Recent content by PJWey

I left mine with 49% charge for 3 weeks. LFP battery. No noticeable phantom drain.

24k miles in 18 months, been absolutely brilliant. LKA never been an issue at all. Only problem has been the rear undertray warped from delivery and the dealers being certain it’s my fault despite the maintenance release from MG for the issue.

V2 and V3 share and also site wide throttling is common when a site is full. Wokingham for example is an older 136kW site and often busy. Recently I was getting only 35kW in my MG4 SE then the car next to me left and I rose to 60kW.

My blue MG4 has a couple of stone chips, a few stone dents and a scrape on the boot from storm daragh. If only it was a Cybertruck

That’s an excellent point about customisation and Tesla have an advantage with their more nuanced and modern architecture. However core safety features such as AEB are defaulted on despite any customisation. Understandably the safety of a car and its occupants shouldn’t be compromised by...

Safety ratings require it

There are good reasons for the difference. I recommend the Fully Charged podcast interview with Osprey CEO if you’d like to understand the UK specific challenges. Because it could be a lot better and greed is not the only motive.

Sorry to hear your pain Model 3 and Y refresh?

Yes if charging is more of a challenge then always buy the largest battery you can afford. Personally my energy costs have been significantly cheaper than diesel was previously and despite driving a fair bit further. Tactical use of public charging can keep costs especially low so just do some...

Love my SE, 16 months and 22k miles. LFP is basically a rust battery, so if anyone comes at you with “child mining” or “precious metals” you have no need to worry. Also charging to 100% is perfectly reasonable and stress free. Added bonus is the car is 170hp and very quick despite being the...

My mode has been: 1) Tesla 2) Elecroverse app or GRIDSERVE on offer 3) Whatever is convenient and plentiful Sainsbury’s for example 4) Avoid Shell and InstaVolt But also if you charge mostly at home you need not be over anxious just go somewhere with plentiful chargers if possible.

Yes, it’s designed this way

Agree 100%, it’s not perfect but better than it was originally. Until FSD we can make do.

Given the Sun being being low in the sky and out much less as well as covered by clouds and thick gloom it’s hardly surprising. Thankfully brighter days, weeks and months ahead. East facing 1.4kW array will do a little better then.

The heater and required battery heating hit efficiency. In my SR I get around 3.2 in winter with heating and about 4.5 or so when no heating. But of course heat is often not optional. Given how cheap electricity is I wouldn’t lose sleep over it.