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I had a quick Look a while ago as although I’ve never had a problem in 65k for the sake of £40/ £50 or so & on other EV’s I’ve had the 12v is pretty much a consumable, I just haven’t got around to it yet. It’s definitely a size 063 45ah SAIC branded battery (probably pretty budget and poor)...

Thanks Macadoodle, that’s really helpful mate, I wish I hadn’t discarded the old oil now, think I’ll get an analysis done the next time & see what’s in there, at least it’s highly unlikely heat with your findings and lack of burnt smell. That’s right Les as tsedge mentions it’s the taxi...

I’ve just been using the MG official oil (made by Shell but only available through dealers). It’s called SL2808, there’s a couple of pics I believe and a bit more on the specs etc. a few pages back the last couple of times I’ve changed it if you look at my past posts (today was the 3rd time) 👍...

Just another quick update for anyone that’s interested, I’ve just changed the diff oil again @ 56k miles. it turned into a bit of a damp nightmare this time as the square drain bolt was seized/rusted solid and ended up rounding off, fortunately a “twist” socket extractor (lifesaver) worked a...

Yeah, it’s probably a mix of 70/30% A1/B roads so not all motorway mileage so gets quite a mixed use (& wear). It’s holding up very well tbh, no rattles or issues apart from the diff oil leak (sorted on day 2 with breather kit) The only concern I have with higher mileage is the diff so I change...

Currently averaging 4110 per month so far with the 407 😁 days I’ve had my tango trophy, just ticked over 55k of school transport (taxi) work, same journey of around 260 miles a day 5 days a week over 39 school weeks each year, it’s very rarely used for any personal journeys & don’t think anyone...

Before I measure it properly etc. myself just wondering if anyone knows for sure the correct battery type or size for a Trophy? Cheers

That’s surprising, I’m sure nothing to worry about or indeed do we know just how accurate MG diagnostics are I’m not sure but you’d think they’d be using the same tools. My August 22 built, Nov 22 delivered Trophy (Obv diff battery chemistry) was apparently at 100% SOH at 15 & 30k services...

Thanks for updating, Glad to hear you’ve got it back but sorry to hear it’s not 100% yet, might not help but you never know, I’ve heard of one other drive unit failure that was replaced under warranty. I believe he had similar HV battery disconnection problems after which was resolved by...

Yeah that’s right, I was strangely miffed the first time it did it as I wanted a long running total, was not to be unfortunately 😁

It’s done by time, I’ve watched it do it & reset a couple of times by chance 99:59 hours I think it was, pretty certain this is the only way it resets apart from manually.

I changed the OEM tyres at 6k to Crossclimate 2's which I've again recently changed at 38k miles to Vector Gen 3's (Costco had an amazing deal) which I've done around 2k on now so have a little bit of experience of them & did quite a bit of research too like yourself, I had it down to these 2...

Hi, apart from the original oil leak on delivery it's been spot on, still rattle free and holding up well, I may have started to get a sort of bush sounding creak when I'm maneuvering I've noticed but very slight & not always there so I need to keep an ear out but I've barley used the car over...

Just in the middle of doing my second oil change now on 39k, last one was at 21k so it's done 18k since, again the oil is pretty black & I'd say ready for a change from looking at it, a little bit of fine metal paste on the magnetic drain bolt but no where near as much as the first change which...

...... Was in for a service on Saturday & they updated a few modules, only things i've noticed is the LKA now remembers to stay on, I know it's a NCAP requirement etc. Not the end of the world & I'll get into the routine of turning it off 😁. On a positive though, pre heat/cooling from the app...