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Thanks all for your advice, I will take it, and try to find a buyer who cares about it.

Yes I've had it plugged in, mostly in storage mode. It went down very low once after a power cut, but charged back up ok.

Greetings Tesla community after many years, I come seeking your advice. Two kids later, my 2011 Roadster has been off the road sat in the garage at my house in the UK for a few years. (this roadster), and am shortly going to get a Model Y. Its a painful thing to consider, but I think I...

Hi guys, Sorry bit late to this party, please could someone tell me what I need to buy and where, in order to do what you're doing?? Am most jealous!!! What is this cable with a white plug you've all got? I see Kevin seems to have a very short adaptor plugging into it and P4EV you're...

Certainly is. Pleased to say went to Dartington Hall for the weekend and enjoyed the use of the charger there a fair bit. I was confused by its green appearance but I think it was one of yours? I found it on the Zero:net website anyway! Great place to stay. Turned out we were the first to use it...

I'm also with these. In process of renewing, and really ticked off. They're trying to jam my premium up, and it was sky high already. Am going to try the other ones mentioned here... So far have failed to get any other quote whatsoever!

Yeh good point I was thinking about that. The last time I tried I'm sure it was off the first time I plugged it in, thats my normal habit - its the last thing I switch on. I repeated a few times and I'm pretty sure I'd have tried it with it in the on position, but is a variable I'll try changing...

Have heard back from ecotricity. They suspect either my connector wasn't pushed in sufficiently, or that the post hadn't "reset" since the last user, recommending I should have pushed that button. I'm pretty sure the connector was in fine, I did reconnect it several times. I repeated everything...

yeh looks very similar, though the colours are different. I never knew about that button, whats that do, a sort of reset? I was getting the same effect sliding the switch on the tesla connector.

I most often charge my roadster in a very.... snug... garage - this is a factor, the smaller the garage the more quickly the air temperature spikes up. Mine is fine just by leaving the internal door open plus this is handy in winter as it helps heat the house when I get back :tongue: Once its...

I have a video, but my youtube/twittering is non-existent. How do I upload it to that page? [Edit: Here it is]

Another failed attempt to charge at the Ecotricity point at Michael Woods, Southbound m5. Every time I tried to enable charging the light would flash yellow twice and then nothing. The Roadster never seems to see a signal. Now I'm starting to wonder if its me, though same equipment has worked...

Membury Westbound wasn't working for us yesterday. Didn't get that message in the photo above, just nothin happened at all after was plugged in.

Congrats! Is that midnight blue or black?

This is definitely a great aspect I've found with the Roadster - the way you can instantly dart forwards gives more options for a get out of jail card, rather than just having the brake. No delay to shift to get all the power, and your foots already there, no other car really has this. My other...

Thats how I feel and exactly what I said at the time. He said I could listen to them on another roadster before they're installed. He said some people had found "IP rated" versions of the original fans and installed them themselves, but that Tesla wouldn't be able to do it, so looks like I won't...

Just had a very interesting chat with a ranger who came to fix a sticking boot on my Roadster. I haven't been following the forum closely recently but thought I'd just share the tidbits of info I picked up, apologies if I'm just repeating well-known rumour. Before I forget, and in no particular...

That one at Oxford, I've used that before.... Have they moved the post? I could have sworn it was in front of the two green bays with the big puddle in your first picture and next to the main walkway.

It is just an office really, but is where I got my Roadster test drive and where I picked it up from.

Thanks for the nice comments, I've made sure they're known to my better half who was responsible for the pictures (left to me they would have resembled kid's drawings) Haha yeees we were quite lucky with the weather :) I was regretting taking the hard top at some points. I imagine some of the...

The point of this trip was a long weekend away in the English Lakes. Could the Roadster get us there, drive us about, and get us home, all without hassle? Could we enjoy the break or would we be tied to charging posts and too busy fretting about range? I'd seen accounts of all sorts of long...

I've got all the details of the trip and some photos, I was half thinking of writing it up. Where should I post it, in here?

Thank you for your point at the Moat House, was very useful on a trip to the lakes this week and is a great spot to spend a couple of hours.

