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A report back. Hooray! The frunk has arrived. Unfortunately, here on Airstrip One, the sunlit uplands meant I had to pay £55 in customs charges and "handling fees". I suppose that's not too bad, as I did not have to pay Austrian VAT. The frunk arrived 20 days after ordering, but of course that...

It's linked to getting the car dealer-serviced at required intervals. In fact, I think, but don't quote me, that those who bought the 3 year service plan just get 3 years of cover.

After an earlier thread on AA issues. I phoned them to check we were covered. This was mainly because we have a personal plate on Goth Leo, and I wanted to be sure the AA had the correct details. They didn't, and my memory of the old number was wrong - apparently it came up as a blue Skoda!. But...

Been lurking on this thread a while, but just to add to the discussion, in case someone finds it handy. I'm 185cm tall (on a good day, 6'2" on a bad day :) ) so legroom is important. I am used to back pains after several hours' driving in various cars other than wonderful old Ruaridh Mor, the...

Very grateful for this thread, first because we've been wondering about getting a frunk and second because it hadn't occurred to me to check with the insurers. I contacted our broker, who responded a while later to say that, as long as it is " a professional item" (or words to that effect) it...

The car has incredible handling, but yes, we did notice when we got it that it seemed to get side-swiped especially here where the wind can be character building. But since we replaced the factory tyres with all-seasons (discussed on this forum) that's all changed, and we don't experience that...

We don't have a wide variety of different charger type experiences, but we have noticed that PodPoint rapid chargers always stop at 80% no matter what the app is set to. Other rapid we use take the car to 100% so it's not an app/car setting. Maybe that's the issue with what you are seeing?

No, of course not. But if the brake lights come on at unexpected times, it could be seen as inconsistent driving, which can be dangerous. So I'd rather understand when the lights are likely to come on. It's just trying to be courteous.

We live in a very rural area, with little light pollution, so yes, I wanted to test this, and it was easy to see when the brake lights came on in the rear view mirrors. I do not think it is related to percentage regen only, but mostly to actually slowing down. Having said that, on a very steep...

We have seen the future and it works. We live in the north west Highlands, and do not have the ability to charge the car at home, so are reliant on public chargers. We left home knowing that it takes about 30% battery in Goth Leo our black SE LR. 45 miles of that leg is single track, but we...

@pecker and others - thanks for this thread. I really wasn't aware of the 10-100 recommendation, and wondered how we could do it, as there is at least 35 miles between chargers in our neck of the woods. so getting the sums wrong is fraught with danger. As it happens, we're in Orkney for a short...

Yes, we have this issue too. I have been trying to see if I can detect a pattern for when it decides to come on. But I think there's a hack to kickstart it, and that's to switch on the demister for a moment. I've not had the chance to check whether that's an infallible way of prodding it into...

:) He was a great lad, but at 18mpg, liked his juice. Worried about the MG4's 280 miles range? Hah! We grew expert at identifying petrol station at 200 mile intervals, when 70 or so litres went in. Took longer to fill than a 50kW charger. (well, not quite, but you get the idea.)

Looks like it, as I couldn't find where I'd done the first coat! But the bottle says PCB and is MG badged. I was also advised to shake the bottle very thoroughly.

And would you believe it, the paint I ordered late yesterday afternoon from ukmgparts.com has just arrived, from Hertfordshire to the north of Scotland in less than 24 hours. Dave Burke at ukmgparts was helpfulness personified. My card order was declined, which made me nervous so I phoned the...

That's a really good point. We won't have had a car since the change away from solvent based paints, so our past experience may well not reflect current circumstances.

Oh, sorry to hear that, but yes, I think I need to get over this. It was the number of pockmarks that bothered me. As in, "we're gonna need a bigger pot o' paint" :) But if it continues to be just the bonnet, maybe those plastic wrap services are no bad idea, assuming they're not overly expensive.

That's helpful to know, thanks. Yes, I found the paint code and have ordered some. Wow. Those are bad. It must be the clear coat that is softer, but it could be the little sparkly bits in the metallic paint weaken the structure. Opposite to @Rolfe this the first time we;ve had a metallic paint...

Ooh, lucky. We're very happy with Goth Leo, but our ideal preference would have been for a grey one. We were in the right place at the right time, and it was a choice of white or black, or a 5-6 months wait.

Thanks for all the comments. All much appreciated. I'll try a body shop. There is one in Ullapool who are very good though eye wateringly expensive - they once charged me £150 to colour match the back of a door mirror! But I'll also talk to the dealer, who seemed pretty good. Perhaps what's...