7 DAYS WITH A HIGH MILEAGE TESLA!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2022
- Petrol head spends 7 days with a high mileage tesla model s 85.
With the current rising fuel prices, petrol and diesel have become mega expensive meaning more and more people are turning to electric as an option to commute. In this video I explore what it’s like to daily drive a high mileage Tesla Model S
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I can confirm that I’ve since checked my bank statement and I was charged an additional £23.60 from that day at IKEA 👍
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That’s a lot to be honest
23.60 for 200miles ain't really that far off petrol and diesel I get atleast 150miles for 20 quid. Maybe the home charging is the real selling point
Ye Defo Calvin tesla ain't a
German car 🚗 an American cars as you know ain't the best are they but is a nice prize to win. I love what you do selling cats a doing competition keep up the good work brother, proud of you mate and I've followed you on TH-cam for year.good humble man. 👍
@@callumthejudo696 We got a hybrid seat leon. If we didnt have solar panels it wouldn't make sense. Just happy we can switch between fuel and electric as we please. The added torque is lovely tho. Looking to get both engine and motors remapped at some point
It’s cheaper to run my car on lpg
Jacks Lacey's comments are spot on. The £1 was simply the check charge to ensure your account was active, the real charge will appear in a day or two. 🤣🤣
Press the boot button twice when it’s open and it will close it,for you too. Also, set the comfort access to on, and you don’t have to press any buttons. Just walk up to the car and the handles will present themselves.
If you owned the car, you wouldn’t go out of your way to charge it. You charge over night at home.
Boots go on your feet it's called a Trunk
@@dwightbain8328 trunks go on elephants. We call it a boot.
@@dwightbain8328 it's a boot. It's a trunk in simplified English
@@dwightbain8328 Just because it was made in America doesn't mean they have to use the American word.
Charging it at home would cost you a lot more then £1
My 17 yr old son's just bought a Toyota mr2 mk1 and I'm driving it until he passes his test and when I'm driving it I'm smiling, I'm loving it and people are wanting to talk to us and take photos of it and i don't want to get out of it and always driving the long way where ever we go, i can't imagine an EV will have the same effect ever.
After having an electric car for 4 months now I can honestly say I don't even think about charging day to day. I just plug it in at night at home on the drive. Going to a petrol station to fill up would now definitely be an inconvenience.
I think that would probably be the same for those (like you) in the UK that have off street parking and/or don't do regular long journeys.
@@RandomShart Anyone with a private parking space that they can use to put a charger will find an ev quite convenient, and if you have to make a long-ish trip the model 3 long range can get pretty far
What about if you live at a tower block.
Move
@@ELITEDEMON991 Some people want to live, or have to live in a home with no off street parking. Many multi million £/$ homes in major cities don’t have off street parking.
It costs me £3.85 to fully charge my Tesla. I charge it a few nights a week at home. Like charging a phone, you wouldn’t do it in the day unless you’re going on a long run.
Excellent video, true real life stuff, straight talking. Keep making the great content. 👍
Love how positive that little lad is about the Tesla... He's the future after all!! 👍🏻
My Son is obsessed with Tesla and Elon Musk, he's 16. I'm looking at getting a Kia EV6 GT line S 4wd as my next car.
@@Lemming1970 Mate Rimac is even a greater genius. Check out for Rimac or Nivera or Electric BMW e30
Thanks for doing this video Cal, I am in the process of looking for an EV and you answered loads of my questions 👍
Battery life is often over 250 k and up to 400k miles in some examples used as taxis. As long as the motor is quiet without excess whirring noise - it's fine. Test drive essential as service history cannot be acquired from Tesla.
I honestly wouldn't get a second hand one purely because of the range, even if the battery has been taken care of and it's in a good state they are nowhere near what the new ones offer
Good rounded video, love my Tesla and will do 550 miles in a day with charging stops no longer than grabbing a coffee but also can charge for few pounds at home, but also love my Diesel defender but as you say it makes no sense putting £100 of fuel in. Best way to charge a electric car is like a phone at night at home.
Absolutely get the travel sickness thing, I can hardly travel with someone else driving for 10mins without feeling rough!
