Recent content by wandle MG4 trophy

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...

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...

In the UK I believe photos are sent along with the fine but if they have put your plates on an identical model and colour it is difficult to prove especially if the photo was taken in low light, in rain or when the car was speeding.

There are several horror stories in the media about owners of cars receiving parking/speeding/box junction fines etc after their number plate has been cloned. It appears to be very difficult to prove your innocence as "evidence" you present about you or your car being elsewhere is usually...