How much to live on

Savvy_Sue

I do appreciate the encouragement about the Auris. I did enjoy driving it, albeit briefly. And I think I'm quite relieved not to have to get my head round charging ATM: the car died at the start of a really busy weekend (don't they always?) followed by a week where DH was more out than in, so having to research and make decisions was not straightforward. As it was, he described the car on offer, and I said "I think we bite his hand off, don't we?"

Only worry now is that DH has been quite poorly over the weekend (cough / achey / there's-a-lot-of-it-about-itis) and he's due to visit his mother tomorrow, an all day trip. If he's not fit I shall have to go, and he's certainly not picking up our / my new car if he's not concentrating properly! 🤣

Yes, this car is MINE! Obviously he'll be driving it, just not as much as me (he never has …)

tooldle

I guess I’m lucky then as my battery level can be read without needing to subscribe to additional services.
Last year the charger developed a fault and as part of the diagnostics, Ohme needed screen shots of the car display to check the car settings were not causing the charger to switch off. I don’t have the option of setting charging thresholds in the vehicle. My set up seems more simplistic than most.

middlewife

I've always used the car (Kia e Nero) to schedule the charge, set to 80%, although when my mum was dying, set it to 100%, then ticked schedule off peak rates and tell it to charge between 00.10 and 05.20, I've never used the podpoint app , I don't have solar to integrate. Currently on holibobs, and so far finding a charger has been a doddle, albeit if you're using an app like electroverse it can take a while. It's also amazing how much the charge rate slows down when someone else plugs in. The real test will be bank holiday Monday when we travel from great Malvern to Falmouth, and will need to charge during our stay over half term week, but so far, so good

Organgrinder

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82002168#Comment_82002168

I can read the battery level in the car's app, it just won't allow me to specify a percentage. Rather annoying as the new models do without having to subscribe!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82002237#Comment_82002237

I'd be interested to know how you get on. I've not used a public charger yet. The rates seem extortionate though!