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... does anyone want a 16A Chargemaster wall unit? It's about ten years old, but was working fine a few months ago before we traded in our old 2014 PHEV. It's the kind that does not have a captive cable, so anyone taking it will need a separate cable... It's located in Hemel Hempstead...

I'm a great fan of Alexa and have just received an email promoting the ROAV Viva which is an Alexa designed to go in cars. Not particularly expensive, and I could just get one in the hope that it works, but it would be nice to hear from someone else that has already tried it!

Something I've noticed a few times in the last week - driving on the same stretch of relatively flat road at 60mph or more, my car is remaining in serial mode when I would expect it to be in parallel. It seems to get stuck there. In all cases, I've started the journey in temperatures around zero...

This surprised even me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pffcngJJq0

Anyone know what type it is and how to replace it? I seem to have lost our owners manual and the car is complaining that the key battery is low!

... I washed it! :lol:

Has anyone any experience of wearing polarised sun glasses while driving a PHEV? I'm going back to contact lenses and I'm going to need some sun glasses - would prefer polarised, but I have memories of them producing massive distortions on the windscreen in cars years ago.

... OK - clearly there will be one, but I was watching the numbers yesterday and I was surprised at how great it is - has implications for assessing performance... I was driving back from the coast (Southampton) to our home (north of London) - the starting point was just a few metres above sea...

I just received an email from the dealer that serviced my car yesterday - it included a link to a video that showed me the car being serviced and pointed out potential issues that might need to be addressed. It was a very impressive bit of customer service - or would have been if the car shown...

I went out this morning with a flat battery, so I was expecting the engine to run. However I was surprised when it carried on running quite fast for a couple of minutes while standing at the lights - till I noticed the fan running quite fast too and warm air coming out of the vents - running the...

.... going very slowly with his hazard lights on. There were no charging points ahead of him for at least 5 miles and that one was a slow charger - makes you really appreciate having the petrol lump under the bonnet of the PHEV! :D

But it is not very aggressive with it... I took my wife to the Toyota dealer this morning to collect the Landie that was in for a service. They were slow serving her, so I was sitting outside in the Outlander waiting. I had hit Save as soon as we left the house with a full charge and arrived...

I got an invite to complete a TfL survey on the use of plugin hybrids and public charging a couple of days ago - anyone else had one? I assume it was sent to me because I'm registered for the Congestion Charge 100% discount... I get the impression that it was driven by Source London trying to...

... in Britain, at least. I'm sitting here working on a bid at the moment with the TV on in the background and they have just played the Outlander PHEV advert - same imagery, but the wording has subtly changed - it now states that "... it knows when it is more efficient to use petrol or...

Just heard on the TV that Rolls Royce are developing an SUV - can't wait!!! :-)

I know that it is not rational, but I could not help a sharp intake of breath when looking at the extra £20-odd per month on the electricity bill! Objectively, it's cheaper than petrol for the same distance, but I guess I just buy petrol on autopilot - I really could not have told you how much I...

Well, I woke up this morning at 5:45 as usual, getting ready to take my wife to the station. I looked out and saw frost for the first time this year - all the cars well iced up. I grabbed my phone, connected to the car and turned the heating on before getting in the shower. Fifteen minutes...

I have a terrible track record with alloy wheels - I've never paid them enough attention and they always look like the surface of the moon after a few years! I'm really going to try to mend my ways this time! Any recommendations for cleaning products and regimes? (spending a couple of hours on...

dead in the middle of the bonnet - wonder if the paint pencil is out yet?

... to save me having to hike to the car to refer to the manual... I've just had a conference call rescheduled to this evening when I need to be driving. Does anyone know if it is easy to mute the phone while it's connected to the hands-free? I'm not going to be popular letting traffic and road...