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FNG said:
What are people's views on the ceramic? coating offered by dealers for the paint work? Never had a car worth doing this on before so no idea. Have been quoted £400 to do it.
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Usually the dealers don't apply it correctly in my experience and of course it depends what they are putting on.

I paid for a detailer to put a full ceramic coating on my previous car. He had it for 3 days and I paid over £1,000. The car was very very easy to wash after it was applied and always felt glossy smooth.

When I bought another car the dealer put on a ceramic coating "free of charge". There was no paint correction done and it was no easier to wash afterwards.

Now I wash my car myself. Use a Meguiers ceramic wax spray for the final rinse and that works for me. No it is not as good as the previous car and bugs etc appear to be harder to remove but I've not forked out a thousand quid again.
 
It was a Tesla only supercharger so yes, technically that is with a Tesla membership but I don’t pay for it as it’s included with the car.

Most of the open to all sites are around price with a membership these days.

I just checked and gridserve over the way is 85p/kWh for contactless. I think there is currently a 10p discount for goi g via their app.

Edit: I think the most I’ve ever paid for a Tesla super charger is 55p/kwh and that was back when things went a bit wrong in the energy market.
 
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FNG said:
What are people's views on the ceramic? coating offered by dealers for the paint work? Never had a car worth doing this on before so no idea. Have been quoted £400 to do it.
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Porsche ceramic coated my Cayman as part of the deal and when it went in to a local PPF fitter, they needed it an extra couple of days to rectify the coating. The paintwork should be mirror finish before coating and all Porsche had done was seal in all the lovely swirl marks. So no, don't take it even if it's free (personally anyway)

I've got my IPace back. Will just have to wait until I get the call for battery replacement. Said they'd need it for 2 weeks to do the job when they finally get them in. Didn't say anything about replacement car during that period as it's a fight for then.

My local JLR is only a service centre and there's talk that it may not be around much longer - typical. Hopefully the car gets done before they close. If it's fixed and they do go, I'll be moving it on. One of the reason for choosing the Jag was we no longer have a local BMW dealer. The local Skoda dealer is close to work and they have a nice looking Elroq on the forecourt, similar colour to my Cayman.
 
Junglist said:
Popped into the Tesla showroom yesterday to ask about changing my order to a pre-configured one if it means getting it in time for the 0%/£3000 deal. Basically just told me to relax and be patient as they'll 100% get me a car even if it means upgrading the colour/wheels to match one. But said if I wait and let them offer me that, it would be free rather than me paying extra.

Then he basically told me to leave my car there and take a car for 24 hours again. Their aftersales kinda sucks compared to the established players but pre-sales is such a different experience. I've never seen a car company so willingly give you a car for X hours unattended. I told him I didn't need it and he insisted and said I may as well.

Ended up taking the RWD-LR version and was impressed with the performance as I thought it would feel much slower than the AWD model I reserved. The audio wasn't as good though.
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Showroom staff were great but was made very clear to us any questions were to be answered now because once we pickup the car there is essentially zero assistant with how to use things.

Pickup was from a multi-story car park which Tesla had hired out an entire level and once of those fancy porter cabins come office. Another customer had a question on how to use the car but the kid with a laptop politely referred them to videos on the display and rebuffed any attempts.
 
So we've had our VW id4 GTX for around 4 months now (company car) and I'm not sure I'd go for one again. It's well kitted out, by far the best optioned on the list we had (this, a Q4 s-line 45 and the i4 35, didnt work as we needed the space for the dog) but it's just a bit uninspiring and lacking in build quality from our use.

There's rattles, software glitches (the remote parking worked the first day and hasn't connected since) and VW customer service is awful.

On the other hand, I'd never go back to non-EV for a daily commuting car. The travel assist with lane keep and adaptive cruise is lovely on the busy every day motorway
 
Ali195 said:
Showroom staff were great but was made very clear to us any questions were to be answered now because once we pickup the car there is essentially zero assistant with how to use things.

Pickup was from a multi-story car park which Tesla had hired out an entire level and once of those fancy porter cabins come office. Another customer had a question on how to use the car but the kid with a laptop politely referred them to videos on the display and rebuffed any attempts.
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When I did my first test drive the guy literally checked my license, gave me the card and walked me to the car. Shown me how to adjust the wheel/mirrors and basically sent me on my way

When I got home I had to search the internet on how to turn it off!
 
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Well, getting closer to my EV, Skoda Elroq Edition 60. Had the meters replaced on Tuesday and they're all reporting to Octopus fine, started the switch to Octopus Go for the moment (just to get a feel for how it goes) will look to switch to intelligent go once everything seems to work. Electrician has completed and had the DNO application accepted and will come next Thursday for install of the charger. Now to see when they can sort the car handover.

I'm still not sure how long it'll take me to forget my habits from my ICE, especially around the not needing to turn the car on or off with a button/key or mess with the handbrake, just getting out and walking away feels weird.
 
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b0rn2sk8 said:
That also works the other way.

I’ve got so used to just walking off after hitting park, I fully expecting to walk off leaving the engine running on the hire car I have for an upcoming trip.
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Something similar for me - as soon as I open the door of the Seal the car boots to life and all I have to do is close the door, put my seat belt on and select D to drive. Always think that I've forgotten something! The cabin temperature is already set via the app for my departure time, if only I could send the car my planned destination for when I use the sat nav.
 
Whenever I get out of our Kona my wife always has to remind me to turn it off :o don't have this problem in my id3
 
Getting into the i5 i have to turn it on by pressing Start, however leaving it you just walk away. It is annoying though when you have started it, jump out to do something, then jump back in and have to start it again! :D
 
you've got , legally I'd have thought, to use a button/interlock before driving off, otherwise your children could jump in and drive away just pressing the pedal
(the dreaded stop-start deals with the ICE car stop now, fortunately you can still drive the car with the door open though, for parking)
 
jpaul said:
you've got , legally I'd have thought, to use a button/interlock before driving off, otherwise your children could jump in and drive away just pressing the pedal
(the dreaded stop-start deals with the ICE car stop now, fortunately you can still drive the car with the door open though, for parking)
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You still have to put it in drive or reverse, the car turns on that's it.
 
Literally no idea what he’s typing. Comparing door open power train shut off to an ICE traffic stop start system is quite something here.

Keep stabbing at those keys mate, a broken clock is right twice a day.
 
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