0:45 I can appreciate your comment - my Ioniq went in for some warranty work and the garage gave me a Peugeot 3008 diesel manual as a courtesy car. Fine (although I loath SUVs) but I'd not driven a manual for 20 years! Manoeuvring out of their tight car park could have been very expensive! 😆

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

6 күн бұрын

That’s a long time to go without manual practice! I managed ok but I did keep clipping my feet together when I used the clutch and brake at the same time. I think the Corsa’s pedals are especially close together as I’m only a size 8

@FFVoyager

5 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech I ride manual motorcycles - but prefer to drive automatic cars.

I really enjoyed this series of videos, Oliver. My wife and I are looking at getting an EV and the Corsa-e was on the list for a runaround 👍

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

Thank you and I'm glad it was useful. I'd probably not recommend the Corsa-e goes on your shortlist though. At least not until Vauxhall more publicly acknowledge there being a known fault and maybe put it out to a recall.

The trilogy continues, box set incomming.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

The power of three!

@BrianWrenn

22 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech RWD or long range 😉

honestly, im one of the people that has had it fully stop on the motorway, most recently 3 days ago, it fixed itself after half an hour powered off, but much like you said, I'm not sure have faith in it anymore. I'm likely going to call up the place I got my lease from ask ask if there is a way I can swap the car for a more reliable one, even at a reduced loan amount (EVs have dropped a fair bit in the last year) . the corsa has been great, its wicked to drive, nippy and agile and smooth, but it just has too many electrical gremlins

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

22 күн бұрын

Yeah it was a lovely car to drive and gave us 44k brilliant miles. And then it went sour on us. I'm glad we didn't have it full stop on us and I hope you were ok!

@Mobile_Dom

22 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech we were fine, but it happened 20 meters before the entry of Dartford tunnel, breaking down in the tunnel would have been devastatingly terrifying for the passengers

When ours had this same problem just over year ago, it took 7.5 months to get it back from the dealer. We had to SORN it as it was still with them as the car reached its 3rd birthday. We finally got it back in January, and it's been fine since. The one plus side was that the loan car was a Corsa electric and we ran up over 7,000 miles on it, so it made our own Corsa a relatively low mileage model.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

21 күн бұрын

I'm glad it's all fixed, I hope it stays that way for you!

thank you for sharing the story. did you note the faulty AC compresssor part number and was it different after replacement? it is common issue in corsa-e and Opel dealer in Poland wants 2000 gbp for new AC compressor after the warranty, Opel community discovered it is a faulty Valeo compressor made in China but PSA did not make any official service recall.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

10 күн бұрын

I didn't check sorry, with hindsight I probably should have to make a note for others but it's too late now.

Peugeot dealership being from the PSA group are no better. They are ready to take your money but their workmanship is dire. We had a massive software up just before the end of our warranty which caused other issues that the local garage says were unrelated 🤡 Stellantis are no good at electrification. We are looking at an Ionic 6 now with a 7 year warranty or possibly a Model Y LR with a 5 year warranty.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

The Ionic 6 is getting great reviews, totally different class of car though really in terms of cost and size.

We had a number of faults come up on the dash of our Corsa-e. Traction control, Hill Start Assist, ABS, etc. Took the car into Vauxhall, and they said it was corrosion on a wiring loom located near a rear wheel. Unfortunately, they were on back order, and the car sat at the dealer ship for 2 months. Each week they would give me an update and told me there were 15 other cars in the car park waiting for the same parts.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

21 күн бұрын

Could have been the same thing, sadly I don't think I'll ever find out exactly which wiring loom was replaced now though!

@gavinnoname1424

21 күн бұрын

@SpeakToTheGeekTech I'd imagine it was. For traction control to work, the computer needs to know the speed of each wheel. Apparently, there was an issue with water getting into the connector in the wheel well and corrodes the pins.

@gavinnoname1424

21 күн бұрын

@SpeakToTheGeekTech we've switched to a Jeep Avenger EV now (Although that is basically a Mokka-e/e2008

Your dedication to the cause is admirable, Mr Geek 😊 Jumping back to a known ICE alternative would be for lesser mortals but both feet in for another EV is tenacious, indeed.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

22 күн бұрын

The issue with the car was something that could happen with any type, whether that's ICE or EV. The driving experience, ease of use, and running costs of an EV are just so great that it would take something much more than this to make me go back.

