Content by securespark in February, 2026

The little feathered gits sit and wait in a tree until you've finished cleaning it then fly over and, BOMBS AWAY!! If you hear chirping while you're cleaning your car, that's not the happy sound of nature, it's: "Dad, I desperately need a shit..." "Not yet, lass, they've not quite finished the...

I just thought it was funny as, yes, it makes sense to have a happy Mrs S! I remember seeing something on TV in the 1970s before the introduction of compulsory front seatbelt wearing where they were talking to drivers asking why they weren't wearing their seatbelt. The drivers all but one said...

I didn't realise these suggestions were in response to my post! So the confusion led to suggestions how to improve our efficiency and I thank those for their suggestions. Mrs S uses ACC most of the time. We have an efficiency of 2.2 miles/kWh. Would it be better without it, or not?

Thanks for all that info. Really appreciate it. The latest "From Start" figure is 2.2...... I haven't looked at the other figures yet.

Sorry. I wouldn't have thought to use the words "pull up" to mean increase, but I can kind of see confusion creeping in. But this is indeed what I meant:

I've tried today on our Trophy MG4 how I can pull up the average m/ kWh, but I haven't been successful yet. It would be really useful to find out what it is. .

It would be too much of a coincidence to be the same person...

Deffo. We had 4 test drives of the MG4 before we decided to go for it. The first thing was "Woah! The boot's small...". But we decided we could live with it, as for the most part, it would just be two of us and we could use the rear of the cabin. The ride was fine too. But as time wore on...

And a slightly younger but definitely creaky person...

OK, thanks, interesting. Does your 3.5 figure apply to the N Lines? As an aside, does anyone know how I can pull up my average m/ kWh on the MG4? I have looked on YT, but not found anything yet.

Which model in the Kona line-up is that?

According to my research the base Advance models are 319, the higher models, 282. Looking for a bigger boot, though, and hopefully a wider back seat, to carry 3 in a bit more comfort.

These are words that go together well.

I know someone who is a marshal at Silverstone. Top guy.

Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble...

Suzi's sister?

"Fire up the Quattro!"

Are you bod on other fora?

I liked Tony Pond. :cry:RIP.

Boot close/ open buttons on the fob should be made "double knock" (ie you press it twice in quick succession) so you can't operate it by accident.

I think we have all pulled some crazy feats and looked back years later and thought "Did I really do that?" I know I have. Like me delivering stuff. Once went to London and back twice in quick succession, without much more than a meal break. Wouldn't do that again!

I remember Bill and Ben, maybe it was a rerun? The Golden Shit with Bob Monkhouse. Magic Roundabout. Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley. Mr Ben, Bagpuss, Fingerbobs. Mary, Mungo and Midge. Chorlton and the Wheelies, made by Cosgrove Hall in Chorlton, Manchester. They also made Danger Mouse...

I see your point. Her aim is to do a 250 mile journey without having to stop for charging. Her ideal is always to charge overnight.

I'm guessing that would have been remedied now. Will do, thanks. Yes, to me too. I had an Octavia Rudolph bought new in 2002 which had persistent issues with a faulty alternator, battery and headlamp. I was surprised there were so many quality issues, but as ever, things can go wrong with cars...

I could be mistaken, but it looks like An Teallach. Stopped on the 832 in the 80s to consider walking up, but chickened out.

🧠💥

I'm looking at the 82kWh SE-L.

As that's top of my EV pick list, do tell! What issues should I look out for and what is it about the dealer service?

Just seen this. Will approach Mrs S with the idea. Thanks.

Being serious for a second, we have two trains of thought at the moment. I'm firmly in the EV camp, and top of my list is the Enyaq. Mrs S is havering (which is different to procrastinating...:ROFLMAO:) and wants to consider hybrids, maybe the Geely. I think if we were to have a hybrid, it...

Don't hold back... :ROFLMAO:

I had an obnoxious car dealer once say that to me. (I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are obnoxious!). I got up and walked out. As I got to the door, I could hear him saying "Now let's not be hasty..." I didn't even look back. So, I can do some things without procrastinating!

Not when you've been doing it your whole life.... :ROFLMAO: Buying things like large appliances or mobile phones or cars means I have to make lists and compare everything down to the last detail. "This is good", you're thinking...but then I discover that the replacement item doesn't have a...

I'm a dreadful procrastinator at the best of times, but now I'm frozen with fear...

