Recent content by Alibro

I have a white 2021 MG5 and have painted rust spots around the holes under the bonnet a couple of times. The car has less than 20k miles.

Mine came without locking wheel nuts which I was very grateful for. They only stop honest people taking your wheels off, usually with a large bill to follow.

Why would you even consider a plugin hybrid if you do large number of motorway miles. The only way PHEVS make any sense is if you do frequent short journeys and rarely long journeys. In your situation a PHEV would be the worst of both worlds as the MPG would be rubbish and the servicing would be...

This makes me feel better that I paid £350ish for three years servicing when I bought the car. At the time I thought it was extortionate but went ahead anyway as I guessed it would be silly money later and I wanted to maintain the warranty.

I try to avoid going diagonal even if the tyres are not directional. I have no evidence to confirm this and it could be nonsense but in my head it's better to keep them rotating the same direction where possible.

As far as I know many of the parts in an Octavia are VW Golf so it should fit. I remember one time parking my Octavia beside a mates Golf and the door cards and switches were identical.

I've had my PFL LR for almost a year and have yet to see an average greater than 4mi per kWh. My average is between 3.2 and 3.5. I rarely go over 65mph on motorway and on A roads I do 60 when I can but mostly 55 or less according to traffic.

Retaxing it this month is so easy that for the Fabia it would be daft not to, I did the same for my dauhters A Class Merc. As for the Octavia I don't think it will be changing but don't quote me on that.

I think this is commonly called tax avoidance which is perfectly legal and any sane sensible person will only pay the tax they are required to. Not to be confused with tax evasion which is illegal.

I originally retaxed my MG5 and daughters Merc A Class (diesel but also freeo_O) last month to be sure our beloved tax man didn't pull the plug a month early but retaxed it again on Monday with no issues. Since I'm paying a stupid amount of tax for other vehicles in the house (including over...

The reason I am concerned about regen at full voltage is I recently enabled regen in my EV conversion and configured so that regen would stop if the voltage exceeded a certain value. I'm always very concerned to ensure the pack never exceeds 400V as with a 96S battery that equates to 4.17V per...

You should never have regen if the battery is at 100%. To do so would damage the battery by overcharging it. This is completely normal for all EVs and if it did this before that was a bad thing not good, the upgrade will help protect your battery.

My daughter has a 2014 or 15 diesel Merc A Class that is free tax so it's not just EV's Edit, I just did the same for her and it worked. ;)

£15?

I just found this thread and decided to give it a go as I was concerned the HMRC might try to close the loophole in March (It's now the 24th Feb). I was planning to sorn it on the 28th Feb and tax it on the 1st March (I did this before with another car to get it taxed before MOT ran out) but...