What will happen if I don't limit it to 32A? I dont want to empty their restaurant or something :eek: Ok I'll pay them a visit on Wednesday then. I don't want to take the UMC but theres another ecotricity a few miles up at Keele if all fails.

Well I will be going close past. I was actually just going to top-up on ecotricity points and save the boot space thinking I would need the UMC for there. I remember you telling me about it being wired to the wrong supply and someone needed to go and try it so it broke? (or did I get the wrong...

I'm visiting the Tebay one this coming week. I've never actually seen an HPC. This one at Tebay... apart from being bleak, the threat of hypothermia, and the constant stalking danger of being eaten by wolves, are there any other gotchas?

Thanks for taking the time to share that, I found it very interesting... and hey, great colour you picked there :cool:

Just to reiterate the above, particularly regarding charging on low amp supplies, I had a conversation with my service guy shortly after I got it when I noticed range was dropping off. I had been driving pretty short bursts and plugging it straight in again and the max had been ticking down. His...

The unit of account is changing a great deal. Wouldn't comparison to wages be a lot more useful in terms of effect on EV interest?

I plan on putting it there, will send some pics of how it goes...

Wow what a price, that's incredible, that should finally get some numbers on the road. But if the Leaf scored 109 it must be a very generous test, everywhere I've read that 109 translates to real-world 70, so the zoe will realistically get what... 90-100? That's just a shade short for me, unless...

I've just ordered one. I'd like to say how excited I am by this project, and grateful for the effort that has been put in by various people to develop it. When its set up I will donate the cost of the item + shipping to a UK cancer care organisation.

Was a most enjoyable morning, really good to meet some other Teslarites at last (is this the correct term?). I think I learned more about the state of EVs in an hour than I have in the last few months combined. Did not stop raining once *shakes fist at sky again*, and even treated to a dose of...

Regarding that, I walked into the one at Popham, they gave me a form, and handed me a card which worked both there and at the other one I took pics of above. Incidentally I've just found out that that one pictured above has already been taken away *sob*, because the restaurant is closing. I've...

This put me in mind of my other most treasured possession besides my Roadster, my Feathercraft kayaks. Don't even need the trailer for them just some decent boot space...

So wait, that's a grand total of 2 + Kevin who we're there to see off? I'm pretty good at milling about to give the impression of a large crowd of well wishers, but that's going to be a challenge! :biggrin: ps looks like its going to be pouring too *shakes fist at sky*

er... quite. But you never said, did you know you must keep your battery charged? :confused:

I'm coming to this, am most looking forward to it I've never seen another Roadster on the road, it gets lonely :) (or should say was looking forward to it until Gian told me I would be escorted into the "Chapel of Love" upon arrival, at which point I had to double check the invitation :eek:)

I just see this as an issue of relative risk. There appears to be a tiny risk of bricking it if I'm stupid enough, but I get withdrawal after just a couple of days if I haven't driven it, so the idea I'd neglect it for months on end is preposterous. I'm not remotely afraid of this happening. A...

Oh my life what have they done? :confused:

I'm on the list for hearing about that when its released, I think I want one already!.. but are there going to be 64a mennekes points? I like the Tesla cable I was afraid it was going to be as heavy and bulky as the UMC, but its quite light and just the right length.

Yes the official Tesla one, and yes the full 32A.

I've just used the polar point at Popham with my shiny new Tesla mennekes cable - worked great.

I know its obvious but don't think anybody mentioned checking your tyre pressures, makes a big difference.

You think I should have gone for diesel? :confused:

Have been talking about charging with Tesla in the UK. He has said quite the opposite to this - that if you repeatedly charge at low power (ie 13a*240v here) it may drop off a bit. He recommended driving it below 30%, leaving it for 20 minutes, and doing a full range charge on 32A or above once...

I didn't set it up :tongue:

That reminded me, I took a pic.

Incidentally I visited the little chef (eastbound) near ringwood (Restaurant Details : Little Chef) earlier today. The chargemaster point was on the wall of the restaurant (not immediately visible you have to go wandering to find it), and it appeared operational (unlike me, still without a...

Yeh this is what I meant by normal. I'm not knocking the roadsters performance, its delicious to drive, but if it weren't for the fact its *also* (at the time of typing) the only performance electric car genuinely available, it wouldn't also be able to claim all of the general advantages of...