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Any ideas on this icon in COMAND please?

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I tend not to have my heating or aircon on during the day, so when it comes to pre-heating am I right in thinking that it chooses the last setting, or is it the last temperature??

I have found that if you have climate turned off and you activate pre-entry, it doesn't work.
 
Source London changing their charging structure to £4/month + 3.6p/minute from the end of the year. I assume that means it's now significantly cheaper to charge at home!

I have calculated that at home I pay around 75-80p per charge :)

On another note.....our 4 pod points have been installed at our offices.

Our small fleet currently has 4x PHEV's and 1x EV (with an additional PHEV for the MD....a Volvo XC90 on order). But of these, currently only 3 come to the office daily so no fighting yet!
 
Internet hotspot thingy.



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Now... As the C350e is available in a full AMG trim with Red leather.... Whos looking to trade in ???

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I thought it was so my son could use my data allowance for Pokemon collecting? :rolleyes:
 
I have a question about the pre-entry climate control warm up.

I've been using it the last couple of days and whilst it's very good, it takes quite a bit of juice out of my charge. My car is plugged in whilst this is happening, so I had hoped there wouldn't be much difference. This morning it was 5 degrees and my charge was down to 86% before I set off.

Has anyone found a sweet spot where the car is warmed up, but the charge is not impacted so badly? e.g. setting the departure time ten minutes earlier than you actually want?
Are you charging via the 3 pin "brick" or via a dedicated 16a charge point at home?

If you're using the 3 pin, I think you'll find that the car draws power at a higher rate than the brick can supply, hence the battery is slightly down at point of departure.

My suggestion is that you switch the brick to the 13a charge rate rather than the default 8a charge rate (press the big rubber button in the middle so that the four lights illuminate) - this will enable the car to charge at the highest rate possible when pre-entry climate is on and hence have the battery at the highest level. With the weather / temp as it is at the moment, the 13a rate is sufficient to keep the car at 100%.

You'll really notice this problem when there's frost and this is why I had a 16a point fitted after originally using the charging brick..
 
That's interesting. Thank you. I am using the brick on half power.
I hadn't thought about that. I'll try it on full power and see how I go.
I didn't really want to fit a 16 amp charger if I could avoid it.
 
That's interesting. Thank you. I am using the brick on half power.
I hadn't thought about that. I'll try it on full power and see how I go.
I didn't really want to fit a 16 amp charger if I could avoid it.
The 3 pin at max will suffice for current climate. Once we get decent frost, it may be worth setting the departure time for 10 to 15 mins before you're actually going to leave. That way it will fully defrost and, as it runs for a further 5 mins after the time you set, should have chance to get a bit more charge back in again!
 
I don't think they are. This is on the Ikea website:

"We understand that for Ecotricity to continue to invest in Electric Vehicle Charging technology and infrastructure, they have made the decision to start charging all customers for the electricity used at their charging points across the country, including those located on IKEA sites. We’re currently in the process of investigating with Ecotricity how we can best support our electric vehicle driving customers going forward. We’ll update you as soon as we have something further to share."
This is copied off the Ecotricity website:

"All of our Medium AC (slow) chargers will remain free for all customers with a registered swipe card."

In the initial email from Ecotricity advising of "charge for charging", IKEA was specifically mentioned as they would remain free.... However delving further into the Ecotricity website there is a list of all their Medium charge points, there's only about 12 in total with only one at an IKEA! (Croydon).
 
Another quick question for you all --- Again, this may seem a dumb question to some of you out there, but you only know what you know and I dont know this.

I tried the Parking assist, which lasted all of 1.5 seconds before my blood pressure went up to ridiculous levels and I had to cancel it. The reason being, does tha car brake itself or do I have to brake. I know the steering wheel turns, but does it stop itself or do I have to brake for it?

I really didn't like the feeling of not being in control - god help me with driverless cars. I just dont think I will ever want one. But will try the parking assist again - with your advice.
 
Another quick question for you all --- Again, this may seem a dumb question to some of you out there, but you only know what you know and I dont know this.

I tried the Parking assist, which lasted all of 1.5 seconds before my blood pressure went up to ridiculous levels and I had to cancel it. The reason being, does tha car brake itself or do I have to brake. I know the steering wheel turns, but does it stop itself or do I have to brake for it?

I really didn't like the feeling of not being in control - god help me with driverless cars. I just dont think I will ever want one. But will try the parking assist again - with your advice.



I agree with you - it parks at crazy speeds but it DOES brake! I have only trusted it with parallel parking. It can do bay parking but I was even more alarmed at its approach and did put the brakes on and do it myself.


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Oh my days.... Yes it does it at crazy speed.... I will give it a go, but thanks for the info on the braking... I suppose it is a leap of faith....
 
I control the speed and just let it roll slowly using the brake while parking, it always seems like it is going to wipe it's nose on the car in front. The 360 camera is a fantastic bit of kit.
 
I control the speed and just let it roll slowly using the brake while parking, it always seems like it is going to wipe it's nose on the car in front. The 360 camera is a fantastic bit of kit.

I was slightly confused by the other posts, it does the steering but I do the pedals?

I like the parking assist but find it doesn't park close enough to the curb outside my house....I like to have it very close as we get vans and people turning near it.
 
I was slightly confused by the other posts, it does the steering but I do the pedals?

I like the parking assist but find it doesn't park close enough to the curb outside my house....I like to have it very close as we get vans and people turning near it.

I only use the brake, unless the brake hold function comes on then you have to touch the throttle to release it. If the car behind is parked up the kerb it will line itself up with it, was the only time mine nearly kerbed a wheel.

I haven't left it to see if it will stop itself though...
 
Hi,

Anyone have the andriod (s6) connect me app. I can't see any pre-entry climate control menu.

Also via the web (PC) I though there was a section you can set it for each day in the week. The only option I'm being given is for today.

Is there a differnt app.

Thanks
 
I'm on an iphone, but it's probably similar. The App is pretty crap and doesn't have a pre-entry menu. You get more stuff on the website or "web app" as it's often referred to, including your pre-entry climate control. However, I believe you can only set it one day at a time, not Mon-Fri (which would be very useful).
 
That's really poor. So before you go out you will have to login to a PC. Set it up then go out on a daily basis.
 

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