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For people living on top of a hill with a short daily driving distance: I am not sure if you already considered to set a timer that stops loading over night in a way that the battery only charges up to 60-80% of a full charge? If doing so, you can bring the energy when driving downhill in the...

With a 100% full battery, you have (almost) no possibility for recovering energy when braking. Only a SOC below maximum allows to use the features of a hybrid car. When driving over high mountains, I always try to have an empty battery (a low SOC) on top as preparation for the long descent...

I think we dont have yet a list of all points that should be checked before the end of the warranty period? Pls. advise if I should be wrong... If not, let's just start it here.

and c: ... will tell the big data collector all details about your car and your driving style.

I join your considerations. I have not installed Android Auto as I do not want to share all my car's data with the big data company. Why should I tell them where i drive, how i drive, etc... ? For the next negotiation round with my insurance company? For automated delivery of speeding and...

I wouldn't squeeze the cable of my charger like this as I see quite plausible reasons for damages. And why should I do it? Closing a padlock can be done faster than placing the cable properly, entering the car again and drive 0,5 m.

Me too... I had the same experience in a BMW several years ago.

It's not a problem that the display will be unreadable. It's just significantly darker. If this applies for the displays in all PHEV variants can be found out easily by turning the Polaroid sunglassses or any other simple polarization filter. 45° in one direction will lead to a black display...

Digging out an old topic... I recently realized that the display of the MMCS is emitting polarized light, but in 45° angle. Obviously an approach to keep it readable in "landscape" and in "portait" orientation. Unfortunately, this is darkening the screen significantly, when using polarized...

If I were on your place and have this topic, I would not worry about all legeal aspects and simply do the technical repair as needed.

German requirements ask for "thin chain versions only". It might be good to check if you will have sufficient space in case that you want to go for standard chains.

Design of the differential works with the assumption that driving on a straight line will not have difference in RPMs between the left side and the right side. Having different tyre diameters will therefore lead to a certain load on the differentials and therefore "increase the differential oil...

It seems that I need to write more directly: I do of course respect such notes in the cases where they make sense. But in case where I can detect clear nonsense, I dont bind myself to the text of the booklet. Maybe this is an engineer's approach versus a lawyer's approach? ;) If you would buy...

Hi rjoyvt, if you start your daily commute from home with a full battery, all the braking load for the first 2 miles descent will be on the brake pads and nothing on the ICE. Why that? This car is designed for recovering the energy from a descent by storing it in the battery. This is simply...

In such cases, I simply try not to take the wording too seriously.

Yes, of course. First tip: Pls. read through this forum. Second tip: Don't hesitate to ask questions. Third.... Welcome! Harald

Hi Woodman, could you pls. post a picture of the differential between the front and the rear axle? :) The next point in the manual is also interesting: Installing other wheels will lead to the result that the TPMS sensor cannot be mounted? :) :) I've already forgotten the type of humor that is...

I never found a "well built" extension cable in the US because they alway had the US socket and plug... ;) (Sorry for being blunt.) The US standard for these electric connections is unfortunately much weaker than in the UK, Europe, Asia. I often was happy if the plug did not fall out of the...

Hi Kinetix, when using the car's infrastructure in a standtstill situation for a while (like cleaning the car, doing a picknick, etc....), you will or will not drain the 12 V battery. The difference is the setting on the Power Button. Without pressing the brake pedal, the first press on the...

This detail should not be overseen, especially when using a cable drum.