I took my ELECTRIC CAR on the FERRY to FRANCE to DRIVE it 1200 MILES to BENIDORM!

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Join me on the first leg my journey to BENIDORM as I take my Electric Car on the Ferry from Dover to Calais in France and start my 1200 mile drive. Can the EV make it all the way to Spain without any issues and what is the Charging Infrastructure like? The challenge is against Geoff Buys Cars, who will get there first and who will get there spending the least amount of money.

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right before we start I’d like to thank the sponsor of today’s video and they are in cogny more about that later Jeff buys cars we’re off to France today 4:47 Le 4:47 in the morning we need coffee we need to get the cars on the ferry and we need to get to France because today we’re off to mow how many miles is that it’s quite a lot it’s a long way I think it’s a few more than I told you it was last night as well it’s about 600 miles isn’t it it’s getting on for 600 miles yeah and I reckon I’m going in my electric car on the ferry first I’m worried about that because there’s a lot of stuff where they say you can’t take your Ferry on board you can’t take your car on board the ferry if you’ve got a full charge your first time on the ferry with a TI first time on the ferry with a TI can so all these myths and misinformation come this way a little bit you got to be in the middle uh uh right we’re going to we’re going to myth bust them going bit close to yeah myth bust we’re going to myth bust it but I I think it’ll be interesting because your car’s quite low yeah so just getting onto the ferry whether you’re going to you know right off your car by knocking out the battery but I’m sure it’ll be fine hopefully so 600 mil two maybe three charges for you yeah I can’t do that on a full tank right and I’ve got mine now I’ve got it all sorted out using the computer system on board so I can prep my battery Etc I reckon I’m in with a chance here cuz it’s the first one that gets to Benny dorm yeah for the cheapest and the quickest it’s not a race no two two two prizes basically first one there and then cheapest yeah so who’s going to take the crown this time I reckon I’ll take the cheapest seeing your car I’m more concerned now but I’m more concerned knowing that you’ve done all this with your charging and he’s learned how to use his car basically and I’ve chosen a silly car um it it’s could be quite close yeah I reckon it will do anyway if you’re new to the channel hit the Subscribe button subscribe to this guy is Jeff B cars we’re going to document the entire journey across the English Channel over to Cal from DOA to Cal in my electric car and in his Volvo and then we’re going to get there and we’re going to do different videos along the way it’s going to be fun it’s going to be exciting and it’s going to be an Epic Journey so you don’t like going on the water it gets a bit seasick I do actually yeah it’s not good it’s like a Mill Pond today you should be all right I won’t be honestly no I’ll be I’ll be very I’ll be violently ill it’s not a good start anyway without further Ado my friends let’s go [Music] [Music] right first stop Ferry yeah and bacon buty yeah is it a bacon cob where you’re from or is it bacon buty or bacon Bap or what oh I go sandwich but I suppose when it’s but then you got to differentiate from bread and and a and a roll a roll bacon roll bacon roll yeah wck and B and roll I’m going with cop anyway that’s not it’s cuz you’re a northerner I am not I’m from the Midlands you like a pretend Norther let’s get in the car come on onwards right let’s go right okay I tell you what I feel really fat today and it’s not a good idea it’s probably cuz I am fat it’s not a good idea wearing a t-shirt with lines going that way right let’s follow Jeff let’s get on the ferry I’m going to have to lift my suspension up so that I can get onto the ferry and not scrape the battery compartment right come on [Music] onwards right okay got to get my passport go Jeff’s lights are bright got my passport there okay got my passport got my documentation so we are all good well that was weird cuz I went through to the first um desk there at the border control and I says morning and she went Bon I thought hang in a minute you’re French I’m not even there yet and then I got through to the second one border control which was the UK Jeff’s passed his passport through to them and then uh I went I looked to the lady there who was the immigration officer and she went morning I said morning you’re right I went to give my passport she went are you with him I said yeah and she went on you go never even show my passport lovely lady lovely [Music] lady right so we’re going around again travel with jet F we’re not actually on dfds fairies we’re actually on Irish fairies so we’ve had to go round and we doing the we’re going around again travel with Jeff I think that’s what the new channel for you Jeff yeah um good run my own Airline isn’t it it is we’re on the wrong Ferry anyway let’s try the [Laughter] ske funny we’ve now hit the point where I’ve lost 100 miles range since we left the this is great I tell you you’ve chose the right car for me you and all your followers right let’s get checked in see you in a [Music] minute right so we’re now on the right hand side so Jeff said to get out to give the documentation cuz you can’t reach over to that window why not the other side what’s what’s the logic behind that now I’ve got to get out of my car anyway [Laughter] I guess it’s for people who’s got the steering wheel on the wrong side [Music] [Music] [Music] right car’s parked up and parked behind the Tesla one of us let’s go and find Jeff and let’s get up on the on board deck and uh have a look at the view come on [Music] right we’re just going to go to the top of the deck and then we’re going to go and uh have a quick look at the view from the top and then going to get a bike to eat and a coffee okay so before we go any further I want to tell you about today’s sponsor and they are in cogni now have you ever noticed that sometimes you’ll sign up for a store loyalty card and then you start getting spam emails calls or texts from telemarketers or you Google Air fryers and start getting spam emails about air fryers now I used to get it all the time and it drove me nuts and I looked into why this happens and it’s because all these companies sell your data to Giant firms called Data Brokers and then they sell your 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bacon cob Let’s Get Down thereon sand come on let’s have a look around we’re moving we’re moving Jeff we’re moving goodbye England goodbye England where’s the bluebird you have no idea where you’re on about now showing the age difference between me and you bluebirds yeah there’ll be bluebirds over the White Cliff of DOA no what’s that from it’s a song from the war that wasn’t in the war don’t mention the war don’t mention the war you’ve never heard that no you’ve never