Recent content by John Sauve Rodd

Very high mileage MG BEVS - how they hold up: I've discovered several videos on YouTube from a couple James and Kate (husband and wife) who are involved with the EV supply/service company 'Cleveley' and who use a small fleet of MG5 estate cars and something they call 'the van' for parts delivery...

Oh, come on! You drive it where you normally drive your own ZS EV and look at miles drive, the miles per KwH and percentage battery start and finish. If the many high mileage Tesla studies are relevant to other marques then at 238k miles the MG in question should have 85% of the original...

The easiest way to quickly determine battery SoH is to take it on a measured run. That apart, consider the wear and tear on the modern EV or hybrid: before Tesla, you could find on YouTube USA hybrids like the Prius running pretty much as they did new with 1/4, 1/3. 1/2 a million miles on the...

A 238,000 mile 2019 plate ZS, used as a taxi. We're used to seeing v high mileage Telas being analysed every which way, but this is one of our own (My first EV was a 2020 version of this car and since 2022 I've ahd the newer LR version and I am delighted with it)

Thanks 'Data' - I am an 80% charge man unless a long journey is called for which in my 8th decade happens less than it once did + the train carries me El Cheapo and mostly hassle free. I'm an Octopus customer but wasn't when I got the Electroverse card. My sole gripe with the ZS (and I seem to...

Can you enlighten on how NMC batteries behave differently to LFP? I was sure my car had LFP. On Electroverse, the charge procedure 'experience' was poor because the screen on the charger at Morrisons (MFG the owner) was almost invisible in the strong sunlight and unlike my ChargeMap RFID (I use...

A journey to Woking from Kent and return Thu 22nd - Sat 24th, 167 miles on M20-M26-M25-A3 and local roads with ambient temp 16C-18C, two adults with luggage. But 4.4 miles per kwh? Really? This is Tesla territory. Battery was 100% charged before departure on 7Kw home charger, topped up on a...

Invicta result - a new garage to service by 3 year old ZS EV Arrive Invicta Motors Maidstone at 12:57 sign paperwork ask penetrating questions hand over keys take a seat, log on to free wifi and eat my Waitrose meal deal. 13:39 car driven off Invicta parking lot. 14:33 car finished. Total...

I'm with you - ripping off L, R & C. I've a 3rd year service coming up and at a new dealer who does actually answer questions unlike Caffyns Ashford who are fronted by service numpties. As leasehold is have cake and eat it to freehold, servicing for EVs with no ICE engine or multi speed gearbox...

No, the app has major flaws; it will disconnect from the MG server with unhelpful message 'token expired' (?) and then on resetting (password + email/phone) says 'bind car' WHICH reports 'car already bound' leading to a remote, tortuous and unreliable procedure to un-bind the vehicled (the app...

My service date is 7th April. I'll let you know my impressions of Invicta. It's a 90 minute appointment so that's wehre the money's going )+ the AA for another eyar).

MG ZS EC LR 3rd year service £160 at Invicta Maidstone Kent.

Thank. Invicta are on my list to phone. My take on Caffyns is they are just milking it.

Caffyns Ashford Kent have told me (1) they misquoted the year 3 service at £346 thinking - and I am being generous - it was a year 4 service (expensive) (2) I asked if MG se the service costs and was told MG specify what has to be done to a car and the price of spares but each garage will have...

Hi Bob. I had to look up Baldivis. You're ahead of me. I think it's time I got MG in Oxford (UK) to tell me what service cost should be. MG's responsiveness to driver/owner concerns is not great based on my own experience. FYI I watch Sam Evans' channel The Electric Viking. He is great.