Recent content by wandle MG4 trophy

Sadly it took a couple of years for me to be able to use the Bluetooth key. I think all the planets have to be perfectly aligned for it to work ie car software, iSmart version and phone version. I would never rely on it for day to day use

Looks interesting. I’ve quickly read the Ts&Cs and cannot see anything about EV charging so I assume charging will be free during the scheme hours. You can only benefit from one energy saving scheme. I’m already signed up to Octoplus Savings Sessions (which require an opt in for each...

Sadly this is quite common. I needed to make a credit to BP Pulse in order to charge a couple of years ago. I haven’t used BP since then. To my surprise I received a credit from BP after about a year of inactivity. The credit more or less matched what was in my account. No explanation from BP...

Good luck with the new car. And thank you for your helpful and sensible contributions to this forum.

I’m curious about what would happen if I pulled up the Electronic Parking Brake (the lever next to the gear selector) or pressed the big P button whilst driving at speed. The reason for asking is that I may be accompanying a very inexperienced new driver and wonder what the best response from...

Fully agree. The point I was making was that the app warned of a parking fee yet the website did not.

And beware of charging at Tesla Heathrow. The Tesla app warns of a parking charge of £6.50 for the first hour (which then increases). Yet the Tesla website /find a supercharger makes no mention of the parking fee

Has anyone any recent experience here please? I booked in for a software update and fix for faulty door handles. They have cancelled me three times at short notice.

Easee messed up my charging today. I had previously told the Easee app that I am on Octopus Agile and in the past the app has accurately calculated my charging cost. But something has now gone awry. Yesterday I set the Easee app to charge the following afternoon, it actually charged in the...

I was surprised to see how much my Trophy likes hot weather. I’ve been up and down motorways a lot recently. I stick to 65-70 with A/C on and am getting 4.2 miles to the kWh. Turning the A/C off does not make any noticeable difference. I even have a slight feeling that using the A/C helps a...

I updated this morning. I was on the 100 year theme and I double checked that the battery charge setting was at 100% - long range. However when I switched to the standard theme the battery setting changed to 80% - health mode. Given that there are so many reports of users returning to their...

My front passenger door button has failed. I very rarely use that door so it’s not worn out!

Yep, savings for me were minimal. I won’t rush to resubscribe unless I know I am going to do a lot of miles and need public charging.

An few observations I recently did 2 x 420 mile return trips and charged exclusively at Tesla chargers. My monthly subscription meant I saved about £2.40 against non member pricing. I also got 1% cashback on my Santander debit card for EV charging. Had I used Gridserve it would have cost about...

I've just put a coloured sticker across the green band of each number plate. I used duct tape so it should be waterproof. I also noticed that the plates were supplied by BCA so if there's a problem with cloning I could ask for a high def photo and try to see who supplied the plates on the cloned...