Monkhai

Firstly I’d suggest the forum is a community who help each other and are not an on demand service. Be polite and patient you may get help. if you want on demand, it’s a garage you need to speak to. Second, please read the forum guidelines before you carry on posting. Thirdly and in response to your question, which fault light is on and have you had the car scanned with a dealer tool, vcds or similar. If so what was the fault code. If not that’s the only place to start. 👍

Just to point out that before automatic fuel cut off and specialist foams for fighting them ICE fires were terrible. I would imagine a lot of research will go into how to stop such fires in EV. Maybe they’ll discover dry ice or liquid nitrogen is the answer to stop thermal runaway. Buildings get dry risers, maybe Batteries will get similar channels to distribute something that will take the heat energy away fast.

There have been fires on ships since ships began. Engine fires, cargo fires, petrol car fires, random goods. Frankly the first ship was full of high end cars and a few EV. It’s just as likely that brake fluid leaked onto something hot, or petrol vapour filled an area as it is an EV. Speculation on all fronts is just that. So EV fires can run away when they’re bad, but how many petrol cars catch fire and are serviceable rather than a total write off afterwards? There are far fewer causes for an EV to catch fire vs cars full of flammable hydrocarbons. Putting one out might be better understood but that wasn’t always the case and won’t always be the case as technology changes. That’s fire fighting research and tech but also battery changes.

In past 12 months I have seen zero EV’s on fire. I have seen at least half a dozen fires from ICE cars/vans, one of which may have been a hybrid. Petrol is bleeding nasty when it goes up. For a bit of clarity: Felicity Ace: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60429584 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Ace No clarity if it was one of the small number of EV or the larger number of ICE that started the fire Fremantle Highway : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Fremantle_Highway ” Investigations There has been much speculation that the battery pack from an electric car caused the fire.[17] However, the cause of the fire is unknown.[18] Investigations started when the ship was moored in Eemshaven.[16][19]”

I was going to suggest an idle charge to stop them, but if £1 a minute doesn’t do it there is limited hope. Maybe they don’t realise until they get the fine?

Look at an EV6 and i5 which in AWD weigh about 2 tonnes. That’s no worse than their SUV models with an auto gearbox and lighter than plenty of other popular SUV. We don’t hear stories of car parks being strengthened because everyone drives around in 2+ tonnes SUV. I can only give my opinion but obviously agree. No family or business driver objects to a bathroom and coffee stop. Hour long charges Gower extend the journey time too much, particularly if you need to queue.

I either drive short journeys around town, at which point it doesn’t matter or more often full range+ in each direction. Was sat 350kW chargers the other day, with screaming child in car. An EQS, ioniq5, myself were all charging around 200kW. There was an MG5 getting under 50 and the owner said it was the limit. The less than 2 year old id4 was getting 49kW when I looked & under 50% full. The kids were asking the driver when could they go. We changed/fed the baby used the facilities and were on our way with the motion brink back silence. I’m guessing the id4 has the same charger as the enyaq. Frankly I’ve not seen any 400v car (Tesla on super chargers excluded) get anywhere near the claimed speeds, but do realise some people must be. You say owners are reporting higher and that’s genuinely great, but it isn’t my experience. When I talk to people at rapid chargers, polestar, Volvo, MG, VW, Audi and one enyaq that I can think of they’re amazed how fast the Kia, Hyundai and Porsche charge and are gone. Tesla on ionity seem to take ages too mind, so maybe it’s not just the car. For me around 20-30 minutes should be the maximum time to add 200 miles. It’s enough time to use the facilities, grab a drink and have a stretch without extending the journey time excessively. I got stuck on a 50kW gridserve giving out less than 30 and after 45 minutes had had enough and had enough to reach some 350s. VW group recognise this on their premium cars as the Q8 and other new Audi vehicles are moving to 800V. Time is definitely a precious commodity. Also faster chargers and faster charging should mean less queues.

Regardless of the story… vw cars are too slow to charge, have horrible entertainment system and the brake/suspension set up was nasty. The ID3 was available at a good price point, but not sure if that’s true. I’d suggest they need a new platform, so maybe they should hurry up with the PPE for Audi.