heard that I don’t think I have no that’s unbelievable everyone’s going to be disappointed we’re like oh Jeff My Heart Will Go come back Jack come back Jack there was space for two of them on that piece of wood they could have both gotten on it right okay my theft alarm was going off on my car right VOD phone was ringing me obviously it’s detect to the theft so now probably going to use the battery up or whatever is that an automated call or is it an actual person it was an automated call but then it goes through to a person cuz it’s tracking it so I’ve had to turn that off now so anyway Mr Davey you your car’s in the sea your car’s I reckon now we’ve said goodbye to England we now need to go and get something to eat and drink yeah it’s breakfast time it’s breakfast time can you say onwards onward downwards down downwards my friends Cafe Lafayette Cafe Lafayette where’s that we got flat we don’t want the bar yeah Cafe Lafayette this way o grassy full English full English Jeff full English English ladies gentle are you hungry Jeff I’m ready to eat ready to eat I’m a big trip ahead little ready for the concerned that the price is not going to reflect the quality of food but it’s $4.95 it’s not a cheap breakfast is it no it’s not it’s School [Laughter] dinner the concentration on Jeff’s face again to use that machine I’m staring at the prices mate star at the how much it for a coffee I just got a cup of black right how much do you think a cup of black was uh90 £325 £25 just water and a bit of coffee jeez I know but we are on the sea so you know there is that well we’re actually on the Channel people would be like Jeff’s always moaning he’s moaning about the food he’s moaning about the prices can you tell us a little bit about the coffee though what’s in it uh the hot water probably come from a tap probably C full of fluoride tap water in it maybe a bit of chlorine but it’s black and it’s hot and I’m ready for coffee so how much was it you paid for this how much was it 30 quid 30 quid 30 quid 30 quid I’ve got to say by the way I’m now beginning to feel a little bit uh a little bit a little bit queasy and I’m just wondering why I didn’t take the train and I’m thinking on the way back I might get the train at the cost of my alloy wheels it’s a good point yeah cuz because I’m I’m not feeling good I’m feeling a bit uh I didn’t realize you were seick I guess I’m not good on the seat at all I did a um a a Crossing once on the princess Marissa from Cyprus to Egypt and I was a was with my dad I said to my dad I don’t feel very well he said we haven’t even left the port yet and I had to have SE sness tablets really I’m not good yeah right let’s test this this out first of all it’s not a food review but they’ve put the beans over my mushrooms they’ve contaminated it yours was just a big pile it was just big p and that that white pudding is not even cooked no and that my friends look at that that that’s offensive that is a weak sausage that’s what that is it’s a weak sausage that is offensive right I mean that’s not right and look at that anemic inside I got my brown sauce the eggs are are Bas oh gosh you know what I’m going to try and eat this and see you in a minute cuz I’m taking a few deep breaths I’ll catch you in a minute it’s not good hey sh him right Jeff what was the food like Mark out tent give us an in-depth description of your breakfast um I’m going to give it a three yeah but if I’d paid $5.99 I maybe would have been a lot happier with that but that’s the thing so what we had there was a £5.99 breakfast for £14.99 so I think that’s basically my review you know as breakfasts go you got good ones you got average ones and then you got the not good ones I’d say that was firmly in the average category right mcy how was your breakfast M mcy um I’m gonna say it it was abysmal really yeah it was absolutely abysmal I mean that is going to end up in the uh in the channel in about five minutes cuz I ain’t feeling good it was not a good idea for me to come on a ferry why did we do this and not they built a they built a tunnel so we don’t have to do this you do realize that I think the problem is he said to me I can’t go on the tunnel cuz my car’s so wide and Porsche owners are saying that they damaged the wheels but he never told me he was seasick I’ll take you just say that you were seasick I’ll take the damage in the wheels just over there terrible why are we on a ferry if C not good it’s horrible it’s just I’m feeling my jws going we we see outside upstairs not good so you about to be sick and your car alarm’s going off my car alarm’s going off I’m about to be sick and my daughter Harriet’s trying to FaceTime me so we’ll see you upstairs oh that’s better fresh air yeah stare at the Horizon yeah hold on tight yeah where your seat belt yeah protect yourself and others yeah don’t come within 2 meters of me if you’re going to be sick okay he’s taking photos I have not a video I’m not feeling good I’m I’m I’m going to have to come back on the channel tunnel this is why they made the channel tunnel oh I can tell you now there’s not enough lifeboats for the p people and in two hours I can assure you this boat will be under the sea I I’m more Captain Jack Sparrow thanck Sparrow yeah that’s my that’s my kind of saling I’m more Captain birds like fish finger sandwiches Captain bird ey and Captain Jack Sparrow I like it that’s better than Smokey Jeff and the fish and chip Bandit is yeah chocolate fish finger sandwiches by the way yeah I hate Posh fish finger sandwiches right you get there and you get I had one with you right just put some FIS fish fingers on two slices of wons happy day I actually agree with you it is what it is I mean a fish finger sandwich is a fish finger sandwich in it yeah don’t be worrying about what it is it at the end of the day it’s a fish finger sandwich I put it on some cheer batter and I’ve put little fish strips it’s not a fish finger then is it yeah no yeah I mean to be honest right a fish finger sandwich is is a thing to Wonder Isn’t it it is like you say on the crappy white bread you fine yes cheap don’t be buying no sustainable fish we don’t want Dolphin friendly fish fingers Captain offender we’ll have lots of rape seed oil in the batter around the fish ringer just Chuck it between margarine Mar L pack SP margarine Posh Marine still full of rape seed right on a sandwich oh and then squash it down with ket ketchup also full of rap SE as well CL it in off yeah yeah me of Champions that oh don’t don’t do the we need to boycott Posh fish finger sandwiches I can get behind that yes I can just don’t get behind me I’d love it if you went to a really Posh Restaurant ordered a fish finger sandwich and what you actually got was what we just described that would be better be better would it and then the Posh people would be like excuse me I ordered a fish finger sandwich I didn’t know it was going to be like this and the chef would be like you ordered a fish finger sandwich this is a fish finger sandwich yeah where is this going this is Dolphin