Recent content by Jamesrr

Ok, an update. The efficiency hit is only for city driving. I got exactly the same efficiency on my 1,500km trip across from Sydney to Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. I used exactly the same 7 charging stations as the last time over here and whilst the stops were slightly different, the...

Excellent, that's what I was wanting to confirm for my "ski.com" compatriot. She can select a mode and it won't try and show Ayrton Senna was a Nancy boy :ROFLMAO: We're all aware if you think you need a Disco, get a Disco... And some spare Oil ;)

Thanks. That makes sense to me. The thing I'm most interested in is if the "snow" mode adjusts the amount of torque applied when accelerating. I'm thinking of the wild acceleration I get just from the RWD version, let alone what the xpower can deliver. Does anyone have any practical...

Yeah, the driving is on "cleared" roads but they do get completely snow covered and/or icy. It would be expected to fit chains on occasion. I can't see how I can move the thread. I would if I could :)

A bit left field but... A question was raised in another set of forums I frequent (ski.com.au) asking about the suitability of the "AWD MG4" for driving in the snow. I'd been discussing how we chose the MG for our needs and how it had worked well for us. One of our fellow "ski.com"ers...

A quick initial finding on the Pirelli Cinturato P7s. They feel much nicer to drive with than the original Turanzas, but that comes at an efficiency cost around town. I've only done 30km or so, but where before I'd be at 15kWh per 100km, I'm now seeing 18.5kWh per 100... That is a significant...

Which Maxxis model exactly? I'm trying to find which one they might be and google seems to think there's a Maxxis VS-EV but I can't find a review of that tyre on "tyrereviews.com" which is my goto site. Well I just had my Pirelli Cinturato P7's fitted this afternoon* and I'll be testing them...

Well I was thinking of keeping my original Turanzas on for one more trip over to the beach house and back (approx 3.5-4 thousand kms) but I've decided to put new ones on. I've gotten 42500 kms out of them and our local Bob Jane has decent deal on the Pirelli Cinturato P7. 20% off on a set of 4...

I gotta admit that all this talk does make me happy I booked an EV hire car for our upcoming trip to England (and then the continent):) Not that I expect the turmoil to still be happening in July but still... Also feeling clever we're coming via Singapore and not the ME! A right Clever Dick...

No, $110 for a pollen filter, brake fluid, workshop materials and environmental levy. The filter itself was $40. I buy plenty of stuff from AliExpress. $40 as part of the service that maintains my 7 year warranty seems pretty reasonable to me.

I just had my first service for our MG4 LR 77 (aka Trophy ER) and very happy. Our service interval is 40,000kms/2 Years for the 1st and they reminded me that the 2nd is due in another 2 years or at 80,000kms. I'd got to 42,415kms by the time I could get it booked in. They're very busy! The...

How have you found the DC Fast Charging speed? My NMC based Essence LR 77 (aka Trophy ER) hits 144kW but my wife's LFP Excite 51 (SE SR) only gets to 80kW, not that hers gets DC fast charged as it's the "town car". Is AC charging single phase or three phase 11kW or even 22kW? TIA

Just wondering. Why does it annoy you? I have an "Essence 77" here in Australia which has the active grill shutters but I wouldn't know if they're open or closed at any particular time. How do you even tell? TIA

Has petrol got more expensive?

Same here albeit we almost never use DC fast chargers with our SE SR ( Excite 51 ). We took it to Canberra one time just to practise using the fast chargers and it got between 70 and 40 kW on the 4 times we used them. It's marketed in Australia as having a maximum charge rate of 88kW. My wife...