Recent content by lg1726

Just had the first service on the PHEV about 5 weeks ago and they pointed out some wear on the outside rim of both front tyres, now the tyre pressure alert is coming on and if i pump up the tyres, its back on in a couple of days and its clear that the front tyres have worn down a lot in those...

Have you check the Zapmap site and app? It's not perfect, but it is a start https://www.zap-map.com/live/ and it does give some indication of any costs levied for charging.

Was quoted £350 to have a detailing package where all the existing little scratches are removed and a polymer coating applied, would take two days to complete. He said that as its a lease car he would then advise a another session before it goes back, but with the polymer coating this would not...

I had a problem earlier this year with the tethered cable on our Rolec and the installer came out, said it was something to do with calibration of the micro switch. Fixed in a jiffy!

I bought the £500 3 year service deal and I worked out that it would be worth it - after they quoted this to me when I looked at the car and before committing I phoned a couple of dealers and asked them for the price of the 1 or 2 year services. I was quoted £190 for the 1 year and £270 for the...

I've posted previously that I too consider the paint to be woefully soft and thin. Due to bushes encroaching into the narrow road to our street along the railway line, the passenger side has very fine feathered scratches showing white primer under the black paint. The car is one year old today...

Me and my partner both work from home and do 10/15 miles per day, school run/shopping/drop off/pick ups, on average and the price tag really does measure up! In 9 months have done 6660miles, 90-95% urban/suburban, have averaged about £28/9 per month in charge costs (home charger in the drive)...

Part of my everyday journey involves a narrow road with cars parked on the right and the railway line on the left, no footpath or barrier between the road and the perimeter of the railway. The area on the left by the railway is overgrown with bushes which encroach onto the road and frequently...

Really - the tailgate is too slow?!! Yesterday I went shopping and I popped the tailgate on my approach to the car and by the time I reached it with a trolley load of shopping, in the rain, it was open and ready to load. Loaded up, pressed to close tailgate, walked to the trolley station to...

That's interesting, as mine will not open until I press park and/or turn off power! In fact, I find it a bit annoying as I drop the lad off at rugby and he can't just pop the tailgate to get his stuff out the boot without me pressing something first!

This article suggests that Tesla are in discussions, but that it's not possible just now http://cleantechnica.com/2015/09/27/some-non-tesla-evs-may-finally-get-tesla-supercharger-access/

I think the short answer is no! I think there are discussion on going about opening up their chargers, but as yet, as i understand it this has not happened!

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzWDYJ8zeE22VzgtT0Mzd0xVQ2c&usp=sharing These are photos of the ones I had fitted - the guy who did it told me that they used the existing guide marks already in the bumpers and used for the 'factory fitted' ones, so not sure if its possible to choose...

For the last couple of months or so the car has suggested an EV range of 20/22 at the start of each day and given the cold and rain and the need for wipers, blowers, heaters etc that is pretty much what I have been getting. On Saturday it was a lovely day, really warm and sunny, so much so I had...

You don't say how old your current car is, but I replaced a 9 year old SAAB 93 estate and I was getting c250/300 miles on a tank @ 60litres latterly!!! I've had the PHEV for 6 months now, done 4350miles with over 80% of that in EV, the rest taken up by a couple of 400mile round trips pretty...