friendly there’s no Dolphins out there there you go now if you pan around look for dolphins that whole video clip might make sense yes yeah [Music] [Music] now listen very carefully I should say this only once hello hello it’s the only thing I can think of that’s French anyway uh here we are uh entering France now going to get down get the car uh and then we’re going to get on our way try and plan the route we’re trying to plan it so that we don’t actually go through Paris cuz that would be a nightmare although it’s Sunday when we’re filming this so it shouldn’t be too bad plus if there are any clean air zones I’m all right cuz I’m driving an EV right let’s get in the car [Music] are you ready am I ready yeah I I am ready I am ready [Music] okay right I’ve already said let’s get to the car but we haven’t got to the car yet however we’ve discussed this every man for himself we’re going to get to Meo we debated the idea of like cuz I’m on the same amount of range my car is about the same as you’re fully charged at about 250 Mi mine’s got about that left in it from filling up yesterday do do we do a convoy do we stop do we have a coffee do we try make no let’s just go let’s just get let’s go and get on it and get there so you we’re both going to Plum Milow into the satnav which should take us annoyingly around the outskirts of Paris uh it’s a Sunday today so the road should be okay and then it’s a straight shot all the way down to Mila so it’s an 8 hour drive so in theory we could be there by 6:00 we we we we Jim we me so yeah 6 o00 is like the target time yeah so it’d be interesting to see what happens in the interim exactly jimel jimelle slightly worried you know what jimelle means it’s my name is is it yeah is it what what’s what the time uh what’s what’s what the timing Kata no that’s the date K tell k k tell players gentra your we need to get to the car right we have got this we’ve got this in the car and let’s get to meal [Music] out bonjour um jimel MC fter I think that’s right isn’t it anyway right okay so my car’s now changed itself over to kilm per hour it’s automatically change the headlight direction I’ve got my satnav on it’s saying 9 hours 57 uh I’m going to arrive there at 656 p.m. uh so we’re ready to go just got to make sure that I drive on the wrong side of the road which is the right side of the road here isn’t it uh and we just go for it I’m just I’m I’m on it we’re just going to get the high powerered Chargers we’re just going to get there and we’re going to see a lot of the sites along the way you’re going to have a look at the sites with me and keep me company along the way this is going to be exciting right come on onwards my friends [Music] right so I’ve now managed to change my Speedo to kilometers per hour so we’re all good there so I can see so I don’t break the speed limit Etc so I know exactly what I’m doing because we don’t want to be going over the speed limit in France because they like to fine you so uh we’re all good 90 km per hour is what we are we should be at so we’re good we’re just going to put it on cruise 90 km hour and we’re going to get on a long our way okay now the next stop before we charge is let’s have a look where we’re at is in oh dear where are we at 273 km and we’ve got a range of 3 and 29 km uh left on uh range so we’re all good at the moment right excellent and it just seems a pretty open road but we’re driving on the wrong side [Music] so that worked went through the first toll booth got my little beep thing up there window tag thing toll booth tag that I did which comes off automattic Bally off direct debit it just went beep and I literally just went straight through that’s working that’s good Happy Days right [Music] onwards so I’m just having a Mentos fruit Mint or whatever it is Jeff has stopped for p metal already and it’s only uh 9:37 we’re an hour ahead of the UK and he’s filling up his tank already which apparently is more expensive than the UK per liter so I reckon I reckon I’m in for a chance here for getting down there cheaper than jck however I’m going to stop for a Wei myself I need a [Music] Wei I think I need to put his windscreen wipers up let’s turn this off okay let’s put his wind screen wipers up here we go all right now let’s get back in the car going to wonder what’s going on how do I get to the car park or do I just go do I just go you know what while I go to the L I can do it can I go this way there is some ionity charges here so I reckon I can just charge up while I’m having a Wii and a little toilet break right start I may as well charge it up and put a little bit in while I’m going to the L especially as it’s ionity preparing to charge and setting up communication with the car right it’s doing it I need to go for a weight 80% but we’ll put a bit in while I go to the loop I wonder whether he noticed his windscreen wipers yet what a childish prank now he’s actually gone I love having a look around the uh shops in farm countries and stuff see what they’ve got pretty much the same Pringles right I got a few snacks for the journey uh I’ve wasted a bit of time there actually but I have to say I needed to use the uh the bathroom because I am not good on feries and on water but I’ve used it wisely and I’ve actually put charge in the car got myself some Kit Kat some Twix and some water for the journey so now I shouldn’t need to stop for a little bit longer we should have got about nearly 100% charge in it’s warming up right tell you what I wish I’d learn my French at school I did French at school as well I think everybody did didn’t they right let’s pop them in there and then let’s see oh 99% we’re at this is good means I don’t need to stop for a while I’m going to take this off and then see how much this has cost me cuz this is on my post charging card now we could should be able to hit the road and not stop for a while stop there we go let take this out and then we’ll see how much that’s cost me right it’s not saying it’s actually registered yet so I’m not going to wait around it won’t be very much because it’s ionity and it’s subsidized so let’s get back on the road because I want to catch up with uh Jeff bu’s cars right okay so we’re back on the road we have now got 357 kilm of range my friends and we don’t now need to stop until uh another 320 km that’s a long way right onwards Jeff bu cars how is you in screen wipers there Jeff buy [Music] cars Jeff buy cars are you there I have yes how was your in screen wipers you know what was that you that was me I didn’t even film it I thought I’d annoyed a French man I thought I left my car too long was ACH show me that they were annoyed that they were annoyed ah you have annoyed me by leaving your car on the pumps to [Laughter] learn believe you I didn’t film it I just off but it was you you it was me it was me and I’ve got a stripey top on a I just need some onions around my neck I’ve lost I’ve lost I’ve now charged up though uh I’m now 300 154 km of range I went I used ionity so uh always be charging well I thought well