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If you think how much electronic stuff is in cars these days I would not be optimistic about getting to the root of the problem by a swap and test approach. As you can't be living with a car that has an intermittent problem and they are unable to solve it I think you may have to go down the...

Beautiful. Pity you don't live closer in which case I wouldn't have deprived you from the joy of doing the same to mine.:D

Good idea. I sometimes think we are missing a lot of possible tricks like this because there is no standardised system. How often do you see a car with a headlight missing? If you had a switch which temporarily winked your headlights (not just a flash as this can means lots of things but...

Good point. Looking at the pics in more detail, I'd say that the hard plastic part of the footrest isn't wide enough for LeoRBKs trainers the heel of which looks like it overhangs it by quite a bit. This is a criticism of the footrest design rather than of his (rather stylish) trainers :)

Witty idea. Problem with any message is the driver behind will be trying to get as close as possible to read it putting them in greater danger of ploughing in the back of "the car whose brake light don't work". :)

Question is.....should an MG5 driver acknowledge a ZS driver and vice versa? :)

That's bad luck! The weather is full of localised surprises at the moment so it's an easy trap to fall into. Pity they don't autoclose when it starts to rain - but then you could inadvertently suffocate a dog or sleeping child I suppose?

Not a bad hit rate! I'm an MG5 driver and they are all EVs. How do you know that a particular ZS is electric if it doesn't have the green number plate strip? Or is the ZS only available as electric also?

Well I hope they do sort it out, of course - I was just being devil's advocate really. Personally I think it comes down to design in this case - was the carpet and the foot-rest configuration suitably designed and thought through in the first place and then tested sufficiently? Who knows -...

Yummy :)

No, several times in rapid succession helps to relieve the pent-up tension that you'll undoubtedly be feeling under the circs :)

Lock and unlock the car a few times??

Maybe if this becomes a recurring problem for MG, they will produce one that can be glued or screwed over the existing?

Well, MX5 (my wife's car !!) drivers are very chummy, and about 75% or more will acknowledge with a little wave - sometimes more extravagantly. Maybe the MX5 is a bit more specialised and club orientated than the MG5 though? As I pointed out in another thread, the front end of the MG5 looks like...

My "work" car is a Subaru XV with auto (CVT) gearbox. I collected the car off a colleague who had covered about 12kmiles in the first 4months from new (these cars are high-milers!). In that space of time (4months) the carpet where his heel rotated was completely worn through - hard to believe...

What a pity the Phoenix Four came along and raped the last British car producing company (of any significance) or that the govt didn't step in and bail it out. MG had a pretty decent range of vehicles at the end and the 75/ZT looks as stately as a Bentley in my view.

Know what you mean. ICE technology has been obsoleted almost overnight as everyday transport. It'll become a "special occasion" kind of thing. Like the classic car market now is. Lots of lovely old cars but totally outdated and impractical, so use on Sunday only and watch the values increase :)

As the car acts as a greenhouse, I'm sure it can get hotter in a standing car than the outside temperature. In this case the recirc will not initially be helpful. Under these circumstances, I normally drive with the windows down for a mile or two until the worst of the heat has exited through...

Intermittent faults really are the worst. Might be worth investing in a cheapish OBD reader so that you can read the fault codes (if there are any) when the fault occurs. Good point re the battery. Try disconnecting it and measuring the voltage. A healthy one should be 13.5-14V with no load. I'd...

Sweet. If only that read V8 instead of V6 :)