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  1. Collected last night, all seems good. Enjoyed using the adaptive cruise on the M25 !
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  3. I wanted something that would sit near to the cars screen so I choose this one from amazon. Miracase moving life
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  4. A valid point and one I considered before starting the overhaul on my 4.2. For me it came down to ‘better the devil you know’. I work in the basis that my car is worth very little, it can therefore depreciate very little. If I spent £6K on a newer car, i’d see depreciation on it and in that kind of bracket likely be buying something that would need similar work done sooner rather than later. I would rather roll the dice on £1500 of parts and do the work myself knowing the work done means it’s very unlikely that i’ll need to touch those parts again for several years, than be guaranteed to loose a similar amount in depreciation over the same period on a car who’s history I don’t know and then likely have to do similar work anyway. As you say a point exists where the opposite is true, but for me, this wasn’t it. That said, i’d have probably not have spent £1600 on an engine rebuild and just fitted a used part for 1/4 of the price which obviously changes the equation quite a lot.
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  5. Very nice!! [emoji41] Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk
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  6. I have had mine since May and I am delighted with the fuel consumption. Mine is Excel spec AWD version (one of the first to arrive in the UK). The computer is showing 53.1 mpg with about 1800 miles driven. I use tank full to tank full figures and keep complete track of everything that goes in the tank. So far at the 1676 mile reading when I last filled up the cumulative calculates as 51.8. OK I have been driving in eco mode and have been consciously trying to drive economically but overall I think this is an excellent result for such a heavy car. My mileage has included a good mix of rural, urban and motorway driving to date. The car was delivered with Dunlop GrandTrek PT30 tyres. When I fill it right up as usual the range now shows around 550 miles. I have never had a car that would go over 500 miles without filling up before!
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  7. On the many posts about HV battery fail because of dirty HV Fan at priuschat.com, there is none inverter fails because of it. If HV battery is too hot, car goes to protection mode and use HV battery less and more engine. This should basicly take also work load away from inverter.
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  8. That's a bit of a bargain, 😄
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  9. What you have there is known in the industry as 'creep-groan'. Its a low-frequency high-intensity self-excited oscillation of the pad-disc system. Its due to stick-slip between the pad and disc and depends on the pad/disc characteristics. It is a very common phenomenon and not a defect. You may find that as the pads bed-in and glaze slightly the noise will diminish. Don't worry about it.
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  10. Factors which can affect prices include whether they have their own breakdown vehicles and staff, contract with independent garages to provide the breakdown services, or contract with a large breakdown services provider (eg. AA, Call Assist,Green Flag, RAC, AGA, etc). Contracting with a larger body may mean lower overheads, and thus lower prices. For example the majority of insurance or vehicle manufacturer branded breakdown services contract with organisations such as the AA, RAC, Green Flag, Call Assist, etc. For example the services offered by Toyota Roadside Assistance, Honda, Ford and Audi are provided by the AA. Startrescue and Gem use Call Assist. Direct Line use Green Flag (which they own). Aviva and Mercedes use the RAC. Some put restrictions on the policy - such as age or type of vehicles they handle. The percentage of vehicles repaired at the roadside, customer service, speed of response, etc can vary quite widely. Buying the cheapest may not always be the best. For example in the 2019 Which? Car Survey, Toyota Roadside Assistance came top (score 87%l, followed by the AA (80%), Startrescue (75%) and Autoaid Breakdown (74%). This was based on speed of response, percentage of cars fixed at the rosdside, knowledge/capability of the mechanic attending, and value for money. Toyota Roadside Assistance is £72 annually if paid by direct debit - https://www.toyota.co.uk/owners/roadside-assistance/#/iframe/https%3A%2F%2Fforms.toyota.co.uk%2Froadside-assistance
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  11. I think he meant use EBC pads and Brembo disks/rotors. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk
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  12. In the interests of dodgy science, I've done some more playing with Charge mode as well. 1. It appears to be a terrible idea to do the 'fifty-fifty' approach of charge/EV mode on normal journeys away from motorways/dual carriageways, if you are seeking to maximise economy. That makes sense, because by doing so you will actually reduce the time spent in EV mode. I routinely see well above 60% of the journey with the engine off when in HV mode, so forcing the engine to run for 50% of the time is bound to have a negative effect. On my commute of 32 miles, it seems to trash economy by 10-15mpg. 2. It is a far less terrible idea to do 'fifty-fifty' on the motorway, which is the approach Tony has posted about. A brief experiment on a mainly dual carriageway journey netted me 85mpg on the way out using HV mode and 81mpg on the way back doing a 'half and half' with charge mode. That's not a saving, but it's close enough with all the other variables involved, and far closer than what I managed on my commute. It should also be noted I am sad enough to have spent years learning how to maximise HV mode economy in a range of hybrids. For someone who is less interested in all that nonsense and just wants to drive, I could well imagine switching between Charge mode and EV mode would yield better results to the point of it being more economical.
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