Recent content by Lovemyev

I am assuming you have the Bridgestone tyres fitted from the factory then ?. One member HAS already switched out the factory tyres 🛞 to Michelin Cross Climates instead. He reported that the new tyres, produce a LOT less road noise than the Bridgestones, and that the car now is pretty much...

Here is a quick indication to see if you have any traction battery degradation. Before you charge to 80%. Rest your the trips. With everything turned OFF. You should have a predicted range of about 211 - 212 of range.

I have to say that MG’s answer is a bit vague and not convincing or conclusive, wide open to interpretation tbh. I do agree that the items on the 1st service, will be covered again on the 2nd service. But the 2nd service includes a cabin filter which makes up a good bit of the cost. Is it worth...

Thanks for posting back !. What was the complete new bolster cover made from ?. Did he use vinyl or leather ?.

Ouch 😣!. My eyes are already watering Ian 😭🤣.

You can’t close the boot with the foot wiggle, you can only open it !. This can be turned on or off in the head unit. I think is has been set up this way for safety reasons. Example - You have the boot open and are reaching right into the back of the boot space, trying to retrieve something. You...

I always bought my fob batteries on-line from the usual places, like Amazon & E.bay etc. Either Duracell or Everready. All had good expiry dates, well into the future. But then I started to noticed that the batteries were not lasting very long at all. So, I decided to try a pack from our local...

The 99$ question :- Are we dealing with the "run of the mill, common or garden" flooded type battery. Or the AGM type battery fitted straight from the factory then in the S5's in the U.K. ?. If its the basic flooded type, the only wiggle room for improvement is a bigger capacity. As long as the...

That is a very detailed and comprehensive explanation of the rights and wrongs for fitting a new battery to the S5. Other MG models as well, by the looks of it. So, basic flooded battery it is then !. The recommendation of increasing the size / capacity is the only viable option. Which would be...

I am a little unsure how you are going to refuse to have any additional work done by the same dealer, who is carrying out the MOT in order to get your car passed ?. Of course you do have the option to take the car elsewhere, but then you could have just done that anyway ?. There have been a...

“Free” health and MOT checks fall into the same category as when a lot of garages use to offer “Free” fitting on exhaust systems. It was never free, it’s because the profit margin on exhaust systems were that massive, it was built into the price. A “Free” health checks only takes 15 minutes, but...

Check that your HVAC settings are NOT set to “recirc” mode !. Otherwise, your car will miss up almost straight away.

I have chosen not to let main dealers conduct the MOT’s of any of my cars over the last 15 years+. Even if they are sometimes offered for free !. You get nothing for free in this world really, so I have experience of having good reasons why, I don’t take up their kind ( so called ) free offer of...

Just be mindful that the service intervals are based on time or distance, which ever arrives first !. So if you are a low milage user case, then the time factor is more important here. So you will be submitting the car for its annual service before you hit the distance. It’s vice versa if you...

I found with my VW Golf PHEV, that after being contacted by VW CS the car needed to go to appointed VW dealership, of their choose, to have a HV battery service bulletin completed, None of the local dealers were authorised to carry out the job. We had to travel about 50 miles to get the car...