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Living in south England I’d say yes. I have CC2s on a spare set of rims and they have much better traction in lower single digit temps than the Pilots. That way you have optimal tyres all year round for the climate.

I’ve had the RCBO issue off and on. Podpoint came out to replace the original one several months ago and has been fine until lately. Issue seems to be when IO schedules short bursts of charging of a few minutes at a time. If I get a solid 6 or 7h block for example it seems fine.

Agree with Michelin CC2s. These are my winter tyres for my M3LR and swap them for the Pilot’s late spring. Living down south didn’t see the need for full winters and they are almost as good anyway. Have tested them up in NE Scotland in snow and were flawless. Edit: I know we don’t get much snow...

Having the same issue on occasion. Was really bad about 9 months ago and Podpoint came out to replace the dedicated breaker and that seemed to fix it. Until the last few weeks when it has happened again. Agree that it seems to happen when IO does lots of slots rather than one or two long ones...

Well early ones start at the £26k mark on AutoTrader and there is only one way they can go…

Fair enough but I reckon you risk being under water with those deals. As it happens I also cashed in and sold the 3 to Cazoo to buy the Tesla for only a couple of grand less after 2 1/2 years of running and 30000 miles. Those were unusual times!

Was that 55% of the price you paid (with what I assume is decent discount) or RRP? E.g. My prior car before the Tesla was an ex demo fully loaded 3 series that retailed at around 45k. I bought it at 6 months old with 5k miles for 26k. What you are saying seems at odds for the 10 BMWs I’ve had...

Don’t understand that logic as historically very few cars could hold as much as 50% lost price after 3y. From my 30y of car buying experience closer to 40% retained was normal and this will start to be the case for all EVs the more mainstream they become. Used to be that as soon as you drove a...

Sorry but final payment of 27k after 3y I reckon you will be lucky to be in much positive territory. They sold you a fast one stating 10k equity. I had 22k final at end of 4y for M3LR and decided due to price cuts and residuals to just pay it off now and own the car longer term.

Eh? That’s because you have specced optional alloys and then there is OTR charges. 🙄

No, tough luck basically. Sorry to be brutal but that’s the reality of it. Been spurred on by price cut to pay off my (non-Tesla) PCP today as I can now see that it will be under water at 4y and am planning to keep it beyond that.

Well I get it all the time at night on roads with no other cars around. Simple limitation of the camera sensitivity in dark conditions as far as I can see. Edit - I have a 2021 M3 with USS and agree it is nothing to do with that as the USS on screen can be yellow/red due to hedgerows and still...

IR goggles might be easier 😂

It is this. When driving in dark with no street lights it is a simple case of it being too dark for the left pillar camera to see anything. Guess our more rural US cousins see the same on their right camera. I often get multiple cameras blinded error on Oxfordshire country lanes at night...

Hmmm, really. Real world winter testing in Car this month. Would be as a second EV for us, but even as a first car EV, the MG4 is an interesting proposition for the price.

Probably this (or at least I hope the fitter installed one and not direct into your consumer unit) they can be prone to being faulty and tripping out - had to get one replaced when my podpoint system was tripping it constantly.

Thing is that your distance vision can be great but shorter ranges not so good and drive perfectly safely. I’ve always been short sighted and worn glasses for distance since I was a kid. Now that my close to intermediate distance is starting to marginally decline, I might be at a point where...

Wouldn’t count on that as their rate falls off pretty quickly. What average rate did you base that on?

Don’t they also charge 40p a minute or similar on top? Seems to be the case according to the juice app. My dad got stung with that charging his BMW i4 using a lower kWh rate using his bmw account card.

Could be specific to the UK though? This thread is in the UK specific forum. Thanks.

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2022.44.25.3 on an M3 here and have the same spinning wheel issue with AM. When getting back into car after locking and sometimes between tracks. Buffering issue? This feels like a beta release in some respects and is not as smooth as Spotify yet. Mind you will put up with it to have AM at last.

Nice retort, assuming you are not being serious of course 🤣

Sorry but anyone with a modicum’s worth of internet literacy knows how to search to get obvious Qs answered. Even the mods agree on this point by merging so don’t see why this was unhelpful.

A Google search would have revealed all you needed to know on this. Or there is a convenient search button at the top of the forum.

