Recent content by Ferretusmaximus

I've only noticed two differences in my MG4. Auto-hold keeps the brake lights on which may be a little annoying for other drivers at night. Touching the throttle (should it be called potentiometer in EVs) to restart with the Parking brake on produces a noticeable clunk/jerk as the Parking brake...

Back in the good old days (80's) I was running in (remember that) my brand new Astra GTE with wonderful wizzy new LCD dash with digital speed indicator. Trundling along at 42 on the M3 I thought this is a nice ride, seems to be going along quite well, wonder why everyone else is dawdling. I was...

With company car incentives to go electric and many 2 year PCP deals coming to an end there will be a bulge of secondhand cars available with over supply causing big depreciation drops (20% VAT comes straight off the top of a new car so resale values will always favour the 2nd owner). If you can...

Get the same issue on an MG4. I use the excess solar facility of the Zappi to charge the car so have to leave the cable attached all the time. It's not unusual for the car to take a few kW then decide it's full (when it's only 70% or so - the level of charge doesn't appear to matter). I regard...

Same analysis, we don't need the cleverness of the Zappi with the current tariff balance. Indeed, my Powerwalls work out what's going on and supply the Zappi excess from the batteries and divert the solar output (that Zappi intended for the car) to the grid - net effect to charge the car at...

Indeed sounds like a loose connection. Good lucky with the smealer. I'm convinced there's a random number generator included in my infotainment system - it is unusual for my system to behave consistently from one start to the next. Some behaviour I have seen couldn't have been deliberately coded...

Can't exactly be sure which app you are referencing. I have a Zappi and only use the Zappi app for charging the car. I just plug the car in and use the Fast charge option if I need instant charging, or set a schedule in the Zappi app if I want to charge at the time for the best price. I'm on...

In 2023 the MG4 EV was the second best selling EV in the UK with over 20,000 units sold (source MG). A good many of those will have been on PCP, probably for 2 years (as is mine). All of which means there will be many coming on to the market this year (Arnold Clark have 234 for sale starting at...

However ... cost of ownership is much more interesting. BEV prices are heavily front-loaded. An ICE car can easily come in at £1,000 a service every year. Not to mention the price of fuel (despite a Chancellor who doesn't understand the idea of net zero).

Set your home to the street address of the local Police Station (assuming you have one) then phone ahead to get them to expect your motor....

Very true, unfortunately. But it might just be a case of Lowest Common Denominator - trying to protect the people that are not quite as enthusiastic about driving and cars as we are. As usual, the innocent suffer for the guilty. Very sad example on the news this week about the teenagers taking...

In other words, another dangerous "safety feature".

Standing Charge Free tariffs were available for years and only disappeared due to the price caps. It allowed you to choose depending on personal usage, e.g., for some users the standing charge is the major part of their bill so they can get a big gain from a usage-only tariff. The more choice...

Should really be called charger anxiety. Is there one where I want it and will it work when I get there? In peak fossil fuel usage you knew there would be a fuel station within reach and just had to hope it would be open. Petrol stations are becoming thinner on the ground now so that might just...

So people can add entries to if they want rather than a series of different posts....