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  1. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    I did actually know the exemption was coming quite a while before it was made public but I could not say anything. I did though prepare a post and as soon as it was announced I put it up telling poor hard up :rolleyes: S and X owners how to get a refund on the remaining months of EVS they had...
  2. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    I was actually involved in the implementation of the EVS (sorry) and the EV exemption (you're welcome) and I know where you are coming from. When the exemption was put in place it was done in a way that meant when it expired it WOULD in theory just kick back in for existing EV's that were...
  3. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    The EVS will apply ONLY to EV's first registered on or after 01/04/2025. Every one else will pay the standard rate Seems pretty clear to me. Non of us will need to pay EVS on ANY of our existing vehicles irrespective of the registration date "just" the standard rate...
  4. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    Correct. No one is saying otherwise
  5. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    Hard to say. The DVLA's process around this is pretty mature and automated but there could be some marker or corruption on that record that prevents the reminder being sent. Nothing to do with the Post Office but It is also more than possible that Royal Mail lost two letters. You will...
  6. Jason71

    Reliable non-Tesla granny charger needed

    Depending on location you might also need an extension lead and a waterproof box for the Tesla one which you might avoid with the 10m screw-fix one but still totally worth it
  7. Jason71

    Crack in a CrossClimate 2

    problem with a cut like that is that if it does fail its not going to be like a puncture from a nail that goes down slowly it could result in a blowout which is obviously far more dangerous. Well spotted.
  8. Jason71

    Crack in a CrossClimate 2

    Not that I want to defend Kwik fit in any way but I am not aware of anyone who could or would repair that. How would you even go about fixing something like that?
  9. Jason71

    Reliable non-Tesla granny charger needed

    Plus one on the Tesla UMC. Well done to the person who got one for £50 but even brand new its "only" £180 which for an OEM UMC is actually a bit of a bargain. I have seen other manufactures charge £450 for these.
  10. Jason71

    Tesla app

    The shimmering is just the new graphic they display while the app is trying to connect so I don't think that in itself is significant. The problem is that the phone cannot connect or more likely if you have a good internet connection on the phone tesla are unable to contact the car. The first...
  11. Jason71

    AC charge added in app, is this pre or post inverter?

    When the app shows you charge added that should represent what the car thinks is the difference between the state of charge of the battery at the start of the session and the state of charge at the end. So it will be less than the AC consumed by 10-15% typically. Due to transmission and...
  12. Jason71

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    There is a concept you have probably heard of called having "F U money " i.e. "when you have enough money to not be bound to a toxic work environment or a boss you hate" Adam Carolla took this a step further and described a state of being so rich you have "F Me money". This is a state where...
  13. Jason71

    Run-away I-PACE, really?

    He Claims “The engine was off and I was in park" so for this to be true the car would have had to a) start itself b) take itself out of park and into reverse c) accelerate all by itself d) suffer a total brake failure e) switch back to drive f) accelerate again g) fake the log data seems...
  14. Jason71

    Wiki Everything you wanted to know about Intelligent Octopus But Were Afraid To Ask

    As far as I know this is just about the authentication. Though in the future, now the Tesla know who is making what calls, ( I would not be suprised if Tesla start to clamp down / charge third parties making a lot of calls. Look at What Elon has done with API access at X. At which point the...
  15. Jason71

    Wiki Everything you wanted to know about Intelligent Octopus But Were Afraid To Ask

    They all worked fine last Sunday. This new method was not introduced until this week in Octopus as far as I know. If you are at or above the required state of charge set in the octopus app then it should do nothing so if Octopus is set to 100% and the car is at 100% it should not charge but I...
  16. Jason71

    Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News

    Or it will just bill you twice 🤣
  17. Jason71

    Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News

    Why would Tesla want to do something that would encourage people to go to a competitor even if they are selling them the chargers? Surely they would prefer people use their superchargers than EG's. On that basis you may wonder why they are allowing plug and charge at all which must run though...
  18. Jason71

    Tap to park coming out

    I feel as if Autopilot works really well 99.5% of the time but the other 0.5% its jamming the brakes on in the fast lane of a motorway with potentially serious consequences. Does anyone have any confidence that however well autopark appears to work, 0.5 % of the time it won't ram another car...
  19. Jason71

    Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News

    They have the tech to let Tesla's plug and charge so why not use it. I doubt the prices are close to Tesla's though
  20. Jason71

    Tesla Alternative?

    The problem with Ionity is that there are barely any about 25. The way things are going Tesla will soon have double that number of sites open to ALL EVs in the UK than Ionity have total UK sites.
  21. Jason71

    Flimwell Supercharger - new parking fee?

    If they are using ANPR cameras at the entrance/exit how do they know you are supercharging?
  22. Jason71

    Tesla Alternative?

