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My MG5 has two keys, but only one has the key blade. I assumed the other one had dropped out without me noticing. I had the car in for a service last week and asked them to order a spare. This seems to be a convoluted process but what surprised me was that the dealer said the cars only come with...

This may not be relevant but I was recently looking for spare blades for my MG5. I found genuine SAIC ones on eBay for £20 the pair. Perfect fit. The vendor had four sets when I got mine last week. Maybe he can do MG3 ones? The vendor was vaux27 (Ian Yarker) and he has 2300 parts for...

At the beginning of September, it was 44p (or thereby) peak. It's not just up here. Leeds was about 45p in August, now 66p.

It shouldn't apply to TT systems because the property has its own earth - e.g. an earth rod- and there is a verified route to earth. TN-S systems in older properties (say pre 1980) have an actual earth conductor which goes from the property back to source, and (emphasis) SHOULD (end of...

At the beginning of September, it was 44p (or thereby) peak. It's not just up here. Leeds was about 45p in August, now 66p. Yes, variable rates are used to manipulate demand, but not everyone can, or is willing, to charge in the evenings or main working hours.

Most non-Tesla prices in Scotland are now about 60p = about 50% increase. Aviemore is 90p/kWh! If you're in Aviemore, the best charger is at the hotel behind the Italian restaurant.

I use a power & energy monitor every time I charge with my granny charger. These tell you exactly how many kWh has been consumed by the car, Just search Amazon or anywhere else for "plug in mains power & energy monitor". Whether you want to pay £8-10 for a unit, you have to decide. If it's...

Hi. Kirkcaldy confirmed that I would have to pay for the update. I cancelled that, and have booked my '5' into Frasers. They confirmed that the Tesla update is included in their service. It looks like a friendlier outfit than the mega Arnold Cark too, which I prefer, even if it is a 100 mile...

Glad to hear the upgrade worked for you. Sounds like a heck of a day out to Skye etc.

Thanks for that - it sounds great value. Looks like I'll probably be having a day out in Falkirk, then up to Stirling. I can put my bike in the back, drop the car off and go to The Kelpies for that visit I've thought about for ages but never got round to ...

Hi. I live in Fife and booked my FL into Arnold Clark in Kirkcaldy for 2nd service in mid October. They said all updates are chargeable but they agreed to check it out. If I hear nothing from them by the end of the coming week - or get the 'wrong' answer - I'll cancel and take it to Falkirk...

https://www.mg.co.uk/servicing Select your model to show both the normal services and the low mileage ones. Not all models have the low mileage option - mostly newer ones. The normal service is for 15,000 miles or one year, whichever comes first. Low mileage is where you do up to 10,000 over...

I just booked my MG5 FL in to Arnold Clark in Kirkcaldy for a year 2 service. It has 8500 miles on the clock. The service receptionist didn't know about the low mileage service, but checked and I'm getting it. I then said I needed the Tesla charge software update, plus the fix for the...

Well, I'm on the side of helping the 99th percentile at a level which is appropriate to them. I'd say deep-dive technical discussions on this forum are the opposite of that. But continue with what you think is best. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

I entirely agree that the truth is often counter-intuitive - the sun does not orbit the earth. My point was simply that most of the participants in a forum such as this are not domain experts, and are unable to comprehend detailed formulae and associated analyses. Scientific debate has its...

Absolutely. I contribute my view, Fred says what he thinks, Sue adds her thoughts. That's what makes forums so rich and, as I tried to suggest, wide-ranging. I look at posts with what seems to be complicated formulae and my head goes into a spin. It's marginal information which I don’t (or...

I said on another thread somewhere that there seems to be a tendency for comments to get way down into theoretical considerations. Those might very well be relevant and interesting (to those who understand it, or who are motivated to learn more). But 99.999% of us just need the rules of thumb...

I've just been looking at the MG web pages relating to the warranty we get. It made me wish I'd seen it before buying my car - I'd probably have gone ahead, but I'd have been aware of the warranty's limitations. "In the unlikely event that something does go wrong with your MG, you have...

This is a professional 'economy' / consumption tester. His test drive of the MG5 FL (no test of MG4 yet) is here:

I can see no absolute reason why using a granny charger is inherently dangerous. If there was, they wouldn't be approved for sale or use. BUT, because domestic wiring systems can be as variable as the patterns of snowflakes, it can't be assumed that the conditions under which they are used is...