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I didn't realize you also get cheap electricity for the whole house if it decides to charge outside of the off-peak hours. That sounds like a nice little bonus.

So with the new Intelligent Octopus the off-peak is 11:30 till 5:30... I don't see anything to stop you from just plugging in the car and setting it to charge in those hours and getting that rate like we do with the old Octopus Go? You only need to use the Octopus app to take advantage of the...

I went twice recently. It felt like they were covered up as there simply isn't enough business for the main Gridserve chargers at the moment. The 1st time there were 3 cars in the entire place in the middle of the afternoon and two were Teslas. 2nd time around lunchtime and I was the only...

Moderator comment - thread renamed from "Speed of ENGIE free chargers in West Yorkshire" I'm wondering what speeds people get on the ENGIE 50kW chargers via CCS on the 2020 Model 3? They are listed as 50kW, but I regularly only get 37 even with the heating and everything powered off...

Does anyone know what's going on with the Tesla chargers at Braintree? The in-car navigation still lists them as unavailable. I presume you can just rock up and use the Ecotricity 350kw rapid chargers for 24p KWh anyway with a contactless credit card?

I've had the same on my LR with a high state of charge of around 80% and a journey starting mainly downhills. After a few miles back on the flat with some hard acceleration, regen was restored to normal. I'm presuming it's a combination of temperature and SOC. Maybe have a go one day with 50%...

I had a test drive at Leeds before buying an M3. It was a great experience. Turn up, they unlock the car, off you go for half an hour on your own. Bring it back, walk away. Then place your order at leisure on your computer (or you can chat to someone if you want who will load up the website on a...

I'd go for fewer locations with small groups of chargers. We are well catered for in West Yorkshire, but sometimes you find yourself heading for a charger only to get beaten to it, then you have to head off to the next etc. Whereas, multiple chargers would stop such wasted journeys.

I'd hope that Tesla could stop a reported stolen car from supercharging using the ID given in the handshake. That would surely make it fairly worthless when trying to sell it on. Only good for parts... but then who's in the market for Tesla parts... not many places even do work on them apart...

Didn't Tesla just cut the price of the car by an equivalent amount to the grant when something similar happened in the US?

I think white is the undisputed most popular colour on the roads as its standard no-cost option... A load of middle-aged blokes on a forum makes Blue appear a lot more popular than the reality on the road. I've got red with white interior (that's what you get if for asking the wife her favourite).

I had a puncture in one of my rear 18" PS4 acoustics. The first attempt by the garage to plug it failed and I still had a slow leak. Bit the bullet and go a new tyre. They got a brand new PS acoustic to match and fit for 175 quid. It was ordered in the morning and delivered that afternoon...

I'm near Leeds so I've been using mine up before March 16th, down to the last 120miles. A bit disappointing I never got to go on a Scotland road trip and use them due to COVID.

I really miss the speed limiter of my Mercedes. It was just so handy. There just doesn't seem to be a feature that is useful in Tesla. The speed limiter beep can only be set at a fixed number rather than % which is an obvious oversight. Secondly, it works from the data it gathers from maps...

I'm finally up and running. Well, electricity is. Gas doesn't seem to be reporting anything to the IHD or Octopus, but no big deal as there's no special deal with that.

I never ran my ICE car with the 'miles remaining' displayed. Only ever looked at the fuel gauge. So, the first thing I did was switch to % remaining. If I'm doing long trips then I always put it in the sat nav to give me the % remaining at end of trip and make any plans from that (or use A...

Your number sounds about right for what you describe IME. I was doing the school run twice a day (around 10 miles each time). Car cold, heating on 21C, less than 30mph for the trip, around 350wh/mi. The same trip with heating off, big coat on and I can make it to school on something like...

I had my install around 3 weeks ago. But still, the IHD doesn't show the gas. And, Octopus say they haven't got the new meter numbers to setup Octopus Go. With no single entity in charge of everything, it all seems to take ages to move forward. About the best thing to come out of it all was...

What with the parking scams, and some fast chargers having time limits and overstay fees, a battery full of electricity can soon end up costing more than a tank of petrol!

It wouldn't be too difficult for them to simply not issue tickets to cars registered as a Tesla. Not like there's that many Tesla's around just parking in their car park for fun. It would save their reception a lot of work!

When did this start? I knew Washington was doing this but wasn't aware of Scotch Corner.

It wasn't clear to me that this is an issue with the battery pack itself. I interpreted that it was due to the new heat-pump sucking too much heat from the battery pack and leaving it too cold to function correctly. That should be an easy software fix I'd have thought.

There's some weird UI stuff too like an artist got involved in designing it. The UI doesn't have any real differentiation of what's a button or text.. For example, the Frunk OPEN now looks like you have the Frunk open rather than it been a button to open it. Ok, so it's bold and all capitals...

Been for a drive and overall I like it. Yes, the actual speed could be a little bigger. Seems a little messy with so many speeds together and I feel like the Autopilot available/on symbol should be somehow integrated into the TACC set speed to declutter the number of numbers or move all the...

