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Indeed, PAS requires a healthy battery as the alternator usually can't supply enough current at idle when turning the steering quickly at low speed or stood. Visible clue is with headlights on and turn the steering wheel when stood, the headlights go noticeably dimmer before the PAS cuts out.

Some people think "free" means at no cost to anyone. It very rarely does. Use of the word "free" should come with a trigger warning.

https://www.energylivenews.com/2024/01/22/plan-to-cut-ev-charging-times-to-five-minutes-revealed/ Gridserve is set to invest £1 billion to install nearly 1,000 ultra rapid chargers by year-end, aiming to alleviate the long queues at service station By my reckoning, each charger will cost a million pounds. I wonder what return on investment they're looking at?

What did anyone expect? Generating electricity costs money, Distribution costs money, Installing a charger plus required infrastructure costs lots of money, maintaining and running chargers costs money, parking spaces, roads etc on privately owned land are not for free, companies running the whole show have overheads and exist to make a profit. The government needs to claw subsidies and loss of fuel duty back through standard rates of VAT, corporation tax etc.

I don't think I've ever witnessed anyone at a petrol/diesel pump leave their car at the pump while rhey go to the toilet never mind 5 mins. I certainly have never done that. If I needed to go to the toilet then I would park in a designated parking space nearby and then do my business. Having to stop for a pee or a coffee seems to be something EV owners need I am 70 have BEP but can still manage a 350 mile round trip to London, stopping only to drop off my son at LHR.

Barking up the wrong tree comes to mind.

No need to drain the oil. As you've said, just unscrew the cap and wait 30 secs before lifting it out. Have some paper towel underneath to stop oil dripping on the alternator and belt. A large white O ring above the threaded part sits in a channel above the threads on the outside. So three O rings in total.

They seal the supply pathway from the filter to the oil galleries that lubricate the engine, without them you'll lose pressure and flow especially at idle. Maybe been damaged/torn during filter service and/or dropped off or some numpty removed them and didn't replace them. Or maybe not sitting in the correct position on the stalk. If missing then check not gone somewhere where not supposed to. The green items in the photo

Is this engine definitely a 1.2 htp 3 cylinder? Engine code? Are the small O rings on the end of the long bit of the plastic filter housing cap still present? Items 16 and 17 Not a 1.2tsi 4 cylinder? (Thinking of the O seal left behind scenario)

Can't help with the wobbling. As far as leaking gearbox oil goes, you should get the car up in the air on a ramp, both wheels hanging free.. Then check for end play at the gearbox output flanges which is probably where the oil is leaking. Best if you are under the car, grab the drive shafts either side and twist in opposite directions. If you see the Flanges moving in/out the box then one or both output bearings are shot and seals have been pushed out and so the leak. Solution is to remove gearbox, strip and replace bearings and seals. If allowed to go on a long while further internal damage may be present especially if gearbox oil level has been too low or the side play is excessive. The classic symptom is a clunk when going on/off throttle, that is the diff moving sideways inside the final drive

Rusty suspension components are common and in many cases the suspension parts are beefy enough for it not to be a problem. However 1) If an MOT tester feels they need to give an unusual advisory, it could be at a far more advanced stage of corrosion than the norm 2) Once on an MOT history, it will put most buyers off unless you can prove its been replaced with a new part not just bodged. 3) Some parts of that subframe are not all that substantial. I've seen pictures of catastrophic failures due to rust where parts are welded together though not on an Octavia 3, which should be too young. 4) Abnormal wear on the inside of the tyre is usually related to camber or tracking. Riding on a broken spring, or wear in bushes. Could be unseen issues that need fixing. Maybe its had a hard life, got lots of miles, not been cared for. Personally I'd just steer clear and look for another car.

