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I hope everyone has renewed their tax by now. Then the next renewal date will be 1st March 2026. Now, because of the current political and government financial situation, the Chancellor, (aka Rachel from accounts ;) ), in the autumn budget, MAY review the Vehicle Excise Duty and increase it...

The reason my valves were replaced was because my set of wheels were in for powder coating, so had to be striped back to bear metal, cleaned and eventually baked to give the wheels their new look. So I had to have new valves. But I agree, if its only fitting a new tyre or a repair, there is no...

I'm no techi, and I think I've misunderstood what the garage did when my wheels were changed. First the garage kept the sensors for the wheels. This I understand are the ones that were on the wheels originally. The valves screw or attach to the sensor in some way, and apparently there is more...

See my comments here from an earlier post. I'll find out what valves my garage fitted. They charged me £10 per valve.

Here's my thoughts, partly as an "insider" but from 30 to 40 years ago. As an employee we had discounts of 25% on new car RRP. Garages were happy to work with manufacturers like this as they still made 10% - 15% on the sale, plus it added to their "sales incentive" schemes or targets for...

I will be checking after the service work is done. I'm currently on R59 (see above). I've been warned that the dealer may try charging me for non service campaign upgrades. A straight move to S/W R63 is not a service campaign, but because of the other issues I’d like fixed, it may happen by...

I have a similar issue too See my posts here My car is in for its first service next month and MG Europe are suggesting that my problem is with the TBOX, (telematic module?) I'll wait and see what happens then.

Thanks for the warning STG, yes the "gate keeper" is at Paul Rigby Redditch. I've requested 5 things for them to do, and they've already had an email from MG Europe regarding my "TBOX" (telematics box?). I think this is the thing that upset the "gate keeper" at service reception. :mad:

Thanks Siteguru, (y) I'll report back in April after the first service and see what improvements and corrections have ben applied.

Thanks Ian, Salty, MG Clive, (y)(y)(y) The black badge on light blue makes a nice contrast. The wheels are standard and have been powder coated white. I couldn’t justify all new alloys and possibly tyres too, but I remembered some rally cars from the 80's had white wheels and looked smart. I...

Thanks Siteguru for that. Is this a Service Campaign update, and can I ask for this as a FOC service update? I've already logged my"concerns" about the AirCon readings/settings with the "gate keeper" at the service reception, so I'm hoping to get positive response from the dealer.

I'm black MG badge, white wheels and "Fangs" :cool:

Hi siteguru, Current S/W is SW168-29958-1300R59 Not now I know how to turn off the BT pairing on my phone! :rolleyes: If there are any S/W changes that I might benefit from, are there any that give a realistic readout of set temperature for the AirCon? Mine is set to 26C but the "feels like"...

Here's my experience: I've had my wheels repainted (powder coated), so all wheels off, and new TPMS valves. Now, I don’t know what make of valves the garage used, and I was dreading having warning lights and error messages, but all I had to do was drive slowly ie 30mph max for a short distance...

That I'm not sure, I'm no techi, so I'll read the forum here and come back to you. Only that my phone "somehow" now connects to the car. So as happened recently, I received a call while near the car (10-15 yards away) but couldn’t hear anything, the call was in the car!! (Yes, I know, some...