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Thanks for the idea and the pointers.

Thanks for that. I'll have to have a practice, I think. I did have a go this morning. later, while we were having breakfast, to turn on the heater, and yes, I got the pin screen. It then said turning o the AC, which I acknowledged, but it then said something about the car being unlocked. Sure...

I did switch on the demister switch while I was scraping, but no, I didn't think of that. Must learn how to do it. If you have a quick eejit's guide for it, I'd be grateful.

Do you know, it's not too bad, but only when we are not in the Highland Council region. The myopic council decided to make their relatively good charge network 70p per kW on the fast chargers, 35p on the slow chargers. The moment we are outwith the Highland Council area, which, remember, is the...

We left Stirling in temperatures of -1°C, which required a lot of window scraping to clear the ice, and it took some miles before the car's efficiency seemed to start to stabilise. I can only think that it warms itself as well as the occupants at first, then uses less power for that. The roads...

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:-) That's a very kind way of telling me to stop obsessing about efficiency! Sorry about that. It's just that, as we can't charge at home, and most journeys are long ones*, it feels important to keep on top of it. Someone on Mastodon, who drives another type of EV, can't remember what, assured...

My apologies for reviving this thread but I did promise to report back once we'd done some miles on the new Goodyears. This last week, we had a trip south to Glasgow and back which I thought would give us a good indicator of things like efficiency etc. But we are now in the season of weather...

No, I don't know for sure, but I am sure John or Dave at Godsmans will have mentioned it if there was a foam insert, so I suspect not.

Yes, we just replaced the factory tyres. I left the process to the tyre fitters, a small business rather than a chain, and who I trust. I have had no TPMS issues (touches bonce) and I have checked pressures both on the dash and via iSmart.

I promised to report back when I had a little more info on the Goodyear tyres I recently fitted to Goth Leo. Apart from the first trip home, recently we have mostly been nipping in to the village and back and we know from previous trips, the efficiency varies a lot on thoose trips, for reasons...

Yeah, followed it from the link above. Whew. A bit warm, in that thread...

Makes for an interesting read. The ZS forum people have a lot of questions....

Yes. It alls sounds really odd. But, to give them their due, it looks as though the police were pretty clued up.

That's OK - Seeing your avatar, it's hard to fit all that into 48k! :)

Ah - as you were - it was a ZS BBC link - 'I was kidnapped by my runaway electric car'

I agree, but it's a Grauniad link. I would never post a link or reference that site.

Does anyone know what model of MG was involved in this scary incident? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/04/man-forced-to-drive-electric-car-into-police-van-in-scotland-after-brakes-fail

I suppose if the heater is on, it could draw quite a lot, presumably from the 12V side. Not as much, or for as short a duration as engine cranking, but probably rules out using something like a lithium battery for this, apart from the different recharge regime.

Ours is Leo, aka Goth Leo, to distinguish him from his predecessor, also Leo. Our past includes The Wuzz, Xerxes, Ernie, Alfie, Gunther, Alfie II, Lucia, Angus, Ruairidh Mor, Mungo, Lucie 2, and Isabella.