Content by HedgePig in September, 2025

Can you imagine this is an SE function only...there will be riots!

TRY IT! TRY IT IMMEDIATELY!!! (And then go to the settings screen and post a pic of the software version you're on immediately after!) Please and thank you.

AAAAAAARGH THEY HAVE DONE IT ON SOMEEE!!!?! Thats almost more annoying. @siteguru Can you please confirm with software version you're on? I'll ask my local MG to roll mine back if its a previous version.

For me, the fact that MG has incorporated an off button 4 screens deep, confirms that it is a function they believe is necessary. So in that sense they have sort of set themselves up for this. A stupidly simple fix would be to incorporate it in a front screen or immediate swipe/drop down. The...

Thats your 5th 'I give up' in this thread yet you appear to come back and tell people its not an issue the next day. A quick poll of replies in here puts it as an actual issue to 12 out of 14 individuals who have indicated their choice. Statistically, your opinion is an outlier. Embrace it...

In his defence he argues very passionately on their behalf I can't fault it! But none of my annoyance is directed at him. Its a great car. I like it. I want to keep it. I want to be able to turn it off without having to submit a retinal scan and 90 days of bank statements and maybe someone from...

I laughed...don't you start! (Pun?) No look I both respect and appreciate that @salty appears to interpret my observations as a direct assault on his sensibilities. I have no desire to meet at dawn at 20 paces over this. I do think given that I appear to be enjoying (broadly) acknowledgement...

Don't be sorry...I'll try to explain. I stopped the car, with an expectation of not being long. Now, in a normal, sensible, driver-centric car (you know, like the tens of millions already out there?) I would have turned the car off. And exited the car. Like a normal person. However, since you...

Popped into the car and had a few swipes, swiped up and down and left and right, one finger, two finger...multiple taps. There are definitely two screens. Drag down from the top middle: And drag down from either side from the top down you get a handy shortcut menu...but no power button for me.

As I admitted a day or two back to @MG Clive technically that is actually the answer! It does in fact power everything off. (Except the radio...oddly). Stopped at the outlaws yesterday to retrieve the dog and got out, wasn't going to go in but the FIL wanted help with a power tool. Next thing I...

You know that is the actual answer here...

I laughed...yes of course but I think 'hey, can I turn it off?' would be a reasonably low-hanging-fruit for customer happiness! :D

I thought I had a brief moment of genius.

I am puzzled by your hostility on this. You have suggested I can't put on a mask, or something which felt vaguely insulting...and now I am disqualified from asking a question because I am new..? @MG Clive is a mod on this thread I am certain if I was breaking any rule he would have been kind...

So 'hours' is perfectly reasonable...but not if they after sunset...apparently because thats bad. You'll understand my confusion.

I have a question (I am at my desk so can't test this) but isn't there a 'lock/unlock' rocker in the driver door panel? What is the effect of toggling this once you're in park? In theory its the 'lock' action...does that turn anything off? Ideas?

Does anyone know if LO I would think insulting strangers who simply don't want their car left on for hours at a time is not the best way to elevate your point... Lights on...radio on...you're saying everyone should just leave it until the next day? Why bother with an off mode at all right...

I am sounding more militant than I feel. :D Its a small adjustment. But I have found myself strategising as I go down the drive as to the sequence of events to minimise effort. I am in OPS. I want simpler!

I think the wider point here, which may be being missed is forcing me to lock the car in order to turn it off, is annoying. It is like saying, in order to open the window, I need to tune into LBC. You are asking me to add a layer of complexity to a simple task that did not need to be...

Not to be otherwise but asking if there is a way to turn the car off, without first having to get out of it...doesn't feel particularly overthought. Given every other reply is folks agreeing with me that it is annoying. Yes, what you describe is an option. But having the car 'off' but just...

Hi @MG Clive ! Didn't actually realise it was the act of seating that did this. I know it 'wakes up' when I sit, but I note a number of menu functions only activate when you put your foot on the brake. Thanks for this. Digging keys out of a pocket, while seated is a ball-ache. So I have to...

I don't know is the short answer! I just find it a little annoying...for one the radio stays on...which sets my teeth a little...I am out of the car why is it entertaining an empty car? The keys are IN my pocket. You know how you might then reach to the passenger seat and grab your wallet or a...

Hi Forum, EDIT TO ADD A POTENTIAL ANSWER - See below my original question. Quite happy with my little MG4! I mean its not like the BMW i4 I was given by the rental company on a visit to Denmark last week...but for the price I am happy! My question is a simple one: How do I turn the car off? I...