Highest mileage MG4 owner

[Tuareg]

Braking also adds to tyre wear, hard braking even more. Deceleration creates the same friction forces as equivalent acceleration forces. Sure, a car will experience more acceleration than deceleration through braking but it all adds up to tyre wear.

 

[Joningy]

Braking also adds to tyre wear, hard braking even more. Deceleration creates the same friction forces as equivalent acceleration forces. Sure, a car will experience more acceleration than deceleration through braking but it all adds up to tyre wear.

You are spot on Tuareg, to hear somebody say regen braking has minimal effect, it definitely has a direct effect, if your body can feel the deceleration as with regen left on the default 'high' setting, it definitely will have a considerable impact.

I reckon the important order of wear is.

1. Rapid acceleration, but predominantly on the drive axle.
2. Hard cornering, especially roundabouts will affect all tyre wear.
3.Hard braking, will affect all tyres.
4. Regenerative braking, wiil only affect the drive axle, my Trophy LR, is wearing poorly, especially the rear (drive axle) I may make 11000 miles if I'm careful.
Probably missed something

I knew all EV's are heavy on tyre wear, but I wasn't expecting it to be this poor.
My guess is it's the cheap crap tyres fitted from new, that said it's a great inexpensive car.

 

[ReintjeWA]

My guess is it's the cheap crap tyres fitted from new, that said it's a great inexpensive car.

Which tyres did the car come with and what are your tread depths and mileage ? Might be interesting for others to compare now and later.

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

You are spot on Tuareg, to hear somebody say regen braking has minimal effect, it definitely has a direct effect, if your body can feel the deceleration as with regen left on the default 'high' setting, it definitely will have a considerable impact.

I reckon the important order of wear is.

1. Rapid acceleration, but predominantly on the drive axle.
2. Hard cornering, especially roundabouts will affect all tyre wear.
3.Hard braking, will affect all tyres.
4. Regenerative braking, wiil only affect the drive axle, my Trophy LR, is wearing poorly, especially the rear (drive axle) I may make 11000 miles if I'm careful.
Probably missed something

I knew all EV's are heavy on tyre wear, but I wasn't expecting it to be this poor.
My guess is it's the cheap crap tyres fitted from new, that said it's a great inexpensive car.

All of the above but the biggest factor is WEIGHT. (AND a heavy right foot)
#Guilty As Charged#

The small contact patches on each corner of my car are already putting up with 450kgs stood still.

That's a lot.

Then throw in all that they are asked to do in the course of the lifetime of the tyre, and I'm staggered that some folk can get 30k out of them!

Deeply impressive IMO.

I can't.

But then I do like to give her a good seeing too on a regular basis.

That will definitely impact the life of my TYRES!

 

[Everest]

All of the above but the biggest factor is WEIGHT.

... not surprising everyone is complaining about decreased range after indulging over Christmas too

 

[spence7788]

Impressive! I searched online for MG front pads last weekend and only found one UK supplier, price £260 a set but if they last nearly 90k miles then good .
Have you found a maintenance instruction manual for the MG4?

Yeah, I've used that particular dealer (assuming B&G) a few times for diff oil / washer / plugs etc. as the parts guy really is spot on (after more local dealers had no interest in supplying parts) but I rang a couple of dealers just to double check pad / disc prices & they were all the same.

From memory without checking properly they were all the same, standard MG pricing, its getting on for around £800 for OEM Disc / Pads parts only + the labour, the price I suppose for them not selling alot!

I used MG/MG4 Accessories and Parts Store | Sell only the best! |MGTITAN for both sets of pads, they took a few weeks to arrive, I was slightly sceptical but they arrived well wrapped, 100% genuine SAIC so was very impressed at a fraction of the cost, Discs I knew I wasn't keeping the car too much longer so I cross-referenced part No's & found some Febi Bilstein (Audi) Discs all around for around £100 all in! (if anyone wants these I can find out)

I must add though, the front's 100% didn't need changing once I got them off properly & had a good look at them, as Macadoodle has mentioned somewhere I recall the design of the rear's isn't great & doesn't allow a full sweep of the rear discs unless your stamping on them & even then I don't think they contact properly.

Wear wise I reckon they could have done nearer 200k, the rears would have possibly been an MOT fail due to pitting / corrosion. For me I couldn't chance waiting weeks for a taxi MOT re-test, however they very well might have passed although I can see some needing changed at 3 years & the first MOT.

 

[Joningy]

All of the above but the biggest factor is WEIGHT.

The small contact patches on each corner of my car are already putting up with 450kgs stood still.

That's a lot.

Then throw in all that they are asked to do in the course of the lifetime of the tyre, and I'm staggered that some folk can get 30k out of them!

Deeply impressive IMO.

I can't.

