboo and sugar cane waste. The company name could only be Australian....!!
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Having said that, most of the time I never use it - fuel consumption over the past year has been about 2 litres (in 9000 miles) BUT it is the get out of jail card when the battery is depleted and with that you're quite able to run the battery to its last few miles of range without worry of becoming stranded.
John
Doesn't fuel go off? It certainly does in my lawn mower if I don't use it for a couple of months. I would think you needed to use a tank every couple of months at least just to make sure the petrol is not too old.
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If you are a believer in the use of bamboo, as I am, then buy your paper towels and toilet paper from these people....
Yes, we get our stuff from Who Gives a Crap too. You can also get bamboo clothing see https://bambooclothing.co.uk/mens-bamboo-clothing/as well as bamboo another brilliant plant source is hemp. I have a fair few hemp shirts, and it's also a great source of plastic-type materials.
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Doesn't fuel go off? It certainly does in my lawn mower if I don't use it for a couple of months. I would think you needed to use a tank every couple of months at least just to make sure the petrol is not too old.
5mls of stabiliser per 5 litres of fuel will stop it going off, I use Valvemaster Plus but other types are available.
Tim H.
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Interesting data Tim,
My i3 has an 8yr, 100,000 mile warranty on the battery to be 70% capacity & they expect the usable life to actually be 15yrs
IIRC, when I chopped in the last one at 3yrs, it was tested & showed way over 90 odd % That's very interesting. I am quite keen on the idea of getting a used i3 in a couple of years. Are yours the Rex version? Do you mind if I ask what range does that give in real world use? And is it feasible to keep topping up the petrol tank on a long journey to keep using the generator in preserve charge mode, or is it just a one-time use? Tim, I see jrt has replied too, but here goes... Mine's also the 94Ah REx, official NEDC test gave 142.9 miles, I think WLTP was slightly better, in the real world best I get is 127.4 & I live in a very hilly area & like to make full use of potential 'acceleration'  Previous one was the 60Ah & I've done a few trips from Yorkshire to London & have come north purely on the REx with no problem I bung it on charge when I get home each evening, easy peasy, you can even condition it via your phone in the morning so it's defrosted before you set off I monitor leccy use & cost, plus the occasional hydrocarbon top-up and last year it did the equivalent of 136.9mpg The BMW app to get & even send data to/from the car is clever too, if I pop out to a meeting & send the destination from the app to the car it will warn me if the range falls short & offer a route via charge points
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My i3 is the Rex version with the 94Ah battery. The range extender gives about 90 miles of use on the 2 gallon tank on top of the c135 miles of electric power.
Mine's also the 94Ah REx, official NEDC test gave 142.9 miles, I think WLTP was slightly better, in the real world best I get is 127.4 & I live in a very hilly area & like to make full use of potential 'acceleration' Thanks guys, really interesting. I can definitely see an i3 on the shortlist in a year or two. It's interesting that BMW have now dropped the REx version, apparently people were finding the generator unnecessary in real-world use.
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It would be very interesting to hear asbohn's views and experiences as I seem to recall he was a very early adopter of the "PP3" driven vans on his fleet.
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Cost of an EV vehicle......?
Even a Nissan Leaf - is very expensive - would you want all your "hard earnt"...in something that is that drab?
Honesty means doing it right, even when no one is looking!
2004 Roadster S1 3.0 V6 gone!
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