Thanks, have investigated further and I struggled to get the car to wake up this morning and maybe IO had the same issues last night. At least it has given a slot until lunchtime now.

Anyone else’s charge fail last night on IO or is it just me?

Maybe it was really a car thief and they gave up…?

I was forced into EDF when utility point went bust and moved to Octopus as soon as I got a smart meter fitted. No issues so far for me. Loving the IO tariff which is working out at an average of about 15p per kWh overall on 31p/7.5p rates.

Saved 21% for a grand total of 18p 🤣 seems pretty useless if you are a low user in the first place.

Look at this, a balanced and reasonable comment on TMC, well I never… Agree with everything above. Plus I’ve had the feeling for a while that personal car transport is going to eventually get to the point where your average household can no longer expect to 2 or 3 sat on the drive (or more...

Well, after the initial quote and follow up site survey about 10 days ago, my selected installer has gone quiet. No agreed follow up contact with a final quote and spec yet... the promises of having everything in stock and 8 weeks to install is clearly too good to be true... This has given me...

Been discussed here: 16A Phantom Battery Charge Back!?

Cheers both, makes sense and appreciate your tips and feedback 👍🏻

That was my exact thinking for winter. Load up batteries overnight cheap and use them during the day to offset the peak rate and any solar shortfall. Will need to do some proper sums and guess even the potential 4p or so feed in during the summer adds up over time if you can avoid any draw from...

Managed to get a survey and quote for a system with 16x380W panels, GivEnergy 9.5kw battery, hybrid converter, Zappi (to replace my “dumb” Podpoint) and hot water diverter for around 13k all in. They can get it done in 8 weeks as well apparently which surprised me. However, I was basing the...

Alright I’ll give you that, had a skin full when I replied 😂 should have written driven by supply and demand.

Err on point 1) the price of gas is regulated by GLOBAL supply and demand so you are wrong. If they can’t sell for a certain price then they will have to reduce it. At least for now. Unless of course we get into a crazy situation where the high prices become acceptable and we can’t wean...

Totally different scenario as our domestic energy prices are capped by an “independent” regulator based on global energy market prices at 4 different time points a year. I.e the companies can’t just ramp up prices to take advantage of the government loans to cap prices. So, the capped price is...

Any tips on getting solar companies to even acknowledge your message to them? Have tried 3 so far this week (one that is already dealing with my neighbour) and nada. Realise they are busy but frustrating… ☹️

My friend next door got a quote this morning so am trying to piggy back onto that 😬 thanks for the info and am unsure about the Fox stuff and am also looking at GivEnergy as well…

Just wondering if anyone has had experience of Fox hybrid converters and batteries? One of the PV installers that I am getting a quote from uses them: https://ups-solar.co.uk/products/fox-hybrid-ac-charger/ https://ups-solar.co.uk/products/fox-energy-cube/ Thanks in advance.

Awesome thank you. Will take a look 👍🏻

I’ve been watching and reading this thread with interest for months now and think it is time for me to get some quotes for a PV and battery system. Good thing is that I have a large absolutely south facing roof with zero obstructions such as trees. Plus an east/west facing double garage with a...

This is why I switched to Octopus from EDF being a dual fuel customer. Still cheaper to be on the gas SVR than being forced to take the dual fuel component of the EDF EV tariff.

Government could legislate to fix this almost overnight. We have plenty of gas in the North Sea which they could put a domestic price cap on and force companies to supply our market at that price. It can be balanced to still allow a reasonable profit over the extraction and delivery process...

Can’t help with what exactly the issue is, but coincidentally, I have a podpoint and issues with only a 16A draw sometimes lately. Tesla have done their diagnostics and say everything is fine. They did note a surge in the last 10 days but are unsure if related. Also had same behaviour at a...

Corrected that for you 😉

Yeah, I understand that thanks, but these are 7kw and have used them many times before and normally charge at 30a indicated; I.e. standard 2 phase. Have used 22kw before and this is not the issue here. Wonder if one of the onboard 16a converters is dodgy and the car randomly selects 2 out of...

Spoke to soon dammit! Tried a quick top up at Tesco and back to 16A. Going to update to 2020.20.8 to see if the update and reboot does anything. Urgh! If not then a SC visit might be needed which is a PIA due to being an hour away… Assume no one else has experienced this of late and is...