Recent content by Macadoodle

Took the abuse better than I thought it would, diff had had enough by 110k miles though, those teeth are nasty. Makes me less concerned with the occasional kerb bump and winter flood spots now :)

Indeed, and pretty much identical to the figures my SE trots out regardless. 10% optimistic even if you ran it to zero, 20% optimistic if you leave a sensible buffer. I think these factory range defaults are so no one is scared off during a test drive. Pity they couldn't have an adjustable...

Couple of times a month at least, makes no difference. What irks me is you would think that 50% would be a good point for the GOM to accept reality. If you've done say 90 miles at that point it would be reasonable to presume another 90 will be available down to zero. You're not gonna want to...

At full charge and all the way down to about 30 % I find that the GOM is around 20 % optimistic and totally ignore it. It was predicting 215 miles when I unplugged today yet my average consumption for the previous charge was 3.8 miles kWh, meaningless nonsense as per usual. It is handy that it...

That's my observation at 32k miles, pretty battle scarred compared to other cars I've owned. I also think that the metal thickness of the non - structural body panels is less than average, the front of the bonnet and driver's door have slight dents under a couple of large stone strikes. Black...

I'm afraid it will likely be one of many to come. I was jet washing my black car the other day and a stone chip on the drivers side front wheel arch trebled in size before my eyes, went from barely noticeable to VERY noticeable :( Really, really thin and not very well adhered paint on this car...

My one was the same, no noticeable noise in warm weather, slowly returning as the colder months came back. I will say that the noise became less apparent as I put more miles on the car and it may well have disappeared completely if I had the ability to just ignore it :) I'm guessing that it's a...

My 4 has seen 3 Highland winters now, fair amount of driving on salted roads and very few washes during those winter months - not worth bothering with a black car ;) Gave it a decent wash on Saturday, jetted behind the arch liners and along the length of the sills, all looks fine TBH. The...

Aye, the dealerships are no doubt struggling, the century long gravy train of ICE repair is slowly closing. Doesn't excuse theft by deception though IMO :(

Yep, typical upselling BS, some might call it attempted robbery TBH. The ' brake pipe cleaning' is a new one though :unsure: Can you not find a machine shop that will skim your discs ? I know they get scabby but I would imagine they will have at least one tickle in them before they hit the min...

Check out Grant's smart repairs on the youtube. Operates in the North London area, seems very honest and skilled judging by his uploads. That split should stitch and weld easily enough, skim of filler and bob's yer auntie ;)

I have my suspicions re quality but it's difficult to say for sure. The local councils in the UK have never been more penniless if they're to be believed and this is reflected in the conditions of the roads surfaces nationwide I think. The screen on mine lasted 2 years almost to the day before a...

Pretty sure i remember Tesla owners commenting about a similar noise a few years back, was traced to the battery casing flexing due to the heat from rapid charging :unsure:

Makes me wonder why manufacturers don't do away with on board chargers and just have a simple DC port. It would save a decent amount of weight, space and cost . Home chargers would be more expensive with the step up transformer and rectifier it would need but I can't see it being prohibitive...

Me too, 20k was the best I could do with the fronts on a 2.0 tdi Leon estate I had before the MG. I've driven 'with spirit' in the 30k I've covered in the MG so far, made use of the crisp handling on the twisty roads in this area and quite often have to apply a dab of opposite lock leaving...