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Cars I've had in recent years with the shorter style antennas have lost DAB reception momentarily in 4 or 5 places on local roads I use regularly. Since having the MG ZS EV with the older style longer antenna I don't lose reception in any of those places. Height isn't a problem so I'm keeping...

Hi Simon. The dark side is very much brighter than you imagine. Yes I agree it all seems crazy having to have different RFIDs and apps but from last year the government insisted all new charge installations should be accessible by contactless so things will get more like buying petrol has been...

I hate TLAs

Granny charger - standard sized plug I assume as others have indicated I've but never used. BMS and updates/recalls. - It's a new car supplied by a reputable dealer. iPhone - USB plug in charge and CarPlay no problem. Key fob - I've always put the key fob in my pocket and its stayed there...

Low mileage. London location. Research local free charge points to top up whilst shopping. Why bother with petrol and needing a mechanic to change the oil once a year. Maybe that was his interest?

I'm on my 2nd EV (MG ZS EV) and will never go back to ICE. Had a non-pluggable Hybrid in 2001 for 10+ years which convinced me electric was the future. Last year I converted my wife and son who both will never return to ICE.

Hi Fish. I understand the principles about balancing the grid but how on earth do you cope with all the changes in cost of the Agile tariff. It means trying to plan your heavy usage at short notice and is it worth the effort to have a third party controlling your life? I considered the Go tariff...

Yes Mark but that is what I'm saying on a long journey you need to balance number of stops against how long you spend at each stop. If it's a meal break stop then yes charge for as long as practical. If it's pee and a coffee break then up to 80% is the optimum. But also remember what Stuart...

Welcome. I can thoroughly recommend an MG ZS EV as your first leap to EV driving. Your budget of £20k is not far short of new prices being offered still by some dealers so shop around. The Exclusive is the one to go for if you can stretch to it. Unless you do a huge mileage I wouldn't worry too...

I guess Autotrader performance figures are using 80% of the full capacity to calculate a realistic usable capacity on an extended journey when multiple Rapid charges are needed.

Yes my apologies the figure was taken off Autotrader details and not MG. I can't find where MG state a usable figure. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks.

But MG state the usable battery capacity is 35.6kWh

In 1974 I bought a Sunbeam Tiger (V8 4.2 litre Ford powered) for the princely sum of £600. I had it for 5 or 6 years and sold it for £600 which I was over the moon about. A fully restored example today would be worth ????????

Hi Barold that's good advice from Mark. For what it's worth in addition I have subscribed to Polar (now Pulse) for 4 years and monitor my costs each month which average 14p/kWh and includes a mix of Rapid, Free and the monthly £7.85 subscription. I find the convenience of having the RFID to...

You beat me to it. My thoughts exactly.

Oops sorry guys. Wrong forum. Please enjoy your MG 5 as we do our ZS.

If you've managed 55mpg from a Jazz and with your frame of mind already in 'eco' mode you're well on the way to achieving good results from the MG ZS EV. I'm sure you will love it as we do and if it's your first EV then you will be wondering why you didn't make the leap sooner. Enjoy it's a...

Great discussion chaps thank you. You touched on rapid charger etiquette which I think is becoming more and more important now there are a significant number of EVs and increasing rapidly. 4 years ago I could almost guarantee turning up at a mid-journey charge point and find it unoccupied. Today...

Just checked the small print further down the offer and it says for purchases between Jan 1 and March 2021 so must be latest offer?

Yes I reckon it must be old marketing information from 2019 when facts were not clear as almost all other dealers link to the same official marketing page when you enquire about offers and not to this page. Hendy Crawley is not shown on Stuart's dealer map so are they official MG dealers?