Should I get an Xpower?

[unbornidentity]

And a little bit smug.

Haha, can’t deny it!

 

[jamherber]

Looks like I’ve got a pre-factory fix one after all that. That MG VIN checker said September 2024 but the certificate of conformity in the glovebox says 07/03/2024. It still got the strong new car smell, so surprised it a year old.

Looks like old stock lying around being the real reason it was so cheap might be true.

It’s going in for the damper in just under two weeks and if that doesn’t work I’ll tell them I want whatever the fix is at the factory done to it or probably look to reject it.

Very tempting to put up with it though as I don’t do much motorway driving.

So has yours still got the gloss front lower section or the matte version that seems to be coming through on later builds?

Bad luck on the vibes - it seems to vary so much from car to car. 15k miles in and oddly ours is the best it has been in terms of the characteristic’.

Push dealer for new set of tyres (we did and got Michelins) - the standard tyres are terrible in every respect so even if it doesn’t help with the vibes, it’s a major upgrade.

 

[unbornidentity]

So has yours still got the gloss front lower section or the matte version that seems to be coming through on later builds?

Bad luck on the vibes - it seems to vary so much from car to car. 15k miles in and oddly ours is the best it has been in terms of the characteristic’.

Push dealer for new set of tyres (we did and got Michelins) - the standard tyres are terrible in every respect so even if it doesn’t help with the vibes, it’s a major upgrade.

No it’s got the matte trim and all the software seems up to date. LKA actually seems to work, ACC is actually useable. I suppose the dealership might have actually updated everything.

Everything apart from it having the vibration issue points to it being a later build but the certificate says otherwise. I checked the VIN is actually for mine and it is.

The strange thing with the certificate is it’s got the build date in March but an authorisation date in June!

 

[PeteC]

Looks like I’ve got a pre-factory fix one after all that. That MG VIN checker said September 2024 but the certificate of conformity in the glovebox says 07/03/2024. It still got the strong new car smell, so surprised it a year old.

Build date in MM/DD/YYYY format so yours is July 24.

 

[Turkish]

Looks like I’ve got a pre-factory fix one after all that. That MG VIN checker said September 2024 but the certificate of conformity in the glovebox says 07/03/2024. It still got the strong new car smell, so surprised it a year old.

Looks like old stock lying around being the real reason it was so cheap might be true.

It’s going in for the damper in just under two weeks and if that doesn’t work I’ll tell them I want whatever the fix is at the factory done to it or probably look to reject it.

Very tempting to put up with it though as I don’t do much motorway driving.

You have made me go back and check my CofC. My car was indeed built on the same date as yours 07/03/2024