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Not only are these videos invaluable when considering buying a used etron, they're also making me think of taking up skiing for the first time! Very grateful for your work filming, editing and uploading, thank you.

Id7 tourer? Long though. Didn't realise q6 didn't come with air. I expect to see you in a Macan...

Another car coming to the UK that might be worth considering will be the Zeekr 001, but probably not until next year

Perhaps it isn't the most exciting choice, but the Audi Q8 e-tron would be a great fit and uncompromising. I've loved Ski-tron so far.. so... continue.

I had this feature 16 years ago in my petrol car. It was called a parking heater, and it used a Webasto or Eberspacher device that was factory-fitted. It was remotely activated as well.

You little tease I think you will go for another Audi the Q6 e-tron 50, whatever it is it will be fun

I leave my skies down there and I don't have kids crame in the back so I'm picking up a Model Y next week :)

I just bought my 55 for 26600 euros at 28000 km. It comes with a standard 6 years warranty. It’s from 21 so I still have left 3 years of full warranty. The car drives amazing. Coming from a golf 7 this is really next level. The first week of ownership we drove it to Spain for the holidays. A bit anxious about the charging possibilities along the way but it all went fine. I used Tesla superchargers, IONITY and shell recharge. All worked fine. At the hotel I could charge for max 4 hours at 11 kWh for €8. So a full charge cost me €16 :). Really happy with the car so far.

I'm on the EDF EV energy plan. Works out at 9p per unit from 00:00 to 05:00. I'll take a look at Octopus when my tariff ends. However, I've got a PHEV so only charge every now and then (probably every couple of nights). What does my head in are service station costs. 80p per kw! What's that all about? It's twice the price of petrol, hence my preference for a PHEV. Short journeys on electric, longer journeys on hybrid.

What about standing chargers? I saw that octopus is charging an eye watering 61 pence per day whether I use any electricity or not?

It should be cheap you have a 15% saving on vat, and no fuel duty

Maybe look at the resale value of your worthless EV's before you talk about saving money. Being devalued buy £20+ a day doesn't sound cheap to me.

IOG is even better if you have a home battery 🔋🏡😎 100 miles from 40 kWh though... Ouch. I'm getting more like 164 (based on a 100 mile round trip at motorway speed yesterday giving 4.1 m/kWh yesterday).

I've recently bought a used E-Tron 55. Love it!!

Loving being on IOG - it’s fantastic! (And it’s saving me a fortune). Thanks again for your videos and for the referral link 👍

I get an etron this week - how much does an average 6 hour charge cost? I've signed up with octopus intelligence Hope u don't mind the question! Regards Chris

@Ski-tron Just signed up to Intelligent Octopus Go using your shared link based upon your videos. Many thanks for offering this - it’s also great to know that you are donating the money to charity - many thanks 👍

In Scotland there's nearly always a surplus of renewable energy so pretty much every time I plug on the car I get off peak power, usually until 11am with intelligent Octopus Go. Since I've got a home battery and air source heat pump this makes it incredibly cheap to heat the house.

Thank you, most helpful

That fact you mentioned about getting 7p/kWh with Octopus for many hours during the day makes all the difference, that and the fact that any other electricity you use for your appliances, water heating etc during those hours is also charged at the same 7p/kWh. Taking this in account, no other energy provider comes even close. Basically driving my Tesla Model 3 has a negative cost. Often the car is fully charged when I could do with cheaper electricity during the day, if only I had driven some more I'd have saved more. Crazy world, the most crazy is how the public is not being educated about this, they keep talking about the high cost of living partly due to the high cost of energy. What high cost of energy? 7p/kWh? I think I must live in a different world. Anyone has access to it, no one talks about it, except this video that is.

Why does every one call it Octopus Intelligent Go its Intelligent Octopus Go 😅

Thanks didn't realise octopus go had extended cheap rate to 5 hrs

My local Audi dealer has an E-tron 55 advanced from 2019 with 93.000 km (57800 miles) here for sale. 6 months now, that is for sale. They lowered the price from 37.000€ to now 31.000€ and I think they have to lower it even more. I was interested, but then I read all the issues this big beast can have... It comes with a one year dealer warranty... But I think that is too risky. I fear that the car will cost me a lot of money in the future. That is why I'm now pending between the used e-tron and a used Tesla Model 3. Yes the Tesla has also some issues, but way less and when they have to be repaired, prices are way lower than an Audi. Because, it still is a 100.000€ car. I can't decide at the moment. 😅

Are you having any motor coolant failure issues? Do you have to do regular service on the motor coolant system?

When you factor in the depreciation and unpaid time wasted waiting for it to charge I find it very difficult to believe!!

If you have cheap overnight charging making the switch is a no brainer there is nothing in any of the main party manifestos to address that and there should be. Your brother is lucky to have a couple of options open to him you have told him about the Tesla open to all with membership that can also save him money

Do you not even get the rear animation or dynamic rear indicators as standard?

Thanks. Very informative.

Old fashion key it's only available in the UK, in the other parts of the Europe we have keyless start keyless entry :) I purchased this instead of the Ford Kuga(Kuga was 39k euro, Q3 was 41.5k) because it's premium, it's looking better, and it's way better insulated than the Kuga. Also, this car it's made to be used in hybrid mode, in the city you can use EV mode only, but this car it's not intended to be used in full EV on a highway, that's not the purpose of a PHEV, the purpose of it it's to use it in the town on electric mode, and then to choose the mode that keeps the range for town driving. I honestly don't think you can purchase a better SUV at this price range, so Q3 it's a good choice. My car it's not noisy, it's quite at 100km/h, and the ride quality it's really good, you just need to drive it on comfort mode :) I have an advanced model not an SLine.

