Did the older one not have the v2l socket under one of the front seats at all? I found conflicting information online that I thought some of the older trims had it. Silly as it sounds I did really like that feature; it wouldn't drive a hoover because of the starting current but it let me run a PA system for the local village 10k.
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Good point, I mean to count it as depreciation over several years which would work better for me, my CT is unlikely to be as high as 40-odd k. I've asked my accountant who said she'll check the rules.
Fairly sure none of the e-Niros have it (at least not in the UK), it's only on the Niro EV 3 and above
Anyone find it properly jarring driving an ICE car after only driving their EV for a while?
Had to briefly drive my wife's/the family's Sportage today and I honestly thought it was broken. It's no complete slouch either as it is the auto 1.6t/180bhp version (always thought it had a little bit of oomph), but I thought there was something wrong with it. I felt like I aged waiting for the throttle response and turbo spool up, and it felt so, so slow.
Maybe this is amplified due to the Xpower having 430hp, but I honestly can't believe how jarring it was driving a petrol car again.
It's weird, because going from ICE to EV didn't feel as jarring, but going back just felt alien.
Had to briefly drive my wife's/the family's Sportage today and I honestly thought it was broken. It's no complete slouch either as it is the auto 1.6t/180bhp version (always thought it had a little bit of oomph), but I thought there was something wrong with it. I felt like I aged waiting for the throttle response and turbo spool up, and it felt so, so slow.
Maybe this is amplified due to the Xpower having 430hp, but I honestly can't believe how jarring it was driving a petrol car again.
It's weird, because going from ICE to EV didn't feel as jarring, but going back just felt alien.
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It is the instant application of torque and relationship with throttle response to power - I notice it going from my ICE vehicles with relatively flat wide torque curves and plenty of torque on tap and a run of the mill car and an EV back to a run of the mill car is even more noticeable.
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It appears Huston we have a problem on the MG. Refuses to sustain any charge on an AC charger 7kw or granny lead but is fine on DC.
Googling these symptoms seems the on board charger is dying and it's not particularly uncommon. So it'll be back to the dealer I bought it from ASAP to sort. Thankfully it seems MG themselves acknowledge the issue and the fix is relatively quick.
Googling these symptoms seems the on board charger is dying and it's not particularly uncommon. So it'll be back to the dealer I bought it from ASAP to sort. Thankfully it seems MG themselves acknowledge the issue and the fix is relatively quick.
The Swift Sport isn't actually too bad, OK not fast but it feels like it picks up fairly well - not sure about the regular 1.2 but the numbers on paper look a bit mind numbing.
Did a bit of a longer journey than my regular commute today (52 mile round trip). Very mixed driving at all speed limits from 30 to 70, air con on full blast the whole time and car in normal drivetrain mode, and got 3.8m/kwh.
Honestly not that bad and happy with that, especially as I wasn't being particularly careful throttle wise and still gave it the beans a fair bit.
Could maybe get more in eco mode but tried the car in that mode the other day and it made me sad, so that won't be getting much use
Honestly not that bad and happy with that, especially as I wasn't being particularly careful throttle wise and still gave it the beans a fair bit.
Could maybe get more in eco mode but tried the car in that mode the other day and it made me sad, so that won't be getting much use
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Yeah its totally dependant on what ICE car you drive, although you cant beat the instant response of the EV. I had an i5 eDrive40 as a courtesy car while I had some recall work done on my M5 Comp and I found the the i5 rather dull but the throttle resonse was nice but the M5 is no slouch due to a 4.4l v8 just not sharp like an EV or NA
After six months driving Audi Q4 I had to do a couple of 200 mile round trips in a 2018 ford transit flatbed. That was interesting!
I would occasionally forget to change down from 3rd to 2nd on slow corners and wonder why it wasn't accelerating, lol
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i am pondering getting driving instructor qualifications next year but one of my main concerns is it has been 2 years since i drove a manual car now. i am worried i will need driving lessons before i can start the driving lesson lessons.
more an auto issue vs manual tho i guess.
Rent a manual for a week?
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i will probably have to.
I find it a big adjustment now having driven automatics (or less so EVs) 99% of the time for the past ~6 years. Assuming you've done a few years of manual driving previously then I'd imagine after just 2 years it will probably be somewhat like riding a bike.
Yup! Just a loaner 1.0 petrol and the thing is so damn slow
Not going to make everyone happy but personally I have no intention of going back to a manual with today's traffic.
It is frankly horrible, having an actual responsive vehicle is great, even more so when you consider the majority of car on the road are 'normal' car like the Sportage you mention. As a terrible analogy it's like going from FTTP with 1ms latency, to 14.4k dial up where it takes 200ms just to register the DNS request.