Urbandreamer wrote:James May did a better job of explaining the process, and how easy it would be to design a solution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsKwMryKqRE
McLarens drop the window a bit when the battery gets down to a certan level. Ostensily it is to enable access to the vehicle if the battery goes flat, but my mate says it serves as a reminder to plug the trickle charger back in.
bungeejumper wrote:Of course, if you could get inside the vehicle, you could charge it somewhat more rapidly through your cigar lighter accessory socket. These days, however, I daresay there'll be some inbuilt electronic gatekeeper that'll raise an objection?
TBH most 'cigarette lighters' have only come on with the ignition for many years, certainly since the 1990s with Toyota as I bought a Maplin 'solar charger' for our MR2 and ISTR it didn't work because of this. These days it probably varies as most aren't connected to devices designed to set fire to things.
With the Maserati the one inside the car was switched with the ignition, but not the one in the boot. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be like that though
Paul