Recent content by Bam Bam

Yeah, the problem I have with the commenter in question is that they are seeking to generalise from a single experience. That is why we have science and not anecdote. Yet for some reason it isn't legitimate for those of us with a positive experience to generalise. The fact is that all cars...

Pebbles says she is happy with it how it is, so we will stick to that. What you haven't experienced you cannot miss!

These are reduced at amazon at the moment. Can I ask what the advantage is? Is it just that they provide extra light? Or do they provide extra light while also using less energy? Or is it nicer light?

Oh dear. Hope it is a straightforward fix, or they accept that the car is unfixable. Shame that cars get written off so easily these days, but you can see why... Indeed, we had minor damage and it took the appointed bodyshop three weeks to sort it. We had an expensive courtesy car (as indeed...

At the more budget end I've noticed today that this garage in Exeter is offering £12k off pre-registered GMW Ora Cat 03's (or whatever they are called now). One with the bigger battery, two with the smaller (though colours not confirmed on the smaller batteries, so it might just be a ruse to get...

Yeah we've got at least two discussions going on in parallel! One about home batteries and one about Intelligent Octopus Greener nights changes. The theme I suppose is that both are related to the cheap overnight tariffs and making the most of these.

Maybe just destroying the competition with low prices like Leapmotor and other Chinese firms.

If it is such a simple software fix then why can't they just do it ASAP and hand it back to you fully functional?

Was that a question to me? We've got the 9.5kWh. Have realised it takes nearly 4 hours to charge within our 5 hour charging window there would be no point getting another big one. However, another smaller one might be worth it, like a 5kWh. It would be useful for Summer when we sell off...

I had assumed our metal bowl (a key bowl made of old keys melted/soldered together) would do the job but it seems not. Perhaps because it didn't have a lid on it.

I thought you were going to say you'd just left the car unlocked! We got one of those faraday boxes after realising that you could open the car by pressing the door button!

We are on Octopus Go. We've now replaced our boiler with an air-source heat pump, so run one of the hot water cycles during the cheap overnight. The heat pump also doesn't let the house go below its 'set back' temperature which we have set at 18 degrees, so it does a bit of work overnight...

I have a '23 reg SE with tinted rear windows. Must be much older than the registration date!

In fact the previous owner had already turned it into an EV much earlier, but the old motor failed when he took it on the freeway [motorway] and the battery was old so he had to replace them.

I am also too lazy/busy @Everest