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Several times I moaned about having let my written-off Golf go to Copart without keeping the space saver wheel, because I didn't know it would fit the MG4. Well. A week ago I decided that since it was a nice day and I'd never been to the Lake District, I'd have a day out there and drive the...

I know we've had this issue in the past, but it was supposed to have been fixed with a software update. I got that update in April of last year, and I'm realising I still have a problem. I've not heard anyone else complain about this. Back in 2023, before the update, if I tried to pre-heat the...

I have always found it difficult to turn on the fog light due to the stupid positioning of the button on the touch-screen, but I did manage to do it once or twice. Not for a while though. I have had the infotainment upgraded from R13 to R33 since I last had the fog light on, I think. On Sunday...

I know someone produced files for replacement light sensor covers which worked very well. I've been mulling over another useful accessory that I think could be 3-D printed if someone could design it. Front light covers. The inability to turn off the DRLs while keeping the heating on is driving...

Yesterday afternoon when I got back I decided to charge the car up. I plugged the Zappi in, then checked my phone to see what schedule I had. This was for 70% by 9 am. I had 11 pm to 11.30, then 11.30 to 5 am. Fine by me. I changed my inverter settings so that the house would go on to mains...

Split from the thread in the MG4 forum about sleeping in the MG4. Derail (caused by me!) split to its own thread. The completely different story is that I have just ordered this. I decided it was the e-bike I wanted after seeing a rewiew of it on the Fully Charged Show, and after trying out...

I just received a text demanding payment of a parking ticket. All the pages look kosher, but the url of the link from the text is gobbledegook, and the url of the page for payment is parkingca.top/billing and not a government url. It's only £20, which I found surprising because on previous...

How do you force the car to discharge below 50% SoC? Camping out in my MG4, I slept for two consecutive nights in the car without charging in between. As a result the car was on 41% when I got up on the second morning. All I wanted was to boil the flippin kettle, but would it do it? No way. I...

I gather yesterday was "EV Day". It was the day I had my first real charging-stops-from-hell experience. I was coming home from my three-night experiment in sleeping in the MG4. I had last charged at the Tesla superchargers in Fort William the previous lunch-time, and had then driven to...

I'm interested in seeing what other people's houses are consuming when there's no extra malarkey going on like kettles and vacuum cleaners. Fridge, freezer, the odd appliance in standby, everybody out. I have some suspicion I'm using more electricity than would be usual for a single person...

As I live high up in the Scottish hills, I changed the stock tyres on my car last October for all-season Goodyears. The Goodyears have been fine all summer so I don't envisage putting the Contis back on as summer tyres (as I thought I might want to do). The Contis are therefore for sale, to be...

Well, here's the thing. I had decided to do a <10% to 100% charge on Caliban overnight. Takes a long time on a granny lead, and I wanted everything well calibrated before setting off on my road trip in ten days. I got home on 6%, nice, let the car sit at that while I had lunch, then started the...

I seem to remember various people having some problems with BP Pulse chargers, but I don't know what the consensus is. If I rock up to one of these chargers in a couple of weeks, am I likely to get a charge?

So here's the plan. Regular readers may remember that I drove to Sussex and back (from central Scotland) last August to attend the Glyndebourne Festival. I enjoyed it so much that I'm going back in May this year (and again in August), and the May trip has also diversified. Day one, 21st May...

I'm hearing great things about this new version of Tesla's self-driving software. I honestly thought it could be decades before this was feasible, but they seem to be pretty damn close with the version 12 the Tesla boys in Merika are raving about. Will it take all the fun out of driving? Who...

I know there are detailing threads around, but this is a very specific query. What's the easiest way to get tar spatter off paintwork? I just had Caliban hand-washed, and have only now realised how much tar spatter he's picked up over the winter. I can get each spot off with a fingernail, but...

It goes like this. I really should get a home charger. If I get a home charger, I need a variable electricity tariff. A variable electricity tariff will make my daytime usage more expensive. The answer is to get a home battery and fill it with cheap electricity overnight. Look at your roof, if...

YouTuber driving a Tesla from Inverness to Applecross. If you're going to do that route, this is the perfect time of year and the perfect weather. Absolutely stunning.

Since I got my car (SR, LFP battery) I have noticed consistent behaviour on AC charging. The app will give an estimated finish time, and round about that time the charging power would fall from about 1.88 kw (on the granny charger) or about 6.5 kw (on a type 2) to negligible, usually about 20...

I came across this comment on a YouTube video by a commentator going by the handle of NIanais. I'll quote the important part here. (She - I assume she, because of the feminine avatar - also goes on to criticise MG's customer service, in terms we're all familiar with.) To begin with, we must...