Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:30:46 +0100, "Rich B"
> <richard.brookmanNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.
Incidentally, anyone know how much the battery pack weighs? It's got to
be at least as much as all the ropes, shackles etc. that I carry around
unnecessarily.
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