Honestly calv this is a very relevant video mate 👏 👌 love the content as always
That didt cost a £1 to charge thats the connection fee, you were charged at 0.39p per KW you will get a bill. My model long range costs about £15 at rapid charger (average) and about £9 home charge per charge. VW sponsor pod point/tesco you can charge any car there. Battery degradation is different on all make but 6% in the 1st year is not uncommon after that it will slow to 1-2% per year hope that helps. Oh comparing a Tesla 85 to any modern EV is like saying my M2 comp does everything better then my Dacia sanero :P
Kwh is the capacity . kW is the power. An engine has 100kW but the gas tank has 50litre or gallon. You dont say the gas tank has 50kW. No, when talking about battery = Kwh ( capacity) and the power is kW. ( charging rate or motor).
Enjoyed that video, I laughed when you saw the VW sign as it was first thing I saw 😇. Don’t know if that was your issue though. We have a Ioniq 5 (Wife’s car ) and had similar connection issues first few days. Love petrol cars all my life but free chargers at work so 7000kms since January 5th costing me €24 in town a few times here in Ireland. Trading my A7 for a Model 3 now so can’t wait.
Thing to remember: if you have a charger at home (about £800 to buy and install) you’ll wake up everyday with a full tank :)
*Calvin loves a high mileage cars, safe to high mileage is actually sometimes a good think mines currently got 120k on the clock*
Great vid man addressed everything I could possibly wish to know seems a great car but like you I just love the drama and involvement of a "proper" car lol good effort tho keep onit 👌🙌👏😁
Top content as usual, thank you Calvin 👊🏼
Really good balanced video. I’m getting an EV later this year (not a Tesla - too expensive) as a company car but can honestly say I wouldn’t get one as a private buyer yet, even a used one. I’m lucky I will have free charging at work (once a week) so 99% of the time will not need to use public chargers - just on the occasional longer journey a few times a year. I appreciate they don’t make sense yet for a lot of people but this will change over time as range increases, costs come down and charging infrastructure improves. A few years away until they overtake (excuse the pun!) ICE vehicles but having test-driven a few and spoken to many EV owners, I think the vast majority of people will love their EV’s.
Well done your video has professionally edited and produced. And interesting. Thanks!
Travel sickness is due to mismatch between motion inputs from your inner ear and vision, modified by your brains anticipation and expectation of motion. Worst in back seat (you can’t see what is happening as well), front passenger seat better (vision better match for motion) best when driving yourself (brain has better idea of what happens next cos your in control and therefore anticipation of motion accurately matches inner ear measurement).
Great video Calvin, can I just ask at what age and mileage were the battery and motor changed?
Your review was fascinating to me as I waited until u realized you needed to learn the car before reviewing it. You speed test it with the wrong mode on. You let the battery go that low before charging and you needed to know how to use it to better appreciate the gem you bought.
Good arguments for both sides the wife has a MGZS Ev I have just ordered a x40 Volvo ev 408 bhp still have my triumph speed for the weekend think the torque is incredible and I love the regenerative braking great vid Calv
I really enjoyed the video. very informative buddy.
Good good vid thank you, your points about travel sickness were very interesting. AND...... happy kids, GLORIOUS.
love the content of this one like how you had it a week and experienced the good and the bad maybe try a toyota hybrid for a week like to know running costs keep it up CALVIN
Would be good to see you review a Tesla model Y that’s new. This would give you a much better experience as the cars have improved much more since 2014. Charging isn’t stressful if you’ve got a charger at home that works. A few of the issues you faced are normal for your first week having the car. Natural to have a little learning curve but they’re quite quick to get used too.
This Video needs more attention! This will be looked at in the future, when the Used Electric Car market will be a massive massive thing. Good Vid Cal! Your son's passion for a Tesla should be noted marra. Our Kids are the guys who will be in the thick of this before you know it! Bloody good honest video mate!
Its already a massive thing. Loads of tesla's hitting auction, that and Golf e, Nissan Leaf and more.
It's heard in Africa because he is fkin loooooud 😁
I came across your channel for the first time as we are considering an EV and live near Milton Keynes so your comments on charging were especially relevant to us.
