MG4 Roadtrip Scotland

OriginalBigAl said:
Scotland has great roads, places to see, and stay and most of its inhabitants are genuinely friendly. If you can avoid some of the weather, midges and caravans you will really enjoy it, so May should be ok on at least two of those points. My MG4 is fizzy orange. I do not know if Archev is near Faslane and the aging nuclear submarine fleet but I hope it's not going to become easy peel orange should we visit.
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I’ve worked in Faslane and Rosyth in the past on some of the critical high tech equipment. In fact I was probably the most important visitor these places ever saw. I fixed the tea boilers 🤣🤣
 
Rolfe said:
I was wondering how much boot space it would take up.
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I’m guessing sort of suitcase size like a larger tent.
WonkoTheSaneUK said:
You must've been worshipped like a god! 🙃
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aye I had that certain aura about me but I just thought it was from walking along the harbour side past the rusting hulks of the old decommissioned nuclear submarines tied up along side ☢️😱
 
The possibility of having more space which can be heated from the car's HVAC is quite attractive. Although I suppose that would only work in fairly mild conditions anyway, or else you'd lose too much through the walls of the tent.
 
smartn said:
I'm thinking of taking my MG4 up to Scotland as I've had it over a year and only done 7.5K. I notice we seem to have a lot of Scottish members so was after some advice on where to go for nice driving and great scenery and also where to stay. I was thinking the NC500 but everyone seems to do that and I'm sure Scotland has much more to offer. Aiming to go in May and stay for around a week so any ideas (including tips on charging) would be much appreciated.
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The west coast up to fort Augustus via fort William is amazing and it’s surpring how many charging locations there are however I have to say (and I mentioned this in another post) that having to plan the journey around charging points and not scenic routes spoilt the experience for me and so I only did it once in my ev.
 
EX MG Owner said:
The west coast up to fort Augustus via fort William is amazing and it’s surpring how many charging locations there are however I have to say (and I mentioned this in another post) that having to plan the journey around charging points and not scenic routes spoilt the experience for me and so I only did it once in my ev.
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Hmm, doesn't look too bad to me. Maybe it got better since you were there?

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Bear in mind this is rapids only and there will also be places with type 2 chargers, and in particular look for hotels with type 2 chargers for guest use - if you're not doing big mileages each day and you can organise overnight charging you may seldom need the rapids.
 
Archev said:
Pay attention at the back there. The roof tent has a full en suite and kitchen included. Nah wait that bit might have been in my dream 🤔
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It may not have that luxury facilities, but being on the roof of the car in the Highlands would keep you safe from the nocturnal wild Haggis 😜
 
Well, my roadtrip is coming to an end and it has been brilliant. Scotland is a wonderful country. We did a triangle of Edinburgh, Inverness and Oban. The MG has been great and despite the miles I've never felt tired from driving it one bit.

I used cheap Tesla chargers exclusively until getting to Oban and they have been flawless. In Oban I tried using charge place Scotland for the first time and despite having an RFID card I have not once managed to use their chargers at several locations. I rang Charge Place and they said thousands of people are having issues since they changed their payment system and they assured me I would be ok. I had to ring at 2am as I couldn't get through in the day. Needless to say it didn't work despite their assurances.

I found one alternative so I won't be getting stranded I hope but when you have a monopoly like charge place Scotland and they screw up, total chaos ensues.

For our Scottish members, you have a wonderful country with scenery on a par with pretty much anywhere in the world and the people are very friendly. If only Charge Place Scotland had lived up to everything; else it would be perfect!
 
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CPS previously worked fine. However they've recently changed payment provider (for some reason) and this seems to have had a significant knock-on effect.
 
siteguru said:
CPS previously worked fine. However they've recently changed payment provider (for some reason) and this seems to have had a significant knock-on effect.
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Yeah, had a problem again with the dreaded "Access Denied" with my RFID card today but bizarrely it worked when I idly tried again. A BMW was on the fast charger next door and couldn't get it to work via the app. These are our local chargers and normally quite reliable.
It's frustrating, as the move to private ownership (swarco) then the change in payment provider really have sent their service downhill. Amazing, really. I mean this must be the first example in history of a privatised service organisation that has immediately gone downhill. Maybe.
 
lsb777 said:
£12 for an RFID card seems steep.
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You can register with CPS and opt to just use the app. I have both and, to be honest, prefer the app. Enter your location, choose the unit number (shown on the casing), hit "Start Charge" and off you go.

The greater benefit is that you can go away and do something interesting, and the app will tell you how the charge is progressing.

Prices vary, but are generally relatively cheap compared to the private sector. Highland Council is an exception - 70p/kWh. Not many chargers are new ones, and they're rarely more than 50kW. The downside of CPS is that it's essentially a system of local authority chargers, and each authority sets their own prices and other policies. So you need to check each time - you could pay 45p/kWh in one location, 15p just a few miles away.

For great roads, try looking around Braemar. This week's "Fully Charged" YouTube video of Jack testing the Ioniq 5N used what he described as awesome roads. They included the (in)famous Cockbridge - Tomintoul road which passes by the Lecht Ski Centre (where Jack parked up). This area is fantastic - similar to the Black Mountains in Wales which Top Gear used - but it's largely off the radar and the roads are pretty quiet.
 
M44LCY said:
You can register with CPS and opt to just use the app. I have both and, to be honest, prefer the app. Enter your location, choose the unit number (shown on the casing), hit "Start Charge" and off you go.

The greater benefit is that you can go away and do something interesting, and the app will tell you how the charge is progressing.

Prices vary, but are generally relatively cheap compared to the private sector. Highland Council is an exception - 70p/kWh. Not many chargers are new ones, and they're rarely more than 50kW. The downside of CPS is that it's essentially a system of local authority chargers, and each authority sets their own prices and other policies. So you need to check each time - you could pay 45p/kWh in one location, 15p just a few miles away.

For great roads, try looking around Braemar. This week's "Fully Charged" YouTube video of Jack testing the Ioniq 5N used what he described as awesome roads. They included the (in)famous Cockbridge - Tomintoul road which passes by the Lecht Ski Centre (where Jack parked up). This area is fantastic - similar to the Black Mountains in Wales which Top Gear used - but it's largely off the radar and the roads are pretty quiet.
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The app doesn't work on their older chargers which you find more of as you drive up north so yes £12 seem steep but it beats having to call them up to initiate a charge every time you plug in to an old (or new for that matter, I had zero success with the new chargers in Kyleakin last year) charger and then call again to terminate it.
 

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