keano
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Firstly, hello to the group! I decided to jump into the world of electric cars, and my budget was sub 23k. After looking around, reading countless reviews and watching so many videos, I decided on an MG4. I was going to go for an SE, but with one eye on the second-hand market in three or four years I went for a Trophy. After test driving and hunting round the internet, and lots of patience, I managed to get a 73 plate (Oct 23) with less than 2k miles on the clock, ex mobility from a reputable dealer, the only issue being it was in Canterbury and orange (which was growing on me), and the wife was OK with it (main issue overcome).
So my first drive in my new car was 280+ miles from Canterbury to north of Preston, with a stop in Rainham in Kent to see family members. Buzzing around my head was all the horror stories, range anxiety, how to charge, where to charge, software bugs, lane assist issues, wind noise at speed, seats not comfortable on long drives, satnav bugs and DAB issues.
All this was put to bed on one journey. I charged only once at Rugby for about 30 mins. My only panic was when the charger connected but the car wouldn't charge. I tried another charger, same again, then I realised the payment had to be authorised on my mobile banking app! After 50 miles I tried out the software, speed limiters - traffic jam assist worked great, just trust it. (Still had my foot hovering over the brake.) One pedal driving was superb.
Is it perfect? No, no car is. It is damn good value without a doubt. You can wait to go electric, in the hope of the 15 min charge for 1,000 mile distance to arrive, or go hybrid and get 60 mpg. But if you want to rid yourself of changing gears, only be paying 1.6p per mile not 13-15p? I've been driving around town on fast A roads for 10 days averaging 4.6 per kWh. You can undertake a 285+ mile journey with only one 30-35min charge (enough time for a brew and burger) with no pollution, and have a good-looking car which is nice to drive. Throw in a 7 year warranty, and it can take my golf clubs and trolley - then just do it! If I can do it my 60s, anybody can.
(MG, if you're reading this, can we have a memory so we can save our settings, and why can't have a video recording function, with so many cameras? (PS I fitted a small IZEEKER cam behind the mirror for £19 off Amazon, so small you can't see it)
PPS apologies if my first post as spelling or grammar mistakes and is too long.
Edited by Rolfe. It's a great post and not too long, and now it has proper punctuation too. What's not to like? Welcome to the forum!
So my first drive in my new car was 280+ miles from Canterbury to north of Preston, with a stop in Rainham in Kent to see family members. Buzzing around my head was all the horror stories, range anxiety, how to charge, where to charge, software bugs, lane assist issues, wind noise at speed, seats not comfortable on long drives, satnav bugs and DAB issues.
All this was put to bed on one journey. I charged only once at Rugby for about 30 mins. My only panic was when the charger connected but the car wouldn't charge. I tried another charger, same again, then I realised the payment had to be authorised on my mobile banking app! After 50 miles I tried out the software, speed limiters - traffic jam assist worked great, just trust it. (Still had my foot hovering over the brake.) One pedal driving was superb.
Is it perfect? No, no car is. It is damn good value without a doubt. You can wait to go electric, in the hope of the 15 min charge for 1,000 mile distance to arrive, or go hybrid and get 60 mpg. But if you want to rid yourself of changing gears, only be paying 1.6p per mile not 13-15p? I've been driving around town on fast A roads for 10 days averaging 4.6 per kWh. You can undertake a 285+ mile journey with only one 30-35min charge (enough time for a brew and burger) with no pollution, and have a good-looking car which is nice to drive. Throw in a 7 year warranty, and it can take my golf clubs and trolley - then just do it! If I can do it my 60s, anybody can.
(MG, if you're reading this, can we have a memory so we can save our settings, and why can't have a video recording function, with so many cameras? (PS I fitted a small IZEEKER cam behind the mirror for £19 off Amazon, so small you can't see it)
PPS apologies if my first post as spelling or grammar mistakes and is too long.
Edited by Rolfe. It's a great post and not too long, and now it has proper punctuation too. What's not to like? Welcome to the forum!
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