luis
Established Member
So first of all - I finally have my ZS EV Trophy Connect Long Range (#TeamBlack) - picked up last Friday - and I'm quite delighted, coming from a 2017 Leaf 30kWh Tekna. There are some software quirks and I'll do a separate post on my experiences after a few more long-ish trips this week.
Before anyone asks - I originally ordered locally in Feb (non-connect) with "mid May delivery". When I was told that was pushed to late August, and reading all the long delay threads on here - interspersed by really lucky people that only had to wait a couple of weeks - I spotted that on the AutoTrader site (I think that was it) - you can ask dealers to contact you about cars.
After a number of dealers calling me without any cars in stock - I got a call from MG Hull (200 miles away, but worth it) who told me they'd sell me their demonstrator car (connect) ordered in "December" that was due in "mid June" - and was already on a ship (this was mid April). True to his word - it arrived and I have it. I still can't quite believe it.
In a hotel in Rotherham where I was staying, they had FREE slow chargers (BP Pulse) - so I decided to do my first part-charge on them overnight. However, I spent around 1.5 hours trying different car statuses - off, both "on but not ready" modes; 2 different cables(!); two different phones(!); two different BP accounts - but simply could not get the MG to charge.... It failed when doing the handshake... Other cars came and went and happily charged on it all weekend
I admitted defeat (and, to be honest, cursed my car choice), and resorted to charge on the only other charger in the car park - Polar @ 57p/kW ! - and that price was on any charging speed! - but I picked slow charging because of being kind to the battery - between 12am and 6:30am (charge started instantly no problems as expected - phew)
In the morning I had a paper on my car windscreen (see screenshot).
I can understand their frustration, but things are not always what they seem and the author of the note didn't realise that my MG is a bit "beta" in some software aspects.
If you don't yet have this amazing compact car - may the winds push forth delayed orders, but if you're waiting around - have a look round for other dealers who may be doing the same thing - since there's no more sunroof models - I expect there may be quite a few existing demo units or ordered units that will get sold off. Good luck.
Before anyone asks - I originally ordered locally in Feb (non-connect) with "mid May delivery". When I was told that was pushed to late August, and reading all the long delay threads on here - interspersed by really lucky people that only had to wait a couple of weeks - I spotted that on the AutoTrader site (I think that was it) - you can ask dealers to contact you about cars.
After a number of dealers calling me without any cars in stock - I got a call from MG Hull (200 miles away, but worth it) who told me they'd sell me their demonstrator car (connect) ordered in "December" that was due in "mid June" - and was already on a ship (this was mid April). True to his word - it arrived and I have it. I still can't quite believe it.
In a hotel in Rotherham where I was staying, they had FREE slow chargers (BP Pulse) - so I decided to do my first part-charge on them overnight. However, I spent around 1.5 hours trying different car statuses - off, both "on but not ready" modes; 2 different cables(!); two different phones(!); two different BP accounts - but simply could not get the MG to charge.... It failed when doing the handshake... Other cars came and went and happily charged on it all weekend
I admitted defeat (and, to be honest, cursed my car choice), and resorted to charge on the only other charger in the car park - Polar @ 57p/kW ! - and that price was on any charging speed! - but I picked slow charging because of being kind to the battery - between 12am and 6:30am (charge started instantly no problems as expected - phew)
In the morning I had a paper on my car windscreen (see screenshot).
I can understand their frustration, but things are not always what they seem and the author of the note didn't realise that my MG is a bit "beta" in some software aspects.
If you don't yet have this amazing compact car - may the winds push forth delayed orders, but if you're waiting around - have a look round for other dealers who may be doing the same thing - since there's no more sunroof models - I expect there may be quite a few existing demo units or ordered units that will get sold off. Good luck.
