Comparison sites give my address the cheapest rate at 18.48p with a 38p daily standing charge. Most rattle around the 20p mark with 23-25p standing charge. I won't put my postcode public since there's very few houses in it and only my hobby farm listed as a farm so findable. It'd have to be a DM if you can't accept my word..
You’ve had a pampered life in some well served urban location then! And perhaps always drove cars with a working fuel gauge! I’ve had to drag some poor sod out in the middle of the night to unlock a lone pump when on the brink of running out in the middle of the Highlands. As a poor student I was often running on fumes and had the car literally cough to a halt whilst rolling up to a pump! On my motorbike in Skye I well recall the relief of finally getting refuelled when working within a few litres of capacity. In all those circumstances I can definitely say that I was experiencing range anxiety!
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What the heck tariff are you on. We can’t get a smart meter here (well we can but I don’t want to lose my excellent Feed In Tariff rates!!) so have to live with a 24hr tariff and the very best I could do after loads of research is 14p/kWh and 28p/ day standing charge.
Wales... but you can see the moon from here (when it's not raining)
My stepfather routinely carried a 4 gallon can in the front of his Beetle (none of our modern pesky 5 litre plastic jobs) ... the extra weight was always helpful in a cross wind apparently! (He was used to range anxiety during WWII and the rarity of being able to get hold of petrol at all.) The potential for a conflagration having so much in a loose can never seemed to bother anybody!
Symbio but they change the tariff about every 2 months so they rarely get on comparison websites. You need your wits about you with them because they estimate in advance and then refund the following month. It takes a while to steady out. More companies are taking this approach.
| Your new tariff plan is: | Low Fair and Green Variable SE01 v28 |
| Day Unit Rate: | 12.270 p per kWh |
| Night Unit Rate: | 12.270 p per kWh |
My dad was OTT re measuring fuel consumption, He;dd always carry a can with a measured amount, let the car ran dry, fill with his can, note odometer and then top up at a station and refill that can and see how many miles before he ran dry again - years of data for each car.
I fear that those of us on those kind of rates are going to be in for an unpleasant surprise at the end of the contract. When comparing Octopus Agile with the cheap fixed price Octopus Go it’s presently double the price for my own pattern of use whereas last year in the summer Agile was a bit cheaper.
I think anywhere in the UK is quite feasible with a little bit of planning. You just can't head off with 3/4 of a tank and wing it with a BEV.
You’ve had a pampered life in some well served urban location then! And perhaps always drove cars with a working fuel gauge! I’ve had to drag some poor sod out in the middle of the night to unlock a lone pump when on the brink of running out in the middle of the Highlands. As a poor student I was often running on fumes and had the car literally cough to a halt whilst rolling up to a pump! On my motorbike in Skye I well recall the relief of finally getting refuelled when working within a few litres of capacity. In all those circumstances I can definitely say that I was experiencing range anxiety!
(Yes, I’m just being obtuse … we’ve all been (or still are) ICE drivers so we know it’s less likely to be an issue
Many years ago I think reliability anxiety was a bigger issue. I had an Austin Maestro and you were always quite pleased when you got where you were going.
Now you're just getting nostalgic: Brighton to London with only 2 of the 4 gears working or a careful 20 miles after the brake master cylinder failed down Box Hill. But at least we always had a spare wheel and jack....Many years ago I think reliability anxiety was a bigger issue. I had an Austin Maestro and you were always quite pleased when you got where you were going.
One time the throttle cable snapped, no problem, just turn the idler up to 6500 rpm then ever so gently let out the clutch and off we go. Bit embarrassing at pedestrian crossing revving it's nuts off, but got to the garage eventually
And you think Meole Brace retail park is an improvement?Yes, and I remember when all this used to be fields….
Good ploy though!One time the throttle cable snapped, no problem, just turn the idler up to 6500 rpm then ever so gently let out the clutch and off we go. Bit embarrassing at pedestrian crossing revving it's nuts off, but got to the garage eventually