while I while I emptied my bowels because I’m not too good on water uh I thought I’ll charge well yeah I’ve been trying to work out when you were going to charge I figured well you’re not going to need a big charge for a while maybe you might have a charge so that’s what you done You’ had a poo charge I had a poo charge and now I’m good I’m good I’m on the road I’ve got Twix I’ve got Kit Kat and because it’s hot I’ve now got the cooling seats on in my car wafting cool air onto my chocolate bars that very good you know how charge you know yet uh I I didn’t tell me how much it’s cost me in charge um so I’m going to find that out in a little while but uh I’m on I’m on the road now and I’m ready to rock yeah H you on thisp I the most expensive station in the world yeah you’ve been to the most expensive station in the world wait there Jeff onwards my friends [Music] so I’ve now got my ways working in kilometers per hour so I know the speed limit I’ve got everything set up perfectly I’ve got uh my cooling seats on wafting cool air uh to my back and up to my da a uh keeping that cool as well and uh I’m good all is good got my kit kat on there my chunky Kit Kat my Twix got my water my VR water uh and we’re good to go we’ve literally now not got a stop now for 293 km which is going to take quite a while we sit back the roads are fantastic here by the way I have to say I’m just saying to Jeff no pot holes the French have just go do you know what the french have got it perfect with their roads there is no potol there’s no traffic it’s literally driving pleasure the UK If what’s great about britsh anymore nothing this is fantastic look I’ve got it on cruise control there’s an open road and I’m not damaging my wheels with potholes [Music] [Applause] [Music] I’ve just passed the services back there they’ve got fastened or fastened uh which is a charging service they’ve got charging points everywhere every station that have been passed they’ve got fast charging points and they’re all available so so far so good uh we don’t need any charge though we are all good oh wow there’s an old Mercedes on there and a Porsche 911 very nice uh on the back of a trailer a 911 I mean coming down here in a 9 oh that would have been good wouldn’t it that would have been a different ball game 911 sound of the 911 maybe maybe Jeff in a in a Aston Martin or something now that would have been different might have to do that next time [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay bit of an update for you it is 11:42 we have now got uh to the next charging Point we’ve actually got an hour and 28 minutes which is 139 km to the next charging Point W’s also said cuz I’ve got that in the background uh a warning that we’ve got bad weather ahead come on it’s France supposed to be further south supposed to be better weather uh we’ve got bad weather hopefully when we get further further south and the Sunshine and we’ll get blue skies be a bit more picturesque but at the moment we got rain it’s like being in England but on the opposite side of the road it’s just wrong where’s we need blue sky and sunshine come on anyway so we’re all good at the moment 194 kilm of range left uh and we when we get there it says we should have 15% of battery left when we get to the charging point which apparently at the moment is ionity and there’s four of six uh Chargers available so we’re doing good Jeff also said he might have to fill up again this is going to be great I’m feeling good I’m feeling good I mean I’m I’m I’m in it for the Evangelist this time I’m not I am not an evangelist all right I’m not an evangelist average speed check zone right we need to work this out then look at that you see Jeff buys cars having to reach over I just wafted through the old toll booth with my uh things on the wind screen there my little tags that I got I’m all organized I’m good I’m even I’m even getting ahead of him there cuz he’s going to be reaching over trying to pay I mean he was going to put it on the end of a baseball bat his credit card the end of a baseball bat you can imagine that can’t you trying to what they’re going to harassed [Music] him heading towards Bordeaux Rodney J jimel MCM there we go we’re on the right road now drive to the left after 1 km and continue right coming into par and following the road montre santra doesn’t the French listen doesn’t the French language sound more sexy doesn’t it rather than like a a northern England or even a Mansfield accent like you know myself a little bit I can put that on hey me do you eat oh hello Melle it’s more sexy isn’t it you know no wonder the French have more sex cuz it’s still for four kilm oh no it even said even the s have sounded better montre santra no wonder they have more sex cuz the it’s the it’s how they say it I mean youbody in Mansfield a we don’t you coming back toor after a kebab treating Kebab it’s not the same is it ah we take you for a nice meal in par and then I take you out and I wi and I D you probably a little bit better than that anyway come on onwards [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] right I’m not enjoying this bit I have to say this is Paris now we’re literally coming through Paris and the roads are insane um it’s just Bumper to Bumper and it’s a Sunday as well so Jeff’s ahead of me he’s actually got through this I’ve just rang him uh and he’s way through this he’s just got to another toll road he says I’ve got to go I’ve got to go I’ve got to reach over to pay for the toll and he would told me about these things on the wind screen I got do you know what it it’s been a pleasurable trip so far but this bit is just a little bit annoying the traffic but I have to say the roads are amazing where’s all the potholes there isn’t any [Music] la [Music] right so we are through Paris now uh to the bottom of Paris so that was a bit of a nightmare but hopefully now it should be a bit of an easier run and then to the charge point that we’ve got now we got 70 km but I need a Wei but I’m not going to go I’m going to hold it I need a Wei more traffic coming up I really need a Wei but I just want to get there and charge I want to use my time effectively [Music] right this is not ideal now got bad weather and it’s uh tipping it down so I’m going to have to really concentrate now a really really reported ahead police reported ahead okay so I’m I’m fine um I’ve got Wes working in the background telling me where the police are uh I’m dying for a we but I am not going to go until I get to that charge Point reason being is because that way my battery is going to have preconditioned itself for when I get there it’ll charge quicker I can have a quick SN have a toilet breake get back in the car and get back on the road because we’ve got still another 626 kilm to go this is [Music] insane right there’s two Teslas there and I have to say if if you wait for this you ready L Treno L Treno L Treno which I think is translated to one of us I think anyway you’ll have to correct me if you know your French lond Treno [Music] yes straight