My current understanding is: If you own your home… no If you rent you landlord might get a grant Oddly enough our quotes were about £400 cheaper than a neighbour who rushed to get the grant…

Blue = oil leaking from turnip or if it is the 1.4TSI I think piston rings were an issue. White = probably coolant.

Legally they have to do it. doesn’t stop them fitting load resistors, but why they would bother us beyond me.

I’d say include Somerset and 10 years of local residency. 10 years because if you’ve been there for a decade then you’re local enough that tourists make life harder in the summer. Anyone that lives in Somerset can’t go anywhere when the grockles come down en mass. Dorset has the worst of both worlds too. Car chargers packed, roads blocked, towns full of often rude tourists. I find it funny that Somerset always seems to be forgotten to be honest.

Cornwall/Devon/Somerset residents only priority bays ?

yes that is Somerset, but in holiday season you have half the country descending on a few charge points. Every gridserve 50kW I tried has been either out of order or giving closer to 25kW, which is useless.

As it’s often empty there I would suggest more hubs are required in Devon and Cornwall. I’d love to see one at m5 j25 where the motorway and the connecting road to the a303 meet.

Agree generally, but will add that 89 gained 535 miles. 106/680*535 = 83.50 Essentially not any cheaper on money, but more expensive on time. If you take the fact the EV probably left home on 10p electric for 340 miles then it will have been a bit cheaper until the public charge but not much. However say you did do the full range at todays prices 90kWh @ 10p = £9 90kWh @ 69p = £62 535 miles @3m/kWh = £71 Ouch… it is still close to the cost of a diesel but you added 30 minutes charging time. (assuming you have an 800v car and 350kW charger with a 90kWh+ usable battery ) Many people won’t pay an hour and a higher but price to get back £20

But since it’s near to the abbey will it stock/sell Bucky too 😂

As long as having charge keeps a relay open which means those leads only work when everything is dead…

Moved to a better area, but I would get another quote. No car requires an SMF conversion and I seem to remember a new DMF and clutch was less than that at a main dealer. I’m sure others will chip in 👍

It it takes is a bit of bad press and suddenly a manufacturer gets interested. Say any of the tv/newspaper or motoring consumer type things. If only everything was built like a golf… I’ll let you finish with the comedy follow on.

I’ve moved the post to the octavia section 👍 Would agree it’s probably a sensor or part of the ignition system, but without fault diagnostic codes were are just guessing. get the codes and the fox hopefully won’t be too expensive. I wouldn’t keep driving it as a damaged lambda sensor can cause the cat to be damaged and that would get expensive. fingers crossed it’s something simple.

Does LPG burn hotter than petrol, as if so wouldn’t the sparks need to go up a temperature band? Dont know enough about LPG but different gaps? I mean the basic obvious thing is to check they’re lightly coated rather than black or discoloured. I would also ask if the ignition system HT, coil packs and sparks are I. Good Nick. I assume the air filter gas kit been left for 60k and is clean?

Ok ok… Location is south Somerset 205/55/R16 91H These are (I believe) 6J wide genuine steels and the chains are boxed and unused. (Older chains were replaced as they looked a bit tired and why take a chance) pictures… they’re currently in a cupboard so if there is genuine interest I will take pictures. New the tyres are about £600, the wheels about £300-400, £86 for the genuine trims and you have the chains the wheel tree and tyre covers. Bit of a bargain imho. The wheels with correct tyres have been fitted to a3 saloon, mk2 octavia hatch and mk3 octavia estate.

To fit mk2/mk3 octavia and similar as well as many other cars. - 4 x 16” vw/skoda steel wheels (purchased from dealer) - 4 x Michelin alpin6 winter 205/55/r16 91H tyres (approx 5-6mm tread left - 75% tread remaining marker showing as per pictures) - new this year genuine skoda wheel trims. (See image) - tyre bags - wheel tree All balanced and ready to fit/go. I believe 5x112 nut pattern as it fits mk3 octy and mk2, the mk2 had 312mm front brakes. £200 for the lot, collected from south Somerset area, although may be able to meet up near to Bristol area if needed. If you wish to pay up front and arrange a courier at your own cost/risk, this is something I will consider

Get a nice big 3L turbo diesel? 😂😂👍