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as per Buster:- we owned a '22 ID3 and although it had that feel of VW 'solid' quality, the control screen ('infotainment'), heating/demisting and windows control were, well, crap. I believe vw have dumped that all-touch-capacitance control in newer id3's; just as well. The MG4 drives better...

ok, to elucidate: the grot patch was/is noticeable on both rear wings. It is the result of a differential pressure-bleed contraflow of relatively dirty air/water into the turbulent boundary layer along the vehicle side at that point. It is not purely a function of the wheel-tyre chucking muck...

You'd need to do tunnel-testing (as in wind, of the airflow variety) to determine the actual increase in drag. Consider that Honda reckon the drag reduction on the Honda e due to removal of the wing mirror pair is iro 4% of total drag, and VW put flatish covers on their EV wheels (iro 6%(?))...

You've probably 'done your own research' and are well aware of how to optimise range - there are several related threads that are well worth reading. If 'long journey-ing', using the battery heater (can be timed in app) helps - though you need to be plugged-in, obvs - and if you're charging at...

Yes, that's a reasonable expectation. The effectiveness of the 'engine air scoop' * is reduced slightly because the laminar/ turbulent boundary layer is probably a centimetre or two thick at that position 'aft'. ( I could calculate it but 1-2cm seems a decent guesstimate). However... going...

During our festive tour du Midlands we noticed that they are even more common (as muck) up there than they are in our locale; so much so that they are begining to clog up the public charger network (displacing Tesla's, lol!)😆

common as muck around here... we did have a Honda e before; seeing another was cue to emergency stop, cross the carriageway, embrace like Armageddon is tomorrow, get yer flask and buns out and have a good chinwag on the hard shoulder.

yeah; it seems the whole design ethos for 'cars' is totally screwed-up; with a few notable exceptions, adding drag (so diminishing the range available) seems to be 'normal' these days. All started by the ridiculously nonsensical 'SUV' bullsh*t-world, which has reversed 30 years of aerodynamic...

many don't understand what a 'spoiler' is for - it's either to (a) reduce drag, by detaching the rooftop flow, making it turbulent and therefore reducing the power required to keep the tail vortices forming, or (b) it's actually an inverted 'wing', intended to create downforce, usually so as to...

'going backwards in time' sums up many EV drivers feelings towards icecling. For sure, I'm one (my wife too) who wouldn't remotely consider it. The MG4's really good, but oh, the honda e; sticky pants - almost (shame about the range.) I am just a tiny bit tempted to buy a Peugeot 205 diesel, xud...

edsxp; perhaps also consider that motor regen 'braking' is only 75 to 80% efficient, so if you're doing a lot of accelerate-decelerate (which for 10 miles sounds like it - isn't it faster to cycle :-) ?) you'll lose energy substantially, esp if you boot the gas every time on takeoff. As the...

curveball warning: Are you using a 7kW nom charger, and if so, what make? There are, apparently, a few types that have their 'overvoltage' (as in 230V nominal A.C. supply) cut-out set at the uk grid limit level* of 253V; if the supply-side exceeds this for the duration set by the charger...

Acceleration, i don't drive on autobahns in our car these days. I haven't driven ours at limit speed yet, but am interested to know from anyone who has what the 'power meter' numbers were? I'm assuming that the 'power meter' implementation in most ev's refers to current flow rather than the...

Intermittent faults can be a nightmare to resolve if there isn't a detailed datalog of the event; it's a bit like noticing the cookies have all gone (as usual) but the kids deny all knowledge: unless you catch the little ******s in the act, there's only surmisation and maybe a bit of...

perhaps also worthwhile considering is the value of the battery pack itself - even after 10 years and maybe at 80% remaining capacity, a 40 (originally 50) kWh or 50 (originally 64)kWh pack will make one hell of a good value domestic battery, considering an 8kWh pack sells for what, around £8000...

you got a :ROFLMAO: for that due to the 'fat people blocking sun', sorry, a rather mean (and fat-ist) but lol. Nice work; yeah, you's have thought they'd have doen a bit more road testing with different opacity covers before launching that part.

yes, interesting - and per Leni's note re the Seal - it will be intriguing (not sure if that's the most appropriate word) to see how the pricing shakes down over the next 12 months... (i feel some depreciation coming on...[Leni: that's why i didn't want to spend too much on a new car at the back...

Leni; no, being polite is a minimum necessity. But anyone buying anything (we are bartering our work/wealth for someone else's 'stuff' when we 'buy' it) folk should shoulder the responsibility for their decision unless they have been deliberately misled. Now, wtlp can be misleading, for sure (I...

i too was bemused by the lack of rear wiper, but 4000 winter miles later, fair cop, it doesn't need one. Auto wipeys would be nice, but i previously often found they would come on when i didn't want them to, or not when i did.

docbog, orp: I've an SESR and, from non-systematic observation it works like Diggsy et al have said; unlock car, plug in, lock car. Re app control: (i) I use the app timers in addition to the domestic wall charger timer (yeah a bit autistic, i know) but set a margin of 1 minute outside the...