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I always ask immediately after making the reservation by messaging the host explaining that I have an EV and saying each host has a different policy and what would be their policy if I were to hook up for a few hours overnight and of course I would be prepared to pay. The chances are that they...

I've always preferred the fabric seats of the more Excite and SE models for that reason. I even considered the idea of buying a pair of Excite front seats from a vehicle dismantler and swapping them out, but actually fitting thermal blocking, nearly clear, window film at the front of the car was...

Just because a lot of cars have the "bulge" that doesn't make it right, it makes it a common fault. other dealers recognise it is a fault and not all MG4s suffer from this issue but there is clearly something which needs sorting by MG. I understand that it is not a safety recall but the plastic...

Absolutely don't assume that every Rapid charger has the same sequence of plugging in, swiping credit card or RFID and payment authorisation. It shouldn't be like that but it just is. Also, sign up for one of the cards/apps that give a single monthly billing such as Electroverse (ie Octopus...

I never had a need to use Geni Point with my ZS, but my daughter I know had no end of issues with charging her ZS from Geni Point and only with them.

Sold my ZS on Cazoo as many of the other online quotes were withdrawn for straight sal and I was told the offer would only be for PX where they could sell me one of their cars from stock. Cazoo came good. However, I was told by some that they weren't taking used EVs as they didn't sell and the...

I've just had both my SEG export confirmed at last at 4.1p and IntelligentOctopus Day rate of 42p off-peak 23:30 to 05:30 at 7.5p all within 2 days. The SEG application was made about 2 months ago while I was on OctopusGo and therefore I wasn't eligible for the higher ExportOctopus flat rate...

No, it seems that Octopus first put all customers on the standard variable traffic then customers go through the change tariff process to onboard to the special tariff be it Go, Go Faster (which is now closed), Intelligent, Flex or whatever. I'm currently in the process of onboarding to IO from...

Be careful when your fixed Go ends. Mine ended mid-December 22 and I notified them that I wanted to continue on Go a week before using the online tariff selector. I even got the confirmation emails. But when my fixed term ended I actually was migrated onto Government supported tariff then in...

21% drop for Off-Peak EV Charging !! I wonder if the mainstream press will run stories on EV's Cheaper than Diesel and Petrol cars? I doubt it! I'm glad that with my EV and Go plus a 10 kWh battery storage plus running what I can on overnight timers in March 97.5% of all my grid electricity...

@Ayoull My apologies I have somehow posted my comment on the wrong thread. I had intended to comment on a thread concerning charging to only 80% and in which the statement in effect had been made that MG had with the 1 Gen ZS had designed it to cope with being daily charged to 100%. Regarding...

In truth, the Gen 1 ZS charger is not "designed to cope", but is in point of fact not designed to cope with the needs of NMC based Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) to set a daily limit SOC. With Gen 1 ZS, owners need to manage the maximum State of Charge for themselves. I would regularly estimate what 80%...

The cost per mile which everyone seems to ignore is depreciation! Think about it my ZS sold at 3 years old for £10,000 less than I paid for it and I was lucky enough to get not only the £3,500 government grant but matching support of £3,500 discount from MG and it still sold for £10,000 less...

I've had a similar experience with my ZS EV Gen 1. 6 months ago I was getting £22k offers on the Cazoo/Motorway type sites and then in December best Trade-in was £19,750 in March it was £13-£14k and Tesla Trade-in was only £10,500 they said based on car auction prices. But these prices do...

My daughter is still waiting after a year for the steering rack replacement on her ZS. I could never get the tailgate to stop rattling no matter how I adjusted the bump stops or slammed shut the thing.

I've had some of these with my ZS which seems to activate a pulse of phantom breaking triggered by Cast Iron manhole covers in the road also a few times crossing my local railway crossing where the road actually dips to cross a single track. I've put it down to the radar getting a sudden...

I had a PodPoint installed as part of the original MG ZS deal. I afterwards discovered that neither the PodPoint nor the car had timed or delayed charging something which both the dealer and MG themselves had overlooked. I followed the example of someone on the SpeakEV forum and wired in a WiFi...

Yeah, that's true if you leave the car there all day when the sun beats down on your Roof Top PV and you can operate your car as V2H which few can. MG's V2L does make a viable V2H solution as it has to be either in a charging or discharging session. V2H floats the car in a mode which switches...

You're on FIT from about 10 years ago I therefore suspect. I Had Fit from 2011 in my previous house which I had to leave behind. Mitigating that this time by splitting my investment between PV which is fixed and Battery which is relocatable should I wish to remove it when and if I move in the...