11 hours ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

The sticker says "Chihuahua" 

Does that translate as annoying little sh..? 😉 

14 minutes ago, mickywrx said:

Does that translate as annoying little sh..? 😉 

I take it you're not a fan of the smaller dog, then?😀

Small update after now having the car 4 months. Popped out in the car this morning, and being in a hurry forgot to switch off start/stop as is my normal "cockpit check" routine.

Came to the first set of red lights, slipped into neutral, clutch up, the engine kept running and the crossed out A symbol was showing. 

So that didn't take long to find one of the (is it 129?) reasons not to work!😀

 

32 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

(is it 129?) reasons not to work!

114 reasons on your model I believe, but who's counting other than Greta 🤣

Looks like it's time for a new battery and a reset of the BMS just to make sure the Dolphins are safe 🤣🤣

17 hours ago, unofix said:

Looks like it's time for a new battery and a reset of the BMS just to make sure the Dolphins are safe 🤣🤣

We jest, but I wonder how many batteries that were perfectly serviceable (perhaps with the occasional charge) have been binned, and what the environmental cost of disposing of the batteries and manufacturing new ones has been.

In similar vein, I wonder what the balance is between energy saved by "intelligent" charging systems in cars, versus the energy used to top batteries up with a charger, because the cars system is not charging sufficiently?

Back to mine. It was showing 12.42v on the multimeter yesterday (or bang on 80% SOC as per our favourite chart). What a surprise!

Today I set off and deliberately didn't bother to switch off start/stop 'cos I knew it wasn't working yesterday. First set of lights - it worked! 

Giving it a charge anyway!

23 hours ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

Back to mine. It was showing 12.42v on the multimeter yesterday (or bang on 80% SOC as per our favourite chart). What a surprise!

Today I set off and deliberately didn't bother to switch off start/stop 'cos I knew it wasn't working yesterday. First set of lights - it worked! 

Giving it a charge anyway!

So, not having the ultimate charging machine (Maypole😀) used my C-tek MXS 5. Once connected it went to position 4 which is 80% charged so tied in with the meter reading. Took 6 hours to get to position 7 (fully charged) and now reading 13.2v. 

Looks like this car will be very much as per my previous Mk 8 and need occasional top up charges, as my pattern of use, like many other people's, obviously doesn't suit Ford's algorithms!