through the toll here we go A10 a20 too clemont bordo Alin there we go getting a French on get a French on [Music] hey talking to French who was the Frenchman let me know in the comments section who Kenny ever did and he had I think a cigarette in one of those stick cigarette holders and like a smoking suit or something and a false chin with a mustache and it was Kenny Everett and there was it there’s a name I can’t remember what it was it was Hello My Little Darlings do you remember that canny ever he did a SK I’m sure he did a sketch with a Frenchman let me know in the comments section that would L great times wer they great [Music] times right so we’ve got 11 10 km now uh before we charge up we should have about 16% battery left when we get there it says to charge it to 81% which is going to take around about 19 minutes um I need something to eat I need to go to the L again because uh TMI feries and me do not do not go together um so basically um we need to go and get that sorted out it is ionity so it should be yes ionity it should be subsidized by Porsche it’s a 350 kwatt charger so that’s going to be fast and it’s also going to be cheap which is what we want because we need to beat Jeff on [Music] price I tell you what I’m actually noticing as well lack of potholes lack of Road works there’s no Road Works anywhere like there is on the M1 or or the m62 or the m6 prepare to turn off to the right ah right let’s get past this car turn off to the right we don’t want to miss the Turning because we need to charge [Music] right okay it’s 125 we have got uh 177% of battery 61 kilm of range we’re going to charge up at the I on it in now uh have a little bite to eat have a little toilet breake and then get on our way so let’s get this thing charged up there we go milk float off let’s get it charged right Porsche charging card let’s do this plug it in there we go get in there right use my [Applause] card I’m just trying to work out how to get it from French into uh I put my card there got on depart Aid not doing anything right I can’t figure out how to change it into English but I think it’s charging I think we’re all right it says it’s charging let’s have a look right we getting 248 Kow wow that is uh quick okay yep we’d get it fast right so it’s charging got Starbucks got a Burger King got it going on and it is warm we’re in France [Music] all right car’s almost charged I actually want to get a baguette but I want to get a bagette with something on it I’m missing M Gregs I wish I’d learned French at school I don’t understand it jambon is that ham I’m guessing it’s ham I’ve got my French going on Mercy avoir got it going on do look a very appetizing sandwich but do you know what it fills a spot and I got the price back I got some uh the invoices in now for the charging that I did yesterday on the way down to Dover also this morning which was really cheap um I don’t know when it’s going to tell me this one but I’m going to beat Jeff on price easily right so it’s 5 2 now then this morning cost me £11 uh and that I’d put in there I was on charge for 26 minutes and it cost me £6 111 and I’d put in 1852 Kow now yesterday on the way down to um to do I charged ionity at maidon and that come to 12298 uh and also I charged at Shell as well if you remember and that came to20 12 so it’s cheap I’m easily going to beat Jeff on cost right I tell you what I’m going to do I know it’s wasting time but I don’t want to start eating my sandwiches on the way down uh because at the moment I’m 92% charged I’m just going to try my jambon right it looks about as appetizing as a dried up flipflop basically here we go okay this here we go we got ham and cheese there you go look at that yeah it’s basically garbage but it fills the spot is what it is isn’t it got my water in there got my chocolate bars which have stuck in the vents to uh cool it down cuz it’s getting quite warm then we’re going to get back on the road be interesting to see how much this charges right it’s time to get back on the road now my friends there we go let’s undo this unplug this there we go Jeff’s got an issue because he can only put so much money in his tank because it can only use so many euros he’s chose the wrong car this is going to be way cheaper than his let me just put this back right let’s get back in the car back on the road right okay so uh it’s not showed up yet but it will show up very shortly I guess it’s going to be cheap I know it is probably going to work out probably I would say 20 odd pound but we will figure it out in a minute don’t worry we’ll actually reset it in fact let’s have a look my Porsche if we open that up accounts uh and then we go charging service history uh and then we have a look at that uh ah we are yes it’s showing up 2424 wait a minute and the earlier one was €6 €4 so that’s even less than pounds isn’t it so I actually put 73.9 3 Kow in for 2440 that’s cheap I’m going to I’m going to annihilate Jeff that’s mad right we’ve got 339 km of range and then we’ve got 99% of battery so we’ve got uh 575 km left to go so we need to get back on the road onwards my friends [Music] so I have just rang Jeff bu cars it’s going to cost him a fortune to get down to Spain right I’ve literally just charged up for 20 sheets for 20 quid right I’m going to win this one on cost this one is for Morag [Music] W that looks scary we’re literally leaving the sunshine and it looks like we’re driving into a storm that’s Madness I mean how bad can this journey get we could be going through the eye of the storm [Music] whoa it has gone dark we are about uh about 100 miles behind Jeff now that’s not the car this time that’s my stomach because I’ve spent time on the in the BL because of the blooming fery my stomach and fairies do not mix at all uh that’s what I’m thinking do I get the train back because a lot of people are saying oh take the one over the Bay of bisque and go the 20 hour Ferry I thought I can’t like that I only to get on a drive onto a train and get off at the other end I’m not good my sea legs are not good by the way I want to say hi to Nick who I met back at the services there who watches the channel he shouted let’s go and he didn’t want to be on the video but he’s driving around in a in a camper van kind of thing so uh there we go hi Nick and uh safe journey wow look at that sky [Music] wow this is one heck of a storm the road is flooding my word oh I tell you what there’s something to be said about just getting on an airplane drive to the and get in there this is madness [Music] w [Music] right so my navigation came up and it said faster route available so I clicked it they said it was going to take about an hour off but then my car literally just lost all its power and went down to range mode and I can do 13 kilm per hour and the maximum that I could have done even though it said it was a quicker route was 100 kilm an hour so I don’t know what it was doing I thought I cannot drive at 100 km an hour it was at snail’s pace I thought no so I’ve changed it back now to normal and