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I have a 21 plate pre facelift MG5 Excite. Does anyone know whether it supports scheduled charging as I am contemplating looking for a cheap overnight tariff....... My dealer doesn't seem to know (there's a surprise!!!!) Thanks

I have today received a final reminder to tax my MG5, which was due on August 1st (albeit at zero cost). However, I did not receive an earlier reminder letter to say it was due, which I have always had in the past. My wife has also received a final demand for taxing her ICE car, having not had...

Hi everybody, I have not come across Evyve chargers before. I see that they accept contactless payment which is what I need. Does anyone have experience of using them? Are they reliable? I will probably want to try the one situated at Hillfield Farm Solihull in the near future. Failing that I...

Hi All I suspect that this enquiry has already been answered somewhere, but I am blowed if I can find the answer! I have a 21-plate MG5 SR and a PodPoint Solo home charger. Until very recently I have not had a suitable mobile phone on which to run the PodPoint app, so I have until now just...

I am probably worrying unduly, but ........ I am due shortly to visit Wiltshire and will need 2 top-ups (probably). Unfortunately the hotel I am staying at does not have charging facilities. MFG and Instavolt both offer suitable locations for my proposed itinerary, -but - should there be issues...

I am shortly to visit Okehampton for a few days (no I am not playing golf at Ashbury/Manor), and intend to charge at Gridserve Exeter on the way there and on the way back. However, I think I read somewhere that some people have had issues with the Exeter Gridserve, but I now can't find where I...

I am not sure that this is the best forum for this thread, but here goes. If anyone can suggest a better location then please let me know. I am interested in the relative merits of driving in different modes and Kers settings (MG5 SR) in relation to battery efficiency. Has any detailed research...

I have finally managed a run on the mainland, and took a round trip of 400 miles - a there and back holiday, a canal trip by narrowboat between the 2 200 mile journeys- with a full car of four adults and luggage. My car is a standard range 5 SR. I fully charged before I left home, and charged...

It really is simple..... Buy an electric car...:):):)

Banbury will be an ideal charging place when I make a longish trip soon. What I would like to know is how busy the Instavolts get (I see from Zapmap that there are now two lots of 8 chargers at Stroud Park - is this correct?) at around midday on a Saturday, and also what facilities (toilets...

If this has been discussed elsewhere, please accept my apologies, and point me to the relevant thread (I have tried searching for it but have drawn a blank) :) I am interested to know how much notice we can take of the battery charge indicator. For example, following a full balance charge I...

I charge my car at home, roughly once a week, and it is convenient to put the car on charge and basically forget about it for a few hours. Would it harm the battery if it were balance charged on every or nearly every charge, or should balance charging only be done intermittently? I would arrange...

I am sure this is covered elsewhere, but please accept my apologies as I can't find it. I am not clear about the messages that I should get when charging is complete at 100%. I put my car on charge last night and it was on for over 9 hours (PodPoint 7kw unit). The message on the display read...

I have just noticed that the clock in my 5 has set itself to be exactly 1 hour slow! Has it pre-empted the switch back to GMT this weekend? Has anyone else noticed this or is it a peculiarity with my car.? There appears no way to adjust the clock (no mention of it in the handbook), so I can't...

Hi Loving my 5 (SR) and only done a few hundred miles so far, pottering about on the Isle of Wight. I have a PodPoint 7kw charger and did a full charge the other day, just to see what happens. I don't have a smartphone so couldn't use the app to monitor the charge. However, I do have a smart...

My new 5 tailgate lock release on the key doesn't work. Everything is OK if I unlock the car fully (ie the tailgate will open), but the tailgate lock on its own doesn't work. I have had the car only a few days, and it did work when I received it. Has anyone had the same problem? I shall notify...

I have bought a new MG5 and was due to pick it up last Monday. However, the dealer couldn't register it. There appears to be a computer glitch somewhere in the MG/DVLA system which is preventing registration. Does anybody know if other dealers are having the same problem....??? This is very...

I test-drove an MG5 Exclusive yesterday (and was generally very impressed). However, when I sat in the driver's seat, I immediately noticed that the forward view was obscured by a rather large module at the top centre of the windscreen behind the rear view mirror. I didn't think any more about...