Recent content by OriginalBigAl

So, they do read this forum? The power of Premium Membership could be the telling factor. :D Mere mortals need to buy some hobnail boots and go kicking in doors . 😖 Could we have your permission to say " Do you know who my mate is ......." 😁

Just done 50 km at 28°C stuck in slow moving traffic. Used 10% of battery or around 5kms / 1% or 8 km per kWh. Seems like none of the reported figures are unusual , considering, so the original charging input remains for now, a mystery. Still, not complaining.

Again for a Northerner , I don't understand the rules to that either.

Looking good , keep us informed about its longer term usage please. Have you buggered up your 50/50 weight distribution ? :D

Played it at school, hated it. Never understood the rules , in fact detention meant being picked for the team on a Saturday. Now, love it, all the world cups , 6 nations etc . Still don't understand the rules but it appears that half the international players don't either. ?

I think I have got the maths pretty much sorted including adjustments for all the variables . For the past 8 months all has tallied up as expected both with my expectations and the figures as reported on the screens and different pages concerning usage. I am not obsessive about it , its just...

League, Union or frisbee ....... time for a poll methinks ! :D Once you see it as a frisbee , you can never un-see it . o_O

Is that a rugby ball or a frisbee ? #17

Its averaged out at around 12°C for the latest charge, I don't hang around and there are lots of hills. My normal usage for mid-summer is around 6.5 -7 km per kWh, 28 - 32 °C . It had a balance charge a couple of weeks back and as a rule within a small percentage all the figures normally are as...

Charged the car to 80% and ran it down to 30 % , did 174 km with the usage monitor hovering around 16.6 kWh/100km. All pretty much normal. Charged last night expecting to put in around 30kWh .... this morning the value was 21 kWh input, with the car again at 80% .???? The timer said 2hrs 15...

Now that Morse is gone , surely a case for Lewis ? is he still around your parts ? ;)

Not sure about Australian laws but is it legal to shoot bores . We will all try to keep our posts interesting , relevant and amusing to avoid such unpleasantries should we visit the southern hemisphere. :D

After 2.5 years I just received the first call through the car . I don't know how because I thought the phone was switched off. However, it was the wife wanting a late addition to the shopping list. I have the volume turned down for calls and was just entering a long twisty section of road...

Mine was the 1.8s hatchback and once it was sorted out was brilliant . It did have a non factory sun roof which leaked onto the drivers seat and when I got it the accelerator pump jet was broke into the jet. It would start and run but when you accelerated over 2500 revs would cut out and stall...

I used to have an Opel Manta with the registration UNT . An electrician "friend " with some black electrical insulation tape changed that for me . I drove around for days before noticing!! Oh! what a jape . :sleep: