Recent content by Paulie68

I'm sure they "officially" get put in the scrap metal skip out back, with all the other scrap, worn brake discs, old control arms and such. In reality, one of the techs probably has himself a nice set of slightly corroded wheels to use and/or renovate. ;) Reminds me of years ago when I...

I second this as the most likely cause.

Great job the OP has done there, well done. As for colour coding, there's no rhyme or reason to most 12V car wiring! Mind you, I retired from my first occupation as an electrician back in 1994, and still can't get over the fact they switched 240V mains wiring from red & black, to brown & blue...

Just had a look at the MGS6 whilst getting my 5 serviced today. My review of it. Well it looks pretty large, appears to be of exceptional build quality with a lovely interior and a nice (none opening) panoramic glass roof. In the flesh, still looks very generic and dull to my taste though.

Ha! Well tried again and now it's sending over a code, so issue solved. :)

Anyone else getting the same issue as this? And if so, how to resolve it. My app stated the token had expired, or some such nonsense, 1 year on from getting the car, and I needed to log in again. I have, of course, forgotten the password I set a year back. No problem I thought, just click on...

Not so sure about that, having actually done an EV conversion and knowing the work involved to do it properly, no one is doing conversions commercially for £15k. Unless you just mean that's the labour cost. Parts alone to do it properly are going to run well over £10k. Whilst I do think that...

The Scenic is a handsome car too, MG could take some lessons from that type of styling, rather than the curvy generic blob route they're on now.

Did you mean the IM6? The IM5 is a saloon car, so not really comparable like for like. Personally I don't like the look of the IM5, IM6, MGS5, or MGS6. They all look like dull, generic blobs! The only real looker MG have at all now is the Cyberster.

They need to squeeze down that pricing to £39,995 or sales are going to be poor. No one wants to be on the hook for that ludicrous tax burden.

Old school, solid colour alloys rarely have any issues, except where damaged. The problem is the diamond cut trend, as you have clean bright machined alloy that's just raring to corrode given half a chance and all it gets is a coat of clear lacquer over it. Anyone who knows anything at all about...

I had mine changed a couple of months back now, no issue whatsoever for them. In fact the dealer seemed to give the impression I'd most likely be coming in for another set after winter as they can't hold up against bad weather for very long!

Not even sure that is an option anymore. Webasto used to make a range of really nice, OEM quality, retrofit roofs. They were pretty much the last supplier still doing them, but they stopped production a few years ago now due to falling demand and only build OEM factory fit units now for...

Nah, it's pretty high, dropping it 30mm still leaves it higher than most other EV's anyway. Sorry to hear of your misfortune, but there's always the risk of hitting objects in the road. I'm not concerned over a slight drop in ride height, the probability is premature rusting will kill most 5's...

Sorry to see this. We shouldn't be seeing rust like this on any car less than 10 years old these days, when looked after normally. It's a shame, as otherwise the 5 is a great all rounder. I'm keeping mine 3 years due to these rusting issues, then it's going. I'm too old to be messing around...