Recent content by mg4mc

They look nice and everything, but the MG software and their relationship (or not!) with dealers would put me off ever buying anything upmarket from MG for the foreseeable.

Sounds like a job for AI

Would it though? Apparently on that 1/4 mile run the X-Power was 12.36 seconds, the Opel 12.90 seconds. With a decent launch from the Opel it may well have been different, it was gaining rapidly on the MG at the end.

I think the Opel fluffed his launch though.

Must admit I have unplugged a car from a rapid charger when there was no driver around and the charge had ended (for whatever reason).

Mine charged most of the afternoon from around 2pm onwards on IOG. Charge completed at 19:46

The fixed is 0.5p off the day rate for me, but with a £25 exit fee. I think I'll stay on the variable rate.

Never seen a switched car fuse before! A neat solution. If I were going to introduce a relay or switch in the cabin, I'd switch the DRL control line (just one wire out of the Body Control Module that controls both lights) rather than the main power feed. The lamps work by having a fused power...

I think you have an extra zero in there! 240W. I think they have used 1.5mm² thin-walled cable which is nominally rated at 21 A. And yes, the fuses only supply the headlamp units. 20A does seem like over kill, though it would be interesting to see what current the multi-LED lamps on the...

Hmm, post #15? ;)

Or was the work done by geological upheaval that raised the iron ore bed above sea level?

The Ohme setting just switches on the power to the car, you need to start the heating in the car settings. The Ohme setting is only really useful for cars that can schedule the heating. For the MG you may as well just use the Max Charge when you need to preheat.

They switched my charger on for the hour, in fact up to 4pm. But I've disconnected as I am already over 80% and don't need the extra charge. I just did it to see what happened.

Unfortunately the X Power wasn't available when I bought my MG4. It replaced my beloved Golf R mk7.5 (still the best version imho), with an engine tune, induction kit, gearbox remap, haldex modified for the extra power. Then some scrotes stole it. The X Power would have similar 0-60 times, but...

If you are on IOG then I think you will still benefit from the hours credit, so long as they can control your charger for that hour.