Yesterday I noticed I had only 32 kilometres left on my car and I could feel that range anxiety beginning to build up in my brain! But then suddenly it went away! I calmed down because I realised that my car had just entered the realm of a relatively normal, what with the arrival of the new FCP at Glasnevin. You see, a friend of mine had asked me a few weeks before I got the car, "What if you don't charge up the car, only have a few kilometres left and suddenly changed plans and need to go further?" Well my answer was simple, either I don't go any further or I steal my boyfriend's car. Of course, there was a third option that I failed to see at the time. I go to my local FCP. I had only ever considered FCPs as a means to doing long journeys, and therefore didn't really care if there were any in Dublin. All the FCPs that I would be using would be outside of Dublin. But of course, there will be times when I need my car for unexpected journeys. And if you had a petrol engine car, with very little petrol and you needed to do an unexpected journey, you'd drive to your nearest petrol station and fill up. That's exactly what I will do! So now, unexpected journeys are no more an issue for me than for anyone else.
And the really great benefits of this are twofold. Firstly, peace of mind! My range anxiety now just floats away! And secondly, I can now let the battery run down with worrying that I better have at at 100% all the time, just in case I need to do that unexpected journey. I think this should save me a good a bit of money over time!
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