183 miles from my bit of Wales to Scotch Corner and another 50 miles towards Whitby and into the moors, a couple of hours for the visit and back the same route in my 2018 S100D.
It worked out as expected 5hrs each leg with the 2 hour stay - a long day. Outbound from home fully charged and conditioned the traffic was heavy, Too heavy for me to bother with any automation. I was fully loaded with OH, snacks and stuff in case of an overnight stay somewhere. I drove at no more than going nominally over a limit (I don't have or need any points). Arrived at Scotch Corner spot on on ETA and mileage range usage as advertised despite a loo break at Birchwood - which has to be the worst services I've ever been to; lousy signage, missed the car park and so desperate for the loo that I parked with the HGV's and used a bush.. Just as well with the circuitous route from entrance to the loos inside that place!
A couple of sandwiches while driving then coffee and Sparks at Scotch Corner - coffee not that good but polite and friendly place and their signage is now obvious and easy for registrating number plate. Left there with 250 range and after the visit got back to Scotch Corner with 150.
It was getting late with the sun going down. I plugged in while OH registered us (yes each visit even if same day), cleaned the windscreen inside and out to reduce headlight dazzle, ate my packed sausages, Jamaican patty, green salad, potato salad then went for coffee and we hung around while the car got to 288 range and we'd pee'd the coffee out.
The leg back was much lighter traffic and night time should be when a co-pilot is handy so most was done with self steer and miserable rain. Lane changes in an S are simple with the stalk and it appeared to be doing well with no signs of worrying about curtain-sided HGV;s etc. Set at +7% speed we sailed along smooth and quiet with the air suspension except for getting out of the way of a large motorhome and the usual German cars all trying to ton-it as well as a few small Peugeot with big ideas and a Škoda.
After one overtake I told car to go back to middle lane - it'd just got halfway over the line when it’s systems saw the curtain-sider in the slow lane and it freaked big-time - full klaxons and threw itself violently back into the fast lane and must have had the guy behind thinking I'd gone nuts - not a manoeuvre ya wants at those speeds in the wet.
Once back on A roads I drove it a tad more aggressively than my usual due to little traffic and wanting to get home. I did beat the ETA from Scotch Corner by half an hour but used 245 mile range over 183 distance.
It worked out as expected 5hrs each leg with the 2 hour stay - a long day. Outbound from home fully charged and conditioned the traffic was heavy, Too heavy for me to bother with any automation. I was fully loaded with OH, snacks and stuff in case of an overnight stay somewhere. I drove at no more than going nominally over a limit (I don't have or need any points). Arrived at Scotch Corner spot on on ETA and mileage range usage as advertised despite a loo break at Birchwood - which has to be the worst services I've ever been to; lousy signage, missed the car park and so desperate for the loo that I parked with the HGV's and used a bush.. Just as well with the circuitous route from entrance to the loos inside that place!
A couple of sandwiches while driving then coffee and Sparks at Scotch Corner - coffee not that good but polite and friendly place and their signage is now obvious and easy for registrating number plate. Left there with 250 range and after the visit got back to Scotch Corner with 150.
It was getting late with the sun going down. I plugged in while OH registered us (yes each visit even if same day), cleaned the windscreen inside and out to reduce headlight dazzle, ate my packed sausages, Jamaican patty, green salad, potato salad then went for coffee and we hung around while the car got to 288 range and we'd pee'd the coffee out.
The leg back was much lighter traffic and night time should be when a co-pilot is handy so most was done with self steer and miserable rain. Lane changes in an S are simple with the stalk and it appeared to be doing well with no signs of worrying about curtain-sided HGV;s etc. Set at +7% speed we sailed along smooth and quiet with the air suspension except for getting out of the way of a large motorhome and the usual German cars all trying to ton-it as well as a few small Peugeot with big ideas and a Škoda.
After one overtake I told car to go back to middle lane - it'd just got halfway over the line when it’s systems saw the curtain-sider in the slow lane and it freaked big-time - full klaxons and threw itself violently back into the fast lane and must have had the guy behind thinking I'd gone nuts - not a manoeuvre ya wants at those speeds in the wet.
Once back on A roads I drove it a tad more aggressively than my usual due to little traffic and wanting to get home. I did beat the ETA from Scotch Corner by half an hour but used 245 mile range over 183 distance.
