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[Rolfe]

Take a look at this review first:

All fair points, and if I was spending that much I would certainly look around a bit more. (However, I'm a smug SE SR owner.) I don't like Tesla car design though.

I'm surprised the MG4 driver had such a bad experience with the GOM. I've twice driven my car down well below 10% and the GOM estimate was pretty damn good both times. Both times I was heading for home, and both times I made it easily - the second time it kept telling me that I only had a mile or two to play with, but I knew my last 40 miles or so was downhill on a road I couldn't do more than 50 on, and I got home on 9% charge.

 

[Deleted member 14300]

Hi !
I find it's a quirky car bugged by stupid faults from second party kit, and the software.
Only issue I've had is my Camera unit is faulty. MG can't see the car until November, but I've stuck a sticker over it and- A it's switched off
B a few safety feature now don't work.
C it drives so more car like!

I've warmed to it.

 

[Rolfe]

 

[Archev]

Hi !
I find it's a quirky car bugged by stupid faults from second party kit, and the software.
Only issue I've had is my Camera unit is faulty. MG can't see the car until November, but I've stuck a sticker over it and- A it's switched off
B a few safety feature now don't work.
C it drives so more car like!

I've warmed to it.

The John Cleese branch of car repairs lives on ?

 

[Deleted member 14300]

The John Cleese branch of car repairs lives on ?

Hey, it's a ghetto fix for now until MG fix it, but it does work and it stops anxiety. Even MG were grateful for the get around.

 

[Archev]

Hey, it's a ghetto fix for now until MG fix it, but it does work and it stops anxiety. Even MG were grateful for the get around.

Ahh so they’ve twigged too ?‍

 

[lsb777]

White will be easier to maintain.

I've got a black Xpower on order. Not that many doing similar. Will be a real sleeper apart from the caliper covers and the silver highlights down low.

 

[JonnyG]

Had mine two weeks and loving it ?. All my passengers have also liked it. As a final shove for you check out the discount you can get through the MG Affinity Scheme. Around £33,500 for a brand new one with metallic paint (apart from the matte green). All you need to if you don’t qualify already is join the MG Club for around £50.

 

[salty]

Had mine two weeks and loving it ?. All my passengers have also liked it. As a final shove for you check out the discount you can get through the MG Affinity Scheme. Around £33,500 for a brand new one with metallic paint (apart from the matte green). All you need to if you don’t qualify already is join the MG Club for around £50.

Yep, thanks, know about this, I qualify as I work for my local council, and the Matt green is now also free. ??

 

[fnegroni]

All fair points, and if I was spending that much I would certainly look around a bit more. (However, I'm a smug SE SR owner.) I don't like Tesla car design though.

I'm surprised the MG4 driver had such a bad experience with the GOM. I've twice driven my car down well below 10% and the GOM estimate was pretty damn good both times. Both times I was heading for home, and both times I made it easily - the second time it kept telling me that I only had a mile or two to play with, but I knew my last 40 miles or so was downhill on a road I couldn't do more than 50 on, and I got home on 9% charge.

I wonder what would have happened if they had chosen to both use Tesla superchargers open to the public, and the same public chargers. Essentially ruling out the variability of public charging with its much higher costs in the uk.
the Tesla model 3 is definitely a better car overall, and a better experience. But is it worth the higher price especially when the MG can be had at a discount?
and there’s the issue: if you don’t want to spend more money, is the MG4 still worth it? They should really compare a car at that same price point. Otherwise even the model 3 in the test is worse than another better spec model 3.

 

[Waterstoney]

Silver is easier to maintain.
I have not fully washed my car yet after more than 6 month of owership. It is almost looks as day 1 apart from a few spots which can be wiped off. Sahara desert dusts coating was washed away by rain. Black plastic protective cover on wheel arch gethered most mud which need be wiped off.

 

[Torryhun]

White will be easier to maintain.

Got my white SE LR ceramic coated & mud flaps fitted, keeps so clean ?

 

[salty]

This is the car I missed out on at my local MG dealer, through Dilly Dallying, was available for immediate delivery and with affinity. ?

BUT on the bright side, at the time, affinity price was £34,510 it's now £33,066 and Matt Green should you want it, is free, it was £800 even on affinity, so s'pose a bit of dithering, paid off really. ?

 

[Rolfe]

The orange is a bit marmite, too. Nobody actively dislikes the green, I don't think.

 

[Anon70]

Take a look at this review first:

I wish this review had done a proper like for like comparison with both cars using the same charger types at the same points in the journey. That way the price differences would not have been so different and you could have had the same number of charge stops and the same amount of charging time to compare what each car was capable of.

Most reviews will tell you the Tesla charing infrastructure is superior to anything else out there and that is a big reason folk buy a Tesla. The guy in the MG4 only got range anxiety because of the charing regime he chose not because of the car.

 

[Rolfe]

He did experience a sharp reduction in GOM estimate as he was getting quite low, and only just made his bottle-out charger. That surprised me, as my SR appears to be telling me the honest truth right down under 10% (to 4% once) and I thought the LFP battery was more prone to this sudden late recalibration leaving you coming up short. Maybe it's because I balance-charge a lot? But still, the NMC isn't really supposed to need that.

 

[PeteC]

He did experience a sharp reduction in GOM estimate as he was getting quite low, and only just made his bottle-out charger. That surprised me, as my SR appears to be telling me the honest truth right down under 10% (to 4% once) and I thought the LFP battery was more prone to this sudden late recalibration leaving you coming up short. Maybe it's because I balance-charge a lot? But still, the NMC isn't really supposed to need that.

The NMC battery does need a balance charge, just not as often as the LFP. About once a month does it. I find the GOM on my Trophy reasonably accurate - it decreases by roughly the same amount as the miles that I have covered - but I don't often run things that low so it may be different at low SoC.

 

[Rolfe]

I'm not sure that the balance charge is so important in the NMC as regards getting the GOM estimate right. It's particularly important in the LFP because the charging curve is so flat, so the battery can't see where it's at from the current voltage until it starts to drop off sharply as it nears empty.

The videos I found where people had managed to film themselves while (accidentally) running out of battery all featured this sharp reduction in GOM range towards the end (the guy in the Kia eNiro said never take this thing below 8%) and I was speculating that these were LFP batteries that hadn't been balanced recently. But the MG4 in that test was an NMC.

 

[tsedge]

I've noticed on my LR that the top 50% gives me about 60% of the range (guess), it definitely drops off faster lower down. I've never had it below 20%, so I don't know what happens then.

 

[Rolfe]

I've taken my SR home once at 4% and once at 9%, and both times it seemed to be telling me the truth all the way down.