Recent content by DerekH

yeh agree and I swapped front to rear as the rears wearing faster around 28,000km's. Now at 48,500 they are all worn pretty evenly and close to wear indicators.

For the few times we get rain here, I would agree, not a lot of grip in the wet from the original bridgestones but being rear wheel drive was very controllable. What I found more scary was the OPD in the wet when going around a curved freeway offramp and crossing the metal expansion strip's on...

Yeh I was pretty happy with the mileage on the originals. I am not light on the pedal, do mostly home to city driving at 60km a day and a mix of highway, gravel road when taking my mountain bike out on weekends (so some added weight on the back). Did that 48,500 km in just on 26 months and...

Thanks for the Ted talk, lots of great info and would agree with the overpriced T005 and their lack of wet grip. Albeit as you know on the west coast more dry and hot vs wet. Bridgestone said the 48,500kms on the originals was a good run and I am not a light footed driver.... true that soft and...

Thanks guys. So yeh seems the T6 is cheaper than the T5. Hard to find stock of either Bridgestone or maxxis locally though. So far T005 4 x $401 ($1,604), T006 4 x $349 ($1,396). Maxxis vs-ev 4 x $319 ($1,276) or on the get 4 and pay for 3 are Yokohama sport v108 total of $1348 and stock...

Hi all. The time has come after 48,500kms to change the original bridgestones on my MG4 ER. Looking for input on replacements for Australian hot weather conditions. No ice, snow etc requirements 😀. For the same Bridgestones I have been quoted $415 per tyre. An equiv maxxis EV tyre is around $350...

Think of it a slightly different way. Range isn't a deal breaker until you need a bit more range 😉. Also think of the potential attraction that ER "may" have to prospective buyers at resale time, when one of the items on a new EV owners mind is range anxiety.

Oh totally agree, I notice it when I forget to set OPD before zipping out and then come to the first T Junction and have to use brakes!!! Or drive my partners auto Mazda 3 and realise I need to actually push an extra pedal every time I want to slow down ....

Interesting you need to turn the chime option off every time. Here in Australia, I turned that option off once and never needed to do it again.. re speed sign recognition, I have never figured out if it was using actual camera or GPS info or a combo of both. I turn it off (yes each time i...

I would agree that the display of a number other than 0 is a glitch. Mine does it at times and I can be on a steep hill and display is 0 and at times on a flat road and have had a positive number... mine is an aussie 2023 extended range and don't think we had any version here with no rear wiper...

All great questions and not 100% sure. Don't actively look at -ve display, too hard really while driving and it changes too fast to really gauge an accurate answer. I run highest regen and 1 pedal always. Feels the same on the few times I have been at 100% as at 80%, which is my usual charge...

That's weird, I have no range issues with mine. Just put 47,500kms on it, had the first 40,000kms service and not one issue with it. Have had the headlights not coming on once and simple to fix with a restart. Range averages 10.5 to 12.5kw, city highway but when I have mountain bike on the back...

Same here, Aussie conditions and grey rarely looks dirty

I have seen these replies many times and although the message seems odd I get it.. but.. I have a 2023 australian essence 77kw, so trophy equiv extended range and even at 100% SOC I can still enable and use OPD. I have never seen the message and have no idea where the regen energy is being sent...

Wireless Android auto adapter and tray liner for phone charge tray. Never had an issue with the phone shooting off under acceleration since installing tray insert