Recent content by Philz

Same in Oz, left Star wants to do drive mode all the time. We need A/C a lot here and tried to assign it to left button but won’t stay. Fortunately A/C goes well on right side and when not activated , works the volume and track ok. Left button is mere decoration atm.

Not expecting much degradation, charge at home to 80% mostly via the Sun and only go to 100% the day before a big trip.

I’ve read comments on ICE car pages and forums where the LKA is an issue just as much as it is here…my solution is to be much more focused (a good thing) on my driving. It’s hard as I’ve a farming background and have worked in the industry all my life and I do like a good look around at the...

Being in the land of Oz, we have a climate that oscillates between 40+deg summers and Winter nights down to -5 (and below) , will be interesting to see what effect the nights will have. Interested in anyone’s experience of frosty morning drives as that is probably the main cold weather we...

Look, I went back a bit to myself at 10yo on the farm in Australia. My siblings and I sitting in the 1927 Chev truck I learnt to drive in and used around the property. Used to do handbrake turns on the airstrip for a lark.

I assumed the 2% drop per week maintained the 12v charge…car worked perfectly on the drive home. My BIL knows a Tesla owner who couldn’t start his car after a similar time parked.

I use the SNOW mode on long trips as it has low regen braking and it does slow on some sharper bends. Not a concern for me.

Left ours at Canberra airport for 6 weeks after driving to the city (70km). Battery was about 70% when we let it, lost 12% in 6 weeks, 12V battery was fine. I have a jump starter but don’t usually carry it with me.

Well worth the wait!

As you can see in my Avatar, I’ve joined Team Orange on the 2/10/23. Just walked into McGrath MG in Belconnen (Canberra) and drove away, no ordering or anything, plus they had others. Mines an MG4 Excite 64 and I’m very happy with it. Home charging off solar at and plenty of free fast chargers...

My understanding is that range predictions are set according to the driving mode, the A/c being on/off and driving style (boy racer v driving to church. If all ICE vehicles did the same we’d have less problems adapting. Drove a Renault in Scotland recently that changes is range prediction quite...

Aussie here, I found that going for a drive and heating the tyres before setting the pressure to 37psi/256 kpa caused low pressure warnings. Set the same pressures when tyres were cold and no issues since. Having something to measure/monitor tyre pressure probably is the problem…if we didn’t...