Do you need a smart meter for these ev tarriff charge. Or can you on the pre pay key top up

Have you tried the plug and charge connecting your electroverse account to the car?

Had one as a courtesy car for a couple of days, like driving a skateboard compared to the Etron. Plus the whole hybrid scam - 30 mile range to qualify for Gov concessions - Hmm

Also have Etron but our 2nd car is a Q5 TFSI-E 55 , it Q5 is a brilliant car and very similar to the E-Tron in spec , space and power , we find the Q5 better for long journeys , towing boats etc we rarely have to use the petrol engine but when we do it a life saver

Agree on your videos - great, real-world content. Also helped me pick up a 2021 55 Prestige on the second-hand market. Bought in Feb 2024 and have driven about 3,000 miles. Average consumption 2.6 mi/kWh. Past 2 weeks with pleasant weather has given me 225-230 miles range. No bother, as I charge every or every other day at home, or opportunistically at local AC chargers. I don’t mind paying to use them if it encourages the city to keep them or possibly install more.

Seeing the same from my e-tron 55, 220 or there about under 70mph or 70 on the dot, 2.8-9 m/kwh. I bet in town under 50mph, so the 20/30/40 mph zones the e-tron would do 300 miles easy. I have been seeing up to 4m/kwh while doing 30 mph... I think its the heat and the glide trick e-tron has.

Great content. Your superb videos helped me settle on my 2019 55 that I pick up in two days and straight away it’s 283 miles to get back home to Scotland. Can’t wait to see how comfortable it is for long journeys

Blimey, going back to a brand that treats you, and doesn’t test repair work like this is quite something.

Got a Tesla M3 needed to replace the A7 with EV for Business Use but didn't want another Tesla since Musk got rid of parking sensors a, indicator and drive selector stalks, so got a BYD Seal. BYD is a really lovely car to drive and has a HUD, which I value and something else Musk doesn't do, albeit the BYD HUD does not display SatNav info. Unsurprisingly for a Chinese made car, the BYD charge flap and washer filler bottle cap are cheap and nasty, and more surprisingly the car is let down by poor MMI. Having the driver seat position selection buried in the MMI settings menu is just too damn silly. If the last driver was a dwarf you get into the car, which has positioned the seat nicely for ingress and shut the door whereupon you get crushed up against the steering column whilst you start the MMI, for which weirdly you have to depress the brake pedal. You then wait for The MMI to launch, before you can go down 2 menu options to seat settings to select your memorised position (The trick is not to close the door until you have selected the seat position, so it stays in the ingress position). Notwithstanding these issues it is a very comfortable car to drive and very sporty. It also looks great. PS It was also at least £30,000 cheaper than the Audi ETron GT, which I could not get in time for the financial year!

It seems these German brands are all alike. Bad staff service can ruin a nice expensive showroom, and I've had bad service at BMW that made me want to stop buying BMWs straight away.

name and shame

Which Audi dealer are you using with the poor level of service?

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I'm strongly considering getting a 2022 plate E-Tron 55 SUV soon. The main reason being the current pricing, at the moment I'm driving a highly over-valued Petrol Mercedes that has kept 95% of its value from new in 2019 (thanks Covid and Brexit) that I want to sell whilst its got a high price, and want to buy a slightly used EV because they've already depreciated. I can see I can pick up a 22 plate E-Tron 55 that was around £80k when new, for as little as £35k here in the UK with less than 10k miles on it, which is mad. I'm expecting them to hold their value for several years at least. I drive very little (only about 400 miles a month), and can count on 1 hand how many times I've done more than 200 miles in a day in the last 5 years, so range isn't an issue for me at all. I'm just wondering if there's anything I should be concerned about? Home charging isn't an issue, and the 55 performance looks like it's genuinely very quick, a lot quicker than 99% of cars on the road. It's the comfort factor that's pulling me in too, the ride and noise level's just look amazing.

How about the EDF electric car tarrif. We’ve been on it since 2021 and nothing comes close with the scope of the low rate. Yes it’s 17p but we get 10 hours every night and ALL weekend. Works great at our house with 2 battery electric cars.

Well I Am on octopus agile and we had a super period of zero cost charging. Beyond that just got to manage when I charge but usually get around 10p/kwh still way cheaper than petrol of course. I have an MG4 to state.

For most people those home charging costs will be frightening, I've had solar and battery for the last two years and have net zero cost over the year and as you say I'm not that worried about the efficiency of the car but I'm a bit panicky if I'm on a long trip and can't get to a Tesla open to all charger

My 2021 Audi e-tron with 56,000 miles lost a lot of range suddenly November 2023. A 100% charge range of only 171 miles. An 80% charge range of 156 miles. This never went back up either. The temperature never went below 50° outside. I always charge at 80% unless I'm taking a trip And I do this every night at home. I rarely use a fast charger unless I'm taking a trip and need to get home. I spoke to Audi about this and they said the battery health was fine, battery degradation was normal and that there were no error codes so the battery was in good health. This is ridiculous to me. Not to mention that a $75,000 vehicle is now only worth $32,000 for trade in value. And now the e-tron has a battery recall due to a fire risk. Before the battery issues, the car was one of my favorites. And I was all on board the electric vehicle evolution. Not so much now.

I commute down the A38 past this services. I’m contemplating a move to an e-tron so good to know there’s a good charge stop on my route.

As the BBC will always tell you, there are other companies that provide cheap overnight power. With my old charger I simply plug in and leave the timers in the car to manage the charge. no Apps needed. Simplicity itself. Or I could take your ICE to the local petrol station and spend several minutes holding a cold nozzle as I put fuel into the car, then pay a lot of money for the priviledge.

Great video thanks I’m thinking of buying an etron it’s a50 though so bit concerned about the mileage and the time it will take to charge