BUT :) I'm not convinced that it only cost £1 to charge (happily be proved wrong). If you fill a petrol/diesel car up at tesco using the pay at pump option it takes a £1 charge to validate your card - the remainder of the balance appears in (or out!) Of your bank a day or so later.
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Loved the review. Personally I’m on my 2nd hybrid, first was a Toyota Prius (an intro to hybrid) and then the Ford Fusion Hybrid which I F’N love! That thing is solid, fast and just 🥰 But I wouldn’t mind getting an all electric especially with Lucid and Polaris entering the market but dude you need a home charging station and you definitely can’t take long distant trips cause the issue you had finding a station is crazy. Here in the suburban area of NYC where I live, ppl have multiple cars and houses so you can switch up, electric local, gas for distance/power. But good to know that the old/high mileage Tesla holds up. Shit that thing is 8yrs old.
Great video Calvin as always. You excellently summed up all the pros and cons of evs and their ownership. For me 1 day I guess but not yet. Keep up the good work mate
Why not may I ask? Do you have money to burn and no electricity at home?
You’re using the regenerative braking as an on off switch, let off the throttle gently, less throttle equals more braking
Treat coming off the accelerator in the same way you apply your brake :)
Excellent video Calvin
Loved the vid! Would love to see you review a polestar 2
Great video mate!!!!
Great vid Calvin, thanks..................
Proper petrol head like you, this has helped me commit 💯 to my new car being a hybrid 330e, electric for my small commute, proper motor for anything else!
I’ve just got rid of my 330e I personally wasn’t a fan of it
@@samfoster2673 ah that's a shame, I think for my particular usage requirements it's ideal
Hey, Jason what means small commute and Sam why you got rid of it? As I’m fancying one as well :) I have 48 miles commute 4 days per week and I wonder if it’s worth it, will I see a mpg improvement or should I buy a diesel :) thinking that I’m doing 23k per year :))
@@riseandshinesunshine I'm no expert but for your commute I don't think the 330e is worth it, I'd say go full EV or diesel
@@riseandshinesunshine you would see an improvement in mpg as long as you charge it every night. I found myself forgetting to charge it a lot. When you don’t charge the batteries the mpg is pretty bad and the fuel tank is so small to make way for the batteries. I had an m140i before the 330e so maybe going from a 3 litre 6 cylinder straight to a hybrid was just too big of a jump to the future for me in one go 🤣 I don’t know I just never felt any affinity to the car
I am not a petrol head but i am just as enthusiastic about Tesla and any other electric car as you are about your M5. Totally understand the desire to get in a car and enjoy driving and in my case more so when its got the luxury smooth silence of an EV.
Agreed. I've had a Tesla for a few months, now, and prefer the quiet smooth ride. I had it over 100mph on the open road with a passenger comfortably sleeping in the back seat. No vibration or engine whine. It'll beat most ICE vehicles in the quarter mile without waking the wolves. And, Tesla charging stations are so good and so common that I can't imagine long distance travel in any other EV. Definitely digging the Tesla Experience.
@calvin's car diary regards charging( money wise) the machines deduct £1to validate your card then deducts what you used within 24/48hours. There would be no way of charging your card beforehand as there is no way of knowing how long you intend to be there,.same as Asda fuel stations.
Good video mate 😊
0.39 quid/kwh * about 80kwh battery = 31 quid + to charge (that is expensive power, but paying for convienience)
nice one Calvin very interesting 👍
I have a Chevy Bolt and I haven't taken it to a charging station in years because I plug in at home at night. For very long trips I use my plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt.
Calvins humouros little edits gets me everytime 🤣🤣
Perfectly said calvin.
Electric cars are for a to b merchants who are not real car enthusiasts.
Petrol cars are for people that have soul..
I hope electric cars don't replace petrol entirely.
Unfortunately that will be unavoidable, the future is electric sorry to say. But hey at least they are quick. it is what it is mate. Besides some people enjoy the fresh air and silence rather than fumes and a rumbling loud engine.
@@laxlax9960 hopefully it’s hydrogen not electric.
@@howardgregory3888 like I know what that means
@@howardgregory3888 Lol hydrogen cars are electric. You just add an intermediate step where you convert hydrogen to electricity. It's inherently less efficient.
