Hello Everyone, new member here after spotting these beauties in Carshop and promptly switching from my Insignia to a 16 plate Phev.
I'm slowly getting used to the car and all its little perks and quirks, (and hunted high and low for 2gb storage :roll: ) but overall, still very impressed with the car.
Only thing i miss from my insignia is the memory seats but hey, we cant have it all.
But anyway, i'm left with 2 main questions...
Firstly, has anyone managed to source and install a suitable double USB socket to install into the rear of the armrest to give two usb ports for the kids tablets in the back?
I realise, i can get a cigarette adaptor on a cable form the boot 12v socket, but i just wanted a neater looking job. I also know there is a main dealer one, but it seems very costly given what it actually is.
The second question is probably one thats been asked a million times and is a typical newbie one i guess, but as this is my first EV and there are now several companies bombarding my phone for business i wanted an owners opinion.
Simply put, what is the cheapest home charger you have all seen/installed? There are so many on the market with varying prices, so wondered which ones you have all found to be cheapest to install.
To give an idea, if helps/relevant, i generally charge it up every evening using the supplied home socket cable thingy (sorry for not knowing its technical name) and its taking a good 4 hours on average and i'm in the swindon/wiltshire area of the uk.
This charge time in-itself is a bit of a mystery, as quoted times for a full charge on this is about 5 hours, and apparently gives around 25-30 miles in range.
Mine is usually showing full charge at around 4 hours at most and i'm lucky if it ever shows more than 20 miles on the range. Does this seem normal?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
I'm slowly getting used to the car and all its little perks and quirks, (and hunted high and low for 2gb storage :roll: ) but overall, still very impressed with the car.
Only thing i miss from my insignia is the memory seats but hey, we cant have it all.
But anyway, i'm left with 2 main questions...
Firstly, has anyone managed to source and install a suitable double USB socket to install into the rear of the armrest to give two usb ports for the kids tablets in the back?
I realise, i can get a cigarette adaptor on a cable form the boot 12v socket, but i just wanted a neater looking job. I also know there is a main dealer one, but it seems very costly given what it actually is.
The second question is probably one thats been asked a million times and is a typical newbie one i guess, but as this is my first EV and there are now several companies bombarding my phone for business i wanted an owners opinion.
Simply put, what is the cheapest home charger you have all seen/installed? There are so many on the market with varying prices, so wondered which ones you have all found to be cheapest to install.
To give an idea, if helps/relevant, i generally charge it up every evening using the supplied home socket cable thingy (sorry for not knowing its technical name) and its taking a good 4 hours on average and i'm in the swindon/wiltshire area of the uk.
This charge time in-itself is a bit of a mystery, as quoted times for a full charge on this is about 5 hours, and apparently gives around 25-30 miles in range.
Mine is usually showing full charge at around 4 hours at most and i'm lucky if it ever shows more than 20 miles on the range. Does this seem normal?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions