Long time no see...
I've come to the realisation that EVs make sh!te motorway mile munchers and am ready to come back to the ICE fold, but my timing stinks - there's bugger-all no stock and used stock is stupid money, lead times for new are still crazy. My local dealership can't even say when a factory fresh order for a GTI or R might be delivered (between 1 and 2 years). Phoned a few big dealership group who I have gotten to know via old DTD transactions and thrh have nothing coming through to grab.
We've got 2 Cupra Borns right now, absolutely great cars in every respect, except Winter range. Not a bother if you drive within range - 2p per mile to fuel when charging at home. I changed jobs last July and almost doubled my wage, work from home but I have to drive Newcastle to Milton Keynes about once a month (240 miles each way).
Over the last year, the likelihood of rolling up to a motorway services and finding a vacant charger that works is getting less and less outside the hours of 8pm to 8am. There's lots of new chargers but most people with an EV right now charge at home, so they don't need rapid destination chargers, they need rapid motorway chargers - the number of those has grown modestly in the last 2 years, but the number of EVs in the meantime has grown a lot more. On top of that, the cost of rapid charging has almost doubled with the Ukraine War, and Winter efficiency on an EV is 25-30% down on Summer figures. On Weds/Thurs this week, I drove down to MK with temps around freezing and my cost per mile was running at 24p (66p per kWh, 2.8 miles per kWh). There are dearer chargers than that. Turns a 3.5 hour drive into a 5 hour drive with a few charges, and costs more than running Super on a Golf R (current 7 speed DSG R giving about 43mpg sat on the motorway at 75mph I'm guessing?).
Looking to keep the wife's Born for her 30 mile round trip commute and everything non-long distance. Would have considered some old crapbox for doing the motorway miles, but old crapboxes are going for stupid money!