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I was manoeuvring in an extremely tight spot the other day, took several forward and reverse squirts to turn the car around. Remember thinking how convenient it was to use the MG's simple, well placed rotary controller and just concentrate on steering . That and the heater and radio controls on...

Yup, looks pretty much like mine. RWD EV's really should be fitted with rear drums or 2 pot calipers for more even pressure on each pad. The motor is doing the majority of the braking on the rear unless SOC is really high. The design of these SAIC produced calipers seems particularly prone to...

Very true, the rear discs start to look sad very early on, VW made a smart move with the drums on the ID 3. MOT time is when a lot of us will ripped off for new discs and pads no doubt. Stand firm and don't take the BS, especially from main dealers. As long as the disc is above minimum...

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mg-4-spawn-estate-replace-ageing-mg-5 Not the best looking but the extra space would be loved by my doggy. I hope they won't be delivered with AUTOCAR printed on the sill, almost as bad as BYD's BUILD YOUR DREAMS on the tailgate ;) Seriously...

Yip, tis all about the revenue they need to generate to keep the workshops viable, getting more difficult with the increase in EVs. I stripped the rear brakes on mine over the weekend as the rear discs continue to show a really uneven contact with the outer pad. Around 40% of the outer surface...

Considering it's China, that may well be their fate o_O

And like every car I've owned in living memory, the steering wheel simply doesn't come down far enough for my liking. I think I might be slightly unusual in preferring the wheel low and upright, so I can comfortably rest my elbows on the armrests. I seem to see lots of people with the wheel set...

I guess that would be ok if the inner structure and subframe hasn't moved. Bumper, light and wing obviously but possibly the bonnet and door salvageable by a skilful metal tickler ? If there's no airbag pop and the damage is confined to the external cosmetic panels I don't think I would be...

It's been utterly useless since the last update IMO, not that it was perfect before. Wouldn't work for me at all today though, as others are finding.

I bought mine mid Dec 22 and also have 15k miles on it now. Really only some surface rusting on the subframes and parts of the suspension that have a very thin coat of black paint from the factory, thick steel so no biggie . When you say that all over the underside is rusty on yours, where do...

Thanks for continuing your updates spence, very interesting. Pleased that the revised factory breather is allowing 800ml to remain in the box, hopefully it's close enough to the apparent 900ml the unit was designed to hold that it won't make any difference. Regarding the dark colour you're...

Would probably work but sounds kinda spendy. I just flattened the problematic central bulge with a bit of thin alloy plate I had lying around, had the effect of bridging the rear undertray to the battery undertray, just used the same screws and fixing points to sandwich it all together. I've...

NCAP should be made to split their tests into sections. Buyers should be able to see how the car's structure performs above all else, the nanny aids should be listed separately IMO. Yes, preventing a crash is much better than having one and hoping to survive it but I really don't think these...

IMHO the pins should definitely have rubber grease of some description on them straight from the factory. They're just going to jam horribly if not. My pad ears did in fact have a little grease on them from the factory, just not very much for my liking. The pins however were dry as chalk and...

Your car, like mine, probably has had zero lubricant on the caliper pins all round from new. My rears used to stick on and developed the same crusty ring where the pads didn't really touch Get yer pins and where the pad 'ears' rest in the caliper lubed. Should have been done in the factory but...

Yes indeed, was debating about letting them do a software update lest they cock something up but that friggin auto lock needs to GO :mad:

Very surprised that it had 12 miles of range below zero, that would equate to around 2 kWh :oops: I ran mine from 100% down to zero back in the summer and got just over 200 miles IIRC, bailed out just a few minutes past zero as I was near home and didn't have the plums to push it further? I...

Is it not a little more than 2 inches ? Plotting an imaginary line from the centre of the driveshaft nut it looks pretty offset. These cars have a noticeable positive caster though, so maybe its misleading with the strut on full droop. I've never heard or felt any drone from driveshafts on any...

So SAIC plan to fit a 'steering damper' to resolve this issue ? That does sound like a typical MG response to the problem, cheapest band aid fix rather than addressing the root of the fault. The vibration must be coming from rotating components, why are they pi$$ing around with the steering ?

That's the main thing that I would appreciate about the XP I think. The entitled A holes who storm up behind you in the outside lane when you're quite legally overtaking and expect you to scurry out of their way :rolleyes: Sometimes you can leave them in your dust in the SE, rather depends on...