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Thanks all. After speaking to the dealership that sold the car to me, they are replacing the grill free of charge. Initial attempt to press it back in worked, but then it popped out again during the day, whilst the car was stationary. Following that, the trim wouldn't stay in.

Good Morning. Your range does seem rather low. The car weighs in at 2500kgs and with a 95kw battery I would expect more. My Etron GT has a 93kw battery and weighing 2300kgs I get a range of about 240-250. Not the 305 they advertise.

Thanks, that is what I was trying to understand. It didn't seem likely to me that the thermostat would cause the fans to come on. The temperature guage appears to be working normally, it drops to the lowest reading when the engine is cold and rises to about 70 within the first 10 minutes of driving and then stays there - It doesn't behave erratically or jump around. On the cheap bluetooth obd scanner, it shows the coolant temp at the same temp the dash says. I don't have an infra red meter unfortunately, but when I get a chance I was planning on running the car from cold and feeling the hose from the thermostat to the radiator to try and see if it slowly warms up which I believe would suggest the thermostat is stuck open?

Hi nice to find another member that knows their fuel, I learned this long ago from a petro chemist I had in my cab, cetane / octane use of additives can only do more good than harm as they in moderation increase both, its all about increasing thermal burn rate which in real terms actually means lowing it down so it burns more efficiently leaving less unburnt fuel, more bang for your buck, supermarket fuel is blended down using fillers and detergent this gives more volume to the saleable amount IE 20000 litres is increased by 20%, but because detergent is water based it burns far less efficiently leaving more unburnt fuel and moisture which leaves all that sticky tar in the EGR valves on petrol and diesel, further problem being nearly all engines are direct injection so the recycled gas tends to coat the inlet valve backs therefore more sticky gunge in the stream will eventually exacerbate the problem, good dry efficient burn is good, sticky wet moisture laden bad burn is not. Steve.

Hi All, In the UK, all petrol and diesel come from only a handful of refineries; Immingham, Fawley, Grangemouth, and a couple others. All petrol stations (branded and supermarket) share the same 'base' fuel and add their own additives. The things that cost 'more' money are the additives they add (cost money to develop), and the octane / cetane content. I have Fuelpecker and now WEX, so generally always use ESSO. I also use Millers additive which supposedly adds Octane. I've used supermarket fuel before (and still do on occasion), and for some strange reason, Morrisons fuel has always caused my car to hesitate from time to time, so i do stay away from that if i can. If they are using the same 'base' fuel, it makes me wonder if Morrisons, or other supermarkets reduce what they add to the base fuel (octane/cetane/additives)? Thanks, Joe