    I hear there is an imminent recall for total loss of power while driving. Not sure if this is still a problem on new cars or if they have fixed it. https://insideevs.com/news/676122/nhtsa-opens-investigation-2022-kia-ev6-power-loss/
  23. Jason71

    Error message on screen - should I be worried

    Electrical cable without a water seal. hmm. Why is this not an active recall? BTW that was rhetorical. I know the answer.
  24. Jason71

    10 Days out of warranty Model 3 heating failure...

    It was local humour for local people. It was also 3 months ago
  25. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    Personally I have never been a fan of the innovation to only allow one phone to connect at once so you cannot play music through one phone while having another one connected for calls. Or the innovation to not have separate default volumes for different input channels that prevent you being...
  26. Jason71

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    The actual Liberals don't think he is a liberal though. But they are just written off as "Extreme left"
  27. Jason71

    Wiki UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News

    Are you sure that's not just Tamworth?
  28. Jason71

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    Ah the good old days when being a Libertarian was considered bat s**t crazy. 🤣
  29. Jason71

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    A conservative? From Shrewsbury? Surely not :eek:
  30. Jason71

    Tesla Alternative?

    To be fair I'd marry you if you could actually fix the Internet! Start with Twitter.
  31. Jason71

    Twitter and the Chief Twit

    Lets all just be thankful that Elon is not eligible to run!
  32. Jason71

    Tesla Alternative?

    Electricity smart meters connect via WAN or Mobile network. People do come to read mine sometimes but the point is to physically check the meter. Not really much point sending someone to read it remotely from the bottom of the drive when it can be read remotely from anywhere. Maybe he was...
  33. Jason71

    Tesla Alternative?

    Even if they did ( and I heard there were software updates for some) next week there will be a new exploit. Now cars are basically computers they NEED OTA updates. Imagine if you had to take you PC/MAC/Iphone/Android to a shop once a month to get the software updated! I am guessing we would...
  34. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    Fair enough, But as you say waiting is generally an option so I think I can forgive Tesla and everyone else on this one.
  35. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    This is a new one on me. I don't recall changing the volume being a problem What is the issue? The only problem I have in that area is no different preset volumes for different input channels so you can switch from say BT to radio and he volume can jump way to high.
  36. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    We all know no argument is going to sway you at this point but surely you can see that the horse thing is a very poor analogy? Most of the people on here drive Tesla's so we aren't exactly a bunch of Luddites. Many people have criticized the touchscreen I am sure, and they are probably right...
  37. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    That vid was actually shot a couple of miles from where I live on roads I drive on regularly. And I would not say he has cherry picked Shifnal either for its layout or roundabout density. Plenty of other similar place around.
  38. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    He lives somewhere with no roundabouts and the cybertruck has steer by wire variable ratio. He is also a fan boi shareholder.
  39. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    Tell that to a dyslexic. I am in my 50s and if you asked me which is my right hand i would have to think about it. Every single time. There are a lot of us. I can manage stalk down= that way. Stalk up = the other way. But pressing the haptic button that is pointing the oposite of where i...
  40. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    If your renewal is April and you want to change it during March then the only way is to SORN and then relicense. But i would not bother. I think April 1st due date relicensed in March 2025 will still be free. If i am wrong you can SORN next March then retax.
  41. Jason71

    New Highland UK - stalks

    I don't know what you have been driving but every manual car i have had the gear lever and clutch pedal in a fixed position. If reverse and 1st and the clutch and brake swappped positions every time i turned the steering wheel i think i would have struggled.
  42. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    Not every question has only one possible answer there is all the information one needs to make there own decision.
  43. Jason71

    What is the largest item you've ever squeezed in to the boot of a Model 3 (and the lid shut)??

    I don't know about large individual items but my daughter to University was a challenge. The M3 boot is big but it does not handle large items well so the secret was to put the big items in the back i.e. suitcases and lots of small items in the boot so the space could be used efficiently. I...
  44. Jason71

    Driving to Europe with car on finance?

    HMRC don't see it that way. They see part of the payment as a lease payment and part of it as going towards paying for the car line a loan repayment. That is why YOU get the V5C on a PCP. You are effectively buying equity in the car though it may well be depreciating faster than you are paying...
  45. Jason71

    Run-away I-PACE, really?

    Me thinks he doth protest to much.....
  46. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    There is a pretty good one in my post three above yours also :) . When you say "when you buy a new car the VED cost is included". It may or may not be. Depends how you buy and who from. You will pay it via the dealer but that is not quite the same as "included". It is zero on EV's and will...
  47. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    Given that its LIST price I'd say we are not far off. This has a 40K list price and is selling for £17K at 1 year old . At this rate by 5 years old the Annual VED would be more than the car if it was paying the supplement! I doubt anyone is actually paying close to list for these but you will...
  48. Jason71

    Renew your EV Road Tax

    Standard rate appears to be £170 for "alternative Fueled Cars" which I assume we are. and it will probably go up so guessing it will be £175 by next year. The supplement was £310 in 2017 when it launched but its £390 now unless EV's are getting a discount I don't know about. That will...
  49. Jason71

    Run-away I-PACE, really?

    There was a spate of "unintended acceleration" cases in Tesla's. Several of which were social media influencers who used the situation for clicks. Tesla has been suing and winning. Not saying it was all fake maybe there were real cases and then people jumped on the bandwagon but there have...
  50. Jason71

    Finally getting second EV - any hints?

    I noticed it could be read that way but I figured everyone would be smart enough not to.......