Recent content by Nigelleics

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!

Hi. I've been driving my MG4 trophy down to Metz over the weekend to give it a serious test and to see if charging is problematic. So far, I'm in Metz, having done 503 miles and I've used 214% of battery charge. This equates to 2.35 miles per %, or a 100% range of 235 miles. My trip computer...

Challenging is usually so exorbitantly expensive that they'll just settle. Before the bulk county court at Northampton got set up, it was a regular ploy to file at places like Truro, which very few companies would pay a solicitor to tramp down to.

Remember way back when Martin Lewis was trying to get bank fees deemed illegal? It was determined that they were fair and that £12 was the minimum that could be charged for a letter, in that each piece of admin warrantied 15 minutes of time. I've based all claims on £12.50 per 15 minutes or part...

Go legal on them. Get a solicitors letter stating that you are within your legal right to reject the vehicle. Also state in the letter that you will be seeking financial damages for time and expenses caused by the faults (include 15 mins admin time per phone call, letter, email charged at...

I've just visited a Tesco podpoint and it seems like there's plenty doing the free 15 minute trick, then repeating. Very tricky getting a 50kw ccs though