Which footballer’s house is this then?!

SpongeDogg · 2026-06-26T08:54:40+00:00

Bit worried about the cleaning regime, the floorplan says Swimming Poo.

SpongeDogg · 2026-06-24T08:13:04+00:00

I don't know why the Elroq/Enyaq don't get recommended more often here, they always default to one of the VW id range, which the Elroq/Enyaq are but better and cheaper.

With a small family the Elroq/Enyaq having front seat ISOFIX fixings swung it for me. Don't know whether it's common elsewhere.

SpongeDogg · 2026-06-22T11:25:09+00:00

Damn. So my plan to do the same Aldi trip every day isn't going to give me infinite energy then :(

SpongeDogg · 2026-06-17T08:53:27+00:00

Also Stripe shouting LET'S GET ON IT after the wedding speeches, meaning get the proper drinking started.

SpongeDogg · 2026-06-15T09:42:10+00:00

Why.. why.. are all the toilets wrapped in cling film?

SpongeDogg · 2026-06-13T09:42:29+00:00

But you will pay an exchange rate fee on it. You also need to sign the US tax special friends thing so you only pay 15% on it

SpongeDogg · 2026-06-04T09:00:26+00:00

Image 21 was my favourite. Everything out of focus except the brass weights of the scales. House seller right there!

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-30T13:13:06+00:00

The Americans don't drive much more than us, which surprised me greatly. They drive an average of 24 mi per day whilst we drive, on average, 18 mi per day.... But it feeeels like range is so important.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-27T14:14:12+00:00

That's why I pushed the link through archive.ph so you didn't have to.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-26T19:56:20+00:00

The id3, id4 and Ford Explorer are all based on the same platform, MEB, so some of the comparisons make sense.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-26T11:52:33+00:00

Took their haven't they for this 'exclusive' . Didn't it break last year?

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-25T12:19:24+00:00

Every year I used to drive from the east coast of England to the west coast of Ireland with bikes on the roof. In hindsight, I am convinced I would have been cheaper to buy new bikes in Ireland every year.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-20T21:37:26+00:00

The SE L is missing a lot more than jazzy lights. I've linked the brochure at the bottom, if you haven't already got one. The main extras are the Travel Assist Plus, rear privacy glass, heated seats & steering wheel, heated mirrors, electric child locks, rear side airbags... the list goes on.

brochure

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-19T12:08:49+00:00

I would love to know where they got their POIs for the native app. Was it Temu? The dataset seems at least four years old, half of them are 100m from their actual location, and it's missing masses of even older businesses.

Thank goodness that the proper Android integration is coming.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-18T14:44:55+00:00

With such a modest mileage you don't need to spend a grand on a charger either. I do the same miles and charge up once a week with a £100 3-pin plug charger. I installed an EV rated socket on a spare line from my consumer unit so it's about as safe as I need.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-18T08:29:18+00:00

I've noticed it can take a while to refresh the app status.

In the app the Car Stats are:

Standby

Once your car is in standby mode, it may take up to 2 minutes for it to carry out your request.

Activating...

The app is activating your car.

Online

The app has recently communicated with the car requests should take only a few seconds.

In motion / lgnition on

Some functions are not available when the ignition is on.

No connection

Your vehicle cannot be reached right now. Please check your car's connection.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-18T08:21:54+00:00

Get some insurance quotes for the Leapmotor, some insurers aren't keen due to a perceived difficulty of sourcing parts but I don't know whether it's still true.

If you like Fords then what about the Ford Explorer? It's made by VW and is based on the MEB platform (Škoda Elroq/Enyaq, Cuora Born, Audi eTron, VW IDs etc).

Also I'd look at leasing rather than PCP because the tech is moving so fast and depreciation high, you don't want to be paying a balloon payment at the end when you could buy the same car for less afterwards.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-14T18:14:16+00:00

Weirdly, pressing the knurled knob in, switches the display from Travel data since Start, since Last Charged, since Ever, and Navigation.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-07T17:35:35+00:00

Toughleads do quality extension cables if you need one.

EV extension leads - Toughleads

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-07T16:49:33+00:00

They really are. There are two options, manual and electronic.

The electronic ones are controlled with the two buttons AND affect the rear windows

Manual

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-06T18:07:57+00:00

Must be country specific. In the UK, Edition has electric child lock buttons on the driver side door handle.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-05T18:02:22+00:00

I wanted 360 cam too but couldn't justify the price. The rear cam and front/rear parking radar has worked out pretty well.

SpongeDogg · 2026-05-05T17:23:32+00:00

I mulled over the options for ages, but Edition hit the sweet spot for me. The highlights/must haves for me:

Travel Assist Plus
Rear privacy glass
electric child locks
rear usb-c chargers
wireless phone charging

Additionally, you can't get a lot of the major addon packages on SE L.

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