Recent content by Expat Ever

I have a slightly different take on this. I live in Thailand, bought my MG4 Model X (Trophy equivalent) 13 months ago and love driving it every time I get on the road, despite having driven most BEVs available here and owning a BYD Dolphin as a second car. The MG cost 869,000 THB (about £19k...

Thanks for your speedy replies - I was afraid that would be the case. I believe the BYD Dolphin my son drives has a towing mode which sounds like just the job.

Here in Thailand almost every covered car park allows parking at 90 degrees to the marked parking bays, but vehicles must be left in neutral with the handbrake off so the attendants can push them to allow access to the blocked areas. So far I've managed to avoid using these spaces with my MG4...

The dealer told me that the problem was that a stone guard that sits under the car right at the front had come loose and they simply tightened it but since they don't allow customers to access the car while it's up on the lift I'm finding hard to visualise how it could create that row without...

My MG4 model X developed what may be the same issue about two weeks ago. Loud grinding/squeaking at low speed triggered by a sharp 3/4 lock turn. Reversing for as little as 15 metres cured it for a while but it came back intermittently. Initially I suspected some problem with the steering...

There's a very good You Tube video on this subject and the move to get some uniform legislation introduced in the US.

Car on a flat road stopped as normal with 99% regen and light touch on the brakes to kill the last kph. Now waiting for a minute for the traffic to move so keep the brakes on to stop any creep**. The power meter is showing 3 or 4, sometimes higher, but I have no aircon, lights or anything else...

My car is a Thai model MG4 X, Which, as far as I can see, is the equivalent of a Trophy in the UK. Back in Feb this year there were only 2 choices available here: MG4 D which I think is the SR and the X which has the Trophy options and a 51kWh battery. I don't know what your SE spec is.

Not an intolerable chore, more an easy thing to overlook and potentially dangerous to remedy. I have done about 7,000 miles since February in a largely urban environment which includes some two and three lane highways and average trip time is probably about 15 minutes - that's a lot of fiddling...

Turns out that the charger was defective, it has been inspected by MG's contractor who are replacing it shortly. Fortunately, no harm done and a prompt response to our report.

The installation is in a spacious car port protected from weather - I'll check to see if the manufacturer published a rating.

I don't know if this is the same Wall Charger that comes with the car in other countries, but in Thailand this is the standard 7kW unit supplied and fitted as part of the price. It works OK, although the setup with my MG4 isn't smart enough to allow scheduling or capacity control, which is a...

My 4 Model X (Thai Trophy) goes in for its 10,000 Km service this week and I'm still firmly in the Getinit and Grin stage. I am rather hoping that the dealer has a Mulan/X Power that I can play with while I'm waiting....

Exactly, the wall charger was going nowhere so I used the Granny Charger to take it up to about 20% and switched back to the wall charger that took it up to 87% at about 7kw before I stopped it. I'll just keep an eye on it next time it comes home Low.

Today I inadvertently ran the main battery down lower than usual and just now plugged it into our MG wall charger when I got home. The charger reliably provides 7.2Kw when topping up in my usual range of 25 - 75%, but with the battery at 10% it was only working at 2watts. The charging port...