Recent content by Nigelleics

No problems fast charging at the local Ionity charger. Over 310kw charging rate

In comparison, one thing I noticed is that the Energy Recovery seems more efficient, yet somehow the braking effect doesn't seem as strong, so I think there's been major development in that area. I always used max recovery in the MG4 and am doing the same in the IM5

Took my IM5 LR on it's first long drive today, a 295 mile round trip from Loughborough to Bath and back. Started at 100% charge, drove 'around 😉' the limit most of the time on the M5, not being too stingy with the blower and still had 54 miles of range left when I got back home and showed an...

I'll let you know if I ever ever find the settings. I guess there's barely any on the road yet, so all I'm getting are guesses from prospective owners. If only a showroom person could find out

Hi. I've had my IM5 LR for a week and been struggling to find the location of the car's wifi hotspot settings and password. I've checked the manual and it says the hotspotsettings are in the central console settings under the 'link' submenu. However, the link submenu is called the 'connect'...

I never realised it was that energy hungry. So my beer mat maths says that you could have an economical urban drive of 28 miles over an hour (which will use 7kwh), but if you have your heater on full, or not full but with other stuff on, then you'll use up to 14kwh over that hour, giving you a...

Didn't you need the cabin heater on every so often to deal with misting up? It's an impressive readout and just shows what can be done. It's very beneficial to sit behind a truck while going uphill for instance, as the reduced wind resistance helps counter the losses due to the incline. Not...

You'll be ok. Just need to convince Adam to be the guinea pig!

Your 2nd ten mile efficiency must have been around 4.5 (to drag the avg up by 1.1 over 2x the distance). It could be that over 10 miles is where the battery heating pays dividends?

I had a short trip of 6 mile last night in around -6c. I've never preheated cabin or battery, which I think is significant. So, I was sat defrosting the screen on 25c setting 5 for maybe 2 minutes until it was safe to get going (note, a 10 minute preheat would probably have been excessive). Then...

What lights does anyone suggest for the console area? I tend to drop my keys in the cup holder area, but once parked up I'm often struggling to find them in the dark.

Here's a thought. IF battery heating takes around 2.5kwh and is known to improve range through having a nice warm battery, then is it really necessary if you're only setting out on say a 8 mile trip? My thinking would be no. The 8 miles in normal conditions would use up 2kwh, but with a cold...

The estimated range is simply a guess based on your last x miles or most recent x kwh usage, either way it's a total guess because the computer doesn't know what sort of trip you'll be making. Here's a back of beer mat calculation: Assumptions: Heater uses 1kwh per hour of operation (sources...

Looks like I've missed a bit of forum fun while I've been driving to Metz and back. There will be a thread incoming on my 980 mile adventure as an antidote to all the tedious posts where people use the car as a hair dryer but don't expect the effeciency to suffer. But, in summary, I did 980...

With the software, many of us seem to have the Can't Can't!