Recent content by rjhfandclf

Good luck with the EES at Folkestone! So far we’ve managed to miss it during the early roll-out period – both at airports and Le Shuttle, where I believe it is still delayed for passenger cars for the present due to French Border Control still not being ready for it – and despite the impressive...

They are listed on the MSE site as such and have a dedicated page or two on their own website including a DCA complaint form of their own too, so presumbly they are involved. They are also obligated, as I understand it, to contact every borrower proactively themselves (so long as they have...

I did the same on 13/11 – more out of curiosity than great expectation – but haven’t even received the courtesy of an acknowledgement, surprise, surprise ... although others certainly have heard back from them. MSE now says wait 8 weeks, then chase again. NB the MSE form email on for Santander...

They wouldn’t ... until something goes wrong – in the same way that no-one knows it was you who burgled a house, until you get caught. The point is that their contract, which one signs, says that you cannot take the car abroad for more than 28 days without their written permission. I wasn’t...

Santander ≡ MG Finance; in late 2023 (for me), they were the only option from MG – so may well fall into the FCA PCP mis-selling saga (see i.e. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/reclaim-car-finance/). My personal experience (and I am far from alone, it seems) has been that they are the...

Interesting that you say that, so I will add one further ‘tuppence-worth’ of hopefully objective comment: I’m still a relative newbie regarding EV driving per se, only just coming up to the car’s second service. I always felt that it would be difficult to match my old Mercedes 220 CDI Sport...

Just a brief update – of little great value these days, regrettably, as we are now pretty well fine-tuned for our biannual trips to SW France, over broadly the same route. This time though, the focus was on speed, convenience and efficiency, coupled with price – plus a personal desire to avoid...

Crikey! Not sure I can manage to organise myself quite that far ahead these days! Still; sounds really nice, and so easy off the autoroutes these days ... enjoy. [From a lovely warm and sunny SW France .... at least for another two weeks, then back to reality, sadly!]

I do look at Zunder, after your previous recommendations, but there aren't any in quite the right place for me yet. I did stumble on one once at an aire south of Le Mans, but it was a comfort break following a T-fill at Le Mans, so not needed.

Thanks ... but scarcely a masterpiece of implementation; nearly went pear-shaped - twice! And in a few weeks' time, I need to try to find alternatives to avoid the T-S/Cs' p.m. premium rates going home. Such is life! PS the eagle-eyed may have noticed the error in the Engie and Alterna rates on...

Well; just completed the downward trip on our regular biannual drive down to SW France, with some ever-improving stats, I think. Nowhere near as exciting as EVsince2016, but I am finding the three-days continuous driving tiring nowadays, so aim to fine-tune everything to max efficiency and ease...

I fully agree that with (apparently) 168,000 charging stations across France, planning is not entirely necessary, but I still find that with only four charging stops needed for my regular 750 miles trip each way to SW France, it helps to plan my route via the stops I want, using my favourite...

Just another Autoglass experience I would share … Fully accepted that if you live in a city, you need instant attention for a totally smashed glazing issue. I think that 1) You were extremely unlucky to be targeted by a total pr*t just to nick a charging cable, and 2) You were extremely lucky...

Have at long last copied across the notes from our last 6-weeks spring-time round trip to SW France (southern Gers) and back. April-May is a lovely time to be driving with nice temperatures – not too hot at around 18-22C most of the time – so reasonable for the car too. Afraid it’s all a bit of...

My Android updated by itself yesterday – knew nothing about it till I checked to see what the SOC was this morning … but as usual, it was fast asleep having been left for 36 hours – so my first knowledge of update was this (albeit in the white version initially). So, whilst it all looks much...