mourneuk
Established Member
We took the car on its first decent run since getting it, up to Winterton-on-sea in Norfolk. It was about 100 miles each way and a mix of dual carriageways and normal roads. I put MG pilot on at 65 mph and was pleased with how it behaved.
I decided to do a quick rapid charge on the way back because although I started at 90% battery and 220 miles range and it was showing 118 miles range to home, I didn’t really want the range anxiety of having 16 miles to spare when I got home. We stopped at the Gridserve forecourt just outside of Norwich, which was lovely. I went from 40% charge to 74% in 18 minutes, which was just long enough for both of us to go to the loo and get a drink from Costa. No idea of the cost yet because the £1 charge hasn’t been amended but I’m expecting it to be £10-12.
It’s a good job I did do the charge because I missed an exit off the A47 (I think) which added 15 miles to my journey and then it must have been uphill a lot of the way as I only achieved 3.5 m/kWh compared to 4.4 on the way there and we arrived home with 27% charge left (2 adults and 4 dogs).
I was plagued by ecall system failures, which I hadn’t experienced before and it worried me until I looked it up when we got back.
All in all it was an enjoyable journey and I’m pleased I broke my “v card” with the rapid charge as I was worrying about it a fair bit.
I even saw a white MG5 on the way there, so our quest for world domination is well underway.
I decided to do a quick rapid charge on the way back because although I started at 90% battery and 220 miles range and it was showing 118 miles range to home, I didn’t really want the range anxiety of having 16 miles to spare when I got home. We stopped at the Gridserve forecourt just outside of Norwich, which was lovely. I went from 40% charge to 74% in 18 minutes, which was just long enough for both of us to go to the loo and get a drink from Costa. No idea of the cost yet because the £1 charge hasn’t been amended but I’m expecting it to be £10-12.
It’s a good job I did do the charge because I missed an exit off the A47 (I think) which added 15 miles to my journey and then it must have been uphill a lot of the way as I only achieved 3.5 m/kWh compared to 4.4 on the way there and we arrived home with 27% charge left (2 adults and 4 dogs).
I was plagued by ecall system failures, which I hadn’t experienced before and it worried me until I looked it up when we got back.
All in all it was an enjoyable journey and I’m pleased I broke my “v card” with the rapid charge as I was worrying about it a fair bit.
I even saw a white MG5 on the way there, so our quest for world domination is well underway.