Recent content by tomsimmons

Finally decided it was time to clean the car having been away for Christmas, 800 miles of motorway grime! I was rather upset to discover several marks in the paint (Piccadilly blue) that are through to the white (?) under layer on the bonnet. In all the cars I have owned I don't recall so many...

Thanks one and all. I wouldn't expect it to be a problem. Tom

Next year I'm hoping to finally get away on holiday abroad. I've been looking at taxi costs v parking costs and factoring in extras like having time to drop off and pick up the dog from kennels, or not and paying extra day(s). The car has more than enough range to do the trip to the airport...

I've had my MG 5 for a couple of months now and on about 4 or 5 occasions I've seen the infotainment system restart. What I mean by that is whilst driving I have noticed that the screen has gone black, then the MG logo appears. Anyone else come across this? Tom

As I understand it, the MG 5 (which I have) charges at it's fastest on a 80+ kW DC CCS charger. However, as far as I can make out these are about as common as rocking horse...manure! There seems to be about a dozen 100kW CCS chargers in the entire of the UK. Is this the case or am I missing...

I'm assume the rates are different from standard Go?

What's the difference between Go and Go Faster, is it simply that you can choose when your 4 hour cheap slot is - within reason? I'm in the process of swapping to Octopus Tom

Linking to another thread, there must be someone in in or near Hinckley... https://www.mgevs.com/threads/boot-liner.2941/#post-39714

Is there a MG 5 EV owner very close or even in Hinckley (Leicestershire) on here? I have a liner for my current car (i40) that I have found to be pretty good from a company called Titan Covers. I spoke to them and they said if I could come along they'd measure up, make the templates then the...