As our nearly 2 week cricket holiday draws to a close I reflect back on how our first holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera has gone and I smile. As far as what we can do with the car it is exactly the same as any normal petrol or diesel car we have owned… we use … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Summary
Today I did a bit of holiday shopping in Bristol. Bristol is about 55 miles each way so I thought I might get away with only using a very little petrol for the entire trip if I could charge whilst shopping and in Bristol there are several options. I chose to park in the Cabot … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Day 10
With 4 consecutive days of cricket the days have been almost identical as far as the car is concerned… 15 – 20 miles a day to and from the cricket ground with a couple of morning coffees and one shopping trip. Again, we have done about 100 miles without using a drop of petrol! OK, … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Days 6 – 9
Quiet day today with a cricket day. 21 miles in total and again NO PETROL USED! It is very easy to dismiss the importance of days like today. Sure, it is only 21 miles but what is important is that on days like this I am not using any petrol at all. Days like this … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Day 5
Well, today has been yet another example of how the Ampera helps you reduce your petrol use when on holiday. We decided to visit a local museum today, the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton, near Yeovil. It is about 30 miles each way so we tried to see how far we would get … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Day 4
Today was a day of relaxation. I had my coffee in the morning (15 miles) and plugged in on return. The car was fully charged again by the time we went shopping but it was shopping with a bit of a tour around the town of Wellington and a longer way home so it was … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Day 3
Being on holiday I decided that I would treat myself by having a Latte at Costa Coffee in the mornings. The nearest coffee shop to the caravan site is in Wellington, some 7 miles each way. If I had a normal petrol car I probably wouldn’t consider it worth 15 miles of petrol just to … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Day 2
On this holiday we will be staying in our caravan which is already positioned in Taunton, Somerset. The Ampera is not approved for towing and so we have positioned the caravan on a caravan site having what is known as a “season pitch”. This is where we semi-permanently position the caravan on a caravan site … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera – Day 1
We have had the Ampera for over 2 months now and all is going every bit as well as expected or even better than that. Our lifetime petrol use is going up steadily and now sits at 92mpg but this is being slowed by the occasional use where we must use petrol to get to … Continue reading A Holiday with the Vauxhall Ampera
