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    What Car? Best PHEV

    Is the latest gen HS in SE spec, according to What Car? Best plug-in hybrid cars 2025 – best and worst PHEVs named | What Car? https://share.google/SmvEWALvWDczEuENJ
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    Which Software Updates?: Second Service

    Wondering if any software updates will be carried out automatically? Should I ask for them? Infotainment I'm not too bothered about, but the safety stuff Which? magazine has been reporting on should be done, shouldn't it? Trophy LR 23 with rear wiper.
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    First long road trip

    We are planning our first long trip down South to various locations in Surrey, the South coast, South London and Hants. We will be away 6 days and will cover in excess of 750 miles. Mrs S is well miffed today. We are on day one of a 700 mile multi-family visit trip. Went to Warwick services...
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    Theft Without Key

    The subject of this theft happens not to be an MG, but in theory it could happen to any car. What I'm wondering, as I don't quite understand this bit of kit, is this: Has information been gleaned from the key or the car? In other words, would putting your keys in a Faraday pouch or box make...
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    First Wash In Three Months

    As some of you know, I smashed my ankle in on 23 November. Yesterday, I finally was able to wash it, albeit with not as much attention as I would have liked, as I could not grovel on the driveway! It was f-f-f-f-f-f filthy! One dirty side. I should have taken a shot of the rump as that was...
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    Squeaky Bum Time!

    Dropping youngest lad back to Uni. Only a local trip, but we were low on juice. This is the lowest we have dared to go. Got back with this remaining: Excuse the shaking .... Funnily enough, there were no changes to the audio warnings to charge, nor any urgency. Never seen the green go amber...
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    Old Map Book From My Grandad

    He gave me this in 1985, along with his AlfaSud 1.3. In 1985, the best quote I could get was in excess of £4000 from the AA (I think). So my Grandad pulled a few strings with his insurance company and paid the first year's insurance, but sadly the 'sud proved far too expensive for a 20 year old...
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    Slamming On (Again)

    Mrs S has been gadding about while I've been holed up in the hospital. Heartless bugger. She even went out to one of our regular scofferies without me. Anyhow, she had another slam-on scare where His Lordship jammed on the anchors as he thought she was going to crash into some parked cars she...
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    Makeshift Ambo!

    Went on an overnight trip to Lancashire to help parents in law empty their static. Got home fully loaded on Friday, but realised we needed some juice to get home from Warrington. So we went to BP in Birchwood. The forecourt was painted with very smooth paint and it had been raining. As I took...
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    Reliable Lead For Android Auto

    I understand the USB A socket is the one to use for Android Auto, and I have tried several now that have failed to work. Can someone please provide a link for a lead that they can confirm works? I'm going loopy!
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    Charging During The Day

    Have been using an Ohme Home Pro at home very successfully on Octopus Go. Recently, I have been advised to make changes in the app so that the system decides when to charge. All good so far. Until this morning, when I realised I had forgotten to charge the car overnight. Previously, we have...
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    Not Noticed This Before

    Has anyone else? I've used fast chargers before, but this hasn't come up.
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    Shell Recharge

    Used this today in Cheltenham, a machine boasting "UP TO 175kW". Charged from 36 to 97%. Didn't see any prices on the machine or the screen. After we unplugged, I checked our account and there were two payments taken, the first one for £45.00 and the second for £35.48. I guess the first...
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    Next Car?

    We are a year in to our three year lease, and I'm keeping an eye on what might be available in two years. Despite the Which? article dissing LK, I quite like our MG4. We knew the boot was small when we test drove it and I thought we could get by with it, but for the next car, I'd like a bigger...
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    New HS

    Based on a Roewe RX5 with the possibility of an EV model, but I don't know if that's for the UK market. Anyone know any more?
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    Car Registration Numbers

    I can remember all my previous registration numbers. The oldest car I owned was a 1975 Beetle. None of them contained a Z (which prior to the current reg system could have only appeared on Ireland registered cars). None of the cars I have owned have had an X in the reg. I didn't ever own a car...
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    MG Paint Colours

    I've always wondered where the inspiration came for the modern MG colour palette. My Mum said her Dad had an Austin in BRG (the old colour, solid green). I know Austin and MG were not related. This was later reinvented in the 80s by ARG who brought out their metallic take on the old colour...
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    Grrrrr! [stone chips]

    Not sure how you're getting along with dinks, chips and scratches. We picked up out first stone chip on the leading edge of the bonnet (?). It's always frustrated me how manufacturers use a light undercoat. Our previous car was black with a white undercoat so every little thing showed up.
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    Ohme - The Not So Intelligent Charger

    I put our 4 on charge last night and it charged fine, but when I opened the Ohme app, it was asking me to log in. I thought it had updated the app and logged out, so I logged in. It knew there was an email address attached to that charger, and asked me for the password. No worries, it logged me...
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    ADAS And Warranties

    This is an odd title because the two topics are not related, but I didn't feel it warranted (no pun intended!) raising two threads for them. There is a good article in February's What Car? about ADAS and Euro NCAP's plans to increase the amount of tech available in future cars. Lane support...
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