On or around Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:30:46 +0100, "Rich B"
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> enlightened us thusly:
>My Mundaneo will make around 42-43 mpg in commuting conditions, easily
>beaten by "real-world" figures from the Pious, but not too bad. On a
>flat-out run round a track like they tried on TG, I would guess not too
far
>below 30, way better than the 17-odd they recorded for the Toymota. It
will
>give me 30+ mpg towing a caravan at 70. It is a size up from the Pious,
>too. Like I said, it's horses for courses.
So, wonder what the TDCi focus will do? That's nominally the same class
of
car. Anyone got one (that they'll admit to) ?
Just seems to me that the Pious is a slegehammmer for a nut, takes a lot
of
resources to build and then the batteries don't last forever - so when
they're all 10 years old and the batteries are getting f***ed, they'll be
even less eco-plus than they are to start with, and they're not *that*
good
out of the box. In fact, if you consider whole-life eco cost, they may
even
be worse - especially if it needs 3 sets of batteries, say in 15 years.
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