Recent content by MG4JP

In my case, the high consumption is due to the heating being on. I've discussed here before how much this eats away the battery. Most of my mileage is urban and I never go above 100km/h on the motorway anyway.

I was very surprised to see various new facelifted MG4's being unloaded this morning from a truck, here at my local MG dealer (it's near the place where I work). Saw a couple of new colours and also noticed that the 18'' aluminium wheels are new and looked very nice from a glance (the cars did...

First post updated, with January's data: PeriodDistance (km)Efficiency (kWh/100km)Average Speed (km/h)Up Time January 2026143418.7 (3.32 mi/kWh)3243:39 Current overall combined efficiency, after 31,432 km: 15.4 kWh/100km (4.03 mi/kWh)

First and foremost, Happy New Year, everyone! First post updated, with December's data: PeriodDistance (km)Efficiency (kWh/100km)Average Speed (km/h)Up Time December 2025237017.1 (3.63 mi/kWh)4551:50 Current overall combined efficiency, after 30,024 km: 15.2 kWh/100km (4.08 mi/kWh)...

I'm not entirely sure I'm getting what you're trying to say, especially because you refer to "Continental PremiumContact" in general. As far as I know, there are at least two versions of the PremiumContact: the numbered ones ("5", "6", etc.) and then there's the "C". I can buy both the numbered...

By far, the car outperforms the tyre in that regard. I can agree with that, but only up to a point. Maybe I'm just being naif, but I wasn't expecting a well-known brand delivering such bad tyres, worst than unbranded ones. And I do question if the bad reputation the brands get for this is worth...

And yet it was you who brought it up. ;) Well, you can buy them in Europe, that's for sure.

Sure, of course. But it's much more than just that: these are downright terrible, regardless of the brand or origin. There are Chinese branded tyres out there much better than these ones (and costing 1/3 of the price). Again, these tyres have no place in such a car and no serious tyre brand...

Why are you pointing this out?

Today's post is not about consumptions but rather tyres, as last week I went and replaced all four of them. Looking back, I have never felt 100% safe while on the original tyres (Continental PremiumContact C 215/50 R17 95V). Ever since I received the car (in the summer of '24) it always felt...

Thank you so much for this! By the way, the guy on the video in post 10 doesn't show it exactly because he broke the tabs (he explains that in the video, which is in Spanish). This was the second person I've seen that had trouble with this and broke the tabs. Which is weird, because your...

I have a question for you all: did you find it difficult to open the compartment that gives access to the filter? I gave it a quick try but immediately felt I was doing something wrong... I wasn't getting anywhere and got the impression I was about to break those plastic tabs/fins.

Glad you're enjoying it. Thank you.

First post updated, with November's data: PeriodDistance (km)Efficiency (kWh/100km)Average Speed (km/h)Up Time November 2025243216.6 (3.74 mi/kWh)4260:00 Current overall combined efficiency, after 27,653 km: 15.1 kWh/100km (4.12 mi/kWh). Two notes for this month: November brought...

I don't see it adding any extra stress, as the fan system isn't measuring any pressure. Maybe you'll end up with a bit less air flow for the same fan speed than before, but honestly I'd guess the difference to not be noticeable. Also, a recent video of someone placing both filters: