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As usual, a borderline insult from @sepulchrave No I didn't expect anything different, nor from you. If you think they took it seriously then you are even more of a fool than I expected. Its a classic fob off reply as was my experience with Worcester Bosch.

After 3 months I got a reply from ECP/Bosch. According to Bosch its entirely my fault and nothing to do with them. Full of exaggeration, their reply is typically arrogant of Bosch. 1. The backing plates were not "totally corroded" but a small amount of surface rust on the non pad side of the plate where the piston pushes. Who's fault is that? 2. Not equally worn. False, they were more or less equally worn. What to expect at ~50% wear? In any case what relevance has that to a catastrophic friction pad detachment? 3. The car was and is in virtually daily use. The ATE discs were and continue to be clean and in excellent condition both sides I note no QA system certification is referenced Basically Bosch are saying 1. Hey, you should strip and clean your brakes every year and if theres a spot of rust anywhere just throw them away. 2. "Only" 4 - 5 years is way way longer than Bosch expect them to last. Change every year 3. Don't expect Bosch to accept constructive criticism or evidence because Bosch is a perfect German engineering company that never makes mistakes. Even if they are made in China by a sub contractor. Even if pads stick (due to excessive and wrong type of iron content and excessive porosity) that does not excuse a total pad detachment with no sign of tearing at the plate. It is simply, too little/wrong adhesive and/or incorrect preparation or assembly in the factory. I had similar arrogance from Worcester Bosch when submitting carefully observed and documented major software bugs with the top of the range boiler I foolishly bought from them. As well as the downright lies in their specifications, marketing and manuals. Their written reponse to my 6 page report which only came after months of chasing was obviously translated from german and was very demeaning and dismissive. The visiting Bosch service engineer simply shrugged his shoulders and said, "oh they all do that" and he couldn't comment further Apparently I am an idiot and 40 years designing and testing hardware firmware and writing software for industrial safety critical systems doesn't qualify me to criticise perfect Bosch engineering. Remembering a previous post where Bosch oil filters are being shipped with incorrect part numbers, my advice is to avoid any Bosch product. They are living on past reputation that no longer holds valid.

Loosen the wheel bolts a turn or two, lower the car so the wheel is on the ground. Then rock the car side to side by pushing at the top of the doors. Usually does the trick.

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03f103019j block is a CJZC engine (EA211 cambelt) , 03f103101b is a CBZB engine (EA111 camchain) No such gasket showing on parts diagram unless it comes with item 11 036103171 https://spareto.com/oe/036103171b

That is a powerful argument As I see it, it is a somewhat nonsense and loaded argument. To get 600 miles will require ~170kwh maybe more with charging losses. Presumably "home rates" means overnight special EV rates of around 7.5p/kwh such as Octopus etc. Those tarrifs are time limited, iirc around 4 hours per 24hrs in the early hours. The max you can charge at home is 7kw (if you've installed a ~£900 or so charge point) so the best you can get over one night is 28kwh (ignoring charging losses) which might give you around 100 miles real world range on average. In the meantime the electricity company will be scraping back via a premium rate on the rest of the days electric useage. Even less sense if you haven't shelled out for the 7kw point and rely on the granny charger. Of course there will be some that will say you can get 22kw with a 3 phase supply. Good luck with getting that installed at a reasonable price. Not sure the electricity companies will give the same tarrifs on a 3 phase supply, maybe its triple the standing charge too. Standby for the "but I only do 100 miles per week" comments, fair enough, then maybe you think the economics works for you. Why quote 600 mile, no EV has that real qorld range.

Its still a lever operated throttle position sensor connected to the pedal. Mechanical lever that can stick, or what I tried to explain, does not fully return to its end stop. Particularly if there is lots of debris around it. All the cars I referred to were "electronic" or fly by wire throttle pedals as has been the norm for decades.

3 places to check The small PCV valve at the rear and mid to right of the cam cover, often breaks and is left dangling on the rubber hose to the air filter box. Leaving hole open on cam cover blowing oil mist. The crankshaft seal on the timing cover. It looks like the timing cover has been removed judging from the sealant to change the timing chain. Often garages neglect to change the crankshaft seal on the timing cover which invariably leaks after being removed. If the timing chain has been changed, sometimes mechanics don't properly clean off the old liquid gasket seal on the sump and block ( sump has to be removed to do a timing chain) and/or are sloppy on reapplying the correct oe liquid gasket, which requires a bit of skill to do properly. Check around the sump seal gasket, if its leaking, the sump has to be removed, cleaned and new sealant reapplied. The sealant takes over 2 hours to cure, so delay refilling oil and restarting the engine. Also there is some evidence on the photos of the oil filler cap leaking.

I sometimes noticed a similar behaviour in our somewhat older petrol Skodas. In most cases, if I blipped the throttle and sharply released my foot, the idle speed fell to normal. Sometimes just putting my foot under the throttle pedal and gently lifting it also worked. Conclusion: throttle pedal slightly sticky and not returning fully to the end stop. On other occasions where this didn't work, this seemed to be associated with an elongated warm up phase. Remember the temperature dial is not an accurate indicator of coolant temperature, it is manipulated to show normal over quite a large range. As discussed elsewhere

Seems the guy has now been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and causing a public nuisance. Well I never.... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13192851/Police-arrest-Jaguar-Pace-driver-31-suspicion-dangerous-driving-control-car-rammed-road-officers-went-rogue-speeds-120mph.html

Bit of a dilemma for @lol-lol ?

There is always a solution

Automounts? You mean like this?

Found the ideal car for you. Electric, and in my favourite colour too! What's not to like?

Wow, brilliant deduction Watson, what are your proposals for people like me then, chop off my legs so I can get into smaller cars 🤣 My solution: just try some simple visual mods

I not only "claim to be able to" drive 6+ hours without a toilet/food/coffee break, I actually do a few times every year. So there.....

With the increasing ranges of EVs and judging by comments often made by those who buy or own these EVs, options should be offered to make their lives even easier and more comfortable.

Probably already known and maybe someone already posted earlier https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/evs-have-one-third-less-range-than-advertised-magazine-test-finds/ar-BB1jIqLW Tip: if the "Expand Article" button is not displayed under the "Continue reading in the App" button then just reload the page and it should re-appear. No need to use the MSN app

Its actually already happened, just they put the reactor 93 million miles away as its a bit hotter than expected.

Indeed the above is true and I also seem to recall everyone saying that that space flight was impossible and that man could never set foot on the moon and yet both happened. Yeah, I saw 2001 a Space Oddysey as a teenager too. Vaguely seem to recall the spacecraft taking people to the earth orbit space hotel was made by Boeing, without doors opening unexpectedly. No signs of Elon there unless he was one of the angry apes beating an AI monolith with a stick.

After several reminders from Sean at ECP, I finally took the pads in to my local branch of ECP today and handed them over to a slightly bemused Branch Manager as instructed. The idea is the pads will be returned to Bosch for investigation.

Prepare to be disappointed. £1,000,000,000 to install nearly 1000 chargers said Gridserve. Thats a million pound per charger by my reckoning.

1st thing to do is check the main battery terminals are tight and not become loose.