Recent content by kiwi

https://www.mgevs.com/threads/alloys.14956/post-259343

Wheel trims?

Late to the party but for completeness here are the new model alloys (flat spokes, without ribs) fitted with Mgtitan centres: Yes that is outside the Intercontinental in Wellington where the overnight valet parking included charging.

Use to drive E46 330 and the Trophy/Essence easily beats that off the line and in handling. Only thing better that I've owned was a ST205 WRC GT4 with AWD and ALS.

Two sets of wheel centres (a mate and myself). Made by SAIC and fit perfectly.

Yes I’ve lived in the UK, so the outlets there are nominally 13A but derate to 10A for continuous use. Just like the Type I plugs used Oz/NZ and some other countries are derated to 8A. I haven’t seen an official MG lead reported with 470 ohm resistor. I’ve seen 470 ohm mentioned lots of time...

The situation in the US is quite different. None of the Tesla chargers there have CCS2, they are all Tesla’s own NACS standard. While some US EV makers are transitioning to the NACS standard, the vehicles you reference need to use adaptors (except new builds from March 2025).

The car type in the Tesla app is just feedback to Tesla marketing on what types of car their customers are driving. It has no effect whatsoever on the charging processes. Set it to whatever you like. Mmm today I think I’ll be driving a Jaguar I-Pace…

No one can say definitely if the inverter is safe at loads above 10A. I care about the warranty and I don’t want MG to have an excuse to say that I blew the inverter with a home made lead. Hence I stuck to the MG lead wiring and resistor value. How would MG know? I understand the car logs...

Looks like the last time the OP visited the site was the day after his post almost six months ago. So if he ever logs in again he can look forward to catching up on the last 30 posts of this thread...

It only works properly one way: a 2,000 ohm resistor (gives 217 VAC and 50 Hz, with max load of 2.3 kW to suit Oz/NZ plugs) between PP and PE at the car end of the cable. Break out your multimeter and check.

@salty @Tuareg the MG4 radio sounds fine, it doesn’t work fine. It’s the user interface that’s daft. Try these tests from simple to more complex: Select 107.1 MHz while driving. Save a frequency with a station, then drive to the edge of the station’s coverage area and try to recall that...

The radio is terrible. Really really bad. So much so I’d say it essentially doesn’t work on FM. Of course there is no AM but ignoring that the tuner is useless. I listen to weaker LPFM stations and even though I have them as favourites, the radio won’t present them if it thinks they’re too weak...

Insurance replacement free of charge on my policy. Took three weeks from a new screen to come in from China.

Yes! Twice, within one month of replacement. Only have the one image of the original crack: