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There is a setting somewhere in the MMCS (can't remember where off hand) to change the volume of the beep on each key press, or to turn it off completely. I have also realised that putting on my seat belt before pressing the start button gets rid of some of the other beeps during the start up...

Not sure I agree with this. Whilst I can understand the desire for some people to have a larger fuel tank, I don't see that this should be at the expense of the battery size. If anything, the battery size should be increased. Appreciate everyone is different, but if the prime reason for the...

Thanks all, thats pretty much in line with what I thought, had estimated it to be about 6p for 10 mins. By running the preheating I can pretty much do my 26 mile commute (13 miles each way) on full EV, but if I don't preheat then I struggle to get more than 20 miles at the moment.

Just doing some calculations to work out my combined mpg when factoring in electricity costs, and I was wondering what it costs me for 10 minutes of pre-heating each morning ? Can anyone tell me what power the system draws to run the electric heater in the car ? I have a vague recollection...

My first car with DAB as well, and generally I’m pretty pleased with it. Much better choice of stations and I can listen to TalkSport in much greater quality than in my previous car where I had to listen on MW. I didn’t even have LW in the last car so couldn’t get the cricket on Radio 4 LW...

The default setting each time you start up is “D”, which is equivalent to B2, so if you choose to do nothing then you will be operating in B2 mode continually. B2 is broadly equivalent to engine braking in a normal car, whereas B0 is equivalent to ‘coasting’ in a normal car, so I’d suggest that...

I think that light is purely to provide some ‘mood lighting’ when it is dark by shining some kind of orange glow down towards the centre console. It should only come on when the headlights are on.

Given that the the quoted range is an estimate based on previous driving styles (aka the 'guessometer') isn't it more appropriate to consider what percentage of charge you gained via the two journeys you quoted ? On both occasions you may have gained, for example, 50% of battery charge but...

I don’t spend a lot of time cleaning my car, take it for a wash every couple of months or so, but I totally understand those who do want to spend more time on it. However, I’m not sure that I would ever think about asking a dealer for any cleaning products. I’m pretty sure that anything they...

Hi all, wondering if anyone can help with an iPod connectivity problem. Have had the car about a month, and generally I think the MMCS is OK. It’s no world beater, but I certainly don’t find it as bad as it’s made out to be on these forums. However, one area that I do find poor is the iPod...

My overall average on the 'Manual' trip meter (which I last reset at my last fill up about 300 miles ago) is 2.8, but on individual trips the highest I have yet seen is 3.4. Only had the car a month or so, and expecting those figures to rise as the weather improves.

Within AutomateIt, you need to use the ‘Add Rule’ button to create two new rules: 1. Choose the trigger as ‘Bluetooth Device Connected Trigger’ and select the car’s Bluetooth. Press Next, and then choose the Action as ‘Set WiFi State Action’ and select this as WiFi Disabled. Press the Save...

The PHEV has two trip meters - one called Manual and one called Auto. The Manual one shows data since you last reset it, the Auto resets itself automatically after 4 hours. Therefore, you can't achieve what you want, as you are looking for two versions of the Manual indicator. if you never...

I've had mine about a month, and my daily commute is 13 miles each way. Most of that is urban, and stop/start on a busy dual carriageway, with only a few miles where I can get up to about 60mph. At the moment I am managing to do most of that 26 miles on EV, with just the last few miles on the...

If you can do 25 miles on pure EV, then you'll be doing 7 miles on petrol. Let's assume you get 40mpg for those 7 miles, so you'll be using 0.175 gallons of petrol. If you take your entire journey of 32 miles, and divide by 0.175 gallons, you'll be getting 182 mpg for your full journey there...

Thats true, but like many others my vehicle is leased through a company car scheme, with the low Benefit in Kind tax being a major attraction for company car drivers in the UK. If i was to invest in a set of winter tyres I'd be paying for it myself, whereas any normal tyres which need replaced...

I got a dedicated charging point installed by Jorro, didn't cost me anything as a result of the government grant and the top up from Energy Savings Trust. I got in just before the govt grant was reduced, and the EST funding removed, so if I was doing it now I'd not bother paying for the...

Yeah, it does wash the headlights. The headlight washers also activate when the windscreen washers are used, as long as the headlights are on. Re the main beam / flash, I've found that it only needs a really light pull to make it flash, I usually end up putting the main beam on when all I mean...

Got it sorted, thanks. I was getting confused between the passkey and the passcode, and there actually is an option to change the passkey. I set that to 0000 and the phone connected without a problem. Still seems strange though that the phone tries to connect without asking me to enter a code...

I’m having the same problem, but havent figured out how to change the default passkey in the MMCS from 1212 to 0000. How did you manage to do that as I can’t see anything obvious in the settings ? There is an option to change a passcode, but this is something different to the passkey and looks...