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over on the Hyundai IONIQ forum we identified this 5-6 years ago, the fix is to find an empty quiet, wide, straight road with no camber and get the car up to 50+mph / 80+kph and gradually brake harder right down to 0, repeat a couple of time every couple of months (and just before the car goes...

condition of front and rear discs are generally easy to see, with. a small mirror you can normally see the material left on the pads as well they need replacing when worn (easy to see a lip on the out edge) or heavily corroded (easy to see the black rust pitting) pads are normally recommended...

the other key point about using extension cables if they are drum ones is to make sure they are fully unwound when charging the car it prevents heat build up in the drum had a good one where the wife used a drum extension cable when ironing indoors and only unwound enough to reach the ironing...

but due to how few EV battery fire are still somewhat rare, they get a lot of media time google for petrol / diesel car fires there are a lot more the interesting one is when you look for fires per 100,000 between EV and diesel/petrol, I can't find a reference, but I think I saw the figures a...

I do find the "1 year battery warranty" a little strange as most batteries you buy from car parts depots like Halford in the UK carry a 3 or even 5 year warranty or a reasonable branded battery in the £120 price bracket so why are MG only honouring the first year?

how an issue like this is handled by a dealer affect how you view them and if you would consider using them for future business good to see a dealer handling it well and retaining the business

I am always sceptical of dealers saying parts need replacing because of x without being able to back it up by saying "we did this test and it failed", have had this several time and declined the charge, then checked myself when I get home and most of the time no action required, it does make you...

do the MG's have an app that sends a push notification to you phone when the car is fully charged? the problem is then finding a space to move the car to especially if you are halfway round the store, not too bad if you and partner shopping but if on your own could be a pain but yes there does...

thoroughly agree, when they were the early days of VAG they were great, they have become a VW Box clone now and lost the value for money appeal about 6-7 years ago for me, hence changed to Hyundai who were at the start of their climb, MG seem near that mass market take off so will be at that...

to be brutally honest if the MG was branded Roewe, i would never look at it, MG has heritage and history in the UK, Roewe has neither i am aware of brand image to me means the following things 1:- high end brands attract badge snobs like audi / bmw / Tesla 2:- quality of product 3;- quality /...

this is the issues with global supply chains raw materials mined in one country, refined in another, manufactured into components in another and assembled into end products somewhere else again add to that R&D and energy likely come from elsewhere as well, the slightest hickup anywhere in the...

the term self charging hybrid is a weird one and i agree misleading but it is accurate as they are self charging, they use regen braking and a starter generator to charge a much smaller battery than a Full EV (mine is 1.56KWh compared to 28KWh of the Full EV version of my car) but having owned...

self charging hybrids are a nice stepping stone to full EV via plugin hybrids there are three big problems preventing mass EV adoption 1:- cost of the vehicle compared to a ICE engined variant 2:- perceived lack of charging infrastructure, most don't realise it is cheaper and more likely 90+%...

so to cut a long story short due to the size of the ZS, the issues around service plans tied to dealers rather than with MG so you could use any dealer you chose for service, and digging deeper into systems like TPMS, smart cruise , lower electrical efficiency but compensated by a larger...

the problem i have at the moment is to replace my current 5 year old hybrid with the same model is about £24K new or about £20k for 1 year old to replace with a plugin or EV version of the same is an additional £12K - £15k i discounted the MG 5EV LR due to old tech compared to my current car...

the other thing holding EV's back is their premium price compared to standard ICE cars

i did post another thread that showed the sale of new Full EV's (not including hybrids or plugin) outsold diesel engined cars for the first time so not sure the small market is still the case

yep same in other makes as well, my Ioniq hybrid i have had from new and looking to replace is 5+ years old 66k miles only had original tyres and one full set, still on the original brake pads all round the down side for the brakes is because so much braking is done by regen braking the brake...

put simply they have to much investment tied up in dead dinosaur juice engines and see lower profit due to less servicing costs (no cam belts oil changes, plug changes) and all the other reasons to get you back into a dealer or shop to remove notes from your wallet fewer hot oily bits moving...

i was quite surprised by this article, as i though EV sales was still far lower than Diesels but it is good news for the environment so long as the electricity is from renewables from Battery electric car sales finally overtook the diesel institution in Europe (greencarreports.com)