Nice video pal
Calvin, thanks for this great video! A used Tesla model S is a great option for anyone wanting to get into the Electric car space. Any petrolhead knows of the Model S and its performance potential vs a proper ICE car, but minus the sweet sound of a good exhaust. Losing this sound is what scares a petrolhead the most. Your point of view on this, Calvin, is shared by all the proper petrolheads! Your simple video format of living with the car, is what we appreciated seeing and look at what happened? Charge time slowed you down, when you had things to do. We needed to see that, I needed to see that, as I consider maybe selling my 2011 E350, perhaps not just yet! I'll keep pumping premium into the tank for the time being. Subscribed!
Get a Tesla, but keep the E350 cause its a great car and will serve you well for another ten years.
@@geofrey01 Good advice, I may just do that. The 2011 E350 I now drive, I found in a garage with 16,000 miles on it 3 years ago. I keep babying it, it should last a few more years methinks!
I think there are some sound systems you can fit that detect throttle position and then produce engine and exhaust notes of the car of your choice selectable via a menu. Driving along with 120dB inside will make you appear like a super extreme weirdo (to pedestrians) but at least you can get that 'ears bleeding' experience. Honestly they can go well into permanent hearing damage territory but many petrolheads will see that as a price worth paying.
Calv..didnt you hear the distant tears dropping from the headlights of the G whiz when you said you've never ventured into the electric car world...lol
8:52 Calvin turns into a French man
Calvin whats the insurance costs compared to petrol/diesel? Also battery and motor replacement? Thanks its still a nice A2B ride.
I seen a video of someone on TH-cam comparing the prices of filling and driving an Audi rs-etron against an Audi RS 6 and the price difference was in the pence using only the supercharger points.
I have a FN2 Type R and a Hyundai Kona 64kWh - I get 280 miles on a full charge (will get better with the weather) and it saves me SOOOO much money, charging at free stations is the way to go or at home which is cheaper than out and about charging stations, hes leccy is going up but its still cheaper than petrol for me at the moment by a massive margin.
Even if you plug into a standard outlet at home/work, that would get you through the week easily. You would charge slowly over night but you would get like 30-40 miles of range in a night
Very nice car can't believe how long tesla has been around for.
Replatin'... replacing. Calv's been playing too much Warzone! Great video as always
Just saying Calvin that 330d isn't nicer than my 335d 🤭🤣🤣🙌thanks for the win matey
u just got a new sub!
Calvin’s neighbours finally finding piece for a week or two until the next beast is on the drive 😂😂
Big issue is charging like with the time it takes to find a working or suitable charging station and then the Time to Charge. It’s ok if you commute in the range of the battery or have the free time waiting. The other issue I personally buy secondhand cars and the recommended battery life is around 8Y and batteries on decent evs tend to cost more than the car is worth at that stage of life or at best well over half the value. Witch I can see this corsing issues with the second hand market where the average road user buys. Openly emit I am not a Fan of EVS but they are suitable to those who like or afford them and have the luxury of free time.
Good to see more of a real life review of one. The problem with electric cars (nice ones anyway) is that they are soo expensive to buy in the first place
my old Model S costs me 2p per mile in fuel. Well worth some money up front. Zero depreciation. A petrol car??
Spot on review
Fascinating and … Adorably Entertaining 💜🚙🚗
Interesting and honest review
Very thoughtful video Calvin. I have a fast petrol BMW and love the camaraderie between fellow petrol heads. You can be supping a brew at your local Starbucks chatting to young lads and old farts alike about their cars. Can’t see that happening with EV.
out of curiosity, did you change the power settings on the tesla before doing the drag? i'm sure this model came with the power adjustments in the computer and turn on ludacris mode - mine did.
I would recommend you to try the Model S P85+ , same age, it has a Mercedes AGM setup (the + only), so it is more fun to drive.
As someone in the US, there's literally no inconvenience when it comes to having EVs here, unless you're driving 300+ miles a day in road trips or something. And knowing how the majority of driving trips aren't even close to that, range anxiety literally can't happen with nearly anyone.
