Content by Mazzyh in February, 2026

It's a quirk of this jumper pack. It turns on and turns off. I've had it with totally flat batteries on my classic car and it just goes off after shoot 5 to 10 seconds. I didn't have an alternative. I also get all the warnings about various systems not working, which is another sign of a low...

Anyone have an opinion about the battery? AGM or flooded? Also, I've been quoted to versions: 027 (what I thought it was) and 075. Thanks

No, he basically attached some jumpers to it from a jumper pack which also tells him the voltage and he said it was fine, which I did think was a bit odd, but he may have had the car on in which case the DC DC converter would have been boosting the voltage. The fact that the actual battery...

It gets better ..not. The dealership are not able to do anything with the car for about 6 weeks due to being down a couple of engineers and also bring fully booked. However they are very helpful and suggested I put a new battery in it. So armed with my voltmeter, I went to the car and tested...

What a day! Charged the car fully last night and set off for 100 mile round trip, which involved motorway about 40 miles. Traffic became stop start at one point, and without any warning. And that was it, the car is stuck in a live lane on the M4. Recovery couldn't move the car initially, so I...

Interesting. I'm certainly no speed demon but I've noticed that my journey times in London have increased significantly due to the blanket 20mph speed limits. In doing the maths, this equates to a journey taking half as long again as if it were at 30mph. It used to take us about 40 mins to get...

Bit confused here. I thought it was in eco that the full WLTP is shown? I've got nowhere near 250 in normal mode and I had hoped the battery was not too degraded. Based on others responses, I did think I was more or less ok. My real range in this awful cold and wet weather is about 150...

Thanks. We did vinegar but obviously it was all under the carpet not on it. So I'll do this. We let out drip dry but also walked on it with towels underneath. It'll be a few weeks I think... Back from a very wet drive. No water in the car so this all comes from the broken rear screen.

I think I saved you from a serious mess! I dried the car out with a dehumidifier yet it still smelled bad and the windows were permanently misted up. So I thought I'd check under the carpet. Oh boy, it was saturated - and I mean that literally. I estimate there must be about 2 buckets of...

That's good. Cat N, so no MOT required. Basically nothing really structural other than some pushed in rear and a bent crash bar. I did have it checked over though and have it booked in for a service.

Again, sorry! I wanted a black one obviously but there wasn't one available at the time. That looks about the same damage although the tailgate faired better than mine. Are you going to panel beat it or just replace it? Glad you got something though. Looks nice otherwise. I've never done...

Sorry! Yes, right in both cases. I'm just sorting out the damp and smell in the car. Lifted up the rear seat. Oh my goodness, it's disgusting. Apart from being soaked, there's routing and mouldy food. There's a lot to do to get out nice. Couldn't work out why it was permanently misting up...

Stupidly I didn't take a picture of the inside but it was deformed and pushed back by about 4 inches. What I can tell you is that it's not hard to get it back out. My method initially was to use a 1.5k hammer and a large rubber mallet but this didn't provide enough. So I took the carpet up...

It was 133 for 95% I'm hopeful that it's the driving. It was one return motorway trip of 80 miles and the rest just local rush hour stuff. Motorway at 70 most of the time. Rush hour, stop start for each 6 mile journey. I've used the Granny but I shall now use the 7kw charger instead. Still...

Mostly E, very rarely N (although my wife tends to forget to switch) and never S Really useful tip. I only took it down to 5% to try to force the battery balancing but I'll try to do so my charging in that window. Yes, I did a very similar thing with the ZS, particularly after I ran out of...

Thanks all. Dino - perfect answer. Did as you said. What a difference!

Hmmm. I was wrong. Just fully charged it from 5% and left it for 36 hours. It's not good. In eco with nothing turned on, it's only 196 miles. That was a surprise because the first time I charged it, it was 200 odd, from memory about 233. So perhaps I do need to disconnect the battery because...

Thanks. I checked and it's the keyless go version. I guess I'll just try...

Thanks. That ties in with mine. I'm getting 2.4 to 3.4 at the moment. I was surprised by that but it's great to know I'm not alone! I'm just hoping leaving the car uncharged with only about 5% for a few months hasn't done any lasting damage. I should have added that the car has done 55k miles...

That's really helpful. Thank you both of you. So it looks like I'm getting worried over nothing. In terms of the mileage, with nothing turned on and in eco mode it says 234 miles. I had assumed it might show more than that. My wife is driving it more than I am and I'm pretty sure she's leaving...

Thanks. This will be interesting. I've downloaded the app. I'll report later. Can't do it now as I'm off to work.

Thanks. That's helpful. I'll have a go.

I've read most of the posts that I can find on the forum but nothing seems to be this bad! The monthly snapshot range post is very helpful but currently looks like very wishful thinking for my recently purchased MG5 LR pre facelift 72 plate. After a full recharge on the Granny charger, it has...