Running an old high end PHEV

[LayZ]

Anyone brave enough to do this? Panamera Hybrid S look good value but I hear very bad things about relability. I also was ogling this Mercedes S500Le and thinking it was very lovely and I could charge it at the office. But then what happens if something goes wrong with the hybrid system, surely a warranty is a must have on one of these? I then looked and the max coverage you could get from warrantywise on one is £5k which I don't think would touch the sides on a major system failure.

How lovely is this though?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202311224...

[MrBig]

Can't comment on the reliability/longevity of it, but it does look fabulous, especially at time where it seems to be accepted that a new Golf GTI is more than £50k!!

Edited by MrBig on Friday 5th April 09:53

[Jamescrs]

Can't comment on the reliability, the S class looks superb in the pics.

I looked into both the BMW and Mercedes plug in hybrids of a similar age a couple of years ago when fuel prices were getting up to £2 a litre and my owners groups trawl suggested they would typically only do about 15 miles on electric alone which wasn't too helpful to me so I didn't bother.

I guess if you are going to be affected by ULEZ they make a lot of sense

[PurpleTurtle]

Approx 92 grand when new, before options.

It's a big brave pill, but it would be lovely to waft around in.