Recent content by DisterBertieBear

No worries. Thanks for clarifying.

Not sure that tone was justified being directed at me, assuming it's the frustration of it all.

I have read one more report of apparent brake failure on the ZS, someone trying to park ended up low speed smacking into something. It was last month so memory is vague but there was some detail and a video.

Good for the journalist.

Feeling patronised by ex MG owners? Feel like you might be being defensive about MG? Don't worry, Inside EVs share your concerns about the story. https://insideevs.com/news/690311/british-man-says-mg-zs-ev-kidnapped-him/

Not bothered by residuals, after all its an MG and the residuals are someone elses problem. No particular bias. 30 years in the software and firmware industry. Driver error and panic more probable than a confluence of issues. MG uses third party suppliers who also supply other manufacturers so...

So explain why the servo failed, and yet the car slowed down to 15mph on a roundabout, even though the MG ZS is notorious for using the brakes to slow on ACC and not regen? I get it that steering wheels without power assist are a pain, and brakes might be spongey and hard but this is a...

The police officer off duty has learned how to be an EV whisperer?

It's on the BBC it must be true. After all BBC journalists have already pulled apart the ECU and found the root cause of the problem! That's how highly trained BBC journalists are, and fast. Never doubt the BBC! In fact they always do my servicing. Priceless.

There's no evidence of anything yet, there's just someone making big claims which are at odds with how we all know the car operates. Feel free to point at a circuit diagram that illustrates how the ACC could become uninterruptable. Or even a firmware dump. I'm capable of understanding both...

Why would they take the risk of being kidnapped in the first place?

If they do, just use the tracking function on the app to locate the garage, hit the lock button to make it honk the horn and call in the bacon.

Bollards. Springs to mind. As in drive into some bollards. Given how the ZS likes to stretch your neck when it detects a potential collision, given the story is growing in the telling and the "how very dare you" petulance I can't help but think: Bollards.