Oi, bloody champion is the car wash at the metro centre, totally not a scratch and shine.Getting it washed at the Metty?
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Get another set of Hankook's that come on the car they are decent tyres.
Others sometimes go for Michelin Cross climate if winter performance is a priority or Pilot sport 5 acoustic as a decent alternative to Hankook but they are more expensive.
Others sometimes go for Michelin Cross climate if winter performance is a priority or Pilot sport 5 acoustic as a decent alternative to Hankook but they are more expensive.
I'm fine with the hankook ones tbh, just wondering if there's anything better
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This.
Also have a look at the continental ultra contact nxt (though reviews for these are frustratingly sparse)
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The primacy 4 EV’s on my polestar2 are nice and quite
My Smart #5 came with Continental UltraContact 7. Had no dramas with them and they take the power fine. Wear rate is TBC. Only done 380 miles in the car. 
I find them comfortable but probably depends on the car/size. I think on the Smart they are 255/45 R20 so pretty squidgy. If I were to swap them I'd probably be looking at the AllSeasonContact 2.
I find them comfortable but probably depends on the car/size. I think on the Smart they are 255/45 R20 so pretty squidgy. If I were to swap them I'd probably be looking at the AllSeasonContact 2.
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Went to look at a Polestar 2 today.
No speed limiter function - only an automatic one
Can’t think of anything other than an i4 at the moment.
No speed limiter function - only an automatic one
Can’t think of anything other than an i4 at the moment.
Went to look at a Polestar 2 today.
No speed limiter function - only an automatic one
Can’t think of anything other than an i4 at the moment.
Speed limiters are being phased out nowadays I think. I used it quite a lot but can manage fine without.
Really your best option is an i5, surely. They are in the £30-40k range now. Although in honesty I don't think the i4 looks bad, you get used to it.
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The A6 appeals more, and it feels a lot more premium on the inside. Better range too
I had a 520i as a loan car and it felt really quite cheap.
We’ll see where they are in 6 months time price wise. Perhaps I’ll lease something rubbish for a couple of years until the prices come down further.
I just do so much driving every year, it’s a god send to have when driving in areas with average speed/mobile/fixed cameras
Driving is already stressful enough with all the muppets on the road. The limiter means there’s one less thing to think about so it would be the one feature I absolutely couldn’t not have.
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Look for one with the pilot pack, that has the adaptive cruise which is far better than a limiterWent to look at a Polestar 2 today.
No speed limiter function - only an automatic one
Can’t think of anything other than an i4 at the moment.
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I'm sure I accidentally enabled the speed limiter a few times in the Polestar 2
Googled it, looks like it was on the early cars but changed to the auto one in the 2024+ slight refresh
Googled it, looks like it was on the early cars but changed to the auto one in the 2024+ slight refresh
As described here?
Automatic speed limiter
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Not in my experience. I don’t ever use it on the ID 7 as I find it irritating
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The chap was telling me that the old ones received a software update removing the manual one too, which is crazy
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As described here?
Automatic speed limiter
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Other way round for me, I have found the polestars speed sign detection a bit glitchy (seeing 30zones in a NSL)
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That’s why I wouldn’t use an automatic speed limiter, and why I’ve written the Polestar off.
The ID 7 has a manual one.
You set the speed and you can’t go above it unless you floor the accelerator
It’ll brake going downhill too, which is handy for a few hills with speed cameras on them
It's weird how different limiters/ACC work for different people. I use ACC all the time in my ID3, probably for nearly 50% of my 45mile commute and love it.
I've had to switch to limiter in the C3 hire car as it's just got dumb cruise and it feels like going back to the olden times.
I've had to switch to limiter in the C3 hire car as it's just got dumb cruise and it feels like going back to the olden times.
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Lots of cars with one pedal driving will do that anyway.
There's a huge hill in the town near me and it's a 20mph limit. With my regen set to auto I can go down it at 20mph and if you take your foot off the accelerator it'll stay at 20mph anyway.