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What’s the average wait time and cost of each event though? I’m on 6 punctures so far this year, so I imagine by now that I’d have exceeded my call-out quota for the year, spent about £1200 on tyres, and waited around at the roadside for around a day in total. I think Id rather suffer the lost...

I don’t know if I’m just unlucky, or if this car is particularly prone to picking up spiky debris from the road, but since my tyres now have more plugs than Wayne Rooneys fringe I thought I’d offer summary of pointers based on my experience. So, heres some observations based on experiences of...

Well I never knew that.

Last place I’d have looked. Might be obvious to more regular users here but it’s probably fair to say the more regular users are already on Octopus. Clueless numpties like me are instead drawn like moths to a flame to the admittedly rather confusingly titled “Octopus Energy Referral Code”...

6 codes inside of of 3 minutes. Don’t you people have jobs!?

I’d like an octopus referral code please! Conscious of the fact that I’ll probably get a dozen responses from within about 15 seconds of asking for this from the usual gang who have reflexes like a cross between a Ninja, and my dog when there’s a snack around and he thinks no one is looking...

1/ Jack 2/ Wheelbrace 3/ Spare wheel. Had three punctures in 15000 miles, so now have exactly this kit in my boot.

Just google tyre size calculator, there are dozens of them. (or indeed, “tire” size calculator. - many of them are American and do odd things with spelling)

Check your lease details. I too suffered the inertia of RA’s and Managemeent companies in leasehold property. It was so painful that in the end I had myself elected to the board of directors so I could shake it up from the inside. From that position navigating the red tape was far simpler, and...

Unless you don’t have access to charging at home though, it’s less of an issue than closing down Superchargers further afield. The ones at Canary Wharf and Royal Victoria are closest to me too, but I haven’t used them since I got my own charger. If they were to shut down the ones at Oxford it...

I often walk my dog past the Crystal. Had no idea it was the first one... It’s always been busy there, but then we do have 4 bays just down the road at Canary Wharf, a couple more bays at Tower Hill 4 miles away, and when it finally re-opens from being a COVID test centre the 02 has 12 bays too...

Fitting isn’t the issue. My local tyre centre is so old school they’ve only just got the hang of wheels that don’t have wooden spikes. Even so, they’re more than capable of installing a sensor before mating a tyre to a wheel, what they may struggle with is having the right sensor in stock at the...

Anyone know of anywhere I can get a single spare TPMS sensor for my Model 3? I made the mistake of trying Amazon, and was confronted with a million ads for sensors with exceedingly dubious brand names which hinted that perhaps the key factors of reliability, accuracy, and longevity might not be...

Does anyone have an in-wheel tyre pressure monitor module going spare? I’ve got a spare TM3P wheel and a new PS4S to go on it, but need something to fill the valve hole. I could have a standard valve filled, but having bought the right wheel and the right tyre, I may as well do the job properly.

Gunk based repair kits also tend to have a deleterious effect on tyre pressure monitoring sensors....

I’ve used this type (mushroom plugs - as shown above) twice now. Very effective, and can be installed without taking the wheel off the car, but only just. On both occasions the rear tyres picked up the punctures, and on both occasions the hardest part was getting the offending penetrant out of...

Am I happy? Yes, apart from some very very minor things; I’d like it if Lotus or Porsche could iron out the US centric handling and inject a bit of life into the steering feel. I’d like it if Tesla could adopt a few learnings from other EV manufacturers, especially regarding the autopilot...

Surely, I can’t be the only one who finds it a little grating to see the commonplace abbreviation “M3” used for the Tesla Model 3? Even in this forum, where it’s almost certain we know we’re talking about a Model 3 and not BMW’s much slower premium level ASBO saloon, it’s still not quite...

If I can be bothered and have 3 or 4 hours to spare, I’ll use the long, lingering, neighbour annoying Karcher power rinse to blow the worst of the crap off, followed by a good soak in snow foam. 10 minutes later, just as the neighbours have been lulled into a false sense of security and think...

Only reported it yesterday...

Anyone suffering the following issue? Ever since I updated to this latest firmware release I can’t seem to wake the car up any other way than physically going to it and opening the door. It’s now harder to wake up than a hungover student the first Monday after freshers week. TeslaFi can’t...

Yes. Centre mirror dims in my car. Looking in the works car park, of the three TM3’s parked there only nine has dimming door mirrors, but they all appear to have the same interior mirror.

