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Exactly. It won't. The only circumstance in which it would be if there's a fault with it or the car has something plugged in to it causing it to stay on and be drained. It is about time someone tested 12V charging at various low SOC.

I've repeatedly left my car while on holiday for weeks at a time with no problems, at varying levels of charge.

But what makes you think it won't charge the 12V with the HV battery on 20%?

The voltage is also displayed on the TPMS screen in the car IIRC. Anything over 13.5V means it is being charged.

The car uses the cellular network to connect to the central MG servers. The app connects to these servers over the internet. Problems are caused when: The car has weak or no signal The servers are overloaded or down Given that the car has wifi, it ought to be possible to connect to home...

Quite and that's the older M3, not the latest version. Indeed they are not very alike in my view: Headlights very different proportion Front mouth turned down whereas is up for M3 Mirrors different shape in the lower part Side profile of IM5 is much more flared out Rear looks quite different...

Thanks for the advice guys, much appreciated.

EVSEs contain protected circuitry against a series of faults and are properly designed for the loads. It is misleading to state that they are the same as any plug in terms of the risks.

It is hard to tell if overinflated tyres contributed to a specific puncture. In general, the harder the tyre, the less able it is to deform around sharp objects and the greater the puncture risk. Ride also suffers because of reduced sidewall flex. I tend to inflate to 2.65bar (indicated 2.7...

I won't flog a dead horse here, but just say: - Just because it has been fine with a granny charger on a normal socket, doesn't mean it will continue to be. If there's poor contact in the circuit, there'll be heat dissipation that will likely over time make contact worse and generate more heat...

Hi, I have my dad's car while he is in hospital and I've cleaned it for the first time in years. It has a lot of tar built up, what the best product / approach to remove this? Thanks.

They are supposed to write it in the health check report, but it is quite commonly skipped. Asking for money is very cheeky!

Thanks everyone who contributed. We have now recorded the podcast episode and it should be released later this week. We ended up spending our time on the IM cars (lots of questions people had from the IM5/6 forums and above). We will follow up on the MG ownership experience questions and...

Which tyres did you buy that fixed the problem?

The final thing I would add is that OTA updates can come with some drawbacks: 1. The manufacturer, in the new vertical model, typically has to write their own code to replace mature OEM components that already work well - note that with Tesla, lots of features that other cars have as standard...