Recent content by gwatuk

🙂 Are you still "Not an MG" person?

Thanks for that @W12Lad. On the basis of that I made the decision not to buy the pre-reg car, tempting as it was.

Thanks Ian - you should working for a dealer. (Or maybe you are :eek: )

There's a bit of a battle happening on AutoTrader over MGS5 Trophys. Current best price is £23295. I can sense those heated seats calling to me. (@Ian Key - thanks)

Thanks very much for all this folks. Very helpful :)

Thanks Ian. Yes I've spent a lot of time on AutoTrader 😀 When we bought our MG4 we drove about 100 miles to get it (it was a really good deal!) Another quick question please. Have there been any software updates for these cars since they were released?

Why? (I'm not very experienced at buying cars! )

Good morning Ian :ROFLMAO: It's a SE Long Range. Got them down to £22781 brand new, and £21290 pre-reg.

A long time, quite possibly 7 years or more.

I'm thinking about buying a new MGS5. I'm looking at two options. Brand new or pre-registered The pre-registered is £1490 cheaper, but its registration date is 30th September 2025. So I think this would mean losing 6 months off the warranty. Should I worry about this or just grab the bargain...

It's something that can be done with Home Assistant. This means you can create some complex automations. My other half goes swimming in a lake most mornings. I have an automation that knows when she arrives there, waits for a few minutes then sends a command to the car to run its 10 minute...

Just over a year ago I posted with the same title as this one (the balancing period then was 8 minutes). Our car (SE SR) is now 16 months old and has almost always been charged with a granny charger. The balancing period has always been less than 10 minutes. Here's the latest: I think this...

"MG Since 1924" That's impressive.

Sorry - don't know anything about that. You should ask about that on the home assistant forum. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/mg-motor-mg5-electric-car-integration/460179/88?u=gwatuk

Great! It's also worth mentioning that the custom integration is no longer being maintained, whereas the MQTT system is. (There have been several updates quite recently.)