Recent content by Simon S

I am planning to drive the family from Nottingham to Holyhead to Dublin to Larne (NI) to Cairnryan (Scotland) and home again, in our ZS mark 1. We will be staying in various places along the way over about 2 weeks. Does anyone have any tips: Is it necessary to get RFID cards or Apps? Which...

Has anyone else experienced a drop in the displayed % power? On my gen 1 ZS, just after its 3rd service, the power displayed is sometimes 10-20% below what it should be. It is intermittent, usually going wrong after a few miles of driving, and rights itself the next time I start the car. It...

Belated thanks Gomev, Nick and Kithmo for your helpful replies. I had found how to turn off the 'avoiding tolls' option when I realised that this is what had caused the problem and I took the time to look for it. I have got onto the Naviextras.com site but haven't got any further with that...

I have had some problems this Summer holiday trip in my Mark 1 MG ZS ev. On the way to Pembrokeshire the car's sat nav did not like my chosen route of crossing the River Seven M4 bridge, that no longer has a toll (since before the car was built!). Not too much of a problem as I knew where I was...

Below I have plotted Range (economy x 45 KWh), against 2 years of monthly average temperatures. The range appears to increase by 4 miles for each degree warmer it is. For the most part I do lots of short journeys (about 5 miles), so expected the effect of temperature to be more marked in...

Sorry to hear of your experiences Chris. Like you I don't often use public chargers. I was expecting things to have improved this year (with Gridserve rollout etc.) but had to queue several times during our Summer holidays. I always had a plan B, but it looks like you need a plan D ...

"Another thing I've noticed since resetting the accumulated trip is that two things are happening. ... 2. My accumulated m/kWh is more than the average of my current journey trip works out to (?). E.g. each 2.7 mile there and 3 mile back journey I've done every morning has shown 3.4-3.5 m/kWh...

@mj224 When your car wouldn't move, it wasn't the automatic brake was it? There is a slightly annoying thing to get used to, when you start the car with your foot on the brake pedal: if you lift too early the parking brake stays on, if you keep on it for a fraction longer it comes off. It is...

I am one of two who chose one. Explanation is needed. MY ICE is a Motorbike, I have been using it less and less, and finally SORN'd it recently. Not sure if I will sell or get it going again in Summer. We have a Zoe in the family too. Towing would be great but not possible as I have sailing...

I have 2: When I first got the car I couldn't get used to the automatic parking brake when the car stops at lights etc. So I left it off (perhaps still a good idea if parking in a tight space). Anyway, my tip is to leave it on, you will soon get used to it and it makes town driving much nicer...

I have the same problem quite regularly, and I have just got used to it (I guess Chrispydoc must drive more sedately that I if he only gets it infrequently!). It seems to be reacting to cars in front, eg cars that are turning off to the left that I estimate will be off the road by the time I...

Very interesting video Max ... I wonder what the average speed was, looked to be very slow. The amazing range of 350 miles was achieved by all the tactics he mentions in the video, including having the regen set on the minimum (!!??) (and not braking), and it is not a WLTP or any other cycle...

I understand that switching to Eco mode increases the predicted range on the GOM. But if you drive in the same style on the same roads, at the same temperature etc., does Eco actually make any difference? My theory is that it doesn't, it only makes it harder to accelerate hard (I find its best...

I am really surprised, well done Chris. That is a massive distance. I am learning that speed is really important in affecting the range. I took a friend to Heathrow (from Nottingham) recently. There was no way I could make it all the way there (128 miles) and rapid charged at the lovely King's...

I find the changing of the radio station very unnecessarily complicated. I just want to the arrow on the steering wheel to move between my favourites that I spent some time programming in. Instead a get some 'random' station that I do not want to listen to. I know that I can go into the radio...