But then I do like to give her a good seeing too on a regular basis.

That will definitely impact the life of my TYRES!

I agree Bricktop, £30K+ miles seems to be extraordinarily high for any EV.

My tyres are Bridgestone Turanza 235/45/R18 T006EV, original tread depth according to Bridgestone is 6.5mm, my remaining tread depth is 3.5mm above the Tread Wear Indicator (TWI), so although it looks bad, it's actually better than I was thinking, So it looks like the rear tyres are half worn, I'll be much more pleased to get nearer to 15,000 miles from the rears!

What car say this.

"Findings reveal that EVs' tyres wear out on average 67% more quickly than those of ICE cars. Measured over 30,000 miles or three years of driving, an EV will have an average of 5.3 tyres changed, while an ICE car will have 3.6 replacements."

Almost certainly, it means individual tyres and It’s not clear if that figure includes replacing damaged tyres, again I'd guess it does!

Which tyres did the car come with and what are your tread depths and mileage ? Might be interesting for others to compare now and later.

I've replied to Bricktop, but I'll post again here if it helaps others find it!

I agree Bricktop, £30K+ miles seems to be extraordinarily high for any EV.

My tyres are Bridgestone Turanza 235/45/R18 T006EV, original tread depth according to Bridgestone is 6.5mm, my remaining tread depth is 3.5mm above the Tread Wear Indicator, so although it looks bad, it's actually better than I was thinking, So it looks like the rear tyres are half worn

What car say this.

"Its findings reveal that EVs' tyres wear out on average 67% more quickly than those of ICE cars. Measured over 30,000 miles or three years of driving, an EV will have an average of 5.3 tyres changed, while an ICE car will have 3.6 replacements."

Almost certainly, it means individual tyres and It’s not clear if that figure includes replacing damaged tyres, again I'd guess it does!

 

[Tight Git]

Had 35k miles from my original 17 inch Continentals on my SE SR - rears down to 2mm and fronts about 3mm.

A heavy right foot on brake and accelerator is by far the biggest factor in wear.

 

[Joningy]

Braking also adds to tyre wear, hard braking even more. Deceleration creates the same friction forces as equivalent acceleration forces. Sure, a car will experience more acceleration than deceleration through braking but it all adds up to tyre wear.

Spot on Touraeg, Got me thinking, I'll leave the car in the garage and get my EV bike out, but second thoughgts, it's effin cold on a bike, we live too remote... I'll pay the money

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Had 35k miles from my original 17 inch Continentals on my SE SR - rears down to 2mm and fronts about 3mm.

A heavy right foot on brake and accelerator is by far the biggest factor in wear.

I'll get my coat.

 

[Tight Git]

I'll get my coat.

It's great to enjoy what you have and I would as well - I did have a Porsche a couple of years ago!

It's only an issue when people use it fully and then are surprised when the tyres are worn out in 10,000 miles! Back in the day I would never get more than about 15k out of the front tyres on a diesel car .

 

[Macadoodle]

Back in the day I would never get more than about 15k out of the front tyres on a diesel car .

Me too, 20k was the best I could do with the fronts on a 2.0 tdi Leon estate I had before the MG.

I've driven 'with spirit' in the 30k I've covered in the MG so far, made use of the crisp handling on the twisty roads in this area and quite often have to apply a dab of opposite lock leaving roundabouts - traffic conditions permitting.

The original rear conti's were replaced at 25k ( they were down to the max wear indicators though )
The front conti's are still legal at 30k and will probably make 35.

So no, I don't get the 'EV's eat tyres' argument, you can abuse your tyres in any vehicle.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

I had a "lowered " mini metro many years ago. Hydro elastic suspension used to leak so ran on the bump stops with the tyres taking all the suspension movement , twisty, bumpy, country road commute with it sticking to the road like glue, saw new tyres every 8000 miles, Loads of fun at 15 quid each corner. Quick pump up for the MOT.

 

[Joningy]

Me too, 20k was the best I could do with the fronts on a 2.0 tdi Leon estate I had before the MG.

I've driven 'with spirit' in the 30k I've covered in the MG so far, made use of the crisp handling on the twisty roads in this area and quite often have to apply a dab of opposite lock leaving roundabouts - traffic conditions permitting.

The original rear conti's were replaced at 25k ( they were down to the max wear indicators though )
The front conti's are still legal at 30k and will probably make 35.

So no, I don't get the 'EV's eat tyres' argument, you can abuse your tyres in any vehicle.

Ditto on the opposite lock more than once Macadoodle, it's a fun car to drive that's for certain, long while since I had decent power to the rear wheels.

 

[Koops]

Index of /MG4/Manuals

Wow, what a great resource: as a fairly technically capable person, this gives me more confidence that I can keep my MG4 going at reasonable cost if I di decide to keep it long term