then we’re now going to charge up at ionity again uh in 93 km uh which is in the 48 minutes time and it say I only need to put up to 70% from 24% so we’ll see how that goes and then get back on the road again and then after that it takes me to uh another I ionity charger uh where I’ll only have 9% but take it up to 76% so there we go so it’s all planning it uh and it says we should get there at 818 Jeff’s going to get there a couple of hours before but I have spent quite a lot of time in the bathroom so it’s not really the fault of the car and I reckon because the next two charges are ionity again I’m going to absolutely annihilate him on cost I’m basically going to get down there for well way way cheaper than Jeff’s Car this is great and he’s even said I could have got if he was was in his diesel he wouldn’t have had really he may not have had a chance against me charging on ionity cuz it’s subsidized by [Music] Porsche right I don’t know what this is doing it’s changed a gain now it’s changed to a total energy charger which is 300 KW which is in 82 kilometers so I’m a little confused but we’re going to go with it cuz it’s saying now we’ll get there for 1 minutes past 8 which is quicker um but when we get there I do also need to charge so because I need as much charge as I can for tomorrow now I don’t know um because Jeff’s booked a hotel and he sent me the link I’m going to see whether they’ve actually got charge points or an overnight charger at the hotel itself if they have then I’ll be putting charge in there [Music] right please check ranges come on now got 52 km of range uh we need to we have literally got now where do we go here a71 I need to get the right place here uh we’ve got another 6.4 km and then we can charge up it’s a now the wattage on this one is a 300 Kow not quite 350 Kow but still it’s pretty good and we should be there around about 24 minutes in total to half an hour so that’s going to hold us back a little bit but we shall see and the 16 of 16 charges available and my ears are popping cuz we’re going up hill [Music] [Music] right okay let’s get this charged up milk floats off it is now 450 actually I’ll turn that back on again so actually now 455 we’re down to 12% of charge 48 km uh of range so let’s get this off now and uh let’s get it charged up now the thing is does it take the POR charging card we’ll find out pop that there checking ID says connect yeah confirmed excellent okay let get this plugged in DCS English connect plug okay here we go pop this in come on loads of charges mored be having the kittens wouldn’t you she be like oh look there’s nobody on them we get we’re getting 250 kilowatt actually that’s that’s pretty good 250 kilowatt come on keep going 253 kilowatt it’s going up we are on fire well hopefully not on fire anyway but we’re we’re going fast the wrong maybe on fire was the wrong word okay so it’s now 4:58 um going to be here a little bit I need a we anyway and uh have a little wander around a little bit of exercise cuz I was getting a bit Stir Crazy it literally is just constant Road Road Road Road Road and you just keep going and you go a little bit woof so this is good getting tired maybe a coffee actually am I’m going to clean my windscreen because I got flies all over it right clean wind screen how do I get out of there want to get through there now we going have a quick Wei hotel booked clean wind screen and uh how do we get out of here what get around there what’s going on here not ideal but there we go I’m going to step into the road and there’s a car coming quick walk quick hey this looks a nice little shop look at this see look at all these got some nice French Wines in here €995 cheaper at holding right ah okay let’s get back to the macmobile I don’t think it’s quite fully charged yet it’s a hotel restaurant thing down there there’s something quite excited is there about service stations in different countries it’s like I used to go up and down from New York Etc and love all the s services and stuff in the states and now you got France and then we got Spain to go through as well exciting right so I’m at 92% now so I’m going to stop charging and I’ll find out how much that’s cost me here we go I don’t think it’ll be as cheap as I on it to but we’ll find out right it’s not actually showing up yet on the payment there but it will do so um we’ll have a look at that later let’s just get back on the road it’s going to be cheaper we’re going to we’re going to way way way be cheaper than what it’s cost yeah so that the destination could be necessary quick charging stations were added okay we might need to charge a gain on the way down as well uh but let’s get out of here now anyway come on back on the road [Music] right so it’s saying we need one more charging stop however it’s 288 km to the hotel that we’re stopping at uh and it’s 325 km of range I’m going to ring forward and ask Jeff if there are any charging points at the hotel that way I shouldn’t need to stop a game so I’m going to give him a call shortly I know he’s just checking in so I’ll get back on the road and then let’s see whe there’s any charging points near the hotel let’s plan our route let’s plan the journey Jeff buy cars the mark Master it is now then you’re already there however I am not entirely the car’s fault this time my stomach’s fault how much do it cost you to get how much has it cost you to get to the hotel uh I need to work it out but it’s quite a lot it’s quite a lot of money isn’t it right well so far I think it’s cost me about I’d say about 40 odd Euros something like that I don’t know the I don’t know the last stop because it takes a while it wasn’t ionity so it takes a a little while to come through but my question now is it’s saying I’m not going to get to you till 8:41 okay however that is like a 4 hour difference yeah but the question is I’m going to have to stop to charge again because I need to charge for tomorrow so I’m ringing ahead now to ask you if you can ask reception if they have a charging point that I can charge overnight I have driven in the hotel car park and negatory I cannot see a charging point I’ll go have a look I’ll go have a look Scout yeah I’m pretty sure that’s a negative right because remember what Mar said she she will find a charging point a trickle Point somewhere where I could have charged overnight yeah yeah I mean there’s got to be there’s got to be something hasn’t there yeah because I want to I want to be able to get going in the morning without messing around charging well I I I think it would be funnier if you know you arrive here on the drgs and then have to charge straight away because I’m absolutely on the back foot with this one um yeah interesting very interesting I am I’m going to have to go and eat some food though because I haven’t eaten yet today because I didn’t I didn’t really feel like eating all throughout the day so I’m going to go grab something and then I’ll see what time the restaurant is open but you may miss the restaurant that that might be issue all we need