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I did more damage than Les whilst driving past our gatepost. (I'd missed it for the previous 43 years). I took it to a locaL car detailer. He had a 'machine' that told him the right 3 paints to mix and explained the stages he needed to go. Prepare the whole panel etc etc. He wasn't interested in...

Shop around MG dealers for your service. From memory I paid £35 for my year 1 service and £135 for year 2. It's cowboy country for MG dealer pricing.

I have a ZS LR, Ohme home pro and use Octopus Go. When I got this set up over 1 year ago the Ohme couldn't shake habds with the MG. It's not been a problem as I just use the car to schedule charging. No ohme/go bells and whistles possible but it works fine. Its worth having an Octopus Electric...

Maximising Battery Life for High Nickel Batteries by Jeff Dahn! This synopsis taken from the Limiting Factor. Jeff Dahn is one of the fathers of the Lithium Ion battery, along with John Goodenough, Stan Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino. The key takeways are: 1) Note: Everything below applies...

When I was shopping round for a first service on my ZS 2 Sandicliffe in Nottingham quoted me £129 MORE than the dealer I chose in Stockport - RRG - and that included an excellent friendly receptionist and first class coffee (plus another teddy and AA for the year) - £39. How much did your...

I have my charger set to deliver power all the time. I use the schedule charge function on the car to control when it takes power and set the desired charge level. I'm on intelligent octopus so I'm set to charge between 11.30 pm and 5.30 am. The only thing to remember is to cancel scheduled...

Make sure you havent got a scheduled charge set.

MG recommend you do not charge above 80% other than for long journeys or if you are balancing the battery. The battery chemistry of the ZS LR is such that the battery life will be reduced by frequent charging over 80%.

Is there another member of the community with a ZS who will drive over and hook up? Come on somebody.

Driving a ZS Trophy LR I've had the same error at Birchanger services. Before and after a Gridserve system reset of the charger. My car seemed to make the charger fall over. Other makes and a Mk1 ZS charged successfully from that charger, before and after. (I was there a long time). Eventually I...

Wow. So in the Uk we might be able to set LKA to off as default? I think you have discovered the first positive benefit of Brexit.

I couldn't connect with my ZS LR at Tesla Trumpington on January 2nd.

My top tip is to charge for the return journey before you arrive at your destination. That will allow you to be totally chilled with the inlaws and you can be relaxed on the drive home too.

I dont think the sales team are fine. They will say whatever they need to to sell you a car but then do not honour promises. From my point of view they still owe me £350 which was their share of the £800 they stiffed me for. Do not expect fair play. They should be advocating on your behalf.I...

I didn't do it myself. I did take some photos I will share if you send me a pm. There were no technical challenges I couldn't have achieved EXCEPT the confidence with which the fitter took apart the trim of my new car would have been well beyond me. Having seen the fitter at work I consider it...