Recent content by GCB

Car 3 years old and 31000 miles on the clock. Range went down from 32 to 31 after about 9 or 10 months and has stayed at 31 ever since. As has been said above, you can get more than that in normal temperature conditions. I live 18 miles from Chelmsford and can often get there and back on...

You sometimes have to keep your foot on the brake for quite some time during the startup process. I've just got into the habit of holding the brake pedal down until the system ready prompt appears. Since I did that, I've never seen the shut off message appear.

As the original poster says, the MG system warms you up and then decides to freeze you for a while until the cabin temperature reaches the level to start heating again. Basically the system has too wide a range between the two 'cut off' points (too hot and too cold). Probably because it's a...

It's not just MG I'm afraid. A friend of mine had his Skoda Karoq tailgate written off while his garage was test driving his car! He waited 3 months for a replacement and it was only coming from the Czech Republic. That was a while back but well after COVID. In fact at the same time they...

My reversing camera packed up at about 9 months. The image first went blurred and then bright pink! It was replaced under warranty. I had a couple of weeks wait for the part - who knows what the current situation is. Looking at your photo of the overhead view, it looks like the images from the...

I've felt a similar thing too. I had come to the conclusion that if you are decelerating using the regen braking and then just touch the brake pedal, if you are under a certain speed (something like 15mph), the regen will immediately cancel. If you had just touched the brake and then released...

I understand how it could help get into the driver's seat, but I don't think any/many cars have one on the driver's door. They are grab handles for passengers when you are cornering at break neck speeds!!! I think the driver is expected to have both hands on the steering wheel. :)

Just to clarify that the HS PHEV cannot have a spare/jack fitted as the recess under the boot floor is filled with electronics gubbins.

It might be on a ZS EV, but not on the HS PHEV. My first service was £199 (in Essex). It's just coming up to the second service and within the Esses/Herts/East London area I have been quoted between £312 and £424 incl VAT. The price variation does not correspond with geographical areas. The...

I had my rear camera replaced some months ago when the car was just under 1 year old. Initially it went 'cloudy', then everything was cloudy and bright pink! Needed two trips to the dealer. One for 'diagnosis' (a two minute look and being told that the camera was faulty). Worth the 20+ mile...

Probably not a bad idea with the benefit of hindsight (although the washers did have a normally adequate concentration of screen wash in them). However, snow started on Sunday evening and by the morning we had 5 inches plus temperatures of minus 5 overnight and so I suspect the pumps were...

Both my front and rears stopped working after the freezing weather we've just had. BOTH fuses had blown (engine compartment fuse box fuses F15 and F20, both 10a). It seems if you try the washers when the pump is frozen the fuse immediately blows. Good, I guess, to protect the pumps, but I've...

I did the opposite and waited after I got the email with the online link until the existing contract had nearly expired. Then when I followed the link to their website the prices had gone up! Like you, I phoned Octopus and complained that I had an email quoting one price and their website...

On another ev forum, smeone has stated: The threshold in the UK is deceleration >1.3m/s^2 the brake light signal must be generated. Between >0.7m/s^2 and ≥1.3m/s^2 the brake light signal may be generated. Below that threshold, the brake signal should not be generated. I don't know where this...

Good idea. I used the cheap plastic brush as it was already black and textured finish. Also, I just caught sight of it in the Range and though that it would do the job, but anything with a suitable profile would do. The mod is still in place a year later and it's pretty effective as far as I'm...