Strange that in just a year I have forgotten how much petrol costs.
I could not agree more
@RossN !.
We are still covering very similar journeys / mileage covered in the oil burner, due to previous commitments before our EV entered the garage.
However, the cost to carry out these trips now have resulted in a HUGE drain on our budget.
Being totally honest here, if we where having to spend THIS amount of money on fossil fuel on a regular basis to cover our trips, we would have take a serious look again if ALL of these trips are necessary due to affordability !.
When my car first went into the dealership, I requested a replacement EV in its place.
At the time, the dealer had a MG5 and a ZS EV Demo vehicle sitting on the car park.
The dealer told me that MG will not pay the dealer to loan these cars out to customers for longer than a couple of days, due to the cost.
The dealer has to make the request for a hire car to a after sales manger at MG who then decides if you entitled to a car !.
Then when the dealer receives the okay ( via e.mail ) a car will be located at a local hire company and dispatched to your home address.
We where lucky ( or unlucky ) to be given a SUV Peugeot 3008 due to mobility issues.
If MG customer services agree that there is no progress being made on your car, why not ask them Would MG consider exchanging the car, given the amount of time it is taking.
Remember, they have to locate the fault, before they can order the part's ?.
Then how long is THAT likely to take ?.
In situations like this, when the dealer has run out of idea's, they will extract the data pack information via the OBD port and then send this info back to the MG Tech Team.
The info will be run through a trouble shooting program, that will offer options to try to resolve the problem.
I think I would be contacting MG Customer Services and ask them for a progress report on your car and also, ask them for a SOLID commitment on date when it WILL be returned.
If the dealer is making NO progress, ask if the car can be returned back to MG themselves.
Ask them what is actually taking place to move this problem forward ?.
Good luck !.