Content by Jamesrr in January, 2026

Did a Golf R who thought they'd get past me taking off from the lights before the third lane ended... No you won't :ROFLMAO: Also a Porsche Macan, but I guess it was just the soccer mum version... I try not to let my youthful exuberance overtake my better judgement too often though...

Another lovely day beside the seaside ;)

Just a typical lazy day at the beach here.

It's also been debunked ;)

It was a balmy 43 here at the beach house at Black Point SA. ... before it cooled down in the evening. Lovely!

The Australian brochures have only ever claimed 88kW and still do. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0580/0476/6795/files/MG4_Product_Brochure_2025_v2.pdf?v=1751962542 *Not sure if this link is going to be valid in perpetuity...

Exactly! Past 80% things really slow down. 90% to excruciating levels. There's one leg on my "regular" 2 day 1500km trek from Sydney NSW to the beach house in SA where I used to charge up to 85% to minimise the range anxiety but these days the only time I charge past 80 is if I can't get back...

There's no strange reason kW limit is halved! It's physics ;) P=VxI 360kW chargers are 800V X 450A. They are typically current (I) limited so a 400V car can only get up to 400V x 450A = 180kW Stations do have total power limits. Tesla sites are configured so that each supercharger plug...

The Taycan is an 800V architecture car and designed to support 350kW charging on suitable 800V chargers. The MG4 is 400V architecture and the SR/51kWh LFP battery version tops out at 88kW charging, albeit the most I've seen on ours is 70ish kW for a little while. It's not our long distance car...

I recommend the JBL Stage 2 604C speakers. They include replacement tweeters and bass/midrange drivers that fit the MG4 original equipment locations and significantly upgrade the sound quality. There are some links to installation instructions I can look up if you are interested. I have them...

Where "bit of a Berk" is shorthand for Bond film level of evil megalomaniac ;) If they'd actually produced the compact "Model 2" it would have been the car to suit us, but the Y and 3 are just too big for our needs. Damn shame.