dwoop
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- Joined
- Dec 18, 2023
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- Location
- Southampton
- Driving
- MG4 Trophy LR
Snap - no issues with this on collection.Mine did it all for me while we sat in the car on collection day.
Snap - no issues with this on collection.Mine did it all for me while we sat in the car on collection day.
Congrats and welcome to the club. What colour is it?Update: managed to get a fantastic deal on a 'used' Trophy from Dec 2023 which actually turned out to be a pre-registered car, so no miles on it! £10k off compared to new...!
Picking it up next week, can't wait...
Subtle but important edit ... the car is bound to an account, not a device.Congrats and welcome to the club. What colour is it?
Ask the dealer to make sure it's not bonded to someone else's account and get them to bindyour phone to the car's accountyour account (i.e. using the app on your phone) to the car while you are there.
So did I in Oct 22. Luckily the sales person at the dealer knew what he was doing and took me through the binding process on handover!Exactly what I did, and the binding process worked very easily. (The key is also to watch some videos about the process so it is all familiar - something that wasn't really around over 15 months ago when I got ERO).
My only advice I would emplore you to take is don’t buy a brand new one unless you get a hefty discount. The car may or may not be perfect for you that’s your choice of course but the ev market especially new prices is crashing which actually is good news for someone looking to buy one …not so if like me you’ve sold one you brought new 12 months ago. Good luck.Hi all,
I'm seriously considering buying an MG4 in the next few months. We've gone round in circles trying to decide on the best car to buy and keep coming back to the MG4 as a green replacement for our current petrol Ford Fiesta (we've got solar panels and can charge on the drive, so an EV for daily use seems the right thing to do). We've got 2 growing kids (tween & teen) plus a medium-sized dog and we're hoping the MG4 will suit our weekly driving habits that aren't long-haul, so range isn't much of an issue.
We're trying to decide between an SE standard range and a Trophy (necessarily long range). The reason for the Trophy is foremost the electric seats, as my partner and I will be swapping as drivers all the time (and have very different driving positions) plus the parking camera as we often have to negotiate the school run with lots of little ones running out behind cars!
Happy to buy an SESR new from the dealer. I find the Trophy a bit much for the extra specs it gives (I'm not actually keen on the spoiler, and the range isn't very important). However, I've seen deals for Trophy LR cars at £23 - 24k, less than a year old, around 5000 miles, approved used listed on the MG website.
So the big question... should I be wondering why there are such new cars being resold? Are there any issues I should look out for when buying a nearly-new car from the dealer? Or better off just getting a new SESR, or lump it and get a new Trophy LR?
Any insight and experience much appreciated.
My only advice I would emplore you to take is don’t buy a brand new one unless you get a hefty discount. The car may or may not be perfect for you that’s your choice of course but the ev market especially new prices is crashing which actually is good news for someone looking to buy one …not so if like me you’ve sold one you brought new 12 months ago. Good
I still have an ev thanks … thanks for your concern thoughYou're a bit late to the party. In his latest post (two above yours) he said he just got the car.
Don't you have a meeting of Petrolheads Anonymous to be going to?
Great news, enjoy.We've got it! No issues with binding or anything else. Easy! Now it's time to try out all the settings...![]()