Don't shoot me, people! I've been looking at a car that is neither an MG nor an EV... The Geely Starray hybrid caught my eye for two reasons. One, because it has a long EV only range (I think the larger battery model is up to 84 miles) and two, the larger battery model supports up to 60 kW...

So you got £420 from Barclaycard through S75, using the quote provided, then had the work done?

Yes, I'm sorry. My post was badly worded. What I meant to say was that if you find a dealer who IS a good one and buy your car there, then if you want to benefit from the service provided by the good dealer, you would need to go back there for servicing. Our dealer, Mangoletsi, was very good...

It is a bit of a lottery. You can buy your car from a dealer outside your area but then you have to be prepared to travel for servicing.

I'd love to watch the X Power equivalent of the old Group B 6R4 rally. Mind you, I'd miss the incredible noise those V6 lumps made! It had a 3 litre engine, with 24 valves and 410 bhp. Ric Wood is local to us and has fixed an issue with our car in the past. He is a fascinating chap, racing...

Great!

We don't have an XP. And we don't suffer vibe or hum. But for sure a change of tyres sure can make a big difference to how the car rides.

That's a satisfactory result.

If you eat anything in the open air in Barmouth, watch out for the evil seagulls... They are awful.

"Broom broom" is very appropriate because it swept the board and beat the competition when you were deciding on your next car!

:eek:

Which birds do you eat for brekkie? Shredded tweet!

I'm sorry MGC... You're a very kind lovely mod....

When I bought my 2002 Octavia estate, the sticker on the boot floor said Combi. Interesting fact, the 1960 Octavia estate had a bigger boot than the current model! 690 litres vs 640. And you could fold the 1960s car's seats down into a bed, a bit like you could in a Maxi, although I reckon it...

Wow, that explains it then! Incredible image!

Just found these on the Waitrose website. I tried the "alternative" relish many years ago and there are suspicions that the recipe has been cheapened. But even putting aside the ingredients, I would choose L&P's every time. I've never bought any Duchy products, not because I oppose them...

Well, can I just say, I love them both? The only mystery about Vegemite was decoding it from the lyrics of Men At Work's song! "What are they singing?"... No internet to look it up in 1983! Yeah, Terry, I know it was released in Oz in 1981, but it didn't chart in the UK till January 83...

That is immense! Remind me again what phone you have?

Disa-blinking-ppointed! I thought you meant the proving ground... I was expecting pictures!

Need to ask T1's opinion on that...

Ironically, lactose is milk sugar, so by taking it out, you'd think the milk would be sugar free, but there's around 2.5g of sugar per 100ml of lactose free milk. My original trade before being an electrician was food technology, but lactose free milk was not around then. Edit. Oops, sorry, Mod!

You get the option of chips with your breakfast at McDonalds?

It depends which one you have. As with lots of food comparisons, some are much nicer than others. Oatly barista gets rave reviews from my Nephew.

I thought a spurtle was a small spurt...

Anyway, it wasn't a skirt, it was a...it was a...hang on... (frantically searching the internet), yes, yes! Got it! It was a Welsh kilt. So there!

You can make great flapjacks with them! Or use them in a crumble topping. Porage oats are not just for breakfast! I haven't used salt or sugar in porage up to now. Normally, I just use milk of the cow, mostly fresh, sometimes sterilised, as I'm one of those weirdos who likes the taste...

How did you know I'm wearing a skirt?! Have you hacked my CCTV?

Is the sunlight shining on it?

I'm hoping if I keep eating this stuff I'll end up looking like the fella on the front...

It took me so long to type my post, but we said the same thing!

There's some lights on a roundabout near us into a 40, then 50. It makes me smile the only way that most ICE can get past us from the lights (eventually) is to break the speed limit! Then they slam on because of the Gatso... They don't like being out-revved by a cheap nasty Chinese car in their...

Doesn't that guzzle the electrons? You manage to get excellent MPN!

I went to a Quaker boarding school. I wholeheartedly thank the teachers for letting us watch NTNOCN. Some didn't know what it was, others knew, but turned a blind eye and let us watch it anyway. The common room was always stuffed to the gills when it was on.

Wow!

Weren't they wonderfully practical! We had the choice of Multipla or FRV because we wanted a 3+3 layout. We went for the Japanese option. Mrs S said I'm not buying a bloody Fiat! Coloured, I think, by the fact that her Dad owned a Strada in 1979...