We're littered with single-family housing with zoning laws literally everywhere making it illegal to not have massive driveways for no reason, garage obviously included, everyone can just get a charger in their house, which can literally just be a Level 1 charger for most trips, plug in your EV at night, and still have full batteries every day. You don't even need chargers at your workplace, unless you have a Nissan Leaf and cross state lines to get to work.
this is how I do it here in Colorado
Ahh, the Nissan Leaf. A fine EV - and made in Sunderland, in the north-east of England. Why Aye, Man!!
Haven't watched many TFL Car videos then, describing how theres a distinct lack of chargers in the central US?
@@computerbob06 lack of non super chargers, that’s a larger factor as to why Tesla’s are so popular, super chargers are everywhere, reliable, and fast. Every other third party always has issues idk what they are doing.
@noorquacker please stop speaking for "everyone and everywhere in the US", as you shouldn't speak in absolutes about anything, let alone an issue as diverse as this. Not everyone has anywhere near the same situations to deal with whether rural areas, cold environments, long rides for work or pleasure, etc. There are pros and cons to everything and EVs are no different. You wouldn't like it if people came along dismissing your circumstances or challenges.
You don't have blood in your veins Cal, its high octane fuel mate , love you vlogs always excellent, i hope you get rewarded for all your hard work.
Good video but really misses a fundamental benefit of running an EV.
If you're able to home charge then you'll hardly ever have to wait for the car to charge as you'll wake up to a full battery every day.
Sure there will be someone out there that drives hundreds of miles every day but for most people, a 200 mile range is more than ample. After all, 12,000 miles per year is 230 miles per week, not per day.
And when you do drive a long way, you'll only need to charge after driving about 3 1/2 hours.
After that, 35 minutes at a Tesla Supercharger will give you another 3+ hours of driving.
400 miles is coming.
Solid state batteries will be game changers
Best review ever. Honest and funny.
Nice review
Great video iv been thinking about getting rid of me 2016 s3 and getting the golf GTE for misses to commute in. Only a 40miles battery but a 1.4t to kick in when that runs out. If it done 100miles on a charge id be sold on it. Teslas are nice but Too much hassle not having the petrol engine as a back up.
Actually PHEV's are a dogs dinner, you get all the costs of an ICE engine while reducing the electric range of the car due to the added weight.
@@mcarpenter2917 horses for corses i think
I experience the exact same travel sickness symptoms too. Sitting in the back of a car is vomit-inducing whilst it's only marginally better in the passenger seat. Isn't it strange.
Nice video. I’ve not read the comments but i think you can charge early Model S for free at Tesla superchargers. You don’t need to mess around at supermarkets etc
You answered a lot of questions that a person that is not familiar with electric cars have fear about.
Calv go a test drive a ix3 m sport pro or prem pro. Never as good as a m5 but the fun you can have with a 290bhp rwd car with 400 torque in sports mode is decent 😃. The new i4 m50 is supposed to be a lot of fun too
All can i say is this, God bless you and your family 👍👍👍👍👍
I'm glad you liked the Tesla. I used to call myself a petrol head but I think I'm just a car nut. I'm on my second electric car (neither are Teslas unfortunately, maybe one day?) and wouldn't go back. I don't miss the noise, but you made me realise that I did used to enjoy snicking through a nice gearbox. I also used to suffer from car sickness. It sounds like you are just the same as I was. If I kept my eyes on the road, I was fine. So, in the back, this was more difficult and so you and I suffered more. In the passenger seat it is easier to do, if you realise that it will help, and when driving, you have to do it so no problem. The re-gen braking? I love it, I want true 'one pedal driving' cars. My Zoe wasn't and my current car is closer but not quite. If the drive is jerky, it's the driver, not the re-generative braking. It's no different to lifting off the throttle on an ICE car and applying the brakes. It can be done smoothly or not smoothly. Great video, I'll be looking out for more.
They seem to do interior correctly (durable).
For Tesla traction battery it is refurbished (fixed), not replaced battery. And the clock is not resetted by refurbishment.
