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  1. Ford Dealer Talked Me Out Of A Mach-E

    Ha! Love it! So if I drink a little cyanide every morning it will just increase my chances of dying, not actually cause it? We're talking about a cumulative effect here and, with that in mind, I would challenge anyone to dispute that over a period of time the degradation caused by rapid...
  2. Spurious low windshield washer fluid alarm

    Has anyone experienced intermittent washer fluid low alarms and been able to fix the issue themselves? My dealership is a 100-mile round trip from home and if there's a simple "self-fix" I'll give it a try before I book yet another repair appointment.
  3. First Tesla Superchargers with "Magic Dock" CCS Adapter are online... and charged up a Rivian

    We've been using Tesla chargers in the UK for nealy a year now and I've not experienced any major problems. I usually look for a charger at the end of a row because otherwise my MME takes up two charge bays (I park head-in so the cable comfortably reaches my charge port). But on occasions when...
  4. Charge port cover frozen shut - any suggestions?

    Update... after winkling my wife's Model 3 out of the garage and shoehorning my MME in, the thing finally thawed out. After a little gentle working around the edge with a soft plastic teaspoon handle the cover popped open - the only problem is that the whole inner latch mechanism fell into the...
  5. Charge port cover frozen shut - any suggestions?

    Thanks for your replies Maquis and RickMachE - warm water followed by a dryer session sounds like a good approach. Failing that, I'l need to see if my wife will take her Model 3 out of the garage to let me get my MME inside - the garage is integral with the house so is well above freezing.
  6. Charge port cover frozen shut - any suggestions?

    The charge port cover on my MME (RWD ER) seems to have frozen shut. At the moment the temperature outside is about -2C and last night we had a fall of snow, so I'm guessing some moisture has gotten into the mechanism and frozen. It is currently 5.40pm in Scotland and I've been standing outside...
  7. Ordered Extended Range Battery, Got the Standard

    DeniseW - I share your pain! I too ordered my RWD ER MME in 2021 (Aug) and picked it up in Mar 2022... and I went through exactly the same questions as you have. Then, in about June, People's Ford in Edinburgh carried out some warranty work and they reset the driving history - and, hey presto...
  8. Back up keyless start

    For info, PAAK does NOT affect UK insurance premiums! My wife has had two Tesla Model 3 cars since 2019 and PAAK has worked flawlessly with them - and the insurance premiums have been consistent with previous ICE vehicles. Plus, nowhere have I seen any reference to PAAK on a UK car insurance...
  9. Would you still buy the Mach E today?

    Would I buy another Ford MME? In a word... NO. On the positive side, my 2021 RWD ER MME looks good, I like driving it and it does what I need in terms of carrying passengers, loads etc. On the negative side: - The HVJB "ticking time-bomb" issue - not so much the fault itself but rather the...
  10. Why is the Mach E so much more expensive than the Model Y?

    Just checked. The MME AWD ER version is currently priced at £65,080 ($75,426) and the Model Y AWD is £57,990 ($67,209).
  11. Preview Look at Tesla Supercharger US Membership App Screen for Non-Tesla EV Owners

    This has been working in the UK for a few months and the only issue is that the location of the MME charge port means I need to take up two Tesla bays. Last week I arrived at a Tesla charger court to find that there weren't two adjacent bays free - and one of the Tesla drivers interrupted his...
  12. My 2021 Mach-E received 91 kWh upgrade (useable at 100% SoC)

    I'm confused... but happy. I've had my MME (LR-RWD) since late March this year and, until yesterday, have never had a displayed range of more than about 300 miles when charged to 100%. I tried resetting the range calculation thingy but it made no difference. Yesterday, however, after a visit...
  13. Tesla's Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot Program To Open In US In 2022

    In the UK Tesla has made a limited number of superchargers available to non-Tesla vehicles. We pay about 50% more than Tesla owners for energy supplied. The process is simple - you sign up for a Tesla account, install the Tesla app on your phone, and then tell the app the location of the...
  14. Dealer wanted to charge me $1400 for updates!

    My wife has had Teslas since 2019 and in all that time the Tesla OTA system has worked, flawlessly. Routine Tesla update packages are issued every few weeks on average and include bug fixes and improvements, in roughly equal proportions. There is no cost (obviously). At the time of ordering...
  15. What to do about someone who unplugged my car

    I've been driving EVs for three years and, until I read this thread, I had never heard of anyone other than the owner of a vehicle unplugging a charge cable. I live in Scotland and, although there are numerous EV charge providers, by far the biggest is the network that the Scottish Govt has...


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