@Biggest-hz7ng

21 күн бұрын

The good news with EVs these days is that there are plenty more fish in the sea (models/manufacturers).

coming to a auction house soon

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

I honestly don’t know where it is right now but I do know from checking the DVLA site that it’s not yet been taxed

@ecoterrorist1402

23 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech ill let you know when it's at BCA.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

I sold it just over a month ago, surely it should have gone through the auctions already and be with a dealer somewhere by now?

@ecoterrorist1402

23 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech nope, takes about 12 weeks on avg,

Smart move. We had the AC compressor go in our Zoe - £1,500 bill. But that just made a lot of noise and thankfully didn't cause any electrical issues. I wonder if it is the same Denso compressor?

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

22 күн бұрын

Too late for me to check now! I didn't even get the promised paperwork from Vauxhall actually - they were supposed to email me a receipt for the work done and parts replaced.

I chatted to a Mokka E owner the other day who said it was so bad at charging he swapped it for a different brand of EV. So many trips on the back of a low loader apparently.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

21 күн бұрын

I didn’t do that many public charges but a good proportion of them failed, I did dread the wait while it said “connecting to vehicle”

Well TC is 2 encoders on 2 wheels (or 4 on 4wd), wires and an ECU or separate box. It is mostly the sensor covered in crap, a dead sensor (knocked off by debris) or the wiring harness (or broken connector). Sure, sometimes a fried circuit, but I would say it's not usual. While there are a lot of problematic things on an EV (e.g. the BMS and software), the TC is literally as complex as an Arduino with a light gate and a disc with holes on it :) .. OK maybe a bit more :) lol.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

22 күн бұрын

I think the reported error was unrelated to TC in real life. My guess is their error detection runs through a list of things and TC is at the end of the list so if the error is unknown, that's what gets displayed! Given other software issues in the car then that sort of poor if/then coding would't surprise me

Oh don’t you just love garages? Sounds like you had the full gamut of reasons for the car not being fixed, apart from “we’ve had to order a special left handed spanner for your car” 😂 How we WBAC price-wise for the e-Corsa? We used them once and they took so much off the price at the “inspection” it was quite annoying

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

I tried to sell via CarWow auction first and it basically didn't sell - there was one offer and it was really low. WBAC was higher, they did knock me down about £700 once they looked at it, but the price was still higher than the CarWow offer so I took it. My replacement car was about to turn up a few days later and I didn't want an overlap.

FRF Vauxhall swansea being rubbish and telling fibs? surely not... Sadly nothing changes there :(

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

22 күн бұрын

I didn't say which dealer it was, I was very careful not to mention it by name ;)

So accepting that your local Vauxhall dealer could have communicated better with you, in hindsight, would it have been better to go straight to them for a fix than the third party repair shop? I imagine the whole thing was very frustrating. My wife had an e2008, 3 year warranty worried me a bit too, Hyundai/Kia much more like it!

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

With hindsight, yes that would have been less hassle to go straight to them. However if you've watched the series from the beginning you'll see that my assumption was Vauxhall would charge a hefty fee to resolve based on what other people with the same fault had mentioned on the speakev forum. Luckily, it seems that their issues actually mean Vauxhall were aware of the issue and had a special-case fund for the repair of it... hindsight is a great thing!

@edwardpickering9006

22 күн бұрын

@SpeakToTheGeekTech Indeed. My Ioniq 5 got rear ended last year, over £5k worth of damage. Insurer (LV) wanted to use a regular repair place but I insisted it went to the local Hyundai dealers bodyshop. Cost another £200 on excess but worth it as paperwork all in place and some additional issues that cropped up were dealt with under the warranty. At least it looks like new now!

Enjoy your Tesla 🥹

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

22 күн бұрын

I'm giving nothin' away!

@oliver90owner

21 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech More likely a Hyundai Kona?🙂

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

21 күн бұрын

@@oliver90owner Well, look, I'm not giving it away because that spoils the fun, but what I will say is that I've already made a video introducing the new car and it'll be made public in a few weeks. For now it's available to channel members as an advance preview: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d59-r8mBYNm1c5M.html

@oliver90owner

21 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech My comment was really in response to the suggestion of a Tesla. I drove a Kona and liked it very much - but there was just not enough boot space at the time.

Audi e-tron GT incoming

@SpeakToTheGeekTech

23 күн бұрын

Methinks you maybe overestimating my means!

@tarkadahl1985

23 күн бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech oi I just got an advert for Galaxy AND eBay, you're rolling in it now 😘

Vauxhall shite enough said