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With that lovely RapidGate “feature” due to lack of battery thermal management.

Yes it has BSD.

SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed. Typically your wife :-)

Yep. After paying a lot for a car I intend to keep for several years it makes complete sense to use the approved MG service centre for all work on the car.

The MG Warranty makes no use of the term “Extended Warranty”. The first 12 months are unlimited mileage, up to 84 months is limited by 80,000 miles.

It should be pointed out the 7 Year Warranty provided with the MG ZS EV is the factory warranty and not an extended warranty. The warranty actually states that parts used during service and repair have to be genuine for the warranty to remain valid.

Yes, I would always get any new car serviced by the dealer. Interestingly, Tesla don’t require their cars to be serviced at all to maintain the warranty.

I believe that is not the case as the warranty is offered by MG, not the dealer. https://www.kwik-fit.com/blog/does-car-need-to-be-serviced-at-dealership In saying that, I have complete faith in my MG dealer and would always take it to them for any work that needs doing on the car.

Our friends wanting to buy a new iPace have to place an order and wait 12 months. Even then that is not an absolute guarantee. Tesla are quoting 14 to 20 weeks. They have been delivering cars to meet targets with features missing because of chip supply problems. The entire automotive industry...

You should be okay with MG ZS EV, though you will reduce your 12V battery life. Also consider that 10 Amps at 240V (2.4kW) through a 12V to 240V inverter would mean your 12V battery would be operating at a continuous 200 Amps ! You are going to need some serious cabling from the battery to your...

EU law said any servicing by a VAT registered garage would maintain a warranty. I don’t think that has changed even though we are out of the EU now. Doesn’t matter what MG write in “small print”.

But no chance of cutting through the cable when going over it.

No

That will be a problem for your local sub-station when everyone in your street has a BEV :-(

Well found. So it is in the manual :) It’s even more puzzling that the LR MG5 does use regen when ACC is active.

The manual says that regen is active when braking. As I said, braking, overrun and coasting can happen while ACC is active. In that case the regen will NOT be active, so the manual is wrong or poorly written. It is not normal for regen to be off when in ACC. Every EV I have driven, this is the...

Yes, as soon as you touch the brake pedal ACC will be disabled. However, if ACC is enabled and the ACC system uses the friction brake to slow the car (driver has not touched the pedal), then ACC remains on. The ACC system in the MG ZS EV does not use regen to slow the car, it always uses the...

The car could be braking while ACC and MG Pilot are active. If the vehicle in front is very slow then the car will use the friction brake to slow the MG ZS EV, but ACC and/or MG Pilot will remain active. If you have ACC or MG Pilot on and you come to a very steep downhill, the friction brake is...

As long as ACC and MG Pilot are not active ;-). This is a FACT irrespective of what the manual states. When I need range I don’t use ACC or MG Pilot because using either of those will disable regen. In the LR MG5 regen still works when MG Pilot is active.

Your dealer needs to go on a training course. It does not matter if ACC and MG Pilot are off or on, initial braking with the brake pedal uses Regen. Note that touching the brake pedal will immediately turn off ACC and MG Pilot. However, if you slam on the brake in an emergency then no Regen is...