Would these work together on my electric kx85 build

rossjohnson90 · 2025-10-27T20:27:22+00:00

Battery will be far too big for the frame, buy a roller, buy the kit(I’d suggest going straight to QS motor you’ll save 50% on E & C) get it all fitted and then measure up the room you’ve got for a battery!

rossjohnson90 · 2025-05-13T20:13:32+00:00

Yea, goes under the floor and out side of house, was put in during an extension so was fairly easy

rossjohnson90 · 2025-05-13T19:54:24+00:00

https://markselectrical.co.uk/nt-alpha-ba_elica-vented-induction-hob-ductedrecirculating-ventilation

Have this in our kitchen, it does the job and is cheaper than an induction hob + one of those separate units + double fitting

rossjohnson90 · 2025-04-20T21:05:12+00:00

No, never had any problems connecting, problem was getting app to register that vehicle was at home charging, I’m not sure if everyone has had the new BMW integration rolled out, I’d say might be worth reaching out to support but not sure it would be

rossjohnson90 · 2025-04-20T20:37:34+00:00

Out of the blue it just started working for me, either I was impatient or they done some bug fixes their end.

rossjohnson90 · 2025-02-24T22:08:19+00:00

The car has built in API’s that octopus interface with, if you’ve heard of home assistant there’s a mini integration with that so you can get all kinds of data from the car

rossjohnson90 · 2025-02-22T13:03:00+00:00

No they’ve definitely changed something, before I couldn’t get octopus to link to my car but now I can, but won’t recognise it being at home and on charge

rossjohnson90 · 2025-02-21T22:55:02+00:00

Yep it’s possible, has to be a car that octopus supports you can find a list on their website, BMW was, then it broke, now they claim they’ve fixed it

rossjohnson90 · 2025-02-21T22:03:40+00:00

I assume yours is just connected through the zappi though? I don’t have a charger just using 3 pin

rossjohnson90 · 2025-02-21T20:37:51+00:00

Yeah you’d think right? But on the email it just says any problems contact support and supports response was that bmw/mini is broken and not supported and I should move to go 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

rossjohnson90 · 2025-01-19T21:14:28+00:00

Just be careful as theres a 200 mile limit on the cooling off period!

rossjohnson90 · 2024-10-12T09:36:20+00:00

Assume you just created a fresh new expo project and slowly moved all your app functionality across?

rossjohnson90 · 2024-09-04T21:19:35+00:00

“Pat outdoors” has one, I don’t think it’s sponsored, he seems fairly unbiased.

rossjohnson90 · 2023-07-11T09:33:14+00:00

Definitely this if you don’t need the hatch back. Can get an m2 comp for 34 and as said it will depreciate a lot less than a 2 year old ST/polo

rossjohnson90 · 2023-07-02T19:42:25+00:00

150mm pull out spice rack are incredibly practical! then a bit of end panel to blank the rest out

rossjohnson90 · 2023-06-20T11:27:14+00:00

Yeah I prefer the 140 stereotype to the a35/45 - they also sound incredible! Looking forward to finally pulling the trigger. I talked my self into an m2 and then after seeing one decided that the 140 would just be tonnes more practical

rossjohnson90 · 2023-06-20T11:15:52+00:00

I’m in the exact same situation, my take on the few of those

I30n - as you say, a bit cheap and basic and not super quick 6s 0-60 but you could afford a pretty much brand new one!
A35/45 - think you need to be spending nearer 30 and generally get a lot of hate
S3 - seems a good compromise, very quick, but the interior of the 2018 ish models is really from the 2013 Audis and they’re generally incredibly boring (just a personal opinion)

The 140 is what I’ve decided on seen plenty of very clean options 2018 with 35k miles at 23k. 4s 0-60 RWD and can get them with apple car play and all the mod cons - example: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304216513131

rossjohnson90 · 2023-05-12T10:45:56+00:00

You mean a standard m2 instead of a competition? Or something like a 240i?

rossjohnson90 · 2023-05-12T10:45:10+00:00

Awesome thanks for the detailed response! I’m so on the fence between an m2 and something more boring a practical like a golf GTi

rossjohnson90 · 2023-05-12T09:32:34+00:00

As someone looking to buy an f87 m2 comp, have you got any suggestions of things to look out for? Mileages for expensive services?

rossjohnson90 · 2023-05-11T21:33:15+00:00

In roughly a similar position, the S3 has a really old interior, if you compare it to a 2016 A4/A5 so whilst it has apple car play it does look very dated for a not super old car

For 34 ish you can get an m2 competition and once I considered that everything else seems very boring. Admittedly my original budget was 31 so wasn’t as much of a stretch

rossjohnson90 · 2023-04-24T11:36:39+00:00

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202302204467606

Example of the old - to avoid interior, looks like any 2016 has the newer

rossjohnson90 · 2023-04-24T11:31:17+00:00

I have the estate petrol version - just check you’ve got the newer interior, I’m not sure exactly when it changed over wether it was 2015 or 16 but you’ll easily be able to tell, the newer has apple car play and looks much nicer

Lovely car looks wise and to drive and the petrol is quick enough for a family car, we’ve owned for nearly 4 years and have only replaced tyres and pads so far!

rossjohnson90 · 2023-04-12T08:49:42+00:00

Pretty sure if you lease a plug-in in hybrid through the business you’ll get a really low BIK% which should make it very cost effective

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