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Hi Ian Are these and the stud cover still available? Cheers Duncan

Do they do anything more than wash the car? :confused: Seriously though, this should not have left the factory in that state. What other safety critical systems are being left liable to fail by assembly issues?

There's two separate issues here: You can reject a car very easily in the first month, and this defect would allow it. After one month the dealer has to be given the opportunity to rectify the car which appears simple. There's still no explanation for why the braking failed entirely, if it...

Always good advice, it'll throw an airbag error at very least.

That's fairly standard.

plus the "handbrake" (emergency for any US readers) brake, unless they are counting that as the second system.

There's two different failure modes for the lubricant, either age/mileage or debris from manufacturing. The former may be as high as 60,000 miles, but the latter will be mainly in the first 1,000. If you intend keeping the car long term an early change is probably a worthwhile investment.

It's a big issue with Nissan LEAF where likewise it's not a service item. Obviously different design/manufacturing processes etc, but it gets horrible after a few years or 20,000 miles. A replacement gearbox is ~ £2k, oil £20 + 20 minutes labour.

Have you checked the state of the Control Pilot pins in the Ohme plug and the MG's socket? A clean with contact cleaner could help as would checking for debris.

Sorry to see you (and your sense of humour) go. I think that you have made the correct decision. But sadly I don't think that MGUK or SAIC care. :confused:

Awesome bit of work. As the poster on the French site says, it'll be even better when he has cut and replaced the engine cover. 22 litres is a useful bit of storage, and the fact that it has a lid is good. £13 from IKEA UK. Only downside for me is that my support structure is different to...

Your discharging whilst driving was at closer to 15kW so much slower than a Rapid charger. I'm surprised that it was so far out.

Strictly my EVSE is a ProjectEV/Growatt one but it is in "dumb" mode, all of the control is done by the old style Ohme lead sitting in the middle following instructions from Octopus via Ohme. Personally I haven't gone for an Ohme charge point as they don't fully support solar, which the...

The obvious solution is to raise much needed tax revenue by reinstating the "fuel price escalator/fuel price stabiliser" and including the deferred rises from previous years.

I have a pre-facelift MG5 and am on Intelligent Octopus using a Type 2 to Type 2 Ohme lead. This varies the charge rate regularly throughout charging both suspending the charge and varying the rate. I'd assume that it uses the same technique but don't know for sure, but can confirm that it works.