Content by Hugo A Go Go in January, 2026

Just off the top of my head you can do things like automate charging for the Octopus Agile tariffs, so it will only charge when the price drops below X pence/kWh. Some chargers will also allow this of course, but older (dumb) ones won’t.

I actually have some of that. I must get round to applying it.

The weather here has been very wet and below 0 for the past few days. Today I went to use my car and the passenger side mirror didn’t unfold. As I locked and unlocked the car a couple of times, I could hear the motor in the mirror straining against the ice. I managed to get it moving with a...

Yes I’ve had experience of Karcher before and they’re definitely not made to last. This one is a Nilfisk which is meant to be built a bit better. The pump is aluminium rather than plastic but it does look like it has succumbed to the cold. I’m not sure what these “bits” on the pump assembly...

Funilly enough my infotainment system also shows the car as being Soul Blue (swipe left from Home Screen and select ‘User’.

Believe it or not, I got my trusty power washer out yesterday and it decided to break on me, with water pouring out of the bottom. I’ve taken it apart today and the pump is visibly broken. I reckon I can DIY repair it so I’ve ordered a new pump assembly. It means the car will need to wait a...

Nothing you’ve done wrong. They just no longer allow new customers to charge the payment to their electricity account.

I’m not long back from a trip to Cumbria, one which I have done several times before. On the outbound trip a few days ago, it took 81% of the battery to reach Carlisle (I’ve done it with 65% in the summer). This morning I charged to 90% at Carlisle (couldn’t be bothered waiting any longer) and...

Unfortunately i accidentally reset the counter at some point in the month so can’t make a submission for December. 764 miles covered and I estimate the figure to be around 2.7m/kWh due to lots of short journeys where I was only seeing 2m/kWh. The longer journeys seem to be more efficient at...

My tip would be pick your charging stops carefully. There are certain charging networks that are reliable, and others that don’t have such a good reputation. For me I always look for the big players - Ionity, MFG, Osprey, Fastned, Arnold Clark, Instavolt (expensive), Gridserve and Tesla. These...