Positive Vibes for the MG4

So you don't rate the Skoda much at all?

We had an Octavia new in 2002 and it was great. I was hoping the Enyaq would impress.

We were going to look at one before we chose the 4, but the dealer said 18m lead time minimum. Not farting about waiting that long for a car!

We had a Honda before the MG and was extremely impressed with it's reliability. I was thinking about one next time, but the e NY-1 is smaller than the MG4.

If I had a gripe about the MG4, it would be that I find it a little bit awkward to get in and out of. But it's not a major issue. And it would be solved if I lost a bit of blubber...
The Enyaq was only a 60kwh battery so being over 2 tonnes range wasnt great. The x power is only 64kwh but is lighter. The Enyaq was very comfy & had leather interior heated seats & wheel, wireless car play. Im disabled & it was easy to get in/out, it was only 179 hp though & had 21” alloys, so being so large/heavy it was no fun on a spirited drive. What killed it for me was despite buying it 18 months old with 16500 miles on it still depreciated (according to Skoda) from £32000 in April 23 to being offered £17000 px in Sept 23 😱 I had done 2000 miles, replaced both front tyres (skoda sold with 3mm tread) & I had it immaculate inside out with full ceramic coating & hardwired Nextbase cameras. By then I had driven my Wifes top of the range Trophy which is a far superior drive (lighter, quicker,amazing damping, & tons more options) so when Perrys offered me £22000 plus a discount on a brand new x power it was a no brainer. The Enyaq iv80 Sport & VRS are a lot nicer & a more capable drive but were silly money to buy & certainly no where near the fun of an MG4 so it was goodbye Skoda.
 
So you don't rate the Skoda much at all?

We had an Octavia new in 2002 and it was great. I was hoping the Enyaq would impress.

We were going to look at one before we chose the 4, but the dealer said 18m lead time minimum. Not farting about waiting that long for a car!

We had a Honda before the MG and was extremely impressed with it's reliability. I was thinking about one next time, but the e NY-1 is smaller than the MG4.

If I had a gripe about the MG4, it would be that I find it a little bit awkward to get in and out of. But it's not a major issue. And it would be solved if I lost a bit of blubber...
Here it is parked at Perrys in the px area. I was “anxious” about changing so soon & losing money. Then they pulled the red cover off a white & gloss black trimmed x power & I thought wow! Goodbye enyaq.
 

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Isn't this all about value for money?
To be honest, the reason to go for the MG4 was driveability. For an EV there is little that matches it... if the bugs don't make you feel otherwise.
 
Isn't this all about value for money?
To be honest, the reason to go for the MG4 was driveability. For an EV there is little that matches it... if the bugs don't make you feel otherwise.

You mean all EVs don't drive so well? Have I been lying to people? (I haven't even been inside another EV apart from driving a few miles one very wet day in a courtesy car.)

But yes, it's about value for money. I'm hardly going to bitch about no light (or speakers) in the back or whatever at the price.
 
No. Some EV's I drove and tested were even better. But they came with serious additional costs. And several seriously more expensive ones provided less fun. The thing is...not everyone is looking for fun in a car.
 
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No. Some EV's I drove and tested were even better. But they came with serious additional costs. And several seriously more expensive ones provided less fun. The thing is...not every is looking for fun in a car.
Personally I’m intrigued by the Xpower as a fine hot hatch machine but I’m loving my 5 as an astounding warm wagon.
 
No. Some EV's I drove and tested were even better. But they came with serious additional costs. And several seriously more expensive ones provided less fun. The thing is...not every is looking for fun in a car.

Well, yes, some are as good or even better. But the rocket-sled drive isn't a feature of all of them?

(The visiting minister at our church a couple of weeks ago was happily telling anyone within earshot how much fun it was carving up boy racers at the lights in her electric Fiat 500!)
 
Well, yes, some are as good or even better. But the rocket-sled drive isn't a feature of all of them?

(The visiting minister at our church a couple of weeks ago was happily telling anyone within earshot how much fun it was carving up boy racers at the lights in her electric Fiat 500!)
Ecclesiastical exuberance??👌
 
(The visiting minister at our church a couple of weeks ago was happily telling anyone within earshot how much fun it was carving up boy racers at the lights in her electric Fiat 500!)
I hope she was wearing her dog collar at the time with an appropriate ecclesiastical sticker in the back window.
 
Not ecclesiastical, but I did have a similar moment. Driving out of Edinburgh, under the direction of my passenger who used to live in the city. Coming up to a big set of traffic lights. "You want the right-hand lane," she said. I was doubtful, because I'd been that way quite often, but took her word for it. To find myself in pole position at the lights, in a right-hand-turn only lane, having passed a long line of cars in the left-hand lane wanting to go straight on.

Sorry, said my passenger, senior moment. If you turn right I can direct you back on to the main road. That's Plan B, I said, covertly eyeing up the car on my left, which was a Range Rover. So we both looked nonchalant, just a couple of old biddies meandering home from a coffee shop and all that, but I had autohold on and my foot hovering over the accelerator.

Lights started to change and Caliban leaped forward, well in front of the rather startled Range Rover, who had been quite quick off the mark himself. I felt a bit guilty, I wouldn't have done it deliberately, but it was rather satisfying nonetheless.
 
Lights started to change and Caliban leaped forward, well in front of the rather startled Range Rover, who had been quite quick off the mark himself. I felt a bit guilty, I wouldn't have done it deliberately, but it was rather satisfying nonetheless.

Haha 😁 ... as I've said before you would love an Xpower 😊😉
 
The funny thing is, nobody really knows the mg4 yet.
The Trophy ER already pulls off like a rocket. When I then keep it at an 80kmh speed limit, it is always fun when a car finally drives up next to me, with the driver looking over the shoulder showing a big question mark between the eyes.Then I show them a big 😊

With an Xpower....
Happy Lewis Hamilton GIF by Formula 1
 
I just ordered my MG4 EV SE SR Holborn Blue. The dealer told me they have available red and white for delivery in June, the blue holborn will come after june, not sure yet but i assume that will be after 3 months so in september. Shall i go for white or wait for the blue?
 
I just ordered my MG4 EV SE SR Holborn Blue. The dealer told me they have available red and white for delivery in June, the blue holborn will come after june, not sure yet but i assume that will be after 3 months so in september. Shall i go for white or wait for the blue?
Only you can answr that 😁 ... just ask yourself how you will feel everytime you see a Hollborn Blue one if you go for white.
 
I just ordered my MG4 EV SE SR Holborn Blue. The dealer told me they have available red and white for delivery in June, the blue holborn will come after june, not sure yet but i assume that will be after 3 months so in september. Shall i go for white or wait for the blue?
In Cyprus? white
 

Are you enjoying your MG4?

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    Votes: 503 79.5%
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    Votes: 84 13.3%
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