Recent content by greendwarf

Interesting, so will show a faster degradation if it works, eventually - perhaps we shouldn't hold our breath, yet! 😎

And why would you want one? The "basic" is merely the same range as the original, despite needing a 50% increase in capacity and if those figures are correct, how can the same battery pack give a longer range in the "extended" version? Something is wrong here, especially as the link talks about...

Hardly "let down" - they reportedly never made a profit here (no doubt hampered by the Colt Cars franchise contract) and their new partnership with Renault apparently precluded them from re-entering the UK market. Businesses are required by law to be profitable over time and are not social...

Hummingbird Motors in Colindale should be able to get them for you and programme them to the car although you will possibly have to use a tyre fitter to actually mount them on the wheels.

Interesting you say that, because my A-level physics (failed, lol) memory doesn't see why speed of itself should make any difference to energy consumption. Whereas wind resistance increases exponentially with speed, thus requiring more energy to overcome. 😎 And to be fair, apart from a lower...

I don't think so - although my memory is fading these days, lol. - I'm sure I've driven manual cars with reverse up, down, left, right and even lift to engage, over the last 50+ years - deliberately and accidently! 🤣

Does that stand for Automatic Vehicle Attack System? 🤣

Driving down the Autoroute to South of France on a number of occasions with a roof box at 85mph I was getting a fairly consistent 28mpg - if that's any help. The car is as aerodynamic as a 2 tonne house brick and although it was comfortable with the speed it was at the expense of fuel! 🤣

Good luck with that one! 🤣

Get rid of the car and buy a BEV - simples! 🙄

Well, as the OP only referred to a dolly under the rear wheels, it was a reasonable assumption. As regards Park , I seem to recall from the forum that this physically puts a pin into the transmission but not whether it would prevent the car being moved if one set of wheels was off the ground...

How does TPMS reset unless you are putting a spacesaver tyre on a existing wheel - which rather defeats the purpose. AFAIK the car can only store 4 TPMS codes at a time and they have to be programmed in by a dealer. So if you are talking about a spacesaver tyre and wheel combo, how does the car...

Not sure that will helped much, as there is also an electric motor to power the front wheels and the consensus here is that regen currents may cause some damage! Although, I don't remember anyone showing that regen works going backwards! 🤣

I hope it wasn't actually towed on its wheels, as that is likely to have done serious damage (see manual). It should always be put on to a flat-bed for recovery!

I seem to remember that in the UK, gendarmes qui dormez (sleeping policemen) were intended to encourage vehicles to keep to the speed limit i.e. 30 mph. Therefore, I have always driven over them at that speed (now 20 mph in most of Lundun) without much problem. I have also usually had cars like...