Jaguar need to contact Knight Industries for a software update https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KITT KITT's evil twin is KARR, whose name is an acronym of Knight Automated Roving Robot KARR was originally designed by Wilton Knight and built by Knight Industries for military purposes for the Department of Defense. After the completion of the vehicle, the KARR processor was installed and activated. However, a programming error caused the computer to be unstable and potentially dangerous. KARR was programmed for self-preservation, but this proved to be dangerous to the Foundation's humanitarian interests. The project was suspended and KARR was stored until a solution could be found. Once KITT was constructed, it was presumed that his prototype KARR had been deactivated and dismantled. However, the latter did not occur and KARR was placed in storage and forgotten following the death of Wilton Knight. KARR was later unwittingly reactivated by thieves

He recalled: 'I was driving at 3am in the morning after I finished one of my previous jobs, it happened exactly the same, I had no control of the vehicle. At the time, it did speed up to about 120mph, so it was going pretty quick. 'I ended up phoning the police, the same how I did with this one. I managed to get the car into neutral after me pressing the buttons on the side of the I-Pace. 'It didn't work this time but last time I managed to get it in neutral so the car ended up stopping with the help of the police in front of me and behind me slowing down as well. 'The car then got recovered to Jaguar Land Rover in Bolton and within 24 hours I got a phone call saying they looked over the car and the cars fine and I should pick it up.' Lots of confusing detail towards the end of this article after another attention seeker's account of yet another alleged rogue I-Pace. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13169459/First-Big-Brother-winner-Craig-Phillips-tells-terror-brakes-failed-Jaguar-Pace-approached-red-light-wife-children-car.html Also lots of pictures of Mr Owen's car that show remarkably little or no damage after ramming, banging and making contact with police cars. A picture of when Mr Owen's car finally came to a stop when it lost control last December

These must be very good EVs because important people buy them, when are they coming to the UK and will they be available on motobility? 😉 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13165107/cybertruck-celebrity-lady-gaga-justin-bieber-kim-kardashian.html

I don't think you appreciate the amount of energy that can be released in a short time from a 80kwh HV DC EV battery. As @wyx087 points out Tesla uses Pyrofuses to isolate the battery in case of an accident. You wouldn't put a capacitor where you claim. It would be a serious service hazard. The main battery isolator should only be operated in a controlled manner by trained personnel following a workshop procedure, after all systems are shut down and the car is securely at a standstill. Arcing is something you just don't want to occur on an Isolator switch under any circumstances as it could easily compromise its function.

I can diagnose a broken headlight just by looking at it. Or alternatively asking 2 questions if I'm not actually there to see it. Is it switched on but not lit up? Yup its broken. That'll be £140+vat for the diagnostic charge (Evan Halshaw Dacia rate)

Police will have video footage of this incident. Maybe someday they'll publish it, or not if Jaguar or the driver asks them not to.

Maybe the brakes were shot by then, lots of strangeness around this story. Throwing a key into another car at 90mph?

Must have been some girl Colin had really upset 😂

Probably because of the AEB/ACC, front mounted radar, standard on most new cars

Except it was 2:30pm in the afternoon "The latest incident happened as he was travelling home from his first day as a crisis support worker with children in Ormskirk, Liverpool, on Wednesday at 2.30pm."

Much as I love conspiracy theories, the sad fact is the majority of fatal aircraft accidents are caused by pilot error. Insufficient training, knowledge or just plain bad judgement/decision making. Recent exception being Boeing Max and its faulty design. So unless we see more than one example with the same fault, imo it's more likely the driver is to blame. By that I mean 2 Jaguars, or 2 MGs, not one of each. The Jag in the story allegedly travelled at over 90mph for 35 mins on the M62 without slowing, as someone who's travelled that route frequently, I'd say that was impossible. “The speed was going towards about 100mph in the high 90s, going to 100. I thought this was a bit wrong." What an understatement.

Errm, low voltage dc, low current simple, not so with HV high current DC you also have the problem of a control system in an unknown state with the ability to return current from an inductive load Have you ever seen a sustained HV DC arc?

You don't understand single point (EV) v 2 point failure (ICE) There is no single point failure that would take out a DSG and an engine in an unsafe way. Would require 2 failures at minimum. Not saying it can't happen, just less likely. I have some experience in this area of design.

So put the gearbox into neutral. Whats the chance of both gearbox ecu and engine ecu failing simultaneously? Less than the the power inverter control system of an electric motor? Whatever you do, don't let Microsoft design it.