is a drink I can always get something I’ll find something is there anything around near the is there anything near the hotel or are we in the middle of nowhere I’m going to go for a little explore because I’m here in plenty of time and there’s a river and uh you know it’s it’s quite lovely suddenly the swimming pool is closed uh but um I’m going to go for a little stroll and and see what I can find you when you get when you when you get closer as well you will see the viaduct if you arrive early enough for it to be light obviously if you’re R in the dark you won’t see the viaduct tomorrow we drive over the viaduct but today we just see it in the distance okay well let me just tell you this though it’ll be easier for you to walk around tonight CU your wallet’s a lot lighter a telling me D you me honestly I thought on a run I would be getting better fuel economy out of this car granted I’ve had moments where I’ve driven a little bit quicker but my fuel economy is 30.8 that’s crazy I mean really I could get down to benador for less than 100 quid uh I I if you can then that will be that will be a you know I will be seriously questioning my Automotive choices in future you gave me a bit of I reckon that this car using the Porsche charging network using the actual navigation system to guide me to it and also charge faster as well cuz it was my stomach that’s made me later uh I reckon I reckon you’d be pushing it with a diesel to beat me on Coster this one I don’t think I could I was thinking about this earlier on I don’t think I can beat you in a diesel however I am three hours ahead of you you that’s all I’ve got to say I can’t I’ve got nothing else to say all I can do is I can take the mick about the time all I’ve got got nothing El that’s my bowels how long do you think you yeah be interested to work out what the time difference is without the bowel the delays take take an hour off an hour okay yeah I I I was I wasn’t well that that fair is not good I might have to go back on the train and you’re telling me to go on the Bay of bis I don’t think so right H you go you go do some checking out if you can see if there’s a charger anywhere near you that would be handy I’ll see what I can find and I’ll message you all right see you in a few hours catch you in a bit bye bye bye [Music] the tol Bo thing so easy why can we not have answer me this why can we not have roads this got in England I’ve seen no Road Works no potholes nothing just perfection part from going through Paris that was a bit of a pain but you know it’s a city why can’t we have our Motorway is like this I think the the speed limit is 110 km which is about 80 M an hour it’s just brilliant we’re just moving traffic’s flowing it’s fantastic why does England not run like this [Music] I’ve got to say a 130 km an hour is 80 M an hour and it is way better than traveling at 70 mph which you never get to on British roads because you’re always at 55 mph in some Contra flow or in some Road works or in reduced speed limit for air quality or something like this I’ve been at like3 km an hour for most of the way some of the time it’s 10 when you go around a few bendy bits but other than that 130 km an hour 80 M an hour and the roads are just flowing I mean look at it you got beautiful Greenery France you have got a beautiful country you really have [Music] what is going on with the weather I thought it was supposed to be better down in the uh further south you go like back in England they’ve got beautiful blue skies now the speed limit varies I’m guessing I’ve got a car with some wavy lines under it like water and it says the speed limit is 110 km it’s normally 130 but in the wet I believe you’ve got to do 110 so they change the speed limit so I’m doing 110 Kil cuz it’s wet I tell you what it is a beautiful country it’s so green it’s like being in the UK but without the road works and the [Music] potholes wow got to say getting tired now uh okay think I’m might have a little bit of Twix or something 100 110 kilm what what is it to the actual charge Point 111 km to ionity uh we’re going to get there about half 8 it says probably a bit a little bit later than that it’s now 5 7 Jeff’s already there as I say he’s been about 2 and a half to three hours ahead take off my toilet rate probably a couple of hours ahead that’s cuz obviously I’ve had to stop and charge even though it’s faster we’re still doing all right and we’ve done it for cheaper I reckon so we’re going to work that out when I get there anyway Twix sack through it is and then just uh keep my eyes on the road 164 M of range so and the weather is raining anyway onwards my friends [Music] he [Music] right almost there Jeff has just called uh he’s had a nap lucky so and so you could uh see the uh Milow viaduct in the distance back there I don’t know you caught that on camera uh we have now got to get to the charging Point 21 minutes uh and it’s 34 kmet I thought Jeff says do it in the morning do it in the morning but I just want to get charged now and then tomorrow morning we’re ready to rumble because it’s the same distance again to Benidorm so it’s going to be an absolute nightmare tomorrow although Jeff says it’ll be better tomorrow so we shall find that one out anyway onwards [Music] [Music] [Music] right well it this has actually took me over the mow bridge now I’ve just rang Jeff that’s what we’re going to go over in the morning so actually took me out my way now to go to a charger uh and then I’m going to have to turn around found and go back to the hotel after that absolute nightmare I’m absolutely shattered now so um right I need to uh I’ve literally got 11 minutes to get there so we’ll be there in 11 minutes I’ll charge it and then we’re on our way just get some charge in it right it was a beautiful bridge but I’ll do it again tomorrow with Jeff [Music] [Music] right tired now just going to get it charged up and then get to Jeff so uh milk float off let’s get it charged up let’s plug this in right let’s get this plugged in get it charged and get to the hotel I am shattered right preparing to charge setting up communication with the car come on need a away right 246 Kow come on charge it up baby right okay so we’ve got chargers loads of ion one there one there one there all spare nobody’s on them so pretty good charging Network’s great here I just need a Wii right toilet breake done let’s get back to the car and get to the hotel hopefully it’s charging really quickly now um cuz I am tired just want a couple of beers and go to bed and get a good night’s sleep right let’s unplug this and then get back in the car and get to Jeff just opening up or what it’s locked in come on stop stop right let’s get in the car get to Jeff um and then figure out how much it’s actually cost he’s got there about 3 hours before so way ahead of me however I still think that I’ve got there for Less right onwards right okay so uh hang on I’ve got to get on around here no turn half right on the roundabout the wrong way around the roundabout it feels weird Okay so