Recent content by blueman671

I think it depends on how you’re buying it as to whether or not it’s a good deal. And, whether or not you’re intending on keeping it. My xpower was £18k, albeit with 10k miles on the clock and 2yrs old. But it is genuinely like new aside from scrubbed tyres. I’d argue a used xpower for £18-£20k...

As others have said, camera being blue seems like the connection is loose. Should be an easy fix. Lack of buttons is a poor design, but saving costs in switch gear makes the car as cheap as it is, so that’s the trade off. Like Salty I use the joystick and find that quite easy to use. Leaning...

Motorway auction reserve price is about £15k-£17k at the minute, usually the best indicator from experience. Knock £1-£2k off for part ex/WBAC valuations.

Finally got back from a 5+hr journey home after picking up my 23 reg xpower. Vibration is there, but very very very mild. I was ‘looking for it’ when I first started driving and was a bit concerned because I could feel ‘something’ and was worried it’d be a nightmare on that long journey. By...

I have seen that - absurd in my opinion. I’m sure most people on here even with the fault would buy one for £12k with just 32k miles on the clock. I certainly would! People drive with stripped out interiors chasing sub 5 second 0-60 times. Not having to pay for petrol and just putting up with a...

Did you buy one in the end? I haven’t read any stories of people with moderate vibrations getting to that stage over time. Big worry would be test driving it, it being ok, then in a year it rattles my teeth loose and I end up driving it into a wall out of frustration

Wow. Cattle grid. That wouldn’t be tolerable whatsoever. Was it like that on the test drive? Surely you noticed it straight away being that bad, or did it get worse over time until they fixed something? If it’s similar to an engine running in the background I could live with. I’ve got a hybrid...

There are, but they’re all an additional £4K+. Not expecting this to be a great ‘investment’ and depreciation to be hefty, so I don’t want to spend much more than £20k as it poses more of a risk. It’s pcp anyway purely so I can hand back if I’m negative equity. Logic is, at £20k it surely can’t...

What does ‘bad’ look like in this context? I know it’s subjective, but is it something in the background that you as the owner only notice or is it like my old clio RS that rattled and shook plastic trim over ever pebble? Would you buy it again if you went back in time?

I’ve made a separate post asking for advice on getting a used xpower, so apologies for another one here! Reserved a car, due to collect in a couple of weeks. 23 reg, 3k miles. Knew about the vibration issue but didn’t see this thread. Spent hours reading it (still haven’t got through most...

Just as an update, I decided to commit and go for it. Hunter green xpower getting collected next weekend.

Wasn’t xpower specific, but various review channels/pages have MG as a brand ranked bottom, or almost bottom. What Car? for example

Yep pcp on a 23 reg with 3k miles

Thanks all. I’m aware of the issues, vibrations etc. it’s just that it’s last in class in all reliability surveys which is worrying. Good to know that the issues are frequent but fixable. Quite a lot different to VWs dsg failures and fords wet belt issues which render a car undriveable. As...

Hi all. Been lurking for a while but just joined as I’m close to purchasing an xpower. Long story short - have v expensive jap cars at the moment, absolutely bullet proof and pure luxury. Want a cheap EV purely for cost (fuel) saving and to stick some money into investments when I sell existing...