Recent content by pjmmk

My X Power shows dashes instead of a range once the battery gets into single figures. I have no idea how accurate that actually is in the MG. I learned to ignore range when I bought the Tesla, that thing is hopelessly inaccurate. I just go by battery percentage in any EV now, it just feels more...

Took my X Power down to 8% on Saturday. Acceleration was noticeably tamer but there was plenty there, it was still faster then most other vehicles on the road. No idea when turtle mode cuts in but it's certainly nowhere near 20% - that would be ridiculous.

To be fair, you can hardly miss it!

Have you tried the obvious? Buy a spray can of contact cleaner, pull the plug apart, spray the contacts on both sides, put it back together.

Haha. I didn't notice. Oh well...

I bought a polar white one. First white car I've ever driven, much less owned. I think it looks quite good in white with the appropriate black accessories... Really shows the dirt though and the back collects the stuff like it's going out of fashion.

Yeah, even on a car with one pedal driving, although we all know that the braking effort from regen isn't always going to be available, we still get surprised when the car just shoots on ahead.

Wonder why they stopped using the paint then. Seems odd...

Washed mine today since we had nice overcast conditions with a 20% chance of rain later. Course, the clouds parted halfway through the wash leaving me scrambling to dry it before the sun baked all the spots onto the paintwork. As soon as I finished, the sun vanished again - sometimes I swear...

That's a pity. I wasn't interested in the green but I have to admit it does look nice. That matt finish is not the easiest to maintain but there are products available for that sort of paint. It's not something new. I suppose they were having warranty claims when owners damaged their paintwork...

I was on the M1 this morning going past the Newport Pagnell services, Northbound, using ACC with nothing else in sight and the car suddenly threw the anchors out. I have no idea what it think it saw. Just as well there was nothing tailgating me. I think cars with all these safety/driving aids...

I'm not touching mine. It all just seems so flaky. If any updates are needed I'll get a dealer to do it, if something goes wrong they can fix it.

Churchill don't seem to like EV's at all. They refused to quote for the MG4 and just offered me a renewal quote of over £1800 for the Tesla...

Not had that with mine. I'm still on the OEM tyres, I've had them chirp on pulling away a few times but that's nothing compared to the ridiculous squealing from my old FWD Focus ST with just over half the power.

Glad it worked out. Although I carry an Electroverse card, I rarely use it. I always aim for the Tesla chargers if there are any in range that are open to all. Never had a problem with any of those.