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The easiest thing to do is to enable the speed limiter. On the left side of the wheel, press the right side of the 4 way switch. It works the same as the cruise control - click up or down for 1km/hr inc/dec. Push fully in (you hear 2 clicks) for 10km,h inc/dec. You can override by flooring the accel...

I'm going to arrange doing some business miles. Offer to do some running around for the company so everything is legitimate, then claim in your tax. Just over 500km (568 to be exact) at 66c/km will cover the tax for 15000km/year :) 500km/year is easy to do (10km/week), and is only 3% of your yearly ...

The last few days have been 35+ degrees here - and I had the aircon set to 23. Didn't really notice much, if any difference in range/efficiency at all. It may have gone from 250 to 240 - a drop of about 4%, but that is well within my "how much fun did I have this charge" variance. As the MINI was on...

@g4qber The ev-database figure seems *really* high. The best (worst) I ever managed, when trying, is 14.5kWh/100k. I stick to the speed limit, but you would need to travel a constant 110-120kph to get 15kWh/100k or more. My average, since new, is 12.5, and I sometimes get 10.5 between charges. Accor...

antiscab - yep, car measured not at the "pump". The car measurements are more for calculating range, whereas the pump is for price/km. You could have 100kWh of losses and you car will still go the same distance as if you had 0kWh losses. It would cost a lot more though per km

Hi Bryce, That is what I thought. You can't really do anything but that. I have the manual - that is where I got the width figure from :) I find the WLTP figures far more accurate than the EPA. The EPA use a "0.7 fudge factor" which takes the actual range obtained under experiment and multiplies by ...

Just a few corrections for the fact sheet. I realise you are probably just quoting the manufacturer data, but the real world tested data is quite different, especially in warmer parts of Australia. 1) The WLTP range is actually quite good. I am getting around 250km in mixed driving. To get only 200k...

@Rusdy that is quite an impressive charging curve for the id.3 - for longer trips where you visit a DC charger, that will make a difference. Personally, well at least for the moment, I slow charge at home. With the mini's small battery, it is an easy overnight charge - 100% in the morning. @g4qber I...

It is better in some things, and worse in others. As far as performance goes, the mini is better all round except top speed. In Australia, top speed isn't really important, unlike Germany and the autobahns. The mini is much lighter, and smaller which makes it more efficient. Space wise, the id.3 win...

Another update. So now I have calmed down, and I am now averaging 10.5kWh/100km, which would put the theoretical maximum range at about 270km. Not bad I think for a city car, and somewhat better than the US EPA's 177km

We should all go back to empirical measurements - you could then say your ICE car gets an eighth brick per buttload (about 14.3l/100km)

Ok, small update - charged after 170km and still 26% battery left. I was actually doing a lot better (120km with 65% left), but I had some fun :) . This works out to about 229km range (142miles) which is smack bang where the WLTP puts it. The GOM (guess 'o' meter) gave it 56km left which, for once, ...

I actually picked up the first one. The whole covid thing made the shipping times extend, so the mid-year deliveries ended up in September. All the first batch were sold out in days after being announced. I was lucky, because I ordered one before they were announced :) If you want any info about it,...

As a quick update - day 2, average economy up (down?) to 11kWh/100k. All city driving, with short bursts on the freeway (90 or 100).

Sorry, couldn't help the title. I picked up the SE the other day, so I thought I would present my first day review of the little beast. Performance Firstly, the mini is quick. Not just a straight line type of quick, which it is by the way. It feels more sporty than any, and I mean any other EV I hav...

Anyone else here have an order placed for the MINI?