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Pollen filter renewal was apparently changed to every two years across the whole Honda range so that chart is wrong in saying annual.
Brake fluid every 3 years which makes sense it is hygroscopic (attracts moisture) which reduces efficiency over time.
Trans fluid every 100,000/50,000km depending if used in severe/normal conditions.
Inspect front/rear brakes every 10,000km/yearly
(severe = >35C / in mountains or with loaded roof rack). Lets me out.
Visually inspect every year/10,000km
expiry date on tyre repair bottle
driveshaft boots
tie rod ends
suspension components
steering gear box and boots
brake hoses and lines (inc ABS/VSA)
all fluid levels and condition of the fluid (HTF they do that visually for transmission fluid?)
under body battery cover
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edit: interestingly one of few real parts for sale up on Cox are tie rods. I surmise the ends are a weak point. May just be coincidence
Fronts.. can get PS4 or the new PS5 but both are £280 a pair which feels a bit rich considering the price of the bigger rears
Anyway, I like to squeeze life out of them but all 4 tyres lasted 14k miles ish, quite even wear surprisingly (fronts from that Uber steering, rears torque) and much better than the S2000 at about half that for rears
First money out of my wallet on the e bar 'fuel'
So total costs to date update after shocking issue today
Rear tyres £208
Front tyres £250
Rear wiper £7.50
total to date £465.50
EST miles 13k
EST fuel 4.3k kWh
EST cost £989 (very rough est based on 14p for first year, 32p since, mid price 23p)
So I finally moved to a flexible BEV tariff called Intelligent Octopus
Our normal "average" electricity usage is 13 kWh house, 5 ish car over the last 60 days
The daytime rate on IO is c7p a kWh more than std, the night is a 6hr stint at 7.5p, so 24.5p cheaper
So in theory if I change nothing but car charging (which I currently plug in over night anyway so not a change) I am paying 544.5p an average per day or 30.25 per kWh as opposed to prev 32p on flat, capped
However if I can use the dishwasher overnight, stuff like that, might reduce avg below 30p
Obviously your average e owner will claim at 7.5p a kWh it cost me £1.70 to get the 80 miles to Stratford yesterday but my average kWh is 30p so it was more like £6.85
Cheap but not crazy cheap
Our old golf could have got close I think at c60mpg and would have been faster (diesel is £7 so £9.3 ish)
The charge to return, £9.10 on BP, they claimed 24kwh
For ref diesel is c£7 a gallon so high 60s mpg would cost the return journey, outbound c80mpg (unlikely)
On the way down in heavy rain we struggled to keep decent m/kw, arrived 17% remaining
way back was warmer, climate on entire way, speed a touch or more over the speed limit quick and easy.. back with 30% in the tank
On a run it's pleasant, easy, frugal but beyond range maybe not
This is as good as I ever recall lol
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the e approaches 3years old in July so is booked in for first MOT, pre warranty expiry inspection and service
nothing to report, it developed a rattle from the door which turned out to be stones in the undertray (it has many undertrays). now on c16k miles
currently a pretty cheap steer again as i pay a small premium to unlock cheap nighttime tariff, this works out at 7p a kwh premium during the day, so around 12kwh avg (guess) is 84p a day, then all charging in the 6hr window of 2330-0530 at 7.5p a kwh which means for example a return trip to Chatsworth house (40 miles each way) cost 97p plus that 84p.. 181p
cheap whichever way you look at it though i dont have a recent petrol price
My E was also going to be three this year, so I've effectively swapped it out for a new Jazz Advance Sport e:HEV, which I'm due to pick up this coming Friday..
I actually traded it for a GR Yaris a while back (see previous posts) but the Jazz is its real replacment.
Just waiting for its new Mugen alloys to turn up
Chris.
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My E was also going to be three this year, so I've effectively swapped it out for a new Jazz Advance Sport e:HEV, which I'm due to pick up this coming Friday..
I actually traded it for a GR Yaris a while back (see previous posts) but the Jazz is its real replacment.
Just waiting for its new Mugen alloys to turn up
Chris.
That's a brave swap. They gave me a jazz hybrid when mine was in for service last year, this year I'm putting the bike rack on and cycling home. I was that impressed (it wasn't a sport anything that one)
I like the BEV, downsides are range and cost to buy and they remain so 3 years on with little progress on infrastructure whilst lots more BEVs on the road.
But I don't use public charging more than a few times a year so don't care much about it.
Do you like the Yaris?
Off to a mates late July, it's 120 miles but will probably take the little blue buzzer as it's a calmer experience than the S2000
It's got a little more HP than the regular Jazz, think it's something like 125, just thought I'd try it as a cheap runaround.
Will probably be swapping out my current Porker for a new C63S E performance barge, which will be the other end of the hybrid spectrum at almost 700 hp....
I also have a Macan EV on order, so won't be without a BEV going forward.
P.S. just remembered I also have an Ioniq 5N order in, but not sure if I'm going to go ahead with that yet. Will wait and see what the spec and price is going to be...
Things like a BEV Macan (didn't know it existed) make the petrol versions instantly redundant I imagine unless you do a lot of miles
The Taycan gets good reviews, if you need a £100k+ GT car that doesn't really have GT range.
I think the missus would like me to have one, she thinks the e is too small but all my cars are small. I dunno what will replace the e, nothing at the minute that is for sure, unless I go down the route of salary sacrifice lease
i've done shitloads of em
