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  1. Kenp1

    intelligent octopus go and Hypervolt Pro 3 Newbie question

    I would say get the 10 metre cable for that setup, for me it means I don't have to worry about where the car is parked on the drive, the cable will reach. All the control for the Hypervolt is through the Octopus app, you tell it the percentage you want to add and what time you need it by. I...
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    MG4 cruise control not working

    ABS braking has nothing to do with the front radar, it has a sensor on each wheel to detect when a wheel has locked up.
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    Service plan

    If you put the money in a savings account you would be £70 up as you wouldn't be paying the admin fee, and earn a bit of interest. When I had a Kia I had the service plan because it was a lot cheaper than pay as you go, but with the MG the dealer charged me £153 for the second service, the...
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    Tyre replacement recommendations

    Good Year Vectors and Michelin Crossclimate are great. I Wouldn't have summer tyres again after a very scary incident in the snow a few years back.
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    Service plan

    I got a quote and it didn't seem worth it, this was proved when my 2nd service cost less than the quote in the plan. The thing that really annoyed me was that on the breakdown page the elements don't match the total because of the admin fee, this isn't obvious because it isn't mentioned clearly.
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    Home Chargers - Cold weather issues, or more FUD?

    Charged mine on the 4th, it was -5 when it started at 3 in the morning, and there was no issue.
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    Internal/external charger?

    I don't normally worry about wrapping it around neatly as it's on the side of the garage, just rewound it and the 10m looks pretty much the same as 7.5m. Octopus were also very good, I think they normally put the consumer unit outside next to the meter cupboard, but as mine backs onto the...
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    Internal/external charger?

    If the car isn't going in the garage I would have the charger on the outside, it is going to become very annoying having to go through that process every time.
  9. Kenp1

    Internal/external charger?

    The cable is quite stiff, so you won't get it any tighter to the sides of the charger whatever length of cable it is, that's what it will look like.
  10. Kenp1

    Internal/external charger?

    I went for the 10m cable on the Hypervolt and it doesn't look like a lot when wound round the charger. My normal parking position means the cable has to go across the front and down the side of the car, this means most of the 10m is used up. It is also worth remembering that a future car will...
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    A sensible way to charge from home.

    Yes it does, you could end up with over 6 hours of cheap electric for the house. You always get 23:30 to 05:30 for the house plus any periods outside those times when the car is charging.
  12. Kenp1

    Occasional public charging

    Surely you only need about an hours charge.
  13. Kenp1

    Winter Tyres

    From what I understand there won't be a choice in most cases, your size will be available either in non sport or sport.
  14. Kenp1

    Winter Tyres

    Reminds of this public information film from my youth. Public information film
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    Winter Tyres

    No way I would just have 1 all season tyre on a car. Probably be OK in normal conditions, but in snow you would have grip on just 1 wheel, try and brake with that and it would probably spin you round.
  16. Kenp1

    Slightly pathetic data limitation - 1GB, MG4 Trophy

    The car hasn't got google maps, it's a system with the map data stored in the car, so no data would be used. Weather would use a tiny amount of data as would traffic data. So I can't see where 1GB would go. I included my phone just as a comparison of data use.
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    Slightly pathetic data limitation - 1GB, MG4 Trophy

    To be honest 1GB seems plenty to me, never had an issue. I can't think of anything that would use a lot of data in the car. As a comparison I have just checked my phone and last month I used 2.5GB of mobile data, that's Spotify, Google maps, Whatsapp. A lot of the Spotify and maps would be...
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    Home wall chargers

    I've always been able to set the lights to zero, I want it so I can set it and it only comes on when I connect the car.
  19. Kenp1

    The Problems with PCP

    It's a clever tool to keep you buying new cars forever, as you never own the thing unless you can find a massive lump sum at the end.
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