Having read this thread, I’m a little confused. I took delivery of my TM3 in December, and by January I was utterly sick of the dimming mirrors. The dimming effect used had absolutely no relation whatsoever to light falling on the car, and seemed to be based upon some arbitrary timing...

Probably just using a standard kit. So called “garage” kits often come with an RCD and a pair of MCB’s pre-installed.

Other way round on mine. Passenger side has full range of movement, drivers side is restricted to the top 3/4.

I’ve got four of them on a 3 phase supply. No problem at all. TM3P will take 16A per phase from a 3 phase supply, so a maximum 11kW charge power or about 43miles per hour. Which is plenty.

This again? Get over the volume control people. In a comparison between the volume controls in the two cars, the one in the Polestar is demonstrably better.

They’re certainly nicely screwed together. Except for the clutch. Whoever decided decided the clutch from a standard 2.0 A3 was good enough for an extra 100hp, a shedload of extra torque and an extra driven axle needs his bumps felt. The interior was the best I’ve had by a country mile, but MM/...

Navarra Blue. I think Estoril was only on the pre facelift cars. This one ended up being a bit of a rare beast, as the face lifted ‘8V’ S3 was only available for a very short period in this spec before WLTP regs made them drop the 3 door body, the more powerful engine variant, and the manual...

I had my Audi ceramic coated here; GTECHNIQ Ceramic Paint Protection - Elite Car Care it’s not quite ‘North’, but then with London traffic at the moment. It’s not a million miles away either. I travelled from East London and it really wasn’t difficult. What I can say is that the paint...

It was meant as a joke, I don’t really think I’m in any Immediate danger of having my Jacobs flambéd, my underwear has after all (mostly) successfully contained combustible gases for the thick end of 50 years without my suffering immolation. Cars on the other hand? Plenty of video evidence of...

I’m no chemist, I just make it my business to know what Isopropyl alcohol is capable of when I’m buying and using it 1000 or 1200 litres at a time and spraying it at enormous pressures and flows into gas turbines running at full power. It’s safe, but you need to know what you’re up against to...

Isopropyl alcohol, the main constituent of hand sanitisers, has a flash point of only 12C. That means that at 12C the vapour coming from it will support combustion, so long as air and an ignition source of sufficient energy is present. Any colder and there’s not enough vapour to burn. Compare...

That’s the auto ignition point, where spontaneous self ignition will occur. The flash point for IPA is 12°C

London. Today. Cabin overheat now switched on...

Not so. We installed a series of power posts for portacabins at work. We fitted them with Network ports, water, 110v plus 220v Commando’s in 16 and 32 A flavours. If I plug my car into them I have to ensure it pulls 30A max, or else after about 15minutes the 32A MCB’s trip.

By design, yes. Get a puncture though, and no matter how much you rotate it, it always, always, without fail, goes flat at the bottom...

Aww, come on, credit where it’s due and all that. BMW did some pioneering work on EV technology and battery propulsion way back when the original Tesla (Nikola) was still around. They also worked with their customer to drive down the final cost, speed and streamline production, and increase...

There certainly are. Different current ratings, as well as different response characteristics. For the most part though were only worried about the number, which represents the current rating.

TWC in the UK is limited to 32A. No option for the 40A and higher outputs you get in the US. In fact 16A and 32A chargers are your only options here. For single phase operation (220V) we tend to use a double pole RCD to look after earth leakage detection duties, and a single pole MCB to take...

I much prefer “crumple zone”.

Likewise, 40 Amp RCD and MCB on all mine.

Well, they’ve taken my deposit...

Park Royal, last week...

Fuelling the ego’s and emptying the wallets of the misguided, the easily led, the insecure and the terminally vain. Sadly, these w*nker tanks are the current lifeline of the automotive industry. Aston Martin for instance, who I think we can all agree deserve a place the future of the car, is...

On the plus side, it’s proved to be an unusually resilient and long lasting kettle when left in dumb mode.

I’ve got 5 of them. I like them because they’re decent looking, have a good length tethered cable to reach the charging ports of all manner of cars, and are very flexible. One of is them connected to a 32A Single phase supply. I paid for that one out of my own pocket because all other options...

I’ve driven one. For what’s its worth, it’s not bad. My thoughts here if you’re interested. 24 hours with the Polestar 2

Might be (and in all likelihood definitely am) missing something obvious here, but how does lower suspension cause this?