I'd really like a car with an inbuilt vacuum. Be so handy giving the car a quick valet while supercharging. Come on Tesla :)

Maybe it is/will be deals with non mass-market car producers. So, if you let say Ferrari or other niche producers into the network then it would have little effect on Tesla owners but may give Tesla a big chunk of cash?

I think a lot could happen in 2-3 years in the EV world. Many of us on here are already out-dated and don't have the new heat-pump version which should be more efficient in colder weather. There's also the new Tesla cells that should be in production by then. And, the supercharger (and general...

I was at B&Q last night and a guy said to me "I saw you with that trolley and thought, he'll never get that in the boot of a Tesla". So I thought, a fun thread of the most unusual or biggest thing you've put in the boot of your M3. So, what did I put in the boot? 1800x900 sheets of...

I can do the school run in stop-start traffic never above 20mph sat at a toasty 21C and have horrendous 380wH/mi. Or, I can put on a big coat switch off the heating and every device and get a semi-clear run to school on under 30wH/mi (I'm sure I can manage the trip their with negative, just need...

I think we must live very close :) I'm only charging at home ATM because two of the Engie's have been offline for the last week. But, I'm a regular visitor.

I also have the TWC with the Garo Type B + PME detection. It's a nice simple route for an electrician to fit without faffing around :) Garo unit cost me 263+VAT so you need to factor that into any costing.

DNO has changed my service head and upgraded the tails from the main fuse to meter... now back to Octopus to get the meter changed!

Apart from the Tesla superchargers the rest of the local infrastructure is simply not designed for the wife (or non-tech savvy people). Too many different apps / RFID / chargers flashing colours to indicate errors with the network or other issues. Many located in the corner of a dark public...

You can use an app such as Stats or similar to set heating schedules. I have one set for 10 minutes before the school run to warm the car and defrost. It is flexible in that you can set the specific dates or different times on different days etc. I agree the in-car scheduling could do with some...

I was having my SMETS2 fitted last Friday. Unfortunately, there was a problem with some of the terminals in the service head so I'm now waiting for the DNO to come and replace that before I can rebook a new smart meter appointment and get the Go tariff. So, I'm back to free charging on the...

For anyone in Leeds I can thoroughly recommend Graham Scott at OLEV Approved EV Installations. I spoke with most of the local installers and some never showed up for surveys, others had massive waits, and many big outfits just wanted to do it there way with some armoured cable around the...

Red / White interior called Silent Fury.

Google product code: Garo G8EV40PMEB Garo G8EV40PMEB MCU 40Amp Type B RCBO PME Fault Det Connection Unit The efixx guys show an install of a Tesla wall connector with the Garo unit:

I paid 460 for the Tesla wall connector. 230+VAT for installation cost. Supply of Garo Type B RCD / PEN fault detection equipment was extra materials cost at 263+VAT. So all in just under 1k. Must admit lots don't reply. Some don't turn up for appointments. A few of the big ones seem to put...

I was waiting for it when I got my Model 3 a couple of months ago. In the end, I decided to get the Gen 2. The 7.5m lead was going to work better than the shorter lead on the new version. Cabe is rather chunky on the Gen 2 but it will probably just mean it can take more abuse. Also...

I'd been waiting for a smart meter appointment for a couple of months. Anyway, just contacted them to see what's going on and why no contact given my primary reason for moving was to get the Go tarrif. Got a link straight back to book an appointment. There were loads of available dates in my...

My iPhone 12 Pro was working fine as reported yesterday. Last night it wouldn't charge on my bedside charger. I got into the car today and same story. No charging. My daughters iPhone SE was charging fine. I powered the phone fully off and back on and it then charged fine. I suspect we may...

Can we get the Speed limit option to support 10% or 10%+2mph :D

I'm having trouble finding someone who can do a SMART repair. One bodyshop/smart repair center said because of location in centre of bonnet they would need to respray entire panel. A Tesla body shop said because it is multi-coat red they would need to spray the entire panel and can't SMART...

I have the iPhone 12 Pro and it charges fine. Are you using any type of case?

Brandon has the best FSD beta YouTube videos IMO. These are warts n all videos rather than just some guys whooping because it did a left turn at 3am on a 6 lane empty highway. Get used to uttering of Oh My God. https://www.youtube.com/user/bmw511

I contacted my local ChipsAway and they are unable to do the work due needing special ADAS training to work on Tesla. This seems to collaborate the following information on the ChipsAway website: Unable to accept enquiries for repairs on Tesla vehicles - ChipsAway

Problem is that even TACC is even pretty useless IME. I used to love my speed limiter but we don't get that in the Tesla. Instead, we have to use the TACC if we're doing endless miles of 40-50 mph and want to avoid tripping up. Problem is it is unlike any previous cruise control or adaptive...

Only when you're in an average speed zone on the motorway and engage TACC while it thinks it is 70 rather than 50 as it doesn't seem to read the big 50 signs in the central reservation... Then it knows how to accelerate like a rocketship!

I really love my red with white interior. And, I'm warming to the chrome delete look on the Tesla refresh.