New-ish MG5s going cheap

[silverbullet]

Back on the topic of EVs. I charged my jammer nua to 80%, giving a range of 420kms. I went away for the holliers for twelve days. When I got back I  checked my phone app and the car, it was still at 420kms.

It's not like the old, smelly petrol cars that would lose an angel's share of vapour to the clouds.

[mercenary for hire]

Mine is a bit different.I have it set to dynamic mode which takes into account the outside temperature and how you drove before you parked it.Standatd range at 100% is 420km but when it's cold it can read as low as 409km.Warm days as much as 429km.On mine it's conplete guesswork by the computer.

[C5]

Silverbullet that's giving up a false reading, all batteries lose power even when not been used. When you start to move it that figure would drop. Because if it stayed at that figure when you parked it and 12 days later it's at the same figure, well that's a world first.

[Octavia1]

If yur goin on holiers ....are ya supposed to leave it at full charge ?  I read sumtin about leavin it discharged ?
Maybe I got it wrong ?

[watty]

The computer readout on the screen is an estimate.  Some call it the Guessometer (GOM).  It just predicts the range left based on your previous driving style and habits.

Re long-term parking, some reckon it's best to leave it around the 50% mark?

[silverbullet]

The computer readout on the screen is an estimate.  Some call it the Guessometer (GOM).  It just predicts the range left based on your previous driving style and habits.

Re long-term parking, some reckon it's best to leave it around the 50% mark?

I drove it the next day and it performed fine, plus there wasn't didn't any degradation of the battery range.
I only tried the aircon on, and the range dropped about 60kms.

VW recommends only charging to 80% and 100% on rare occasions. 80% charge without the aircon gives me about 420kms, which, during the week is around three nights work, although I always get a reminder to charge when the range hits 97kms.

[mercenary for hire]

Each battery has a different chemistry depending on the manufacturer.I charge mine to 100% most nights.There is no option anymore on mine to set the max percentage when charging.

My manual says to leave it between 40 and 60% when it's going to be parked for a while.

[silverbullet]

Each battery has a different chemistry depending on the manufacturer.I charge mine to 100% most nights.There is no option anymore on mine to set the max percentage when charging.

My manual says to leave it between 40 and 60% when it's going to be parked for a while.

I must charge it to 100% just to see if the quoted range of 548 km is available.

[mercenary for hire]

The main reason for charging to 100% is to calibrate the battery so that the computer knows how many Killowats to full.

I've never ran my battery below 36% in 16 months. I'm supposed to run it very low every 6 months then charge it up to 100% to calibrate it but I'm not risking it ending up on a tow truck unless I really have to.My battery spends most of its time between 70 and 100% to take advantage of the cheap leccy at 2am.

Your battery chemistry is slightly different than ours SB.They do degrade a bit faster but it's to be expected and I suspect that's why VW put such big batteries in them.Nothing to worry about just a different type of battery.Yours charges a lot faster than mine so it has its benefits compared to the LFP battery.

[silverbullet]

The main reason for charging to 100% is to calibrate the battery so that the computer knows how many Killowats to full.

I've never ran my battery below 36% in 16 months. I'm supposed to run it very low every 6 months then charge it up to 100% to calibrate it but I'm not risking it ending up on a tow truck unless I really have to.My battery spends most of its time between 70 and 100% to take advantage of the cheap leccy at 2am.

Your battery chemistry is slightly different than ours SB.They do degrade a bit faster but it's to be expected and I suspect that's why VW put such big batteries in them.Nothing to worry about just a different type of battery.Yours charges a lot faster than mine so it has its benefits compared to the LFP battery.

I've gone as low as 17%, or 80 km range. The granny charger gets used to top up the car after I've used the fast charger, usually @ 67 KwH. It'll be a while before I get the home charger in as I blew my bank balance on a fuck-off holiday.

YOLO.

[watty]

I generally don't let the battery go below 30% (~100km).  My logic (?) is that we can't refuse a fare below 30km so 30km out & 30km back plus a little bit in reserve = 100km... 



Lowest I've gone is 9%.  Early on in my EV days, got a fare from Edenmore out to Maynooth.  I said no but then said yes with my brain thinking I'm gonna have to get used to this EV battery.  Was coming back into Dublin looking for the fast charger in Lucan shopping centre.  Like I said, battery was down to 9% and I missed the exit for Lucan!  So had to go the next exit and come back.  I had everything (radio, air con) turned off, think I even tried to stop breathing at one point.  But I made it.  Luckily no close calls since then 

[silverbullet]

I generally don't let the battery go below 30% (~100km).  My logic (?) is that we can't refuse a fare below 30km so 30km out & 30km back plus a little bit in reserve = 100km... 



Lowest I've gone is 9%.  Early on in my EV days, got a fare from Edenmore out to Maynooth.  I said no but then said yes with my brain thinking I'm gonna have to get used to this EV battery.  Was coming back into Dublin looking for the fast charger in Lucan shopping centre.  Like I said, battery was down to 9% and I missed the exit for Lucan!  So had to go the next exit and come back.  I had everything (radio, air con) turned off, think I even tried to stop breathing at one point.  But I made it.  Luckily no close calls since then 

Speaking of which, I've plugged in the granny charger at 11 km per hour. Might even get a shift out of it, if it stays as quiet as the last few nights.

[Belker]

On starting last night (Sat), I filled my diesel tank from just barely over Half to Full in Grange (Cork) at 9.30pm fer €33.47 and worked on full tilt all night till 7.30am with never a worry about running out of fuel, when finishing this morning the tank was just about barely below the half full mark and me Buddy was sitting next to me;

[mercenary for hire]

By the time I've used half of my battery I'm more than ready to go home.Range hasn't been an issue for me so far.Typically 30% battery is enough to get my wages and it costs less than a tenner a week to run.If I ever need ro start driving more than 300km a day to get paid I'm packing it in.

[watty]

I think the mechanical bits incl the DPF are starting to break down on Belker's ICE so that might be why he has to work such long hours?  He's working to pay himself and his mechanic