11:29 Lol, I live in Dunstable 😂 was pretty shocked to see you were in my area
Fantastic video, I think at this minute in time most of us have contemplated going electric its just the constant range anxiety that would do me....its bad enough when the Mrs takes the car and empties the tank and doesn't fill it! Imagine that with an electric car....you have a full hour to argue about it while its on charge 😂😂
Always be charging :)
I charge once a week 300 miles range
I’ve lived with a lower range EV (BMW i3) for two years without a garage. In those two years I was always thinking about where my next charging opportunity was going to come from.
I now have a garage so I can charge overnight and the experience is night and day. I wake up with a full battery and give it no thought.
With the infrastructure being what it is, as much as I love EVs, I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone who doesn’t have access to off street parking. But if you can charge it at night then I think that they are brilliant.
😂👌
@@ewadge mate it's really not as bad as you make it sound no offence. My brother in law is a Uber driver and charges twice a day, for some one like him yes I too wouldn't recommend and Ev unless home charging is possible. But for the average Joe like me once a week charging is nothing unless you purchase a non efficient low range Ev. I've got Hyundai Kona 64kw and my only headache is waiting while it charges. I got low patience barrier 😂
I was thinking of getting a Tesla so this video helps a bit with my decision
The problem with electric cars especially used ones is still the range, charging time and there is not enough charging points, and brand new ones are too expensive for most people.
Got a Model 3 LR AWD last year …
0-60 4s
Stated range: 340
Drive carefully: 300
Nutter: 200
1800kg
Self drive option
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Government’s around the world are pricing people out.
so in the future most people can’t afford to own a car and use public transport
my ikea offers only snail charging but i dont have to pay for parking. did you get the error bc of the order you attached the adapter?
Beautiful car Calvin I am petrol head too Geordie man living in Nottingham now
Cal, incredible content once again. The mrs and I have been discussing the concept of a Tesla. We've got a couple of new cars and an rx8 (my midlife crisis car apparently that I've owned for a few yrs and shovelled a few grand into) up until last week where I blew the engine, needless to say she's left the driveway now. I've been looking at a Q7 as I like the fact it's the tankiest car out there but having seen this vid am really quite intrigued as to what Tesla have to offer. I know they do a 7 seater too.
Keep up the great content (p.s. The mrs isn't winning, I'm lining up a C63 as my new weekend car!)
Side note - Have you got a Q7 or anything 7 seater based in stock as I got the kids a puppy for Christmas and it'd be awesome to have a larger SUV to accommodate the famalam
Interesting review Iv not got the bottle to make the change yet will run my road tax free diesel captur in the ground first
Quality vid!
I used to live in Bletchley and went to school there too.
Why not go to the Tesla superchargers? It seems on the screen there is one nearby with 8 chargers available, no?
The older cars have totally different battery chemistry than the MODEL 3 and MODEL Y. The rule on range is to make sure with an older MODEL S you have twice the distance left than where you are going as this covers variables such as weather and driving style IE how heavy your right foot is.
Could you imagine putting the tesla running gear into the gwhizz 😂
You hit the nail on the head, Performance without drama is not enough?it would be like making love without 4 play or getting drunk at the flick of switch.I personally think is all about how you get there.
The £1 fee was a token cost to make sure that the card was valid. Then, when the real cost was known the proper cost is applied and the £1 pre-authorisation fee is deleted.
Just use the Tesla navigation to fine chargers, you shouldn't just be guessing where a charger might be.
btw. you can turn off the regen breaking on the accelerator pedal
Great video. It would be good to see a review on a Mitsubishi outlander PHEV.
I’ll give you one, they’re shite 😂..sorry but they are…an ex colleague of mine used to have one as a company car from new. It’d only run a handful of miles on fully electric then the weak yet thirsty petrol engine would suck dry its measly sized petrol tank dry in no range atall.
No word of a lie, he had a large army spec Jerry can filled with petrol always stored behind the drivers seat so he could top up.!
To be fair he was doing 20-30k per annum, by contrast maybe one of these used merely as a shopping cart / school run mobile, it may make more sense…..
Alright fella ya gonna do a video on the m200 type r ya got in stock ☺️
I also get travel sickness in Electric cars, but no problem in normal engine cars. Its something about the acceleration/regeneration that turns my stomach upside down.