Recent content by Geoffers

One year down the line and the mystery disappearing charge cropped up again, although I think I have worked out why. The other day I completed a single 180 mile journey in miserable weather against a stong headwind and finished the journey with only a scary 7% charge left. It was late so I...

The MG instructions are confusing and not worded that well but I understand 'outboard' to mean either side of the rear seats (ie. not the centre position) otherwise why fit two isofix positions?

Mine improved considerably once I removed the tapes covering the drainage holes in the bottom doors that got left there after the PDI. I also use dehumidifier packs on the dash in the winter months.

I'm fortunate that I very rarely need to use rapid chargers, the problem with this is that I haven't developed the 'skills' to handle these beasts. I have tried to use BP Pulse on four occasions on three different chargers using a credit card. These three machines were all different in their...

Worth emphasising that there are two very different issues here. One is AUTO ON/OFF the other is AUTO DIP/MAIN. Personally I've not really had a problem with the AUTO ON/OFF although you have to keep an eye on dusk/low light/bad weather situations. However the AUTO DIP/MAIN was downright dangerous!

Because the granny charger is very slow, hanging around to catch the 100% point isn't really practical so I have no idea what happens at the end of the charge. I rather naively thought the cars' system might indicate that equalisation had taken place.

In one year of ownership and occasional charging to 100% I have never seen any evidence of equalisation taking place. Mind you I only charge on a granny.

Battery balance seems like the most likely answer at the moment. This thought is stirring around in my little brain - if batteries require balancing as a result of rapid charging, would they not require the same as a result of rapid dis-charging? My thinking is this, I did 175 miles to Bristol...

Thanks for the comments. I am aware of the possible inaccuracy of the gom but I alway thought the % was pretty accurate. Infact on one occasion last summer I (accidentally) run down much lower than I intended while trying to find a charger and whilst it was a scary moment the gom and % seemed...

Today I lost 9% of my charge with my pre-facelift 5LR sitting on the drive doing nothing. The full story is this. I drove 175 miles to home from Bristol starting with 100% battery in good weather and temperatures around 8 Deg C. A good steady journey, mostly motorway at a 65mph cruise and...

I had a heart stopping moment recently when travelling along a dark A road. As I rounded a bend the headlights picked up a car waiting at a side road junction and dipped, then almost immediately switched to main beam and back again. Clearly the headlights couldn't decide what to do. Needless to...

I did this yesterday for the first time in my pre-facelift MG5 and it worked fine except you can't lock the car.

Driving yesterday on a mild and quite pleasant day we noticed the outside temperature display was showing -40! This seemed to have no affect on the car's heating and everything was comfortable and normal inside. Also we noticed that the time information had disappeared too. Once home I restarted...

Hmm. Not sure about that. The MG manual refers to them as 'Residential charging device' and a 'home charging kit'. Is there evidence that they 'fail quicker'? Done getting on for 6K miles in my car 99% charged on a granny with absolutely no issues of any kind. Can't be said of the 3 times I've...

I realise line voltage is bad enough (240V AC) but surely the in-car charger has built in protection to prevent DC battery voltage becoming live through the lead? I have a granny charger which can supply 6, 8,10 or 13A. 6A is perfect for me as the car is on the drive much of the time during...