Recent content by MG Fred

Time to move on from CDs. Get a smartphone, install spotify, use CarPlay to play all and any music you want. OR just Bluetooth from your phone. I speak as a designer of CD chips in the 80s. Sad to move on from CDs but got to move with the times. People have moved on to better things.

If it’s beeping at you, seriously you are far too close, back off more.

I have never found it unsafe in 10,000 miles.

You just invalidated the 7yr warranty by not having it maintained correctly. Not a wise move and a false economy.

Electric park brakes can get in the way of removing pads etc, as on my previous cars they will automatically apply the brakes after a few minutes even if the park brake is off and the car turned off. A safety feature I guess. The callipers pushing in when you have removed the pads can be a...

How about the electroverse app, was that reliable on charger status?

I’d like to see any pictures of yellow car with the red/black interior as I would go for that. I saw the grey and it was too dull for me personally.

Not really true for me. I have a 2023 XPower and the 70mph vibration feel is practically negligible now after 8000 miles. It never concerned me that much from the start and is hardly noticeable now.

Fair enough, I was just going on the statements that you said it was your fault and you couldn’t see as the sun was in your eyes, which just triggered a bad memory for me of a driver saying that, with me thinking if you can’t see you shouldn’t be moving.

Except that BYD is setting up a factory in Turkey or maybe Morocco I think I read, which will circumnavigate that tax due to a EU deal with Turkey and Morocco who aren’t even in the EU! That’s the EUs secret world of back hand deals where big companies can use cheap Turkish labour for factories...

I got a quote from a local electrician and was going to get a 2nd hand zappi charger but Octopus quoted me less for supply and fit of a new Zappi and did a very good job. They even accommodated a lightning surge protector extra and thicker 10sqmm cable for less heat loss, for a very reasonable...

I’m feeling a bit conflicted hearing about this between support for a fellow member and my own experience of a car driver not being able to see due to the sun and turning across the road right in my path. I was on a bike, hit the radiator, somersaulted through the air and injured. Since then...

Some minimal mods on my 4XP, locking wheels bolts, a strip of black foam at the back of the phone charging area to stop the phone flying away on acceleration, wireless carplay adapter and some mud flaps just fitted.

Or you could leave TJA on and the car steers itself! Almost. It’s more relaxing. I use it a lot.

I just use a bit of black sticky foam tape across the front edge. Stops it moving a treat. Not noticeable either.