Recent content by Stevepl11

The RF remote switch (think Garage door opener) would be to operate the relay cut out feature from in the car without having to run any wires through the engine bay firewall. And there is no such thing as a rocket switch except in a rocket perhaps, I say it's typo' and it's really a "Rocker"...

You didn't have to waste your time explaining, but that's often the outcome in a forum, and it's completely voluntary. So don't blame me for it. Another consideration is I really don't care what you do or think, but maybe someone elso could find my suggestion useful. And since you have stated...

What I want is a simple way of preventing the engine starting when EV range drops to zero and I have 2km to go to get home where i can Plug In. I will, and do, use save and or charge mode to acheive several goals. 1/ get the engine up to full operating temperature for as long as possible, 2/...

Ludicrous? Really? In your own words in your second post on this you said you had bought one but only going to carry on long trips. It kind of suggested space was going to be an issue. So I stand by my remark about finding space to put it. Otherwise why did you want a space saver in the first place?

While I didn't say it directly I was thinking that if you want a spare, get a proper one rather than a space saver. That way you can carry on as normal, and if you are fully loaded then at least you know where the dead one can be put. I cannot believe that available space is so limited that a...

How long do you wait when you're in the middle of nowhere?

If the drive battery was "weak" wouldn't you have some indication of that? Like no range as an EV, or very little? Also nobody said it was towed backwards, but I had pondered this and it seems regeneration does not occcur in reverse, then on the other hand you could not tow the car without...

I've ignored this thread until now, so here goes. Space savers are a joke. Never mind any nonsense about TPMS etc. Consider this, and it applies to all cars that came with that nasty little skinny tyre but probably more so for cars that did not. If you load your car with all your junk for a...

Regarding the fuel being used until topping up. My 2018 will run the ICE after 3 months when it thinks I have not put 15 litres into it in one top up. It will not go into parallel hybrid mode in this situation and reports "using old fuel". I don't think 3 months is necessarily the right period...

I'd question the need to inflate the trailer tyres so much that this is even a concern at all. If there's an underlying problem with tyres going flat, fix it. Pump them up at home or a service station (allthough I know that can be unreliable). And what do you mean by "high pressure"? I carry a...

EV mode is my "Normal" for short trips. It means the ICE wont start just because I accelerated a bit quick for whatever reason. I really do not want the engine running for very short periods and not getting upto to proper operating temperature. This is really bad for any engine over time. If...

Get th Get the dumbest of dumb chargers. literally a transformer with a rectifier. Smart chargers, unless there's dead battery override, will not begin to charge a dead battery. Then, once you have enough charge, start the car and it will take over and charge the 12v battery. However, I had a...

I was fitting some flaring nuts into the holes in the roof rack rails, while standing on a ladder next to the car, I ended up making some significant dents in the 'shoulder' adjacacent the rails with my knee. That metal is very easy to damage! It may be that the roof, or rather ther pillars...

That's probably because it's a PHEV not BEV, so the battery is smaller. You cannot charge a 20kWh battery at the same rate as a similar voltage 100kWh battery. Because you'll set it on fire.

Kind of sounds like the timer was still set when you got the car. There is no delay built in, so you are cancelling the timer with the fob.. I just checked mine (2018 NZ). Changing the language on the settings menu for driver multifunction screen only changes the language for that screen so no...