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Don't worry - she won't have spotted you either!!

I wouldn't disagree with that driving style, which is essentially a different way of keeping your avergage speed roughly constant, rather than using cruise control. I do the same thing and it seems intuitive (even if the end result is the same). Back of a fag packet calculation....... The MG5...

Going back to the original post, my view is that it only takes a slight gradient to affect the power requirement of the car. So, even for a modest upward incline (for example), your speed would drop VERY significantly to the point where, even if you weren't inconveniencing the car(s) behind, you...

Post a pic when you've done all that! I used to love the two-tone cars of the exclusive brands back in the 60s - Bentley, Jag etc. There seems to have been a bit of a comeback in two-tone colours in the last 5yrs or so, I reckon, with Minis, Fiat500s etc.

Especially the Excel version :rolleyes:

As an aside...I am not a fan of using cruise control in KERS3 setting for the simple reason that if you cancel the cruise control by using the CC lever, the KERS3 braking comes on in full force which may not always be what you want (unless you are prepared for it and are aiming to match the...

I'm completely with you, 5teep, that there should be brake light activation on regenerative braking and, personally, I would be happy if this were triggered on a particular level of deceleration. If this requirement is written in law, then I'd say the MG5 does not meet legal requirements, but I...

Ahh so you're not actually Johnny 5 then?? Quite an impressive achievement to be able to look back on. So you needed two pilots....one for the aircraft and one for the boat ( I presume the boat didn't have to be battery powered as well!!). 3V to 4.2V ought to allow for a reasonable degree of...

And mine (Excite) are body-coloured all over. Makes you wonder how good their version control processes are doesn't it??

Well I never knew that! Presumably, then, the voltage drops linearly between its maximum fully charged value and some other value which must still be quite high even close to zero charge? If this weren't the case the battery voltage would be down around, say, 100V at 20% charge, 50V at 10%...

Unusual problem. Let's hope they soon get a handle on it ?

Wouldn't be surprised, Johnny5. I still struggle to understand how the car can deduces its actual charge at any given time. It does appear to be reasonably accurate though, I think. If you look at my graph a couple of entries back, you can see how linear the charge depletion seems to be over the...

Epic. I've still not used a rapid charger but we are hoping to get a few days in mid-Wales soon so reading this kind of thing will help to sway my decision on which car we decide to take!!

Can't see anything wrong with that :ROFLMAO:

There's a white Cresta about 5miles from where I live. Massive great thing always kept under cover. Back then the bodywork of most cars would not last more than 10yrs if you were exceptionally lucky. Now, most cars still look nearly-new after 20yrs. My Clio had virtually no rust underneath when...

A me-too version of the Mk1 Escort and better looking than the Mk2. I especially like the Tiger. Being well over 6', my father-in-law had to sell the DL version one that he inherited because he couldn't get comfortable in it! Look how small these older cars look now in comparison to the...

Beautiful. Pity you don't live closer in which case I wouldn't have deprived you from the joy of doing the same to mine.:D

That is a totally phenomenal amount of power! But I suppose it is the only way of making this technology ultimately acceptable to the masses. Not sure what it does for (fire) safety, though!

'cos it doesn't sell electric cars as well I suppose :)

Probably a few other things as well - but as my mother used to say, "What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve for". :D