Electric cars

Looking forward to electric Westfields.

Why?

Just sat inside a Peugeot 3008. The dealership won't have an electric version for me to try for a couple of weeks and I thought I would sit inside and have a play.

Clearly designed as a multi-fuel chassis because the example I sat in had a petrol engine and therefore suffered the consequences of that in the cabin space and layout. But nevertheless it's very comfortable and although I really like the spacious and airy feel of the Ioniq 5, I was similarly taken by the cockpit-like feel of the Peugeot. In fact I could imagine Saab would have produced something very similar at they remained in business.

The interior trim was quite interesting with the usual swaythe of black plastic replaced by a grey marl material which will no doubt reduce reflections on the windscreen. Lots of storage space and various USB connections but they were all standard USB rather than the C-type which I think is disappointing now.

It will be interesting to compare this to the Explorer EV the Renault Scenic EV, especially as these two were built purely as EV models.

I think I'm going to hang on to my Leaf for the foreseeable now, it just does local runs and it'll do that in style for a long time to come, so why spend more for shiny. Will also be keeping the Civic for a few years, especially after dropping £500 on those Cross Climates. Thinking is that in 5 years time we could feasibly go down to one long range, medium sized EV. And maybe a practical classic like an MGB as a back up and fun car.  And retire shortly after.

Keenly aware, just got to get 2 dustbin lids through University...5 years to go, then it's sell the house, downsize and somehow live off income from the equity until pensions kick in. Would bin it today if I could.

That is fair enough. I wouldn't run one unless it was acceptably clean, I think maybe even some kind of "restomod" with a modern engine and gearbox dropped in. But it would literally be doing hundreds of miles a year, rather than thousands, so I'm not overly minded to feel tooooo guilty.

Sure, if you are going to keep his'n'hers moderns, there's not much you'd do with a sports car. But with only one modern on the driveway... actually maybe an MX5 would be a better idea than a classic, but part of the fun of a classic would be going to summer shows.