we’re go on here I think that’s right we’re good we are good right we have got 20 minutes k to get to Jeff and we’re 80% charged 303 km of range let’s go [Music] now this is where this car excels around all these bends woohoo the only thing is there’s a massive drop to the side of me so hope it does handle well here we go woohoo and we are off not the edge though hopefully I am tired now I just want get to Jeff I’m trying to have a little bit of fun what a beautiful view though over the side of me here into the into the valley of me Milow or the the it’s amazing I mean I flip the camera around and see whether you can see it [Music] right I’m here so let’s get checked in let’s get beer right check in time be a time it’s a draw it’s a draw and I’m three hours late but it’s a draw cuz I got bit I’ve never been this smiley on the end of I’m this is usually the bit when he arrives a depressed Broken Man and look at him he’s ready to he’s ready to party not not broken at all because right I precondition my battery right it charged boom like lightning right the only reason I am a bit late is because I’d got a dodgy stomach I’d had probably an hour and a half extra after you maybe yeah right so the charging infrastructure in Europe right way way way better shame on you englands I mean what are they doing but I I I think that service stations as a whole generally like France has just got better service stations yeah they’re more enjoyable they’re they’re also more accessible like you know in England where you see you see a sign for the services and then you follow it and you go across one roundabout and you go across another round about and you go down to je carage I don’t go in them I only go to the ones that you just turn off yeah yeah but all the ones in France on the auto routes they’re all directly off the main everything seems to flow we’ve said this before the service stations are just better in France and the charging network is better the only problem is the cost of petrol is quite High how much did you pay oh gosh um I I got fuel at the first possible opportunity after we left CA uh cuz I was running low and I put I put premium in and I put 60 quid I was like I’m not putting any more in 60 quid I’m not putting that cuz it was expensive it was over €2 look at his face it was over two2 for a liter and I thought I’d run it on premium it didn’t last me very long so then I then I I got down to uh 50 m odd range with my fuel light on yeah and then I was like right what I’m going to do now is I’m going to fill the tank right and this is the point when I phoned you and I couldn’t fill the tank because the card had a the the the petrol station had a €120 limit so I couldn’t even fill the tank we’re putting more than 1220 in your I’ve spent but I I have got I have got right now half a tank of fuel but I’m also fairly sure that’s how I started on the ferry and I’ve spent £180 on petrol oo this is going to be close then right because do you know what I spent go on right so have you got a calculator there no I’ve got a watch right okay don’t I feel like I’m not I feel like you’re leading me on I’m not going to need a calculator 6 11 to start with yeah 6 EUR 11 2440 yeah all right call that 30 quid okay 4166 that wasn’t an ion it want 70 quid and then 1936 so 90 quid is it 90 quid well that’s Euros I’m €90 which is about 70 quid yeah well I was working mine out in Euros as well so you’ve done about you’ve done €90 I’ve done €80 it’s cost me twice as much does that include the charge that you’ve put in now all the charge that’s in this battery now yeah really yeah so I’m full I’m about 80% what’s funny what’s funny as well is both times both on the ferry today when we started our cars we got the same range to start with and now we’re in the same boat for tomorrow so I’ve got probably exactly the same range as what you’ve got right now setting that petrol tank tomorrow I’m going to need if the prices are the same in Spain I think I’m going to put in roughly the same again tomorrow I’m going to try and be more calm I got a bit excited with that car all right but this is the thing right this is what you don’t get with an electric car I had a moment where I’m I’m just flying along right in in the fast linee people hate it when I call it the fast lane but I’m look at my face I’ve cheered I’ve cheered up because I’m telling you this story I’m flying along in the fast lane and a Porsche 996 is coming down the slip road to join the road yeah and I gun it and he guns it and then eventually he pulls up alongside me on my inside and he just looks over and he’s like yeah and then we both went for it did you win no it wasn’t a race it was just it was a mutual respect thing and I was just like and I was sat in my car and I was like because of everything Le’s done today your car is scrap my car is scrap let’s go and that’s what we did we had a moment but was that moment worth £80 no so it’s a draw early I win I win easily on price I do you know what like I I I don’t even see it as a draw I know this is only leg one of a twoleg not race I don’t even see it as a draw because the you can’t you cannot beat a petrol car on time in an EV no you can’t can’t but but but even the evangelists will say that so I’m but I’m but CU that was a given I’m not sure I can count that as a score for me so I’m I’m even happy to concede that this is a win for the EV but you know what what I think the biggest win is here right it’s for French roads and French infrastructure because yeah we’ve just done almost 600 miles yeah I’m pretty confident I could have carried on to benador I would have pulled into Milow I would have got some pizza by to eat maybe a coffee I could have carried on yeah and genuinely if I hadn’t booked my hotel I thought about doing you over I was like I’m I’m going to have him I’m going to let him actually when I went over the M bridge I thought I just just keep going yeah but the point is having spent all day in your car and done 575 miles I was looking for to some beers with you yeah yeah totally totally and and the hotel was booked and I was like no that’s what we’re doing but the point is I was at 5:00 I was like oh our dinner’s ready we’re com we coming that was the thing I was like I could carry on I’m not broken the roads have been fantastic there’s no lorries on the road in France on a Sunday which is what a God send that is oh you know no no poles no no Road Works no nothing nothing other than that little bit through Paris it was phenomenal strange weather the entire Journey down I say let’s take the great out of Britain Britain’s done for it right let’s go and eat hang on I’ve just got to finish this off because I want to say you do the do the I’ll go drink both beers no I’ll be back anyway thank you very much to today’s sponsor who are in cogni now don’t forget use the code McMaster in the link below or there is a QR code that you can see on screen now take back your personal data and get 60% off an annual plan 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