Should I get an Xpower?

unbornidentity said:
Thanks for all the replies. I’ve got an appointment with the dealer tomorrow and you’ve all convinced me to get one 😁
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I would make it clear to the dealer that you are well aware of the vibration issues and that you'd be expecting one without this 'characteristic' - be interesting to see if the salesman admits hearing about the issue but at least you'll have made them aware.
 
OriginalBigAl said:
You have well documented some of the positives and negatives but you have to ask yourself do I "need" it or do I "want" it. When it was first announced I thought " yes I want that " when considering the drives I normally do then I reckoned I would only use its attributes less than 5% of the time for some ill considered overtaking which I would not have done , not having it . Would it , make you try manoeuvres just because ??? Only yourself can decide what type of driver you are : if you think it would enhance your capabilities , go for it.
From here to Brive there is a glorious stretch of road ( 18 km ) bendy , twisty , which if clear of traffic, there would not be much in it between a SR and a X power . For the SR, when catching up slower traffic, there are in reality only 3 overtaking spots , for the X power , 2 more , but even then , a bit dodgy, especially considering another X power might be coming the other way. Dual carriageways , no competition, not worth mentioning. TBH if I had one I think the Gendarmes would be knocking on the door on a regular basis , so I'll stick with the more calming lower spec version.🤪
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Good points.

I'm starting to think that the Trophy extended range is the one I'd go for if I wanted something a bit quicker.
 
I think the nippier than standard ER is the big brain thinking man’s car. The xpower is more for those with the smaller brain doing the thinking 🤪 (all in jest, of course)

Just out of interest are there any female XP owners? I’m out of the loop.
 
Brettus said:
I think the nippier than standard ER is the big brain thinking man’s car. The xpower is more for those with the smaller brain doing the thinking 🤪 (all in jest, of course)

Just out of interest are there any female XP owners? I’m out of the loop.
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I'm guessing they have red hair ;) :LOL:

I'll be in the bunker is anyone needs me

T1 Terry
 
The deed is done. Should arrive at the dealership in about two weeks! Told them my concern about the vibration issue and they will find out the build date and let me know 🤞

I asked why they are so heavily discounted and the salesman said all the pure electric cars are being discounted to meet sales targets to do with tax at the end of March. So sounds like EV mandate jobbies if that’s the case. Hopefully that’s the case and it’s not a load of old stock knocking around that needs shifting!
 
Will be interested to hear what your build date was when you know.
I got mine back in October last year, people who were receiving cars then and a bit before, some owners on here, were seeing build dates around November 2023, mine included.
 
Chrisdriving said:
Will be interested to hear what your build date was when you know.
I got mine back in October last year, people who were receiving cars then and a bit before, some owners on here, were seeing build dates around November 2023, mine included.
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Hopefully mine hasn’t be sat at the docks for over a year (mainly as I don’t want that vibration issue). What colour is yours? The one they showed me was just in for PDI and did look like it had been out in the elements a fair bit of time. That one was green and going by the poll on here Grey and Green are the most popular colour, so you’d think they’d be less likely to be stuck at the docks!
 
unbornidentity said:
Hopefully mine hasn’t be sat at the docks for over a year (mainly as I don’t want that vibration issue). What colour is yours?
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unbornidentity said:
Tbh I love strong acceleration. I’m not too bothered about cornering or track type performance
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You'll love your new XP. It's acceleration is out of this world - my mate calls mine a spacecar - "my stomach got turned inside out" + lots of swearing! And that was only launching in normal. Launch is hilarious fun. Plenty of ICE cars have higher max speeds, but very few reach legal limits as quickly. IMO it's the best performance per buck available.

As a bonus, if you want, you can drive it more sanely in eco or normal modes. Normal goes from RWD to AWD when you give it some, and has more than enough go for...well, normal driving.
 
TonyF said:
You'll love your new XP. It's acceleration is out of this world - my mate calls mine a spacecar - "my stomach got turned inside out" + lots of swearing! And that was only launching in normal. Launch is hilarious fun. Plenty of ICE cars have higher max speeds, but very few reach legal limits as quickly. IMO it's the best performance per buck available.

As a bonus, if you want, you can drive it more sanely in eco or normal modes. Normal goes from RWD to AWD when you give it some, and has more than enough go for...well, normal driving.
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I didn’t know it automatically switches between RWD and AWD in normal mode. That’s good to know!
 
They got that right on the MG. Full throttle means "get me out of here asap."
On the Tesla, eco mode just reduces power to what feels like milk float level by normal or sport mode standards and it stays that way even when you ram the loud (ok, not so loud any more) pedal through the floor - it's borderline dangerous IMO. I just leave the thing in sport all the time - it stays there. I wish the MG would do the same...
 
I find with mine sometimes in normal when you plant it you get 2 stage boost, you get what i assume is the rear motor beans and then almost feeling like a turbo charger effect the front motor wakes up also for extra oooomph.

I regularly use all modes but mainly eco and normal.
Normal overall is nicely balanced.
 
I generally just get in and drive using default normal mode + regen 3 and then put into eco in mid-heavy traffic, which is a fair part of my regular mileage (whether local or motorway) and still gives a decent amount beans when planted. Did use sport for whole of my commute the other day, to spice things up a bit, 😏 and got through 84% battery vs my usual 70%🤣
 

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