JBChiangRai

I just test drove the MG IM6, it was one down from the top (fast) one. I like its LFP battery chemistry. Massive boot space. The electric button to open the door an inch or so, the display and it’s quiet. I’m not a fan of the ride, it was a bit jiggly and definitely not as good as the BYD Seal AWD. Surprising, considering I understand it’s air suspension. It would be interesting to compare the a BYD Sealion 7. At ฿1.4 million I’m not feeling the value. It’s not very quick, the performance model would fix that but unfortunately it’s NMC battery chemistry and that is a big negative factor for me.

I just set Auto On and Auto Off. The former saves time as it’s ready to engage Drive when you sit down and bypasses the delay from pressing start to being able to drive. Auto Off is largely redundant as I will continue to manually switch off, but it’s good to know it’s there if I forget.

My daughter got an MX125 at 14 years old. Before getting it I took her down to government hospital and we walked around the trauma ward. Afterwards I asked the nurse how many of the 15 or so beds were motorbike accidents and she said “all of them”. My daughter was told if she was caught with no helmet she would lose the bike for 3 days, 2nd offence would 3 weeks and 3rd offence the bike would be sold. We got to 3 days only. When she was 16 she got a new Kawasaki Ninja 400. That was 7 years ago, we still have it, it’s done 10,000km only (for sale if anyone wants it). I just had it serviced and new tyres put on it, the technician told me from the tyre wear she never leans it or corners fast. I got her a car as soon as she was old enough to drive it legally. Girls are mostly different. They want to show off how nice and top of the range their ride is. Boys unfortunately want to show off their high speed riding skills and don’t seem to appreciate the danger. Three times she came home from school to tell me a boy had died on his motorcycle. I don’t know what I would do if I had boys, but I’m sure it would involve everything I’ve already done and as long as possible professional riding instruction. I would also test his riding with a hidden tracker on the bike.

Would I be right in assuming you had 2 air cons in the one bed apartment? Did you run them both 24/7? It's possible you could achieve that number of units if you did. You really need to see those PEA/MEA bills (not to verify the rate unless the landlord's rate is not mentioned, but to verify the readings), you need to speak to AirBnB, presumably your bill has come via them and you need to tell them you dispute the meter readings (and the rate if he didn't specify one). The landlord is likely to respond that he no longer has them if he's cheating you, be ready for that, with a copy of any of his bills you can probably get the history loaded into an app and see the meter readings on reading days.

Check your T’s and C’s and see what it says about electricity. if it doesn’t say anything then you can ask to see the PEA/MEA bills and pay that, involve Airbnb in the process. Checking the bills will also enable you to tell whether the opening reading was accurate or an old one. You have uses 8,080 kwhrs, 7 baht per unit is not exceptional in a rented property, there are some people here paying a lot more than that in a housing estate.

Take a look at BYD, MG and GEELY.

Thanks I’ll turn on Auto Power On, I’m undecided about auto power off

There’s a world of difference in performance in those cars compared to the MG4 X-Power. The massive uptake in EV’s over the last 2 years, people are turning away from Honda and Toyota, that says a lot.

The MG4 doesn’t have auto on, you’ll have to pump the brake pedal and quite often you have to wait for a few seconds and do it again. The auto Off feature is mostly great on the MG4, where it’s a bit of a pain is if you’re wanting to unload the car. My daughters come back from Chiang Mai and the car is loaded to the guns with dogs and stuff. On my BYD, I found a pin to start option, but I didn’t find the auto start, but I like the idea of getting into the car and it’s already on.

And I get that, but I don’t think we should be putting obstacles or confusion in the way of people considering an EV. Your article came from an organization who stand to make money if you don’t use your granny charger every day, their entire business is installing wall and similar charge points. I disagree with their statement .

My Mercedes E350e only came with one charger, a granny charger. No other charger was offered or available. Granny chargers are not for emergencies, they can be used every day and indeed are. AI doesn’t always get it right (I’m guessing your quote was from AI). Most wall chargers don’t have load balancing for example and granny chargers have the same safety features as some wall chargers, some even have more (heat sensing in the plugs).

We had an MG EP+ and currently have the MG4. Never a fault on any of them. I think MG’s reputation is historic and related to their combustion engine cars. I have the BYD Seal too, just as reliable as the MG’s.

Would you also have the plug, wiring, fuses, etc. checked by a professional before plugging in a 3Kw hairdryer? or a 2.5Kw kettle? The granny charger draws 2.2kw, 10amps on a 220v, 16amp, less than 2/3rds of the socket's rated capacity and is designed to be safe in a domestic environment. I think sometimes the advice given here is over the top, we should all be reasonable in our advice especially to potentially new EV owners where we can confuse them, case in point @Yodarapper If the granny charger instructions say you have the plug, wiring, fuses, etc. checked by a professional before use then do it. If any electrical appliance says have the plug, wiring, fuses, etc. checked by a professional before use, then do so. The granny charger instructions don't say this, so don't advise it. I am a landlord, and if someone plugged in something designed for a 16amp socket and something went wrong, it would be my responsibility and I'd fix it straight away.

Is there a diode in each panel preventing back flow?

I have a friend with the MG 4 X power, and she can only charge at fast chargers and she loves the car. One of my tenants has a BYD Seal Premium, and despite the fact I fitted a 40 amp breaker so he could have the charger fitted he hasn’t bothered, he only charges with the granny charger And it doesn’t bother him at all, mostly it charges up less than overnight. Charging Overnight will typically give you an extra 45% so unless you’re doing more than 200km per day you won’t have a problem. Your rented Property should be able to accept the granny charger, I personally wouldn’t check it. I would just plug it in and use it, and if there’s a problem, I would report it to your landlord as it’s his responsibility to fix it. Sockets are rated at 16amps, if it won’t sustain that it’s the landlord’s problem. You can also buy plugin chargers on Lazada that are switchable up to 16amps (3.6Kw) though to be fair I would only run it at 13 amps (2.9kw) .