I see this has been answered by Gomev in another thread... https://www.mgevs.com/threads/did-you-buy-your-ev-to-save-the-planet.25025/post-429834

Now here's a funny thing... I know it may not really fully make sense, but the look of the car needs to appeal to me before I can literally buy into it. But then you have to ask yourself, well, I really love the way that car looks, but it doesn't offer exactly what I need. Do you make...

There's been a couple of niggles with our 23 plate Trophy LR. But one of them is not really fair because it was caused by impatient Mrs S who slammed the boot and snapped the left hand lug off the parcel shelf. I glued it back with super glue and Sodium Bicarbonate. It has been super strong and...

I hated the previous Konas. I like the front end of the current Kona, but the back end still rankles with the rear light clusters bulging out oddly.

When choosing our next car, we had two lists, we had a petrol list and an EV list. On both lists, there were SUVs and hatches. The sales people were a bit pissed off, because they complained you couldn't compare one with another. Mrs S was like, "We can, don't worry!" On the petrol paper...

I remember reading in Auto Express about the possibility of a full EV Qashqai coming due in 2026, but I think it must have been set back. Just looked at the latest on Auto Express. Apparently, the Qashqai EV will appear in the second half of the decade, possibly as early as 2027 and the Qashqai...

While we're on the subject of hybrids, what do folk think about the Qashqai e-power? 1.5T petrol lump charging a battery full time but it never drives the wheels. An "EV" that never needs plugging in...

Mrs S never says that to me. In any case, my shoe size is 12!

I'm🧓too!

You're as young as you feel. Or in my case, as young as your other half says you are. Mrs S says I'm like an 11 year old sometimes. That is a good thing, isn't it?

Well, the XJ-S started its life towards the end of the Interceptor's... It may have been in my pack of TT cards. I could give away my age and say I was born the year that England won a certain footy match...In fact, I think the Jensen was born the same year.

I remember having the Jag XJ-S and the Lockheed Blackbird. But not in the same pack!

I have to say it... Oooh, Matron!

What, a Diesel one or an electron version?

Only ever driven the Diesel MK1. I liked the shelf over the windscreen. Good place for all my millions of regs books!

I think I may have mentioned this before, but the most waves I ever had was when I inherited my Grandad's '78 Alfasud in 1985. Amazing "club" to be in! We get waves from the other very local MG4 driver (also a Trophy, also red, also 23 plate) and we chatted to another MG4 driver going the...

I must be out of the norm. When I was driving, I liked to get large chunks done in one go. Sometimes I did a whole 230 mile journey sans stopping. But, 250 mile claimed range does not not make 250 IRL.

Drives you blinking nuts, doesn't it?!

Love Ian's videos.

Yes. We get a roll of biodegradable caddy liners from the council every year. They have got smaller over the years, so we do buy extra now, also biodegradable. But they go in the green wheelie bin here in Stockport, along with garden waste. We now pay for green waste which we never did before...

That might be the message I get, but I'm standing next to the car when I'm doing it.

I saw a VW Bora on a V the other day. That was eaten up by the tin worm.

Our LR MG4 consistently gets 200 miles all year round. But then, Mrs S drives like Nigella Mansell...

I have my key, but don't often carry it as a passenger, unless we are on a road trip, but I do carry my phone. I have noticed that sometimes, but not always, the car will not lock via my phone after Mrs S has parked up and walked away. It gives me a message (which infuriatingly I can't...

I guess it's marketed as the model that stays around town?

I've heard that tango is being dropped with the MG4 facelift, making way for Ealing Green.

I think there is quite a bit of MG4 in that design. It's an SUV with an extra 200mm between the wheels, compared to the MG4, so should have bags of passenger room. Apparently it has a frunk too. Edited for clarity.

:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Yeah, don't invite anyone round to dinner!

If you deactivate the walk away unlocking, does that also deactivate the proximity lock/ unlocking via the handles?

I've always loved the word "accompanied" when talking about food. It always makes me chuckle. [In an 80s gameshow host voice] "Tonight, Ian, accompanying your pie in the journey through your digestive system are buttered leeks and roasted root veg!"

Apparently, Enyaq has "walk away locking". When you are a specified number of metres away, it will lock? Does anyone know if it can be deactivated?

IDK if there is a link to Honda, but they are display/ selling those two brands in our local Honda showroom. I thought maybe it was because Chery built the ZR-V. That is built by Guangqi Honda, a partnership with Honda and GAC. But GAC and Chery have formed alliances, so who knows?

Mushroom! I'm veggie.

Lunch in the Boar's Head in Higher Poynton.

MG4.5?